2 Chocolate Questions

[GlorifiedRice]

1) I was at the scratch and dent/food outlet/bulk food place and saw something called BLACK COCOA POWDER. Any clue what it is?

2) Can I buy whole cacao pods? Any sources

TIA

[gfron1]

HERE'S the topic on King Arthur's black cocoa powder.

[alanamoana]

the thing about black cocoa powder is that it doesn't have much flavor...i think it is because of the processing it goes through. it does make for very dark dough though (think oreos).

i don't think you can get whole cocoa pods. you can get whole cocoa beans. the process that the cocoa goes through before the beans are usable includes fermentation time. so i think the pod and the pulp that surround the cocoa beans sort of dissolve or rot off and any residue is washed away. there are companies that make cute cocoa pod chocolate molds, though.