Definition of cocoa butter
: a pale vegetable fat with a low melting point obtained from cacao beans
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The scrub is also infused with conditioning beeswax, castor oil, and cocoa butter.
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The $10 purple moisturizer from Lush, made with therapeutic lavender oil, almond oil, and cocoa butter, has received hundreds of rave reviews online.
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The products are just as impressive looking, with cocoa butter transfer patterns and handmade designs that provide the perfect vessel for such a sweet treat.
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The machine's purpose is to homogeneously spread cocoa butter throughout the chocolate while also heating everything up to ensure the best flavors come through in the finished bar.
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After a lot of research, Adkins and his wife purchased shea butter, cocoa butter, beeswax, jojoba oil, sweet almond oil and skin-safe essential oils.
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Traditionally, chocolate is made in a European style with cocoa beans, sugar, cocoa butter and vanilla.
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Standard chocolate KitKats are made from a blend of cocoa liquor, milk and cocoa butter, and the colored varieties are produced using natural food dyes.
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Standard chocolate KitKats are made from a blend of cocoa liquor, milk and cocoa butter, and the colored varieties are produced using natural food dyes.
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First Known Use of cocoa butter
1868
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Definition of cocoa butter for English Language Learners
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: a pale fat made from cocoa beans that is used in making chocolate and in various products (such as soaps and skin lotions)
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medical Definition of cocoa 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
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