Best coconut chocolate candy recipe

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> I just found this as a potential source of cocoa butter:

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http://www.organic-creations.com/servlet/the-437/organic-cocoa-butter-food/D

etail

Sure this is edible? It's marketed as a body care product and says it is

" naturally scented " . I don't know if they mean Unscented, or whether they

add something.

Suze

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On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 4:44 PM, Suze Fisher <suzefisher@...> wrote:

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> > I just found this as a potential source of cocoa butter:

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> http://www.organic-creations.com/servlet/the-437/organic-cocoa-butter-food/D

> etail

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> Sure this is edible? It's marketed as a body care product and says it is

> " naturally scented " . I don't know if they mean Unscented, or whether they

> add something.

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> Suze

Good point. I noticed it didn't say it was food grade but I wasn't

sure whether or not that was relevant. I believe the natural scent

refers to the mild odor of chocolate judging by the description. It

was the first I found that somewhat described the process of making

it. A food grade cocoa butter can be found here:

http://www.candylandcrafts.com/cocoabutter.htm

but there is no information as to how it is processed.

The above brand can be found slightly cheaper here:

http://www.essentialaura.com/cobuceorandf.html

Another brand described as " unrefined " and " food grade " and " certified

organic and fair trade " can be found here:

http://www.essentialaura.com/cobuceorandf.html

It sounds like the best of the bunch and cheaper as well.

Now Foods (www.nowfoods.com) also has cocoa butter but doesn't

describe it as food grade although you can buy relatively

inexpensively through Amazon.

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Carolyn,

> here's a source of raw cacao butter. says its edible.

> http://tinyurl.com/674762

Thanks for the link. Now the question is, given that it is Wolfe

offering the product, is it truly raw? <g>

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On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 7:28 PM, <slethnobotanist@...> wrote:

> I think I just discovered a way to make the homemade coconut candies

> without having to refrigerate them. I really like them because they

> are filling and very ***fat*** dense, which is necessary for my diet.

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> For those of you on this list who weren't around when we were talking

> about these more often, Suze' recipe is below. The tweak I am going to

> make, which only dawned on me last night, is to add cocoa butter -

> duh! After all these are **chocolate** coconut candies, so why not use

> the fat from the same bean that chocolate is made from?

An update:

Dipping them in chocolate works wonders. Tasty and they will keep at

room temperature. However you have to go through the process of making

the cocoa fat ready for dipping. Not a big deal but you may need a few

tries. The process is readily available on the web.

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