Sunfood Superfoods - Organic Cacao Paste, 1lbs

This is very high-quality raw cacao paste, and I appreciate that its non-GMO and organic, too. I eat raw chocolate daily, because it's delicious and also for its considerable anti-oxidant benefits. You can tell when you taste this that Sunfood's cacao paste is very high-quality. I've had poor quality cacao paste and it tastes sort of powdery and lacks the richness of good chocolate.I use it to make my own chocolate using 2 parts cacao paste to 1 part cocoa butter in my dehydrator. (Most recipes call for equal amounts paste and butter, but I've read that 1/3 of the fat content in cocoa butter is unhealthy, so I try to limit my cocoa butter consumption. This makes for harder chocolate, but I really don't mind. If you want really creamy chocolate, add more cocoa butter.) Then I melt it in my dehydrator at about 108 degrees for 2.5 hours, stirring occasionally. You could also melt it in an oven, but you'll want to use low heat, to avoid destroying the antioxidants in the cacao. Then I add a small amount of maple sugar dissolved in hot water, pour the mix into silicone molds in fun shapes and let it cool and harden in the fridge.You can also try melting the cacao paste, adding a little maple sugar (which is much lower on the glycemic index than regular sugar) and adding it to coconut cream for an out-of-this-world healthy dessert. I highly recommend this product.

I like to make my own raw sugar free chocolate candies. This is much easier to use than other cacao paste because they are thin wafers rather than huge chunks...hence, they melt faster and easier. Also, I eat them straight out the bag. They don't "break my teeth," biting into them. They, of course, have no sweetener and I like the bitter taste....much healthier. Would definitely recommend. This is my third bag.

We love this. It's great as a hot chocolate base, in smoothies, and any other application where unsweetened chocolate is used or can be used. My mom recently tried it when she came for a visit, and she loved it, too, in her smoothies.

Smell so bad when I opened the bag. Shame it could be returned. Worst purchase ever.

Sunfood makes a good Cacao Paste. I find it to be very tasty and smooth; not bitter. I've used it to make raw chocolate treats along with Cacao butter, maca, vanilla,agave nectar and salt. Sometimes I add goji berries and/or chopped nuts. I pour them in heart shaped molds or ice trays and it makes a delicious treat.