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Posted: 10/29/2009 5:34 PM

#295003

	JesBelle

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Subject: Fair Trade Cocoa

Anyone know where I can find fair trade dutch cocoa for baking? Everywhere I look, online or in stores, all I find is hot cocoa mix. It appears that Frontier makes it and I could probably hunt some up, but has anyone here ever tried it? Is it any good?

Kt
"I cook because I'm hungry." - Addam, the mad chef on Northern Exposure

Posted: 10/29/2009 11:41 PM

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	merstar

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I've never tried it but you can buy Frontier at Amazon:
Frontier:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00 1VNFHLC
Green and Blacks also makes a fair trade cocoa powder - you can enter your zip code and find locations near you that sell it:
http://www.greenandblacks.com/us/what-we-m ake/baking/fairtrade-cocoa-powder.html

[Edited on 10/30/2009]

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Posted: 10/30/2009 7:33 AM

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	la peca

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I've not tried it either, but I do see free-trade cocoa powders at my local co-ops----both in the bulk section, then in cans on the shelves.

Posted: 10/30/2009 10:50 AM

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	JesBelle

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Hmmm, I rather like some of the Green and Blacks chocolates, I'll have to look around for the cocoa. Mostly, I just don't have a bunch of cash to throw at experimenting before Xmas and I know I'll probably have to buy a large amount when I do find it. I think the smallest increment I was finding for the Frontier brand was 1lb.

Kt
"I cook because I'm hungry." - Addam, the mad chef on Northern Exposure

Posted: 10/31/2009 12:13 PM

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	Platypussrex

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not sure where they get it, but my wife goes to a bookclub that meets at a local Lutheran church, and they have a display out front where they sell fair trade coffees, teas, and cocoa. She says the coffee is good, but we've not tried the cocoa yet. I don't know if this is some local effort, or a mission of the Lutheran church in general, but it might not hurt to see if a church in your area has something like that.

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