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There are two ways to define nuts, one botanical and the other culinary. Botanical: It is a dry fruit containing one or two seeds, where the fruit does not open to release the seed. So, only indehiscent fruit are considered true nuts. eg. Walnut (image), pecans, chestnuts. Culinary: A lot of seeds are called nuts even when they do not conform to the ...

Every fruit and many vegetables you eat are seed carriers. That's true from acorns to zucchini and there's a huge variation of types and structures. Many tree nuts seem to be descended from a common ancestor which contain a particular strain of protein that sets of allergies, while other fruits and vegetables (including cocoa) do not. Nuts by definition ...

In the context of the labeling, they mean "tree nut" free, as many folks are allergic to tree nuts. Technically, cocoa nibs are seeds, but they are not nuts. I have not heard of people being allergic to cocoa but that doesn't mean they don't exist. Botanically, all nuts are seeds, but not all seeds are nuts.

The fleshy party of the fruit of theobroma cacao is is supposed to be sweet and pleasant. However, it does not taste like chocolate. Chocolate is made from the nibs or seeds within the fruit of theobroma cacao, after it is fermented ground, and processed, and is in no way sweet. The nibs themselves are very low in sugar, and contain alkaloids (such as ...

Chocolate flavor depends a lot on fat, preferably cocoa fat. I would try using high-quality dark chocolate (70% to 99%) instead of the cocoa powder, or at the very least weakly de-fatted non-dutched cocoa powder (most cocoa powder in the stores is highly de-fatted). I would also throw out the butter and use chocolate instead. I would only try playing around ...

Looking at your recipe, the most obvious thing to me is that there is no salt. Adding a small quantity of salt (say, 1/2 tsp) will enhance the flavors of the ingredients already present. The second thing you might try is switching to dutch processed cocoa; many people find this has a more intense chocolaty taste. You could try enhancing the overall flavor ...