Droste Cocoa (8.8o oz)

by Droste

Product Features

• Droste Cocoa mix for baking and drinking 8.8oz

Product Description

A delicious drinking and baking cocoa powder. Great for an old-fashioned cup of hot cocoa or refreshing glass of chocolate milk, mix together two teaspoons Droste Cocoa and two heaping teaspoons sugar. Add enough water, milk or cream to stir to a paste. Add one cup hot or cold milk, stir well and serve. Excellent for baking.

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B0007V11TQ
• UPC: 077428323035
• Item model number: DC9727
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (36 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,310 in Grocery & Gourmet Food (See Top 100 in Grocery & Gourmet Food)
  • #10 in Grocery & Gourmet Food > Cooking & Baking Supplies > Chocolate > Baking Cocoa

Customer Reviews

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81 of 94 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars terminally mediocre (in my hands), October 24, 2007

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A. Nathe - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Droste Cocoa (8.8o oz) (Misc.)

My experience is quite different to most other reviewers, so perhaps it will be a helpful counterpoint. I used Droste to make a test cake for my son's birthday, and it had no detectable chocolate flavor. I then just tasted the Droste cocoa and found it awfully bland. I picked up a can of Pernigotti cocoa from Williams-Sonoma: horribly expensive, but produced quite a good chocolate cake from the same recipe. For baking, if you are a foodie, Droste will be disappointing. If you are limited to supermarket selections I would look for a recipe that calls for melted chocolate, perhaps in addition to cocoa, and use Lindt chocolate: the result should be more chocolate-tasting. If you have more money and/or resources, Callebaut cocoa (from Amazon or another mail-order place) is terrific, Green & Black also performs well and is popular with pastry chefs (it is organic, so look for it at organic shops or at Whole Foods), and as mentioned I found Pernigotti to perform well (find at Williams-Sonoma or a gourmet shop). Hope this is helpful.

An earlier reviewer commented that Dutched cocoas will produce more flavor: Dutching is an alkalizing treatment used to bring the cocoa taste forward. All Dutch-processed cocoas are not the same, however, and have different pH levels as well as dramatically different flavors. For more on this see Rose Levenbaum's "Cake Bible" or hit the Cook's Illustrated website. Rose recommends Green & Black's on her blog, and Cook's Illustrated recommends Callebaut as the best cocoa they reviewed (they did find Droste to be the best supermarket brand), although of the three cocoas I suggest only Callebaut was included in the Cook's Illustrated taste test.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Dutch-Process Cocoa is not for baking - Use unsweetened cocoa instead, March 22, 2011

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guy "in search of knowledge" (Mnt View , CA, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Droste Cocoa (8.8o oz) (Misc.)

For those who wanted to use this chocolate for baking read below:

Dutch-Process Cocoa or Alkalized Unsweetened Cocoa Powder:

Has been treated with an alkali to neutralize its natural acidity. Because it is neutral and does not react with baking soda, it must be used in recipes calling for baking powder, unless there are other acidic ingredients in sufficient quantities used. It has a reddish-brown color, mild flavor, and is easy to dissolve in liquids.

Unsweetened Cocoa:

Has a complex chocolate flavor while the Dutch-process is darker and more mellow. Its intense flavor makes it well suited for use in brownies, cookies and some chocolate cakes. When natural cocoa (an acid) is used in recipes calling for baking soda (an alkali), it creates a leavening action that causes the batter to rise when placed in the oven.

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Makes a great cup of cocoa., January 28, 2010

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Richard D. Mccabe "Richard" (Ohio) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Droste Cocoa (8.8o oz) (Misc.)

Get a tall mug, fill it 1/4 full with milk. Microwave till it is very hot. Add 1 extra heaping teaspoon of Droste. Mix till it dissolves completely - be sure to get the sides and bottom. Add a strong pinch of stevia for sweetening. Fill the rest with milk and heat. You can also use a pot to heat in if you want to share.

You can add sugar instead of stevia if you want, but why not save the calories for a second cup?