How to Use Cocoa

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Buy quality cocoa powder.

   To begin with, make sure you have chosen good cocoa powder for use at home or as a gift.
   
   It should be from a reputable source, and have a good color, aroma, and taste.
   
   You might also like to consider purchasing Fair Trade cocoa powder.
   
   Read How to buy cocoa powder for more details.
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   Step 2: Use cocoa for drinks.

   Cocoa powder can be used for chocolate flavored drinks, such as:
   Hot cocoa Chocolate milk Cocoa coffee delight Peppermint and cinnamon hot cocoa Cold cocoa. , Cocoa can be used extensively in baking.
   
   It is important to taste cocoa first, as it varies in flavor from intense, mild, deep, tart, to acidic.
   
   Some ideas to start you include:
   Cocoa fudge Dark chocolate cake Devil's food cake with cocoa Chocolate self saucing pudding Cocoa sticks. ,, There are some delicious things you can make to pamper yourself with, using cocoa butter, such as:
   Cocoa lip balm Cocoa butter deodorant block. , There are lots of ways to create a cocoa gift.
   
   You could make a gift basket of cocoa powders of differing origins, with a cookbook and some cooking utensils.
   
   Or, you could give cocoa powder with a mug; look at How to make an instant hot cocoa gift package for one idea.
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   Step 3: Bake with cocoa.

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   Step 4: Use cocoa as a chocolate substitute.

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   Step 5: Make cosmetics with cocoa.

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   Step 6: Give cocoa as a gift.

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