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Best Answer: cocoa beans. The main ingredient in chocolate should be cocoa . But, it also depends on the type or flavor of chocolate that you are wanting information on. The different flavors of chocolate (and brands) all use different formulas to produce their chocolate. No two are alike.
A: Chocolate is a mixture of cocoa paste, cocoa butter, and sugar. The cocoa paste and butter come from the seeds of the fruit of the cacao tree (Theobroma cacao), a native of Central and South America, which is cultivated around the equator. To make chocolate, first the cacao seeds -- with centers more than 50% cocoa butter -- are fermented, roasted, and ground into a paste. Then other ingredients are added, which vary by manufacturer. Nearly 400 beans are required to make a pound of chocolate liquor --, the semiliquid mass produced by grinding the beans.