Cocoa Nibs

Small bits of roasted cocoa nib can be purchased as a specialty ingredient. Just as cocoa beans can be thought of as nuts, cocoa nibs (also called cacao nibs) can be thought of as chopped nuts. Nibs contain everything that is found in the cocoa bean including a large amount of cocoa butter and an almost equal amount of cocoa solids nonfat. Because they are unsweetened, cocoa nibs have a strong bitter chocolate taste.