Raw Cacao Powder/Raw Cocoa Powder - Certified Organic - Premium Rio Arriba - Smoothies, Hot Chocolate, Baking, Shakes, Add to Coffee - Rich in Magnesium (16oz)

I've been using Divine Organics raw cocao for about a year now and I really enjoy the product. I"m in the health and wellness industry and it took a long while to find a cocao that contained ample nutrients, and is a cocao I enjoy and can afford. It's rich, velvety flavor and texture is complemented by a gentle bitterness. I've been using this product medicinally for its magnesium and iron contents and my body responds favorably to it. When I'm on my cycle, I can become quite anemic. Although cocao contains non-heme iron (meaning, it isn't absorbed as well by the body as animal-based heme iron), I find that eating the cocao with a small tangerine or another citrus (vitamin c helps with absorption) increases bioavailability to the point where I can feel a significant difference. My energy jumps within 30 minutes yet I don't get the jitters like I have with other cocaos. I have recommended some of my yoga and Reiki clients try this cocao for the health benefits as well. Of course, I would be remiss to mention that this cocao makes an absolutely heavenly hot cocoa! Made with raw milk, brown sugar or honey, heated slowly in a pan while whisking, I've never had a better hot cocoa. I also thoroughly enjoy making smoothies with this cocao and baking with it. I've used this cocao in recipes I've created for my retreats (such as the avocado cocao pudding with blueberries shown in this picture) and they are always met with oohs and ahhhs. I also like how easy it was to look up information on this company and product so I could make an informed purchasing decision.

I like that I can use minimal sweetener, because this cacao powder is not bitter. It has a rich chocolate flavor, with no odd taste. It's 100% cacao, no artificial sweeteners. It dissolves really easily in hot liquid, and dissolves reasonably well in warm liquid. It works great in smoothies, too. I love to make iced coffee with it - I just dissolve the cacao in a couple of tablespoons of hot water, then add it to the coffee, and add ice. I generally add just a little sweetener, maybe 2 teaspoons sugar in a tall (32 oz) glass.

Good, clean product, ground to a fine powder. Rich chocolate taste, easy to use and low price, too! Absorbs easily into smoothies. My favorite way to use this cacao powder is in chocolate chia pudding: 2 cups of soy or almond milk / 2 heaping tablespoons chia seeds / 2 tablespoons cacao powder / honey or stevia to taste--mix until blended. (Do not blend in a blender or you get lots of air bubbles and pudding turns out sort of gooey.) Let mixture sit in fridge overnight. Resulting pudding is thick, creamy and really delicious. This is also great buzzed in a blender with vanilla soy milk to make healthy chocolate milk.

good product, but be sure to order three weeks before you want to receive it. i don't know why the shipping is so slow. i had to buy another brand while waiting for this one to get here.

I've tried various brands and keep coming back to this one. It can be 115 degrees outside, but it's cool inside, so often I still want my healthy hot cocoa instead of tea. In a 16 oz mug, pour in an ounce or two of unheated water. Use a whisk or just a fork to mix in two level teaspoons of this cacao, a little stevia extract, a few drops of vanilla, and 1/4 cup of goat milk. Add about 10 to 12 oz of filtered boiling water. Chocolate was a drink, not a candy, for centuries - why eat candy that's gone in seconds when you can sip on this for a long time?

CA PROP 65 WARNING ON PRODUCT LABEL, WHICH IS DIFFERENT THAN THE LABEL IN THE PHOTOS. The warning is added below the “Allergen Information” on the bag I received. I added photos of the way it’s advertised in Amazon vs. what I received. The cocoa itself is a little lighter and less flavorful than the Now Real Foods Organic Cocoa and the Sharfenberger. It’s good though; to the average person this is fine. I’m just not willing to knowingly put cancer-causing chemicals in my body while I work so hard in my life to keep them out. I didn’t even bother with contacting Amazon after I saw it’s not returnable. I stead, I paid for a subscription to Thrive Market and I’m done playing the game Amazon seems to be playing: allow false advertising and refuse to support the customer victims all while Jeff Bezos rolls around in even more of our dollars while paying ZERO federal taxes and getting a rebate in top of it. I am exiting this game of trying to buy healthy food on Amazon because it’s rigged.

So far, I’ve only used it to flavor my coffee, which I liked. I haven’t had a chance to use it for baking yet, but I do like the flavor and texture. It seems much more silky and flavorful than cocoa products sold in grocery stores. It is a bit expensive, but I feel it’s worth it to have a product that is organic, non-GMO, etc. I will most likely buy it again if I am happy with baking results.

I just love this stuff.. it has the most wonderful chocolate flavor, and is a beautiful powder that mixes with any liquid, it might even mix with dry ingredients, haven't tried that yet. My favorite is to mix it with almond milk and a little stevia to make guilt free chocolate milk or hot chocolate, but I also put it in the "Dandy Blend" to soften the bitterness. Anywhere you want a little chocolate flavor this is the one. Have tried many other cocoa's and this one is the best of them all. Will remain a little gritty, but not too much, and not a problem.