[Problem] To provide granular cocoa having excellent solubility, good storage stability, and more strongly retaining the original flavor of cacao, and an efficient processing means thereof. A raw material containing cocoa butter, cocoa mass, or chocolate among raw materials containing cocoa butter, with a sugar-containing powder as a core, and containing the sugar in the cocoa butter. The method for producing granular cocoa, comprising covering and further attaching the cocoa powder to an outer shell layer of the cocoa butter. [Selection figure] None【課題】溶解性に優れ、保存安定性が良く、カカオ本来の香味をより強く保持した顆粒状ココアの提供、及びその効率的な加工手段の提供。【解決手段】糖質を含んだ粉末を中心核として、ココアバターを含む原料のうち、ココアバター、カカオマス、チョコレートのいずれか１つ以上を投入し、前記糖質を前記ココアバターで含む原料で覆い、更に前記ココアバターの外殻層に前記ココアパウダーを付着させることを特徴とする前記顆粒状ココアの製造方法。【選択図】なし
