Cacao BarryCocoa Powder 100% Cocoa Extra Brute, 2.2 lb

It still seems surreal that you can actually make your own chocolate at home, and with only 3 ingredients for dark chocolate. I don’t have enough experience to rate this cocoa against other cocoas available but the batches of chocolate I have made with cocoa butter, this cocoa and a non-sugar sweetener have come out with a deep, rich flavor profile and a good mouth feel. Tempering takes a bit of handholding and even when I feel I’ve been successful, the chocolate can melt with a little too much enthusiasm, like when I chopped it up to go into chocolate chip cookies. I think it needs to be given a bit more time for some of the stronger crystals to form in tempering. Tastes quite good, though.

It's a tossup between this and the Valrhona dutched cocoa powder in terms of what my favorite is, but they each have uses where they shine. This stuff is such a treat that I'll never use run of the mill grocery-store brands again and I find myself looking for excuses to make chocolate baked goods all the time now.

This is premium stuff. Word of caution: it’s impossible to go back to store bought once you’ve splurged on this.

Product is wonderful but one package leaked and both bags were covered in cocoa powder.

Worth the price and it will last a long time if stored properly. Very rich, earthy dark chocolate flavor. Glad they added resealable packaging. I freeze half of the volume after opening the bag since my kitchen tends to stay warm during the summer. I tried a few other high quality brands but came back to this cocoa. Absolutely the best choice for brownies. Thanks to Stella Parks for recommending this cocoa in her review, she was correct.

Former pastry chef here.... I continue to buy this brand as it's far superior to the junk you find in your grocery store. For a novice baker, this is a large amount of cocoa powder if you're only doing the occasional baking, and it's possible it will spoil if you're not using it in a year or so. But the flavor and quality is so worth it. It's also a much darker cocoa powder (not quite a black cocoa, though), so just beware that your baked goods will come out a bit darker if you're used to using H**shey's. I find the bag to not seal that well and it gets messy, so this goes straight in a stackable food container.

I've tried a many of these cacao powders -- using as a superfood and not really enjoying the flavor or texture of most of them. Just consuming it for health benefits, but THIS -- THIS taste like a decadent high end chocolate dessert at a fine restaurant -- and all I had with it was A2 and stevia - Totally transported. It really tastes like it will make every cookie or cake the star of any sweet thing in the room. No after taste, no deep bitter/chalky texture. I would give this 10 stars.

I really enjoyed this product. The quality is great and the smoothness was nice. The taste is also fantastic! I enjoyed working with it and the end product was awesome.