Identify this product!

[Goldsplinter]

I dunno what the hell this is, they substituted the Coconut butter for this.

Smells kinda chocolately and taste chocolately a bit then turns into a weird flavor.

[Halo Aglow]

Looks and sounds like cacao butter to me...

[Goldsplinter]

ooo thats probalby what it is.

What can i do with cacao butter? And why is it that color? Instead of my nibs which are darkish brownish.

[Sharon in Colorado]

It is cocoa butter - the fat which comes from the cocoa bean.

[Kitty]

I think you can use it in place of coconut oil but its more expensive right? So use sparingly

[Goldsplinter]

What can I use this stuff for?

[eatyourbroccoli]

make chocolate..stuff..

http://www.naked-chocolate.com/recipes/

[Goldsplinter]

Red squares
2 cups of cacao butter, grated
1 cup of goji berries
1/2 cup of agave nectar
Blend everything together in a Vita-Mix until smooth, then place in cube moulds. Turn out when set.

That's the easiest thing to make! Though i'll substitute the agave with honey.

[Rawkinlocs]

Here's another recipe that was posted here by Sheryl a while ago that I wanted to try, but haven't gotten any cacao butter as of yet...

http://rawfoodtalk.com/forum/showthr...t=cacao+butter

I'm wondering if cacao butter can also be used externally on the skin like shea butter or cocoa butter for moisturizing properties (?)

[Goldsplinter]

How did she get the melted cacao butter?

And what does it mean when an orange is zested?

[Sharon in Colorado]

I'm wondering if cacao butter can also be used externally on the skin like shea butter or cocoa butter for moisturizing properties (?)

I made a tin of deoderant with it:

(can't remember exact measurements though)

baking soda
cocoa butter (the same as cacao butter, it's the Now brand)
coconut oil
potato starch
bergamot oil

Melt it in a double boiler and let it cool down a bit, then pour while still warm into a tin. It hardens up nicely.

Smells really good, like some kind of flowery white chocolate I'm smearing on my pits!

[Sharon in Colorado]

How did she get the melted cacao butter?

And what does it mean when an orange is zested?

You can use a grater or just cut a chunk off and melt it in a little bowl inside a larger bowl of hot water. The shreds obviously melt faster.

Take a zester (little metal tool with holes for zesting) and only remove the orange part, not the inner white pith as that is very bitter.

Here's one shown zesting a lime.

[eatyourbroccoli]

"How to Zest", by Sharon (in Colorado)...

Take a zester (little metal tool with holes for zesting) and only remove the orange part.

lol

i think thats very cute definition for some reason

:)

[maryonherway]

Cacao butter (aka: cocoa butter) melts at about 90 degrees, so you could easily melt it in your dehydrator. It's wonderful for the skin (used in lots of lotions, etc. on the market). My sister and I used to use it when laying out in the sun, back in the olden days when no one heard about sunscreens, and we now look like wrinkled little old ladies from Florida. But, damn, we smelled so good!

Someone else asked about substituting it for coconut oil - that may work but you'd get a coconut flavor rather than a chocolate flavor.

[Conscious Midwife]

At first glance i though it was shea butter molded into blocks.

But cocoa butter sound more reasonable.