Cocoa Powder

Cocoa powder is made from roasted cocoa beans that are ground after much of their fat, the cocoa butter, has been pressed out. It gives a deep chocolate flavour and a dark colour to whatever it is added to. At home it is commonly whisked into hot milk with a little sugar for a warm cup of hot chocolate, or stirred into cold milk and smoothies. In baking it goes into chocolate cakes, brownies, cookies, puddings and frostings, and it is often dusted over desserts such as tiramisu. You can find cocoa powder on the shelf at Dekenet Al Nes in Baaqline, in the Chouf. We are a package-free grocery store, so customers are encouraged to bring their own jars or containers and fill them with the amount they need, which helps cut plastic waste and single-use packaging.