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Vanilla bean pods are dried until brown, and the sliced open and scraped to reveal the vanilla "paste" inside (which is really just a ton of little seeds).

Vanilla bean pods are dried until brown, and the sliced open and scraped to reveal the vanilla
Those seeds are what make vanilla-flavored food have that speckled appearance.
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