Chuncho Cocoa Butter

An 800 g block of pure cocoa butter, pressed from the same heirloom Chuncho beans that go into our ceremonial cacao, wild-harvested in the Peruvian highlands and handled at origin. Cocoa butter is the fat that lives inside the cacao seed. Our paste and ground cacao run around 54% cocoa butter because we never take it out; this is that same fat on its own: pale gold, firm, and still carrying the aroma of the bean.

It is food grade, which means it earns its place in the kitchen and in body care alike. Chocolate makers use it to build bars from scratch and to adjust how a temper flows and snaps. Because it melts with gentle warmth and sets firm again at room temperature, it makes a dependable base for balms, salves, and whipped body butters. A shaved spoonful stirred into a hot cup of cacao will round the texture out without sweetening it.

Good to know

• One solid 800 g block, about $7.75 per 100 g. Break or shave off what a recipe asks for.
• A single ingredient. Nothing added, and the flavor of the bean left intact.
• Tested for heavy metals, herbicides, and pesticides.
• Vegan, non-GMO, soy-free, gluten-free, and sugar-free.
• Regeneratively grown and directly traded from the family that grows it, paid 3x above fair trade.
• Keep it cool, dry, and sealed, away from heat and humidity.

Orders ship from Grass Valley, California, on our next ship day (Monday, Wednesday or Friday).