Cocoa butter

@allknowing (154166)
India
September 14, 2025 1:50am CST
I only know cocoa butter is used for making chocolates There may be other uses too. I have a recipe for making home made chocolates but at the time I was using that recipe I just could not get cocoa butter and therefore I had to use ordinary ghee. The chocolates did turned out OK but I am sure with cocoa butter they would have had a professional look I checked with Amazon.in and yes it is available but a mere 100 gms costs around Rs. 500 - too expensive. I may as well settle down to buying chocolates Have you made chocolates and do you know if there is any other use for cocoa butter? Image credit:
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@id_peace (16878)
• Singapore
14 Sep
Cocoa butter while rarely done, can be used for coffee.
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@allknowing (154166)
• India
14 Sep
You mean you add butter instead of milk to coffee?
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ultraman cosmos
@id_peace (16878)
• Singapore
14 Sep
@allknowing Ah yes, that is actually one alternative when I have butter but not milk so I just add it to the coffee.
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@allknowing (154166)
• India
14 Sep
@id_peace How does it taste - any different?
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@DaddyEvil (160936)
• United States
14 Sep
I have melted chocolate and dribbled it over pretzels and dropped peanuts into a bowl of melted chocolate then spooned it out onto a waxed paper and let it go solid again for nice treats. I don't buy cocoa butter for anything. Some people here use it when they lay out in the sun to get a better tan.
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@allknowing (154166)
• India
14 Sep
You are the second one I read about melting chcolate I will do it one f these days Cocoa butter is the main ingredient I am told in some of the creams.
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@allknowing (154166)
• India
14 Sep
@DaddyEvil I do this all the time to steam my food. I never heat my left over food
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@DaddyEvil (160936)
• United States
14 Sep
@allknowing Do you know what a double boiler is? One large pan partly filled with water and a smaller pan inside it with chocolate in it. Heat the big pan until the water boils. Once the chocolate gets warm, it will melt and you can use it for all kinds of things, but you have to do it quickly or the chocolate will harden too quickly.
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Amber
@AmbiePam (105631)
• United States
30 Oct
I do not recall ever buying it, or my mom ever using it.
Judy Story
@jstory07 (146326)
• Roseburg, Oregon
14 Sep
I buy chocolate already made. I do melt chocolate on pecans and pretzels which are really good.
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@allknowing (154166)
• India
14 Sep
You gave me a godo idea I have never melted chocolates
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@allknowing (154166)
• India
14 Sep
Judy Story
@jstory07 (146326)
• Roseburg, Oregon
14 Sep
@allknowing I melt mine in the micro way and add the pecans or pretzels to the melted chocolate and stir it all together and spoon out.
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@Mshafeeq (2767)
• Kuwait, Kuwait
14 Sep
Only used for skin care. I don't know how to use it in cooking.
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@allknowing (154166)
• India
14 Sep
That is I think the major use
Tendz
@Tendz09 (527)
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14 Sep
I haven’t made chocolates myself, but I do know cocoa butter is one of those ingredients with a lot of uses outside of confectionery. It’s commonly used in skincare.
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@allknowing (154166)
• India
14 Sep
Oh yes Who can forget skin care?
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