Ever wondered about the difference between Cacao and Cocoa? It's not just fancy marketing! Cacao generally refers to the raw beans or the plant itself (Theobroma cacao), carrying the ancient word from the indigenous peoples of the Americas (like the Aztec's Nahuatl cacahuatl). Cocoa is the anglicized, processed version – think powder, butter, or the finished chocolate products. Essentially, it's the raw vs. the cooked!

So, when you're biting into that chocolate bar, you're enjoying cocoa, but its ancient roots are in the cacao bean from thousands of years ago!