Colored
Cocoa Butter

The secret behind those impossibly glossy, jewel-like bonbons.

WAIT… HOW DO THEY GET THOSE COLORS INSIDE THE MOLD?

Hand-painted chocolates with colored cocoa butter

The color goes in before the chocolate does.

Those jewel-like finishes begin with colored cocoa butter applied directly to the inside of a chocolate mold. It can be brushed, splattered, swirled or sprayed—then tempered chocolate is poured over it. Once the chocolate sets and releases from the mold, the decoration becomes part of the bonbon’s glossy surface.

SEE HOW CHOCOLATIERS USE IT →

Three ways chocolatiers use colored cocoa butter: brush, splatter, spray

OKAY… BUT WHAT DO YOU ACTUALLY NEED?

You can start surprisingly small.

You don’t need a chocolatier’s workshop to experiment with colored cocoa butter. A few colors, a polycarbonate mold and a good brush are enough to start playing with painted and splattered finishes.

Want that flawless sprayed look? That’s when an airbrush enters the picture.

THE BASIC KIT →