Dominican cocoa is primarily grown in the northern region of the half-island nation, but there are opportunities to explore and taste locally grown chocolate from anywhere in the Dominican Republic.

The chocolate cafe is the brainchild of Perla Rosario, whose family has a cacao farm in the Dominican Republic, and her fiance, Leo Baez, who grew up on a cashew farm on the same island nation.

For the ultimate holiday drink, a classic chocolate martini gets a more winter-appropriate twist with the help of hot cocoa ...

Rizek Cacao, a chocolate grower, processor and exporter, was founded in the Dominican Republic in 1905 and is now being run by the fifth generation of the Rizek family. The company owns 25 farms ...

The Rizek family has long been the Dominican Republic’s largest processor of cacao, but only recently began making craft chocolate. Now with a Brooklyn location, the Rizeks bring their distinct and ...

Husband and wife bring Dominican roots to new Boston chocolate shop 03:21. BOSTON - Sugar and spice and a whole lot of love make up the recipe for success at Cacao in Boston's South End.. Perla ...

Well, in case you never knew, this paradise happened to be Saona island, a protected national park just off the coast of the Dominican Republic, the Caribbean island where the original bounty ...

The acclaimed chocolate shop draws inspiration from Perla Rosario’s family’s cacao farm in the Dominican Republic. Rosario, the company’s co-owner, spent her childhood summers on the farm ...