Chocolate & Cocoa
Substitutes for Cocoa Paste in gelato
Cocoa paste (also called cocoa mass or chocolate liquor) is 100% ground roasted cocoa beans, roughly half cocoa butter and half non-fat cocoa solids. In gelato it delivers deep, unsweetened chocolate flavor and fat without adding any sugar. If you're out of cocoa paste or need a different profile, these are the closest functional swaps — ranked by how similar they are on the balancing numbers, with the impact of each swap.
Swap ~1:1, then expect only minor balance shifts.
Swap ~1:1, then -31% fat — adjust to compensate.
Swap ~1:1, then -32% fat — adjust to compensate.
Swap ~1:1, then -43% fat — adjust to compensate.
Swap ~1:1, then -43% fat — adjust to compensate.
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