What Did I Just Put in my Mouth?

That's the thought I had upon tasting cacao nibs for the first time.

Cacao nibs are like eating little rocks, and not pleasant ones! Should I really expected any different when they look like this:

The taste and scent are unappealing. There's a slight cocoa smell, but I also detect what I would usually associate with chemical or toxic fumes. 

Superfood or not, its one thing I won't be trying again. Now I've got a whole bag of them in my cupboard and will never get used. 

I get that the less processed the better something is for you, but, in this case, I think I'll be sticking with pure cocoa powder from now on. 

Have you tried cacao nibs? Do you like them?

Which do you prefer: cacao or cocoa?

via Stacie Michelle http://stacie-michelle.blogspot.com/2013/09/what-did-i-just-put-in-my-mouth.html

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