Is chocolate a vegetable or fruit?

Answer 1

Chocolate is derived from the seeds of a fleshy pod from the fruit of the cacao tree. The scientific name of the cacao tree is Theobroma cacao, which means "food of the Gods" and it is classified as a vegetable.

By the way, by definition, fruits are vegetables. The fleshy part of the fruit of cacao is also edible.
Chocolate is a dessert.

Answer 2

Chocolate, if we are speaking of Culinary designation, is a Fruit, which is any sweet, succulent, part of a plant, usually from the "Fruiting Body" of that plant. Vegetables, on the other hand, are considered to be the "leafy" part of the plants, which are usually more savory in flavor.

Regarding the "seeds" they too, like Beans, Peas, Cashews, or other legumes, are considered to be "fruit" when we talk about eating the plant (culinary designation)

When we talk about Biology, Cladistics, or Taxonomy, then Chocolate is Both a Vegetable, and a Fruit (All plants are vegetation - or vegetables - but not all vegetation is a "fruit," which is specifically the flowering body or product of a plant).

Other answers here confuse these two categories. They are distinct classification systems, in which Chocolate, at the base classification, is a "Fruit," but where it is also Taxonomically a "Vegetable."