Food-grade cocoa butter is curiously difficult to find, and I've been wanting to try cocoa butter in a ton of applications--especially in bulletproof coffee (butter coffee) and in homemade, sugar-free chocolates. Even before I opened the package, I could smell the sweet, deep aroma of cocoa, and honestly couldn't wait to try it out. First, I did try just a small bite of a disc of cocoa butter, which I only did for review purposes, and honestly wouldn't recommend--cocoa butter doesn't really melt at body temperature, so it's not a pleasant, melty kind of feel from chocolate (this is just how all cocoa butter is), but it did taste rich, like bittersweet vanilla-cocoa. The wafers weigh between 2-3 g each, so that 4-5 wafers equals a tablespoon (13g), the serving size for oils. From what I can see, all the discs look whole and handled with care. I made a butter coffee this morning using 3 wafers (6g/.5 T) of cocoa butter, 1 T of butter, 12 oz of coffee, sugarfree vanilla syrup, and a dash of cinnamon, blended in a Vitamix until frothy--it was HEAVENLY. The cocoa butter taste clearly came through but wasn't overpowering at all. And I only used 1/5 oz, which means that, in a 4 oz pouch, I'll probably get around 20 cocoa butter coffees out of this. I haven't had a chance to try my hand at homemade sugarfree chocolate--but the cool folks at Wild Foods sent a recipe for some, so I'm going to embark on that adventure this weekend! PLUS, they sent a free Wild Mini of really delicious green tea, plus some a cute little moose sticker. It's a silly thing that I'm a sucker for, but they also wrote a little personalized thank you on my receipt--it's just a small touch, but it shows that a company cares about each individual order they receive, and I like doing business with those kinds of folks. I received this cocoa butter at a discount for me to provide an honest review of it, and I'll definitely be a repeat customer... for the cocoa butter, at the very least!
