I'm not a fan of protein powder, but I LOVE collagen and love to
use cacao butter over coconut oil in baking.
I would still keep them in the fridge even if
you use cacao butter (there is coconut oil inside so they would be too soft if left at room temperature).
And for chocolate chips that stay the the most «firm»
use cacao butter or cocoa butter (not coconut oil) and google «how to temper chocolate».
Just a question for this one - can
I use cacao butter instead coconut oil?
As for the ingredients, you might want to
use cacao butter instead of coconut oil, if you are using the chocolate chips for baking.
Use cacao butter as a source of healthy fats in ketogenic chocolates, cakes, pie crusts and homemade skin care lotions, balms and butters
The most common way to
use cacao butter is to melt it in a bowl over hot water on a low heat, mixing in CHOC Chick Cacao Powder and sweetening to taste to make raw chocolates.
If you wanted to
use cacao butter you could, but you would need to melt it first, and it will also make a slightly firmer filling.
There's cacao nibs in the bowl but they're just for the photo:) You don't have to
use cacao butter if you use powder.
However, if you're planning on taking the fudge to a party and don't want it to melt in everyone's hands,
use cacao butter instead.
I would not
use cacao butter as an alternative to almond butter as the consistencies and flavours are completely different.
I have very sensitive skin so
I use cacao butter or almond oil for my skin instead of lotions and face creams.
Love the idea of
using cacao butter to make it «white chocolate»
I've just started
using cacao butter and I think it's even more delicious than coconut oil in this recipe because it makes it taste even more chocolaty!
See our delicious Spring Vegetable Frittata recipe below as well as a few more of our CHOCtastic recipes
using cacao butter, which you can also find on our website:
Most of the other recipes I found for making raw chocolate
used cacao butter instead, which may well create a slightly superior chocolate base and be less crumbly (I found the coconut butter does make it ever so slightly crumbly).
I have
used cacao butter in this raw chocolate recipe because cacao butter is a component of chocolate and as such it provides flavour, texture and setting quality.
I'll put «white chocolate» in quotations because
I used cacao butter in the recipe to provide the chocolate flavor instead of real white chocolate for two reasons:
Using cacao butter to fry and as a dressing in this salad makes it especially tasty and lifts up its sweet and aromatic flavours.
I read all of the comments and thoroughly read the recipe hoping to understand why you added coconut butter, rather than exclusively
using cacao butter.
Hi Donna,
I used cacao butter in this recipe because together with raw cacao powder it creates the chocolate element.
I'm also planning to make a sugar - free version of your torte reciple,
using cacao butter, creamed coconut, and stevia for the frosting.
If you've been following my blog for a while now, you'll know that I have
used cacao butter in lots of my snack recipes.
Freeze to solidify and then either keep in the freezer, or if
you used cacao butter — you can also keep in the fridge.
I also play around with the quantities of egg and butter to suit my taste and have also
used cacao butter and ghee in place of butter and its been good.
Heather recommended
using cacao butter for a substitution in place of tallow up in the article.
Not exact matches
I do have cocoa
butter but I'm not sure if I can
use it interchangeably with the
cacao butter!
Combine almond milk, rolled oats, vanilla, banana, dates, hemp hearts, almond
butter, maca,
cacao nibs, chia seeds and cinnamon, if
using, in an upright blender.
Chocolate Layer Cakes with Black Cherry and Orange Chocolate layers 3 cups nut or coconut milk 6 tablespoons
cacao powder 4 tablespoons cocoa nibs 2 tablespoons vanilla extract 2 tablespoons coconut flakes 1/2 cup coconut oil 1 cup sprouted pecan
butter or almond
butter 3/4 cup sweetener of your choice (I
used Jerusalem artichoke syrup) 1/2 cup almond flour 1 1/2 cups ground flax seeds 3 tablespoons maca powder (optional) 2 tablespoons lucuma powder (optional)
Also,
cacao butter I can't find here in Hong Kong, is there anything that I can
use as a substitute?
I'm not sure if this was down to
using homemade almond
butter (previously
used cashew
butter), not sifting the raw
cacao or over-mixing in the Magimix — any thoughts on this would be appreciated (although this may be better directed at Madeleine as the recipe originated from her.)
Hi Ella, I have all of these apart from the
cacao butter, is there anything I can
use instead or add more of to substitute?
Hi Molly,
cacao butter is really great to
use in this recipe as it binds the mixture together and has a chocolately taste but you could also try
using coconut oil instead!
And in your recipes, you
use sometimes
cacao butter (that's slightly too expensive for a student budget), are there any possible substitutions?
My staples are tamari, tahini, almond
butter, almonds, buckwheat flour, medjool dates, apple cider vinegar, coconut oil and
cacao — I
use these most days!
Hi Ella, I was running low on ingredients so instead of
using almonds I
used activated pumpkin seeds, I replaced
cacao with natural peanut
butter and I added some cinnamon and vanilla and I didn't add maple syrup.
For the icing you'd probably have to
use a type of fat that solidifies when chilled, such as
cacao butter (dairy
butter would work of course).
You could try
using melted
cacao butter, or something like almond or macadamia oil instead, although sadly I haven't tried these myself before so I'm not too such about the flavour and ratio.
Btw I had no
cacao butter either, but
used coconut oil.
The chocolate top and bottom is rich and deeply chocolatey thanks to the
use of
cacao butter, and my favorite way to sweeten it is with maple syrup (honey is also a great option).
Raw Ferrero Roche Truffles These truffles are made with smooth chocolate hazelnut
butter (
use homemade to avoid additives), coconut oil,
cacao powder, coconut milk, vanilla bean paste, and more.
As for making your own hazelnut
butter, I have a recipe for it right here: https://thehealthyfoodie.com/hazelnut-
butter-meets-dark-cocoa-powder/ (
use the one without the
cacao powder)
This delicious chocolate and coffee smoothie includes ice cubes, milk, brewed coffee, peanut
butter or almond
butter, banana, chocolate flavored protein powder and unsweetened cocoa powder (if you have
cacao,
use that).
I
used blueberries instead of strawberries, for the nut
butter I
used cashew
butter &
used cacao nibs in place of choc chips (it's just what I had at home).
1 and 1/4 cup of almond milk (I
used toasted coconut unsweetened milk)-- cashew, coconut or whatever you
use I scoop of Vega One coconut almond flavored nutritional shake powder 8 - 10 raw almonds (I soak mine but regular are fine) 1 handful of baby spinach leaves 1 tablespoon of Justin's maple almond
butter 1 teaspoon of raw
cacao nibs 1 teaspoon of raw
cacao powder 1 banana, ripe or frozen — peeled 6 ice cubes 1 tablespoon of coconut flakes plus more for garnishing
I
use one banana, 1/2 cup almond milk, almond
butter, cinnamon,
cacao powder, vanilla, chia seeds, chocolate chips (and whatever else I might be feeling) Blend it all together and boom!
Instead they're
using things like real honey, unsweetened
cacao, coconut oil, and almond
butter.
To make real chocolate you don't
use coconut oil, you
use cocoa
butter and cocoa powder (or
cacao versions which are less processed if you want to get really authentic) and a sweetener like ricemalt syrup.
I previously
used raw
cacao butter, which is also lovely, but it overpowers any essential oils and doesn't allow for a fragrance.
I'd like to say the secret ingredient is love, but the fact that it only
uses high - quality ingredients like real
butter and pure
cacao powder probably has something to do with it, too.