cacao butter

noun

1. cocoa butter.

Word History and Origins

Origin of cacao butter¹

First recorded in 1545–55

Example Sentences

However, for the average person at home, that's not always possible, and instead, the nibs need to be blended with cacao butter, which I simply bought at a grocery store for more than the price of a bar of chocolate.

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I ended up pouring all of the cacao nibs into the blender, slowly adding cacao butter as needed.

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Then, I put it back in the blender and continued blending, slowly adding more cacao butter until the powder began to turn into more of a paste, and I continued adding cacao butter until there was no powder left.

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In commercial chocolate production, they have the machinery to separate the cacao butter from the solids.

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Now, exactly how much cacao butter you'll need is anybody's guess.

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