Pure extract as flavoring?

[GMayberry]

At a local store tonight I found a bottle (60ml amber ) of "pure chocolate extract" on clearance for $1. Ingredients are water, alcohol 47% and natural chocolate extractives. Can this be used in juice? I bought it just in case, and if not I will just dump it and have a good bottle to use!

 

[Maurice Pudlo]

Coco powder soaked in PG works pretty well and has no water or alcohol in it.

I wouldn't use it simply because I would want to evaporate that alcohol away, that's a long open steep.

Maurice

 

[TinyTimberGal]

Do a small test batch (no nic). However it may be weaker than most of the concentrated flavors we use. There are many people that use the off the shelf store flavors.

 

[rowdyplace]

Another approach could be to "pre-steep the alcohol away". Mix (50-50 - ? - not real sure, experiment around) of the "pure chocolate extract" with some plain pg. Leave this concoction out overnight in a small flat bowl. (Maybe longer -??)

Take 20 drops of your "base" and try mixing 1 drop of this chocolate for a 5% mixture, 2 drops for 10%, and maybe 3 drops for 15%. (Actually it is 19 and 1, 18 and 2, 17 and 3 mixture for the exact percentages...) (OK, Yea, I know...drops and the word exact do not really belong together...)

That's what I would do... After all, a large part of DIY is the experimenting...

Good luck.

 

[GMayberry]

I think I basically bought another amber bottle for $1. I already have good chocolate favors that I don't use! Lol

 

[RocketPuppy]

Can you take a clear photo with the brand and name?

 

[bam2873]

Doesn't boiling remove alcohol content in regular cooking? I always thought it evaporated it. Could you maybe put it in some vg/pg mix and boil? Not sure if vg/pg can be boiled, but if you were going to toss the flavoring anyway it might be worth a try. Good luck!

 

[RonJS]

Doesn't boiling remove alcohol content in regular cooking? I always thought it evaporated it.

While boiling will remove almost all alcohol, so will bringing it up to 173-175 degrees for a bit. I only mention this as sometimes exposure to high temperatures will hurt some flavors.

Ron

 

[Sgt.Rock]

Yeah you could evap some of the alcohol content but then again many folks actually ADD pure grain alcohol to their mixes...I've found that if using small amounts in a recipe there's no need in my opinion to bother..but that's up to you.

 

[clh2121]

Can it be used? Yep. Does it need to boil or open steep... that's up to you. Will it taste good? Who knows til you try.... Helpful this post was not.

 

[GMayberry]

After the first few replies I dumped it and cleaned the label off. It is now a DIY amber bottle awaiting a yummy creation. As I mentioned, I already have several chocolate flavors that never get used anyways. I just saw a glass amber bottle for $1 and couldn't resist!