good gracious, i did not know this stuff existed- food grade cocoa butter, yum! i don't know what some other reviewers are tasting, but for me, a long-time chocoholic, this stuff is manna- tastes like the very best part of the essense of chocolate. a tiny, tiny bit melting in your mouth is so satisfying. i got it yesterday and have eaten a bit plain, put a bit in coffee omg! and made some body lotion that smells good enough to eat. the reason for only four stars* is that the packaging leaves something to be desired, since the 'zipper' on the bag already peeled off one side and so is already useless. the cocoa butter itself is small, irregular flat bits, from tiny to quarter-sized, broken pieces. i almost bought the other brand that sells this in rounded, uniform wafers, but it costs more and some of those reviews said that they ended up breaking those wafers into smaller pieces to use anyway, so i didn't see the need for uniformity. second, this product arrived with just some pieces slightly 'grayed', which happens to chocolate when it hasn't been stored in a temperature controlled place. then too, quite a few of the bits are stuck together on other bits, so it is clear this package hasn't been handled really well before arriving, but i don't think the taste has suffered for this, and so pretty sure this going to be a new thing i regularly order!
UPDATE: i was running low, and this time bought the round wafer brand. i used the last of my terrasoul brand yesterday in my coffee, as i do every day since buying it. this morning i opened the round wafer brand and got barely a hint of the delicious smell i was used to. put two wafers in my coffee and huh... did not melt as fast. did not leave a nice thick decadent oily puddle on top like this brand. did not give off that wonderful aroma i was used to at the first sip. taste was as scant as the smell. i added another wafer, but ho-hum, nope, no 'there' there.
i just re-ordered the terrasoul brand and will probably toss the wafers. i also upped my 4 stars to 5 on this product after that direct comparison with the other brand. even if the bag this comes in is not the best, the product definately IS.
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