{"product_id":"canela-sticks-cinnamon-sticks","title":"Canela Sticks (Cinnamon Sticks) - 8 oz","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe \"True\" Canela. Soft, Floral, and Sweet. NOT a Woody Stir Stick.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eStop Ruining Your Café de Olla with Spicy Bark.\u003c\/b\u003e If your homemade Mexican hot chocolate or Arroz con Leche tastes like a fiery holiday candle, you’re using the wrong spice. You are probably using Cassia cinnamon (standard supermarket sticks), which are rock-hard, intensely spicy, and difficult to break—perfect for a pumpkin pie, but far too aggressive for delicate Mexican sweets and savory sauces.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChuco Kitchen Whole Cinnamon Sticks are the real deal (\u003ci\u003eCinnamomum verum\u003c\/i\u003e, often called Ceylon or \"True\" Cinnamon). We source authentic, soft, flaky \u003ci\u003ecanela\u003c\/i\u003e quills that crumble easily in your hands, releasing warm, floral, and subtly sweet notes into your pot. This is the essential background flavor required for balancing a rich, savory Mole, brewing the perfect Café de Olla, or simmering a traditional batch of horchata.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBecause these sticks are made of fragile, paper-thin layers rather than tough tree bark, you can effortlessly snap them by hand, toast them in a dry pan, or grind them fresh in your molcajete.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Taste Test\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSupermarket Cassia Cinnamon:\u003c\/b\u003e Hard, violently spicy, sharp, and woody. (Smells like a cinnamon candy).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOur True Mexican Canela:\u003c\/b\u003e Soft, delicately sweet, floral, and complex. (Smells like a traditional Mexican Panadería).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"ChucoKitchen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55513525027135,"sku":null,"price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0975\/8326\/8159\/files\/Canela_00965da2-3449-4b52-a4b3-f5c3b6244dd7.jpg?v=1788826369","url":"https:\/\/chucokitchen.com\/products\/canela-sticks-cinnamon-sticks","provider":"ChucoKitchen","version":"1.0","type":"link"}