Cacao Butter

[solongng00dnite]

I bought this from Alissa's store but I dont really know what to do with it. What do you guys use it for?

[JennaBoBenna]

make chocolate! yum!
make white chocolate! :)
mmmm

[solongng00dnite]

Grand idea, how? hahah

[Doe]

Posted by STB on raw freedom community:



Chocolate Candy
1 cup finely ground cocao nibs (in Vitamix)
1/4 cup agave
1/4 cup melted cacao butter

Mix all in Vitamix. Pour onto plastic wrap and set in refrigerator a few minutes.

This stays firm and tastes very much like dark chocolate candy.

*Tip: the cacao butter melts much easier if shaved from the lump (rather than broken) and placed in a cup which is then set in a bowl of hot tap water.

Her picture (http://www.rawfreedomcommunity.info/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=1430&stc=1&thumb=1&d=1197707644)

[Raspberry4]

I wonder if you could use cocoa powder instead of the nibs? Just a thought...?:rolleyes:

[Doe]

Cacao powder could certainly be used and with less effort as well. It is lighter in color and flavor, more like milk chocolate. The finely ground nibs have a dark chocolate taste.

While talking about milk chocolate, I'm wondering if the addition of maybe 6 soaked cashews to the above recipe and using the powder instead of the nibs would produce an acceptable milk chocolate bar.

The cacao butter though is the secret to the texture. It is so much harder than coconut oil/butter and does not need refrigeration after setting. :) :) :)

[walnutty]

If I had cacao butter I would make this AMAZING looking recipe:

http://therawchefblog.com/marbled-chocolate-orange-tavoletta/

Check it out!!!

[solongng00dnite]

If I had cacao butter I would make this AMAZING looking recipe:

http://therawchefblog.com/marbled-chocolate-orange-tavoletta/

Check it out!!!

Hahah i've come across that before. I Agree but I dont have cashews, boo!

[Raspberry4]

Doe - thanks for the reply.

OMG - that looks so delicious! I wish I was creative like that! I have got to try it (this is definitely a once in a while treat - with all that coconut/nuts in it - sure to be rich and delicious!). Thanks for the picture!:)

[solongng00dnite]

When you make chocolate does the agave end up on the bottom? After refrigerating the bottom of my chocolate some of the agave on the bottmo it doesnt turn to chocolate its more like a coating

[Doe]

solongng00dnite, no that hasn't happened to me. When using coconut oil the texture is not quite like sad. It stays together though, just kinda - clumpy - after chilling. That especially happens if I was coating nuts such as brazils. It's not smooth at all. With cacao butter the texture is just like sad, doesn't separate or melt at normal room temp.

Were all the ingredients warm and mixed well? Sorry you had that problem.

[samariah]

i find that when making chocolate w/ coconut oil, the agave doesnt separate and it has a less oily texture if i mix in some nut butter like almond butter or something.

i would mix in cocoa butter with almond butter and agave for a nice white chocolate spread.

[solongng00dnite]

Doe & Sama

I have been using cacao butter not coconut oil. I havent made big batches but I shaved off pieces of the butter put it in a bowl then put that in a bowl of hot water and stirred until the shavings were melted into oil. Then I mixed in cacao powder, agave, and a little vanilla. The mixture is smooth like a hot chocolate sauce then I put it in cupcake paper things and let it set in the fridge. The chocolate gets hard and is the right consistency but when I take them out of the paper cups the underside has a sweet layer of the agave that is still syrupy, not dripping but wet.

[Doe]

solongng00dnite, don't know what causes the sweet coating you have. Maybe it has something to do with the paper?

Last night I shaved and melted part of my candy bar I made according to STB's recipe above. Then I used it to coat 6 brazil nuts. It did really beautifully until the 7th nut, it would not stick to the nut no matter what I did. So I ate the nut plain then ate the last of the melted chocolate. It tasted so much like I remember Hershey's syrup. :D

Just thought I'd share :D :D the taste of Hershey's syrup! Could be that part had more agave and that's why it didn't stick. Don't know.

[solongng00dnite]

I am imagining waht those taste like mmmmmmmmmmm!!!!!!