5 Premium Tonka Beans - Whole Natural Tonka Beans - 100% Raw & Pure Tonquin, Strong Fragrance (Dipteryx Odorata Tonkin Pods). Edible Premium Food-grade Cumaru Kumaru Tonka Beans For Cuisine

I had heard about this ingredient from a YouTube video and was intrigued. I bought this because they seem to be good quality without having to buy a ton of them. I used this to make shortbread cookies, swapping out the vanilla for this. Grated it in the dough like nutmeg with a microplane. I ended up using a whole bean for one batch. I served the cookies at a friend's game night and they were very popular. Everyone loved the flavor! It is a nice change from a standard vanilla or almond plus everyone loves a banned food story. FYI you'd have to eat a hand full of the whole beans to get any kind of negative health effects from this ingredient. The flavor is absolutely interesting. Its like a subtle, musky, almost floral almond extract with vanilla notes and rosy tones. It almost feels middle eastern or Indian in a way I can't explain. The bean imparts more of an aroma than a flavor. The aroma is familiar yet exotic. It is warm yet not too heavy for use in the summer. I absolutely love it!

I got what I ordered and the quality seems to be pretty good.

All these years I had no idea o had been smelling Tonka beans in various body washes or soaps!Made ice cream with them (1 custard base from ‘Bravetart’ cookbook and other with ‘Salt and Straw’ base) and couldn’t be more pleased.It’s such a different flavor than (probably most Americans) I am used to. It’s floral but not flowery, spicy like almost a soft Ceylon cinnamon and vanilla but like a combo of a Tahitian and bourbon vanilla. Very unique!

Received on time, well wrapped and intact packaging. Product is fresh and provides the special taste that is just sooo good for cakes and other stuff.

I haven’t cooked with them yet, but I want to address the flavor. I read these are used as a vanilla substitute for a lot of people and I’ve become allergic to vanilla. They don’t smell at all of vanilla but they are lovely. To me, they smell exactly like horchata. They look dark in the middle but not the edges but don’t smell burned. They look a bit like dates but they are hard. The smell is not as strong as vanilla pods but it’s similar in level to nutmeg which makes sense as they are hard beans. I will update once I use them but so far I’m intrigued.

Arrived in a timely manner and as described.

Makes a good body oil

Yummy Bean flavor for my chocolate dessert. Second time ordering as my recipe calls for this or vanilla. However, beware. I did not know this until someone else told me. They are illegal in the US as not FDA approved. Google it yourself. Next time I will be using vanilla. Why would there not be a warnign when you buy it?