I just made the best chocolate frozen dessert I have every had since I have embarked on my PlantStrong journey. Take 2 frozen bananas and one scoope of warrior chocolate protein powder and 3/4 of that same scoop f raw cacao powder . And blend in vitamix while tamping with the plastic tamper. First it will spin powder everywhere and you will think I’m nuts. But very soon it will thicken into a rich thick fudge like ice cream. This is how good it was. I ate it before I could take a picture. I’ll take one next time.  Oh ch check out link for benifits: it will amaze you…… http://www.secrets-of-longevity-in-humans.com/raw-cacao-benefits.html        The following section taken from this link: http://vegetarian.about.com/od/beverage1/a/Difference-Between-Cocoa-And-Cacao.htm. So, in general, “cacao” generally refers to raw vegan chocolate products which come from unroasted cacao beans and are minimally processed with no additives.  So today we basically have two words with the same meaning. Cacao will be seen by the chocolate industry and botanists alike as the more accurate or relevant term. Someone in the long arm of the chocolate industry may tell you that cocoa refers to any of the manufactured products of the plant (especially the powder) as well as the bean itself. Interestingly, English seems to be the only language having this conundrum. All other languages just have one word for all of the plants’ many forms. The word cacao comes from the Olmec people from what is now Mexico, and is believed to be the closest pronunciation to the original name of the plant. History shows that chocolate then changed hands from the Olmec to the Mayans to the Spanish. The word cacao is the only word ever used in any of the hispanic languages to describe what English speakers think of as cocoa.