When cooks talk about mesquite, it's usually in reference to foods smoked over mesquite wood, and the rich flavor the woodsmoke imparts. In stark contrast to mesquite woodsmoke, our Wild Mesquite has a naturally sweet and nutty flavor that reminds us of hot cocoa and cinnamon toast. Our wild mesquite powder is not harvested from the wood but instead from the inner pulp of the mesquite beans that form after the fuzzy, finger-shaped flowers of the mesquite tree bloom. The mesquite tree belongs to the legume family, and the beans look like elongated, leathery pea pods that have multiple seeds nestled in a row. The sweet pulp that makes our mesquite powder surrounds each seed and is carefully separated from the seed and exterior of the pod. Cooking Tips: Swap out for cocoa powder in baked goods Mix with hot milk for a warming drink Add to pancake and waffle batter