How to Use cacao in a Sentence

cacao

noun

• Try incorporating fiber-rich foods like avocados, raspberries, lentils, chia seeds, and cacao nibs into your diet for an easy and delicious way to boost your health.
  — Jillian Kubala, Health, 10 July 2024
• The seeds are the part of the cacao pod used to make chocolate.
  — Candice Choi, The Seattle Times, 31 Oct. 2018
• While there's no wrong way to eat a Reese’s, that might not be the case with raw cacao.
  — Zlati Meyer, USA TODAY, 5 July 2017
• Top the mixture with fresh berries, cacao nibs, and chopped nuts.
  — Jillian Kubala, Health, 9 Sep. 2024
• Either drink this as-is, or add some cream and creme de cacao to taste.
  — Paula Forbes, GQ, 18 July 2017
• Chocolate, in its many forms, is derived from the fruit of cacao trees.
  — Ashleigh Spitza, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 14 Feb. 2018
• Cacao fruit is a white meat that surrounds the cacao beans in each pod.
  — Rachelle Robinett, Bon Appetit, 27 Sep. 2017
• Most of the damages on his cacao farm were from landslides and winds that reached 155 miles per hour.
  — Simran Sethi, Smithsonian, 9 Mar. 2018
• Add chocolate chips and brandy (and nuts, if using) to one bowl and white chips and crème de cacao to the other.
  — Nancy Stohs, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 3 Dec. 2019
• This spring on his farm, the only cacao plants fruiting were the ones on the most fertile land at the edge of the rivers and water beds.
  — thehustle.co, 12 Apr. 2024
• It’s rounded out by the nuttiness of orgeat syrup and a hit of spice and vanilla from the crème de cacao.
  — Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2019
• Without such changes, cacao is on course to disappear from the Earth in just a few decades.
  — Megan Molteni, WIRED, 30 Mar. 2018
• The Aztecs believed cacao was sent from the gods and considered the beans more precious than gold.
  — Ashleigh Spitza, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 14 Feb. 2018
• The Maya usually consumed their cacao as a hot drink, a steamy broth served in a clay cup.
  — Joshua Rapp Learn, Science | AAAS, 27 June 2018
• Look for the brightest buildings on the Quadrado—the hot pink, the sapphire blue, the emerald green, right under the cacao trees.
  — Deborah Dunn, Town & Country, 29 Apr. 2016
• Sun & Swell Foods has crisps made from cashews, sweet potato and flax, and cookies from dates, cashews, oats and cacao.
  — Kavita Daswani, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2020
• The smoke nicely melds with the crème de cacao, and the pecan bitters (made in-house) give the cocktail some staying power.
  — Paul Hodgins, Orange County Register, 27 Jan. 2017
• And, the deep brown cacao nibs hue truly encapsulates the cozy essence of the season.
  — Alexandra Domrongchai, Travel + Leisure, 12 Sep. 2023
• Most of his cacao beans are sourced from small collectives, Lantry added.
  — Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 May 2024
• This unique beer is brewed with cacao, vanilla and coffee.
  — Brenda Cain and Yadi Rodriguez - Cleveland.com, cleveland, 2 Dec. 2019
• Acai bowl with house granola, coconut and cacao nibs at Yoko Matcha.
  — Linda Bladholm, miamiherald, 9 Jan. 2018
• However, the 70% cacao group did not have the same effect, which suggests that the dose of cacao may play a role.
  — Delaney Nothaft, USA TODAY, 17 June 2023
• For that, there’s Fruition’s dark milk chocolate bar, which is made with 68% cacao sourced from Peru’s Marañón Canyon.
  — Tiffany Hopkins, Bon Appétit, 16 Nov. 2023
• In 1697, the western third of the island was given to the French, who prospered from the export of sugar, coffee, cacao and more.
  — Sarah Gray, Fortune, 12 Jan. 2018
• The pecans retain their crunch and carry the natural sweetness of the maple and cacao with gusto.
  — Kate Kassin, Bon Appétit, 12 Mar. 2023
• The Maya used vanilla in a beverage made with cacao and other spices.
  — Simran Sethi, Smithsonian, 3 Apr. 2017
• This cacao-lovin’ company exists solely to find ways to employ the whole seed—shell, pulp, and beans—in a suite of snacks.
  — Maggie Lange, Bon Appétit, 27 Oct. 2021
• Some other friends join us and bring a 91% cacao chocolate bar and a tiny sample jar of apricot jam for us all to share.
  — Bon Appétit Contributor, Bon Appétit, 17 Nov. 2023
• My large cabin had rosewood floors and pine ceilings, plus a deck screened by cacao trees.
  — Nora Walsh, Travel + Leisure, 31 Mar. 2024
• The Spooky Pumpkins features real pumpkin and classic fall spices, while the milk stout pairs similar spices with vanilla and cacao in a smooth, dark brew.
  — Bradley Hohulin, The Indianapolis Star, 11 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 19 Nov 2024