Hi All!!

I am making Chocalate Buttercream icing. It calls for Coca. When I go to the store there is SWEETENED and UNsweetend Coca. What is the difference?? Which do I choose????


Thank You,

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When a recipe calls for cocoa powder, it's usually referring to unsweetened cocoa. To be sure, just take a look at the other ingredients in your buttercream recipe. If there is another sugar source (most likely powdered sugar), then you definitely want to buy unsweetened cocoa.

I think the sweetened cocoas are for making chocolate milk and things like that. I believe they have more sugar than cocoa in them, but I'm not sure. For baking or frostings or anything calling for cocoa, I always go with unsweetened.

patti

Do you mean cocoa? Ive never heard of coca! If its cocoa - it probably means un-sweet .. HTH!

Sorry for the mis-spelled words.... I meant Cocoa. Thank you for the tips.

why ever buy sweetened? all they do is charge you 3x+ for the sugar you can buy separately much cheaper and then add yourself.

Besides, if you buy the sweetened, then it's not funny when the kids want a spoonful of it, all by itself!

What about Dutch processed? I had a devil of a time finding that and eventually found a recipe to make "normal" cocoa into Dutch processed....can anyone explain the difference?

I *heart* you Debi... LMAO!!

It's especially funny if you can get a macho man to try it. You know .. the guy who can do ANYTHING in that manly-man voice! You'll take him to his knees!

I'm definitely going to try the cinammon one! Lol

Doug - thank you, that was a great article.....Dutch Processed it is!!