Creamy keto cacao butter recipes are a great way to add a healthy source of fat to your diet.
Cacao butter has a mild chocolate flavor and white, yellow color that will instantly remind you of your favorite white chocolate bar.
It is a high-fat ingredient by nature which makes it perfect for easy keto recipes on a keto diet!
What is Cacao Butter?
The Theobroma cacao tree produces a beautiful yellow, orange, and purple fruit pod. Inside this pod are seeds called cacao beans. The beans are the essential ingredient for making chocolate, so this is as close as you can get to having chocolate grow on trees.
A far cry from chocolate peanut butter cups dripping down like cherries, the bean is bitter and must be dried and fermented before eating.
This chocolate bean can make a few different foods: cacao paste, cacao powder, cacao butter, and cacao nibs. Cocoa butter, also called theobroma oil, comes about as the bean is pressed to separate the oil from the fiber (aka “powder”).
The pale-yellow, edible fat is used to make chocolate, as well as some ointments and cosmetics. Due to the emulsifying properties, it is an excellent ingredient for ketogenic chocolate recipes.
Cacao butter may also be used in equal amounts to make recipes dairy-free.
Where Can I Buy Cacao Butter?
There is undoubtedly a dark side to the cacao industry. Scandals over child labor, poor working conditions, and toxic contamination of both the growing area and final cacao product make it evident that choosing a trustworthy source is important.
We’ve linked up with Pacari Cacao, an award-winning, biodynamic, and organic cacao farm near us in Ecuador. Having our feet on the ground here in Ecuador has given us greater insight behind the scenes of the cacao industry. Mega and low-quality producers cut corners in ways you would never imagine! Choosing a high-quality brand ensures you get the purity you want.
Buy our organic, heirloom cacao butter right now.
UPDATE: We no longer sell cacao ourselves but do recommend products from Wildly Organic and stand by their sourcing, processing, and business practices.
Be sure to store it in a cool, dry place. It generally has a shelf life of two to three years if it hasn’t been exposed to heat or wet conditions.
It’s a general practice of mine to write the date you opened it on the package, so I remember
The Best Keto Cacao Butter Recipes
Cacao butter provides texture, flavor, and a creamy visual appeal to keto recipes.
Use the butter in place of dairy butter next time you make a bullet-proof coffee or try one of these delicious sugar-free keto recipes with cacao butter as one of the featured ingredients!
Cacao Butter Recipes
Cacao butter brings the classic flavor and appearance to these nutty, cardamom flavored keto chocolate cups. You would never think they could be so easy to make!
Everyone loves chocolate and peanut butter, but what about the other nuts? This recipe pairs cacao butter with Brazil nuts to achieve a smooth, good-for-you ketogenic white chocolate.
We crafted this recipe after our second child was born, this was the perfect new mommy treat!
Homemade Spirulina Chocolate Bites are simple to make and so much more delicious than anything store-bought. You can make them entirely from natural, organic ingredients without any artificial flavors, preservatives or added sugar.
A medicinal mix of reishi, shilajit, and maca make this keto chocolate stand out from the crowd. It's deep, dark flavor is unforgettable.
“Perfect” White Hot Chocolate
Cozy up with a mug to white cocoa. It’s new and novel with an ultra creamy blend of cacao butter, cream, and collagen peptides.
Easy Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups
What is a chocolate recipe round up without peanut butter cups? These are practically fool proof.
Low-Carb Keto Chocolate Bar Recipe
Everyone has to have a good go-to chocolate bar recipe. This one is simple and easy, made with just 5 essential ingredients.
White Chocolate Keto Truffles
Truffles are a beautiful treat to make. Use this recipe to stay low-carb, ketogenic, and sugar-free!
Keto Blondies
A buttery delight, these gluten-free keto brownies turn blonde with creamy cacao butter!
Now you see how many ways there are to use cacao butter in easy and delicious keto recipes!
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I hope you are inspired by these recipes as much as I am!
Wow so excited to try some of these, I just bought cacao butter and then didn’t know what to do with it haha. Thanks!
Perfect! I’m so glad this post is helpful for you 🙂
Such a creative celebration of recipes!
Thanks for sharing this info and the great resources!