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Cocoa Butter


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Help! I'm trying to locate a source for cocoa butter. I've checked the local Trader Joes and Whole Foods, and they do not carry it. Is cocoa butter an item that needs to be ordered from a speciality store? Thanks!

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Help!  I'm trying to locate a source for cocoa butter.  I've checked the local Trader Joes and Whole Foods, and they do not carry it.  Is cocoa butter an item that needs to be ordered from a speciality store?  Thanks!

Cocoa butter is often a bit hard to track down. It also isn't cheap. This is the reason why so many chocolate manufacturers add soy lecithin -- it allows you to make chocolate without having to add as much (if any) additional cocoa butter.

Here are a couple of resources:

Chef Shop has it in granules which are very handy to work with:

http://chefshop.com/Itemdesc.asp?ic=4654&eq=4654baking&Tp=

Albert Uster Imports ( http://www.auiswiss.com/ ) has cocoa butter as well. It is a bit hard to find in their store but in the end, it costs $46 for 5.5 lbs which works out to about $8.00/lb.

Hope this helps,

-Art

Amano Artisan Chocolate

http://www.amanochocolate.com/

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a regular health food store will carry it in pint jars

right next to the coconut oil

and palm oil ....most old fashioned Health food markets and coops have it

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I thought I read somewhere that cocoa butter had an "indefinite" shelf life if stored properly. Recently, however, I was adding some cocoa butter to some chocolate I was tempering and the cocoa butter seemed to have a slightly "off" smell to me. Anyone know how long cocoa butter will keep?

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The shelf-life is not unlimited. And really, it just depends on how well it was stored away from light and moisture and heat.

I'd say, at least a year under normal conditions but probably not much longer.

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Not really a where question, but more of a how question...

How much cocoa butter do you use when trying to cut back chocolate.  I want to use some white chocolate for enrobing certain truffles, but it is way too thick to be workable.

Start by adding about 5% by weight, then adjusting as necessary.

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If you have a Michael's, they stock it in the Wilton aisle. Perhaps they carry it in Hobby Lobby or other such stores too.

It's a LorAnn product.

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What's the difference between liquid cocoa butter (at room temp),  blocks, and mycryo in terms of use/application?

 

I understand that mycryo is deodourised but that's pretty much it.

 

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Mycryo is very high in beta crystals, when it's in the powder form. Generally, it's used like a 'seed' when tempering whereas liquid cocoa butter may or may not be in temper and a block of cocoa butter is in temper but might fall out of temper when melted depending on how it's handled.

 

If you are trying to spray chocolate, mycryo is a good choice for making it a little thinner because it also pretty much guarantees a good snappy result. It's expensive to use alone or in large volume, though.

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