cocoa butter

noun

variants or less commonly cacao butter

: a pale vegetable fat with a low melting point obtained from cacao beans

Examples of cocoa butter in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Those thin little wafers used for candy making are made with palm or vegetable oils in place of cocoa butter and do not typically have a strong chocolate flavor. —Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 26 Jan. 2026

The coffee is an organic Colombian roast, according to Fluid’s website, and has notes of apricot, mandarin zest, cocoa butter and blackberry. —Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 26 Jan. 2026

The brand offers a 12-piece box, with Italian marasca cherries and Paul Masson VSOP brandy enrobed in dark chocolate and red cocoa butter. —Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 24 Jan. 2026

During baking, fat from the dough normally moves into the chocolate chips, changing how the cocoa butter cools and helping prevent bloom. —Clarissa Brincat, Popular Science, 21 Jan. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1868, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for cocoa butter

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Kids Definition

cocoa butter

noun

: a pale fat obtained from cacao beans

Medical Definition

cocoa butter

noun

variants or cacao butter

: a pale vegetable fat obtained from cacao beans that is used in the manufacture of chocolate candy, in cosmetics as an emollient, and in pharmacy for making suppositories

called also theobroma oil