Upcycled Apple Madeleines

Good Nature Market's Thinned Apple Madeleines give new life to commonly discarded ingredients like thinned apples and upcycled cacao husks. This new addition to the Good Cacao series joins a range of products made with upcycled cacao husks—a by-product of the chocolate-making process. With these madeleines, cacao husk powder is kneaded into the dough to add richness.

Fruit thinning is the process of selectively removing excess fruit from a tree or plant to improve the size, quality, and overall health of the remaining fruit, and thinned apples—well-balanced in sweetness and acidity—from Japan's top apple producer, Hirosaki, were chosen.

These sweet treats made with ingredients that have been given new life are packaged in tea canisters, which are giftable and freshness-preserving. In fact, the use of can packaging is said to extend their shelf life to 12 months.