Yupik Organic Raw Cacao Beans, 2.2 lb (35.2 oz), Vegan, GMO-Free, Kosher, Gluten-Free, Dried Beans, Fermented, Unroasted, No Sugar Added, Source of Fiber & Iron, Ideal for Baking & Chocolate Making

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Incredible cacao beans. Eating them whole is amazing. I honestly wish I could eat these everyday. Unfortunately, they have gone up from $19.99 per bag in 2022 to now $46 in 2026.

. . . preserves the odor and the pleasantly piquant taste and keeping qualities of cacao beans that have been fermented to just the right extent. This grinds to powder in your bladed coffee grinder or a blender easily and that homemade powder tastes vastly fresher and better than store bought powder. Homemade cacao powder mixed with peanut or any nut butter and natural sweetener, like green stevia, makes a fantastic substitute for junk spreads such as Nutella.

I've been baking professionally for quite a while now, and tend to shy away from using cacao as an ingredient due to previous experiences. These exceeded even my greatest. For $20! Whole beans, fresh, good flavor profiles, and besides using them as an ingredient in a cacao brittle and as a garnish, they are an excellent fidget snack. I sort them by how loose the skins are. The ones that are harder to peel intact are for snacking. You can tell when they won't crackle if you roll one between thumb and forefinger. You gotta work for it, but it's worth it! The ones that DO have a dry, crackling peel tend to be best for desserts or candy, not due to a quality issue, but ease of preparation. It's easier to peel the drier ones without them falling apart. 5/5 overall.

Here I have been buying little bitty broken pieces of cacao beans, called nibs, when I could have been buying these nice fresh whole ones all along. They are more tender, they have a papery husk on some that is edible with no problem, you dont have to peel them individually unless you are very fussy. The husk adds some fiber! They have a mild dark choc flavor, not really distinctive, I presume if you heated them it would intensify it, but I have been too lazy so far. I do find one very rather surprising thing about them tho, they are the strongest.. in the coffee like effect they have of any of the 6 brands of nibs I have tried so far. They will keep you awake all night like you drank two cups of strong coffee before you went to bed.... I had just absent mindedly nibbled on them like nuts as I worked on the computer late at night, maybe 2 dozen -as they are small.... and I stayed awake just fine, except when I went to bed I couldnt sleep all night! I didnt worry about this too much but then when I ate some the next day too, not as many, I did sleep but work up feeling groggy, sort of like a hangover all morning. So beware, don't eat too many! They are potent!

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