Mexican Mole

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Use to make authentic mole sauce in 45 minutes. Perfect for enchiladas, tacos, poblanos, or rice and beans. This blend of mole is nut-free and peanut-safe. Most homemade recipes for mole can be a bit more complicated. Great for making beef, chicken, pork, or vegetable mole. Try using this mole spice mix with our recipe for Mole de Pollo, and serve with tortillas or rice. For an easy mole paste that can be used to make mole of a desired consistency, mix 6 tablespoons mole powder with equal parts warm water and broth. Add a pinch of chocolate and chile mole spices to your next pot of red chili.

Flavor Profile

This cocoa and chile-based mole blend is sweetened, nutty, bittersweet, and sweet-spiced with garlicky notes.

How to Use

For mole paste to use as base for mole sauce for beef, chicken, pork or event vegetables. Perfect mole sauce for enchiladas. To make, mix 6 T mole powder with 2 T water and 2 T broth.

About This Blend

By taking care of the rehydrating, de-stemming, deseeding, and grinding of the chiles, we've crafted a mole seasoning powder to help you more easily make authentic mole sauce or paste at home!

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Mexican Mole Q&A

What is Mexican mole?

Mexican mole is a traditional & authentic Mexican homemade sauce that's usually made up of a blend of warm chiles, cocoa powder, seeds, tomatillos and sometimes peanuts or nuts. Our version of Mexican mole powder is nut-free.

What does Mexican mole taste like?

Mexican mole's taste is typically warm-spiced with hints of chocolate, chiles, and sometimes a bit of nuttiness that can come from sesame seeds or using actual nuts.

Does Mexican mole always contain chocolate?

Classic Mexican mole typically contains chocolate, but recipes for mole verde or mole rojo often do not contain chocolate in their blend of spices for the sauce.

Is mole usually spicy?

Mole is usually warm-spiced thanks to the blend of dried chiles and richly spiced cocoa powders.