I just stumbled across this forum as I was looking for COPHA substitutes, only to find that Crisco and other products are NOT the way to go. Been using cocoa butter myself, but wanted to try this COPHA out once. The website that was previously listed is a dead link. I did, however, find their new and improved online store that sells COPHA. They even have an app !! Woot Woot.

Check it: https://www.simplyoz.com

Hope this helps out at least one person, if not more. :-)

Just saw the dates of the previous postings ... 18 years ago !!!

LMFAO and FML.

Will anyone EVER see this?

> Will anyone EVER see this?

I did lol

does cocoa butter actually work as a sub?

I saw it, another 4 years on. Lol. So funny reading a thread and realising it is 22 years old. I had searched for copha to see if there is a substitute and ended up here. I Live in Australia so I can buy copha any time and grew up having chocolate crackles at parties and cake stall fundraising events. I didn't realise copha is an Australian thing. Maybe copha is now available in other countries? When I saw the substitutes people mentioned here I cringed and can imagine how awful they would have tasted. Well done though for being inventive and having a go. You need copha to make Chocolate crackles and I don't think there is a substitute (but I also haven't read the rest of the thread). I had a giggle when the person said "are they really worth it? " They ARE really nice and so easy to make but if you have had to go to so much trouble to get copha, maybe they won't seem worth it in the end?

wrote:

> I saw it, another 4 years on. Lol. So funny reading a thread and
> realising it is 22 years old. I had searched for copha to see if
> there is a substitute and ended up here. I Live in Australia so I
> can buy copha any time and grew up having chocolate crackles at
> parties and cake stall fundraising events. I didn't realise copha is
> an Australian thing. Maybe copha is now available in other countries?
> When I saw the substitutes people mentioned here I cringed and can
> imagine how awful they would have tasted. Well done though for being
> inventive and having a go. You need copha to make Chocolate crackles
> and I don't think there is a substitute (but I also haven't read the
> rest of the thread). I had a giggle when the person said "are they
> really worth it? " They ARE really nice and so easy to make but if
> you have had to go to so much trouble to get copha, maybe they
> won't seem worth it in the end?

Hi Alanna!

Welcome to bedlam! Now, what the heck is copha?

On Sun, 23 Dec 2018 18:11:42 -0600, "cshenk" > wrote:

wrote:
>
>> I saw it, another 4 years on. Lol. So funny reading a thread and
>> realising it is 22 years old. I had searched for copha to see if
>> there is a substitute and ended up here. I Live in Australia so I
>> can buy copha any time and grew up having chocolate crackles at
>> parties and cake stall fundraising events. I didn't realise copha is
>> an Australian thing. Maybe copha is now available in other countries?
>> When I saw the substitutes people mentioned here I cringed and can
>> imagine how awful they would have tasted. Well done though for being
>> inventive and having a go. You need copha to make Chocolate crackles
>> and I don't think there is a substitute (but I also haven't read the
>> rest of the thread). I had a giggle when the person said "are they
>> really worth it? " They ARE really nice and so easy to make but if
>> you have had to go to so much trouble to get copha, maybe they
>> won't seem worth it in the end?
>
>Hi Alanna!
>
>Welcome to bedlam! Now, what the heck is copha?

Coconut fat.

On Sunday, December 23, 2018 at 2:11:51 PM UTC-10, cshenk wrote:
> wrote:
>
> > I saw it, another 4 years on. Lol. So funny reading a thread and
> > realising it is 22 years old. I had searched for copha to see if
> > there is a substitute and ended up here. I Live in Australia so I
> > can buy copha any time and grew up having chocolate crackles at
> > parties and cake stall fundraising events. I didn't realise copha is
> > an Australian thing. Maybe copha is now available in other countries?
> > When I saw the substitutes people mentioned here I cringed and can
> > imagine how awful they would have tasted. Well done though for being
> > inventive and having a go. You need copha to make Chocolate crackles
> > and I don't think there is a substitute (but I also haven't read the
> > rest of the thread). I had a giggle when the person said "are they
> > really worth it? " They ARE really nice and so easy to make but if
> > you have had to go to so much trouble to get copha, maybe they
> > won't seem worth it in the end?
>
> Hi Alanna!
>
> Welcome to bedlam! Now, what the heck is copha?

Copha is a brand of hydrogenated coconut oil. It's similar to Crisco except that Crisco is made from soybean and palm oil. Both Copha and Crisco are hydrogenated which makes the oils solid at room temperatures and improves their shelf life. Coconut oil is pretty hot in the US so there might be a market for Copha.

On Sun, 23 Dec 2018 17:02:53 -0800 (PST), dsi1 >
wrote:

>On Sunday, December 23, 2018 at 2:11:51 PM UTC-10, cshenk wrote:
>> wrote:
>>
>> > I saw it, another 4 years on. Lol. So funny reading a thread and
>> > realising it is 22 years old. I had searched for copha to see if
>> > there is a substitute and ended up here. I Live in Australia so I
>> > can buy copha any time and grew up having chocolate crackles at
>> > parties and cake stall fundraising events. I didn't realise copha is
>> > an Australian thing. Maybe copha is now available in other countries?
>> > When I saw the substitutes people mentioned here I cringed and can
>> > imagine how awful they would have tasted. Well done though for being
>> > inventive and having a go. You need copha to make Chocolate crackles
>> > and I don't think there is a substitute (but I also haven't read the
>> > rest of the thread). I had a giggle when the person said "are they
>> > really worth it? " They ARE really nice and so easy to make but if
>> > you have had to go to so much trouble to get copha, maybe they
>> > won't seem worth it in the end?
>>
>> Hi Alanna!
>>
>> Welcome to bedlam! Now, what the heck is copha?
>
>Copha is a brand of hydrogenated coconut oil. It's similar to Crisco except that Crisco is made from soybean and palm oil. Both Copha and Crisco are hydrogenated which makes the oils solid at room temperatures and improves their shelf life. Coconut oil is pretty hot in the US so there might be a market for Copha.

I wonder if that means it's transfat, the only fat everybody agrees is
bad for you. Even the kooks agree.

dsi1 wrote:

> On Sunday, December 23, 2018 at 2:11:51 PM UTC-10, cshenk wrote:
> > wrote:
> >
> > > I saw it, another 4 years on. Lol. So funny reading a thread
> > > and realising it is 22 years old. I had searched for copha to
> > > see if there is a substitute and ended up here. I Live in
> > > Australia so I can buy copha any time and grew up having
> > > chocolate crackles at parties and cake stall fundraising events.
> > > I didn't realise copha is an Australian thing. Maybe copha is now
> > > available in other countries? When I saw the substitutes people
> > > mentioned here I cringed and can imagine how awful they would
> > > have tasted. Well done though for being inventive and having a
> > > go. You need copha to make Chocolate crackles and I don't think
> > > there is a substitute (but I also haven't read the rest of the
> > > thread). I had a giggle when the person said "are they really
> > > worth it? " They ARE really nice and so easy to make but if you
> > > have had to go to so much trouble to get copha, maybe they won't
> > > seem worth it in the end?
> >
> > Hi Alanna!
> >
> > Welcome to bedlam! Now, what the heck is copha?
>
> Copha is a brand of hydrogenated coconut oil. It's similar to Crisco
> except that Crisco is made from soybean and palm oil. Both Copha and
> Crisco are hydrogenated which makes the oils solid at room
> temperatures and improves their shelf life. Coconut oil is pretty hot
> in the US so there might be a market for Copha.

Thanks! I'd not heard of it.