Which one produces chocolate?
Pick again.
These are carob pods. The pods which can be more than a foot in length grow in Mediterranean climates. Some consider carob to be a chocolate substitute.
Does carob taste like chocolate to you?
Try another.
These are vanilla beans. Plain vanilla is exotic and expensive. It comes from a type of orchid, Vanilla planifolia, that is grown commercially in places like Madagascar, Indonesia, Tahiti, and Mexico.
It tastes great with chocolate.
You've found it - Theobroma cacao!
The large cacao pods, which can be up to a foot in length, grow on trees in places like Ghana, Nigeria, and Brazil. Cocoa is processed from the beans inside the pods. After blending with ingredients like sugar and vanilla, it becomes chocolate.
Don't leave Earth without it!
Try another.
These are coffee berries. Each berry contains two coffee beans. The bush grows at high-altitude in places like Guatemala, Columbia, and Kenya.
Humans love the taste of mocha,
the combined flavors of coffee and chocolate.
Photos: A, D— courtesy of the Mathias Botanical Garden at UCLA;
B—courtesy of EcoPort; C—courtesy of the Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, University of Georgia
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