Hey bakers - What's your favorite brand of dutch process cocoa? thanks!

King Arthur Flour also offers a really rich Black Cocoa. It gives my baked goods the "devil's food " color I love!!!

Valrhona.

Savory Spice Shop has a wonderful Dutch cocoa along with Black Onyx and Natural Cocoa here's the websitehttp://www.savoryspiceshop.com/search/search-results?SearchPhrase=dutch+cocoa

My grocer sells a brand Dagoba- that I love, but it comes in very small container. I only break it out for special occasions.

Roberta J is right. All compositions which include cocoa also contain baking soda, which reacts with the acid in the cocoa, neutralizing the acid and also creating some leavening. "Dutched" cocoa has been treated with an alkali, which breaks down some of the acid, and recipes calling for it will call for less baking soda. "Natural" (undutched) cocoa is higher in acidity, and will require more baking soda. If I use a recipe calling for dutched cocoa, but I only have natural (which I actually prefer), I increase the baking soda by 50%, and I've been very happy with the results.

My favorite is Equal Exchange. It's an organic & fair trade brand, sold at the health food store, and the flavor is rich and wonderful. Win-win.

@debbiet, some recipes, due to the leavening used, actually NEED Dutch process cocoa, rather than natural cocoa, since the Dutch process is more alkali than the natural, and will react only with baking powder, not baking soda. If the recipe specifies Dutch process, it probably really needs it for the leaving reaction as much as for the taste.

That said, I too vote for Droste. It also seems to be the easiest to find. I too, prefer the natural powder in general, but again, if the recipe specifies Dutch process, it is not a simple one-for-one substitution.

I vote for Droste. Comes in a charming red box with little dutch people on it. Makes the most amazing brownies ever, as well as the best hot cocoa.

here is the link for Penzy's natural cocoa
http://www.penzeys.com/cgi-bin/penzeys/p-penzeyscocoapowder.html

I agree, Penzy's - I stay away from Dutch Process because it's "processed" more

I like the Penzey's high fat dutched cocoa.

I look for cocoa more for its fat content rather than brand. A good high-fat cocoa will have a fat content of up around 25%, whereas most commercial cocoas are in the 10-12% range. I usually have good luck finding it in bulk bin sections. Look on the nutrition label for the number of grams per serving (at the top), then find the grams of fat per serving. The math is grams of fat divided by total grams per serving. Alternatively, go to your favorite bakery and ask if you could buy a pound from them. They very likely order it in in bulk. Happy baking!