OT raw cacao beans

Ima_good_egg

i was gifted some raw cacao beans from a friends recent trip to Hawaii. Besides adding to home brew ( I don't have enough) any ideas on using these?

Ima_good_egg

I have maybe one cups worth.

fruitguy

Make a chocolate, coffee rub

SmokeyPitt

Cocoa powder is an ingredient in a few bbq rubs I have found.  It is also really good in chili. I don't have the recipe but my in laws made me some rub with cocoa and it was excellent. 

Like @fruitguy mentioned I think you could use something like @Mickey's coffee rub and add ground cocoa powder and it would be really good. 

Equal part: Instant Expresso Ground coffee

Equal part: Brown Sugar

½ part: Black Pepper

½ part: Kosher Salt

½ part: Garlic Powder

¾ part: Ancho Chili Powder

edit:
I was assuming you could just grind up the beans, but if they are raw there might be a couple of steps to turn them into powder.
http://kojo-designs.com/2015/03/how-to-make-cocoa-powder-from-cacao-beans/

Ima_good_egg

I like the rub idea. Maybe roast or toast them before grinding? I suppose I should google that.

Ima_good_egg

So I think I'll toast some up and add it to the coffee rub. I'll report back how it turns out.

nolaegghead

Rub, beer.  

I'm guessing they are fermeted. 

Taste one. If it tastes terrible, it's going to add terrible taste and vice versa.

Ima_good_egg

Good point. I did the sniff test, smelled faintly of chocolate. These just may end up in the compost bin.