Thanks!!
Here’s the last batch of fat bombs (from eons ago) that I made with cocoa butter, coconut oil and grassfed butter, some lemon and lime juices, some minced dried lemon and orange peel and some minced dried kafir lime leaves. They were delicious.
Thank you @kaclp Kristen and @RightNOW PJ.
Every little nugget of information helps. Trying to figure out how much to buy pretty clearly depends on how much I’d use every day. One pound isn’t worth buying if I’m going to use 4 oz a day. Kristen, your 20g of stearic acid per day works out to something close to 60g of cocoa butter, a bit over 2 ounces. That helps a lot. Two pounds sounds like a first order.
Right now I put a scoop of collagen in my coffee. If I put an ounce of cocoa butter in it, I’m going to need a bigger mug!
I resolved the same problem successfully!
I love that cup! I’m going to look for one. Someday when I find a job I can buy one. 
Just found this thread.
Ha, that was my next question. Is cacao the same as cocoa?
Haven’t tried it yet; just went to the store but they had none of either. Guess will have to buy it on Amzn.
Wow, 50-100g. Isn’t that like 4-6 tbsp? I can’t afford those calories. If I just had me a Evel Knievel bicycle.
Is THIS stuff okay for eating? https://www.amazon.com/Mary-Tylor-Naturals-Non-Deodorized-Antioxidants/dp/B07J532BC5/ref=sr_1_2_sspa?keywords=organic%2Bcocoa%2Bbutter&qid=1578260502&sr=8-2-spons&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUEzOEVBNUdRN1ZZSFNNJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwNjY0NTIyMTdLNlFHS1dROFBONiZlbmNyeXB0ZWRBZElkPUEwMjcwOTgyMlQ0OFQxMEZWT1E2OSZ3aWRnZXROYW1lPXNwX2F0ZiZhY3Rpb249Y2xpY2tSZWRpcmVjdCZkb05vdExvZ0NsaWNrPXRydWU&th=1 They talk like this is only used for rubbing on your skin.
Unless specifically stated otherwise, it is best to presume that bulk cocoa butter is intended for the cosmetics trade. From the product description: “… Great For DIY Recipes, Lip Balms, Lotions, Creams, Stretch Marks.” I don’t see a list of ingredients - but you need to see that to make sure it does not contain other non-edible stuff like lanolin, for example. If it’s pure cocoa butter then it’s probably OK, just maybe not processed under strict food guidelines.
Thanks, I ditched that one and found another. 100% Raw Cocoa Butter. One reviewer says it has a ‘rich chocolate like smell and taste’.
Someone better tell Fangs about this. 
This stuff is called Raw CACAO BUTTER 100% Pure Unrefined Organic FOOD GRADE Chocolate Cocoa Bean from small farms in the jungle at high altitudes in Peru. (i’m a sucker for good advertising)
It’s nominal 34oz. I get a liter of coffee into it with room to spare. If that’s not enough there’s this one.
For what it’s worth, I’ve seen them listed interchangeably. When I search Amazon, I get both in the results.
I just ordered 2lbs of the Anthony’s Organic Cocoa Butter Wafers, again FWIW.
That’s on my “outstanding questions for the moment” list (in the other Fire in a Bottle thread). Is Shea available in pure food grade form? Is Shea actually edible in terms of taste? How would one use Shea in a food to ingest? Honestly I’ve never seen it except in body butters.
PJ
Cacoa is made from non-roasted cocoa seeds. Cocoa is made from roasted cocoa seeds.
Cocoa does not absorb quite as much liquid as cacoa. Allegedly.
Thanks Bob, you guys are easy to please! 
While we’re searching research studies trying to figure out what relates to what, it’s useful to remember that old thing about correlation not being causation… my friend sent me this last night: 
I had no idea that becoming tangled in bedsheets was a way anybody could die!
That seems hilarious but I guess… I shouldn’t be laughing, I mean…
I have a chart of those that I got from an article on FiveThirtyEight about Junk Food Science (note that junk modifies science, not food).
80% of observational studies are wrong.
Case in point: Some data crunching group took data of a large group of people (I think several thousand in Canada) and compared them to various statistical facts. They checked a few hundred parameters and found a handful of statistically significant correlations, like certain zodiac signs were more likely to crash a car or to be killed by a brick falling on their head…
Tells you that statistically significant is worth nothing if you don’t have a plausible mechanism why A should cause B.
