From my experience, sometimes it's the brand of coconut oil. I really like the stuff from Trader Joe's & there is another brand from Woodman's that was good too, but I recently bought a large container from Sam's Club and that one seems to have a funky aftertaste...almost smokey or plasticy? My brother in law has the same kind and his is kinda funky too. I'm going to just make my way through it and go back to the Trader Joe's brand...unless anyone has other brands that they stand by and are willing to share.

For coconut oil I have used Carrington Farms, another one in a black container (?) that had no coconut flavor at all, and am currently using Nutiva...

Every coconut oil I have ever bought tastes like rubber tire to me. Lol.

Wait...you don't usually use coconut oil and you started with 3 tbsp? Rule with coconut oil is to start slow because otherwise you generally end up nauseated with the runs.

I like the pressed coconut oil. The ones that are chemically processed leave a bad taste to me.

Tropical Traditions has a "gold label" oil that tastes odd. I enjoy their regular green-label oil, though, and if you catch it on sale with free shipping the 1- and 5-gallon pails can be a good bargain. I also use the Costco brand.

boohooboo wrote: »

i'm getting a really weird aftertaste from the coconut oil. i haven't really been eating much coconut oil to date (i've been LC for 4 weeks), and blech.

am i doing something wrong? my coconut oil was recently bought, and i usually like coconut. is this typical and i just need to get used to it, or is this a bozo nono?

cold pressed coconut oil should taste like coconut....

not all coconut oils are created equal: look for cold pressed "extra-virgin" coconut oil.

boohooboo wrote: »

since i didn't finish the blechy fat bomb i made yesterday (like two nibbles and then out into the trash), i think i will look for ones that are based with cream cheese. if anyone out there has tried and true yummyish ones, let me know. (extra happy if they contain cocoa, lol. i am forever a chocolate addict, no matter what.)

My favorite base is 2:1:1 cream cheese:coconut oil:butter. So if you use 8 oz of cream cheese, you would use 4 oz of coconut oil and 4 oz of butter. Melt the butter and coconut oil together and let the cream cheese come to room temp. As soon as the coconut oil and butter are melted, stir/blend in the cream cheese. It won't become completely smooth until you add in your flavorings. for this amount with the 8 oz of cream cheese, you use 2 TBSP total flavoring. You could use 1 TBSP of dark cocoa powder and 1 TBSP of PB2 or PB itself. My favorite was cocoa powder and cinnamon. Sweeten to taste. Generally, I'd start with two packets of stevia, blend, put a dab on my finger, taste, then sweeten another packet or two if needed. Generally in this recipe, 4 was my max of sweetener. And that was when I made it with lemon juice.

I don't make fat bombs individually, as it is a pain for all the blending, but if that's something you don't mind, you could do 1 TBSP cream cheese with 1/2 TBSP CO and 1/2 TBSP butter for the same effect, I'd think... I don't know how you would figure out the flavoring buts though, as it would be like 1/8-1/4 TBSP? So less than a tsp each...

But usually the TBSP of concentrated flavorings works to that blend...add more or less to taste. With the lemon ones, I think I used 3-4 TBSP of lemon juice, fresh... It's all about any flavor combos you want to try.... With the amount of sugar-free extracts you can find online, you could do caramel banana, or coffee chocolate, or maple cinnamon, the possibilities are endless!