Tootsi's cacao beans are dark brown, whole raw cacao beans are ready for you to your baking projects. These pearls are fermented beans, which are meticulously cleaned, dried, then selected, without roasting. It doesn’t get more pure or real than this. The foundation of chocolate products in its raw state, cacao beans are bulbous, oblong pieces that come in their natural, easy-to-remove brown skins. They peel easily and can be used at your convenience to flavor both sweet and savory dishes. Cacao beans grind into a powder with the use of a coffee or spice grinder.