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There's more to cacao than chocolate with these dark chocolate tahini cups This recipe of chocolate tahini cups was made with 100 percent cacao chocolate chips. The cacao fruit and pulp can be used for cooking. (Elizabeth Karmel via AP) A fresh cacao pod (Elizabeth Karmel via AP) Published April 13. 2021 12:40PM  By ELIZABETH KARMEL, Associated Press Oded Brenner is a modern-day Willy Wonka. In the 1990s, he co-created an international chocolate empire, Max Brenner Chocolate, that includes a 7,000-square-foot emporium on Broadway in New York City. Brenner left that venture in 2012, and a few...

Oded Brenner is a modern-day Willy Wonka. In the ’90s, he co-created an international chocolate empire, Max Brenner Chocolate, that includes a 7,000-square-foot emporium on Broadway in New York City. Brenner left that venture in 2012, and a few years later began exploring a different side of chocolate. A trip to Jamaica in 2015 ignited a passion for cacao, which is more than just the beans that are turned into chocolate. Brenner saw Jamaicans making juice, liquor and flour from the cacao fruit and using the whole pod instead of just the beans. He was amazed at how little he knew about cacao...

Oded Brenner is a modern-day Willy Wonka. In the 1990s, he co-created an international chocolate empire, Max Brenner Chocolate, that includes a 7,000-square-foot emporium on Broadway in New York City. Brenner left that venture in 2012, and a few years later began exploring a different side of chocolate. A trip to Jamaica in 2015 ignited a passion for cacao, which is more than just the beans that are turned into chocolate. Brenner saw people making juice, liquor and flour from the cacao fruit and using the whole pod instead of just the beans. He was amazed at how little he knew about cacao, de...

Tweet Photo: Daniel Meigs It feels like a massive tear forms in the space-time continuum the moment you walk through the glass door of Blue Stripes Urban Cacao. A devil pops up on one shoulder, an angel on the other. Suddenly you’re being torn between indulgence and restraint, hunger and health, chocolate and cacao. Blue Stripes opened in February in the Three Thirty Three building. The Gulch cafe is the latest from Oded Brenner, co-founder of the worldwide chocolate cafe chain Max Brenner. Blue Stripes, which also has a New York location in Union Square that has been closed duri...

A post shared by Blue Stripes Urban Cacao (@bluestripescacao) Blue Stripes Urban Cacao Shop sells cacao water, energy bars, and other chocolate-infused goodies at its physical retail shops as well as online. The founder behind the concept is Oded Brenner, who founded the Max Brenner chain of chocolate shops in the 1990s. Hershey became an investor in 2019 for an undisclosed amount. Blue Stripes focuses on "using all the unknown parts of the amazing cacao fruit, its pulp and shell, to create a line of very healthy consumer packaged goods," Brenner told trade publication FoodIngredientsFirst i...