raw cocoa butter vs. raw coconut oil

[katrina]

Are these two items interchangeable in recipes?

[Matilda]

I was under the impression that they were the same thing. I could be wrong.

[kmik]

Cocoa butter is from the cocoa plant, where chocolate comes from... but of course coconut is a different plant all together. Coconut oil and butter are one in the same thing.

I've never used cocoa butter, but my guess is that it would give your recipe more of a chocolate taste, were as coconut oil is of course coconut.

Perhaps someone who's used cocoa butter can tell you for sure... but one thing I've found is I've made many substitutions in my raw food preperation, but more often than not, the recipe still comes out great :)

[Matilda]

I wasn't reading cocoa butter. Sorry. I was trying to say that coconut oil and coconut butter were the same. I guess I presumed that was your question, because I spent one day trying to find coconut butter myself. Couldn't find it or figure out what it was. Then I finally realised it must be the same thing as coconut oil.
sorry for the ramblings.

[katrina]

I wasn't reading cocoa butter. Sorry. I was trying to say that coconut oil and coconut butter were the same.
Ok, I admit it, I'm blonde. I was asking if coconut butter and coconut oil are the same. :o

Does anyone know?

[kmik]

Yes, they are :) You want to get virgin coconut oil. It tastes like coconuts, and it's not refined.

[katrina]

Does anyone know the shelf life of coconut oil in a jar?

[NoGMO!]

I think the only difference is, coconut oil becomes coconut butter when the temperature drops enough to cause it to become solid instead of liquid, like oil. :)

I'm afraid I don't know the shelf life though...

[kmik]

Does anyone know the shelf life of coconut oil in a jar?

About 2 years.