Cocoa Butter

chocolate · plants · food science

Melts like magic. Cocoa butter has a special melting point just slightly below your body temperature, which is why it melts smoothly in your mouth when you eat chocolate instead of staying hard and waxy.

Chocolate's secret ingredient. Cocoa butter is essential to making real chocolate because it gives it that silky texture and rich cocoa flavor and aroma that makes chocolate so delicious.

A pale yellow fat. This creamy substance is extracted from cocoa beans and starts out as a pale yellow color, though you might not notice it mixed into dark chocolate.

Completely plant-based. Cocoa butter has no butter or animal products in it at all, making it vegan and perfect for people who don't eat animal-based fats.

More than just chocolate. Beyond candy, cocoa butter is used in creams, ointments, and medicines because it moisturizes skin and has pleasant cocoa scent.