THE COCOA TRADER – Black Cocoa Powder for Baking 1Lb – Darkest Dutch Processed, Alkalized, Unsweetened Chocolate Flavor | Natural Food Coloring Substitute | Vegan, Gluten- & Sugar-Free, Keto Friendly

Love this! Mt cookie icing was black! I am never going to use black food coloring on my cookies again! It does have a slight taste of dark coco but it’s very mild. I dissolved in boiling water before adding to my royal icing. I used 1 tbsp of coco to 1/2 tbsp boil water then added a little more water until I got a loose paste. Then added to my prepared a small amount stiff royal icing until I got the black color I wanted. I added warm water to the icing to get my flood consistency I wanted. I also used it to make black brownies.. whoa! Rich! They were amazing! The flavor was super decadent and rich! You need vanilla ice cream to balance but absolutely wonderful!

Why did you pick this product vs others?:Purchased to make black frosting and it did not disappoint. Great flavor, beautiful dark color

My little requested a solar system themed birthday cake and I found a recipe for a dye-free black buttercream frosting that required black cocoa powder. This black frosting tasted like Oreo cookies with a balanced dark chocolate bitterness and richness. The frosting was also naturally pitch black and did not stain our fingers or teeth! I can't wait to experiment with this cocoa powder in other recipes.

If you are “Cocoa Illiterate” like me somewhat—You need to do some SERIOUS study with this particular Black Cocoa or ANY Black Cocoa Powder that is dark as this—using the naked eye.If you do not believe me, go on Google or go on YouTube and search for black cocoa and you will see ‘visibly’ what comes up is NOWHERE as JET black—as this. Yet it will most likely still be labeled—Black Cocoa.THIS...(that I’m reviewing) would definitely be the BRUTE of a an excellent glass Champagne. When I first tasted Brute Champagne...lest just say NOT what I thought...till I matured.This stuff here—is seriously powdered “Kingsford” charcoal in color and that color means something if you are considerIng swapping this here ‘cup for cup’ —in your favorite chocolate cake recipe.WORD OF CAUTION...DO NOT. Just....don’t.I KNOW how to bake and I sell cakes. I am not however, scientific with reactions and results. I used a recipe calling for 1 2/3 cups of ‘black cocoa powder’. She stated it was a recipe for a ‘wedding cake’ and it looked moist...beautiful. Black.I wanted that. And I wanted it for not a wedding cake but the amount of cake itself it would yield for what I was doing.Suffice to say—she may have used (for all I know) Hersheys Special Dark because her recipe (even her comments before the recipe) did not mention anything on WHAT she used.To be honest when most people bake and say they used BC powder, it is more likely it is Hershey’s SD because it does produce a ‘dark’ cake. Now don’t get me wrong I DO love me some H S/D.But I wanted BLACK. So here’s what I’ve learned after using this BRUTE BCP.The blacker the Cocoa...the more ‘dutched’. The more dutched means less acidic due to high treatment of Alkaline which from what I understand (AFTER the fact of using—still good) the TEXTURE and height—WILL BE affected and THAT...IS CRUCIAL.So ‘cut’ your cups used. If the recipe calls for 1 1/2 cups of cocoa powder and you want to use black—use 1 cup of cocoa powder and test with 1/2 cup of THIS brand— black. And that is what I used in my most favorite chocolate cake recipe however....While the results was better than the cup for cup swap out that this other recipe call for—I think next time I will use a ratio of : 1 1/4 cup cocoa powder + 1/4 of this Beautiful yet dangerous (if you don’t know what your doing)....Jet Black Cocoa Powder. Good Stuff.And one more thing. Someone said on here that the package says “not for taste” or something of that effect....that is true. This level of Cocoa does not have a distinct chocolate flavor but a ‘note’.That is because of the processing of it being HIGHLY Dutch. It is or would be best for color but it does add a good earthy chocolate NOTE in flavor.I hope all of that made sense because I really think this is an excellent, diamond rated Cocoa Black.But to avoid giving an unfair rating—know what your doing with this Black Cocoa because you maybe expecting something that is just not going to happen with it depending on what may be.

Arrived on time without any damage to the packaging. I wanted to make a black cake with black buttercream frosting and decided to try this brand of black cocoa powder. It did a fantastic job. Almost as black as my black stovetop.

I bought this to make black frosting (I wanted to avoid dyes). The packaging says it's used for color, not flavor. However, there IS a flavor. It's good. It reminds me of an OREO cookie (minus the filling). The color is fantastic - a very rich black, and it doesn't stain surfaces, teeth, etc. My only complaint is that it says there's not a flavor. It worked with the yellow cake I made, but the flavor may not work for all desserts.

It’ has a chocolaty flavor and a beautiful dark color. Made great brownies and a black velvet cake.

Love this for baking. Just the right amount of dark without the harshness you sometimes get with other brands