Good morning!
I’ve been able to get my hands on two (soon to be three!) types of cocoa absolute and batting 50/50 at the moment. The first one I got from NDA UK and it was horrible. Disgusting. It rank like Chinese TCM. Gross. But, when I blended it in oils, the smell was quite nice! But a few minutes after shaking it, the cocoa absolute sank to the bottom. It was awesome to watch, but not cool.
The second one I bought was from Dr. Adorable (Amazon USA), and no where was I able to find if it was or was not oil soluble. When I finally got it home, I made Marie’s Chocolate Lip Butter recipe (IT IS AMAZING!!!!!! Might I suggest some gold mica to your recipe???) first thing and used this cocoa absolute. It worked beautifully! And smells amazing! I use this brand of cocoa absolute in body butters, body sprays, lotions and potions. So I can tell you it is pretty awesome and one drop goes a long long long way.
I will tell you, please be very careful. It tastes like ass. I went a lot heavy handed making a second batch of the lip butter last year, and lost an entire batch of Christmas gifts because it tasted so gross!
