Chocolate 3D Printing: Hands-On with Cocoa Press 2!

[@tested]

Learn more about Cocoa Press at cocoapress.com/

[@jst1man]

That is brilliant!

[@prdoyle]

6:14 "There are no failed prints: only pre-success snacks" 😂

[@Bookmore]

This is the way :D

[@falxonPSN]

That was a brilliant piece of Zen reasoning on her part. Bob Ross would be proud.

[@NeilRamsay-q4z]

Eat your prints! If your print fails just eat it! This would be great for bakery’s and coffee shops. Love this.

[@Fishfish458]

The concept is funny but the print time seems long (that thing is moving slow for a boaty print i'd predict 1.5 to 2 hours) and very finicky, set filament length limits size. Silicone molds exist and would be far easier to reproduce in higher quantities than hours for a single piece.

[@asterlofts1565]

This idea has actually existed for a few years now. You know... PRINT YOUR FOOD.

[@Hachiro]

@@Fishfish458 That's all true. But you won't make a custom mold for the single customer who wants some weird specific topping for their cake (and hopefully understands the added cost). Bakeries can use these to print out people's names in specific fonts onto their order of cookies for something like a baby shower. Or they could try out making a batch of custom filled little chocolate cubes, messing with the infill to get a special texture. (Chocolate bars have varieties that have air bubbles in them to give a different texture in your bite. Changing the infill could make it really interesting) For huge batches, yeah it's not worth it. It'd be easier to 3d print, smooth, then make a mold. But the customization of sweets is a huge market that people will pay for. (Weddings, birthdays, baby showers, any other kind of gathering)

[@iangregory3719]

​@@Hachirojust imagine a kids party where they had little chocolate models of themselves......OR....the teacher, so that they can bite their heads off...😂....kids love that sort of thing.

[@shiraleeana]

It’s such a pleasure watching people who clearly love what they do and are so experienced! Well done Cocoa Press!! 🎉

[@simianfarmer]

I am all about Ellie's enthusiasm! Almost as appealing as a piece of 3D printed chocolate.

[@ElianaRose]

Thanks for doing this video!! It was amazing to meet you and chat!

[@tested]

great to meet you too, and thanks for showing us the Cocoa Press!

[@falxonPSN]

Really awesome work on this product, Ellie! Especially after the years you've put in on this, I bet you're pretty proud of where you've gotten by now. I would love to pick one of these up as just a random home hobbyist, but my only constraint would be that my kids would want to print something constantly and we'd run out of chocolate! 😅

[@troophq]

Great work 10 years of dedication love this.

[@Mireaze]

Her enthusiasm is almost as addictive as her chocolate! 🔥

[@MoustacheTex]

Somehow my warhammer searches have brought me to 3d printing chocolate... The algorithm has finally been perfected.

[@deanallenjones]

Imagine a game where you get to eat the defeated. Okay that's a long time of printing, but this tech will get faster

[@MoustacheTex]

I mean... sign me up for the blood angels, I guess.

[@somerandom3257]

@@deanallenjonesthis is what playing Tyranids or Kroot must feel like

[@falxonPSN]

​​@@deanallenjonesyou say this half jokingly now, but this would be like the modern version of the original 90's Magic "playing for ante" playstyle (where the winner gets to pick any card from your deck that they want).

[@Bookmore]

Damn, the Cocoa Press gets better every time a media outlet talks about it! Well done Ellie, the product has come a long way!

[@JonS]

The CocoPress prints now look really good. After Bay Area Maker Faire, my daughter was nagging me to get a CocoPress. I’ll need to find some space in the kitchen before that happens, but it’s getting hard to say no to her.

[@JohnnyArtPavlou]

I suppose you could just start with melting and molding chocolate into little molds… I mean I know it’s not as cool as this, but this just seems like an investment and another big giant thing to have to clean.

[@xastephen03]

Although I have long known that incredible things can be accomplished with 3D printing, I've never really wanted my own 3D printer until now. THIS I want!

[@RG-Models86]

3-D printing in Chocolate!? 😮 Absolutely Amazing!!!! 👍😁👍

[@SilicaSpellmanPrime]

I love this show! This technology is exciting and Norm is such a pro at sharing exchanges and getting wonderful tidbits of information out of budding technicians while informing everyone involved at the same time! I'm just always excited, grateful , and impressed. Well done all! I look forward to experiencing new textures thanks to Impossible geometry entering the food space in my face place. Bon appetite 🎉

[@miranda.cooper]

I was also thinking of just how easy it'd be to turn the failed prints back into "filament"! Very cool!

[@CodyBones004]

The fact that chocolate can be consistent enough to be used as a machine construction material is amazing

[@krillen64]

This printer is amazing. I can see it helping bakers/chocolatiers do more cool things with chocolate then they probably would have otherwise be able to do. Or use it to do what is to difficult to do. I wouldn't want a baker to use it in place of human talent. It would be best if it was used to enhance their work and what they are able offer. Much like a company today would use a regular 3D printer to help them make products in the prototype stage and such. Helping them save money and being able to get it right before going to manufacture if their product requires that. Over all it's nice to see the progress forward the technology is going and what if possible now that wasn't say 5, maybe 10 years ago.

[@SimonCas]

I think it was about 6 years ago I was keeping up with a kid in Europe doing the initial testing and prototyping in printing chocolate. Glad to see this is commercial. I would love to walk into a shop and get something printed.

[@normalrickandmortyfanscong4813]

This title has two of the greatest things known to mankind chocolate and 3D printing

[@young3nsinglej]

I just love seeing people talk about their passion! It makes ALL the difference to know this was built with that passion and enthusiasm! Awesome to see, when do I get to taste?! 🙌

[@carloalison]

Been following this since 2017. The future in food & 3d printing looks promising. And yes, palm oil based chocolates / compound chocolate will only be used for this.

[@mothmen1399]

Outrageous human build

[@ferociousfrankie]

I'm sure some pastry chefs would like this.

[@tomhorsley6566]

Can you embed wafers in the print by pausing like you embed hex nuts in plastic 3D prints. Make you own kit-kats 🙂

[@DJlegionuk]

yes embeds are common and work just the same. a very popular print is a hot chocolate bomb.

[@davidinark]

“Ooooopppppssss… looks like we messed up here, boss… bummer…”😊

[@soupfork2105]

Wife: What did you do at work today, honey? Me: I licked the printers clean! Best. Day, Ever.

[@XoSwMeOeKdEoX]

Id love to see Adam carve some pumpkins!

[@JolynBowler]

Very Yummy 💙🌻💙 What an amazingly creative idea. thanks for sharing, Norm.

[@TechJeeper]

Cocopress rocks! Great interview!

[@Steger13]

Thats a great idea

[@ElephantSoul]

Good video ❤❤

[@michaelschumacher5997]

Why is the unit not enclosed? Still super cool! I bet my question will get answered at some point

[@BenjaminsStudio]

seeesh revolutionizing the chocolate industry

[@blurbYT]

yoo this printer rocks

[@winkletter]

I'm excited about 3D printing again. After years of printing cheap plastic doodads, I lost interest. But here's something worth printing!

[@TheNextDecade]

Hell yeah El!

[@LuisCastillo-tg6xw]

What else can we print? I love her enthusiasm

[@nicholas755]

No her in this video

[@boscosworld]

I get that new tech costs, i would defo like one just for the fun, but they are currently priced for professional use. Hope they bring out a version for home use at some point.

[@smittysbuilds]

that benchy looks good.

[@hisownsidekick]

Very cool.

[@tonytango6676]

Wow. Congratulations.😊

[@Ypvs350r]

Amazing 🤩

[@Daedalus_Dragon]

Interesting, not to be a downer but, wouldn’t it be waaay easier to just 3d print a mold that you use to make chocolate. You can 1 mold and you can make as many as you want. I know she touches on it, but honestly that seems like a much more reliable method. But hey - you do you.

[@2000jago]

I recall the first time I ever heard of 3D printing, the idea was that it would be used to print food... I'm surprised it took this long for this to hit the market.

[@HinekoAkahi]

So, any bets on how long until Amaury Guichon busts out one of these?

[@chaoticoldbore]

I hope the palm oil is sourced responsibly.

[@ElianaRose]

We use sustainably sourced palm oil certified by the RSPO! It's not perfect but a pretty good start

[@chaoticoldbore]

@@ElianaRose Thank you for replying to my comment. I respect the time you've put into the project and wish you nothing but success.

[@odizm5196]

3d printing that make chocolate i would live to eat a Chocolate gundam kit

[@brianm6337]

Articulated chocolate snakes. The new gummy bear.

[@l8erzmonkey]

How hard is it to clean these as u wld need to do tht every time you want to print unless it was back to back printing

[@Arachnia_Sea]

Ooo, will 3.0 handle Ruby Chocolate?

[@aledproductions3492]

Really cool

[@In_one_nose_out_the_other]

Needs secondary heads for colored chocolate.

[@drivethru6155]

I mean, I can confuse myself enough to think I need this incredibly niche apparatus. This is straight out of Willy Wonka!

[@tugsn.mccowan1634]

This video hit my nerd sweet tooth! Yum!

[@durangodave]

can you mix types of choc in one print

[@tomhorsley6566]

You should partner with Prusa to make a chocolate printing kit you can add to an MK4 🙂

[@Bearded-Logic]

Pre-success snacks🤣 Im using that.

[@Srfingfreak]

The chocolate printing is cool, but multi-phase paste extruders with careful temperature control have applications beyond the edible.

[@stephen300o6]

Wow, such reflected mannerisms.

[@writerpatrick]

Whether this catches on or not will depend a lot on cost. It could be useful for cake decorators but it would have to be cheap and fast or it's not worthwhile. They could just as easily make what they want a more traditional way.

[@GeomancerHT]

You are thinking of molds, chocolate makers have been using them for decades, and they don't take hours to print, and they are extremely cheap. I hope I'm wrong but this is not going to catch in a billion years.

[@GeomancerHT]

It cost 4k lol, just buy a traditional 3d printer and print your molds with it, loooool

[@pileofstuff]

@@GeomancerHT traditional molds are for mass produced things. This is for one-off and low volume non-standard shapes. If you only need 3 of a thing for a special order, you're not going to make a mold.

[@c0mputer]

@@GeomancerHTWhat costs $4k?

[@shweenz]

Such a cool product! I'd love to pick her brain more about the development process. Very cool!

[@Sciesdraspsp]

they/them did a good job

[@Wrecker3D]

Best way to 'hide' failed prints... Just eat the evidence 🤣 no trashcan needed

[@Zafday]

Yum

[@LasseHuhtala]

This video is a good example of a very typical beginner's mistake in lavalier microphone placement; The mic is in contact with the skin, at the worst possible area of the body, the windpipe. This results in a low end distortion that cannot be eq'd out. I still love you guys though.

[@CryptoTonight9393]

Oof that audio track is probably just gonna be a solid brick. 👌 I'm having a hard time watching this its just so loud and in my face

[@HELLEKSONART]

Posting Free STLS on Printables. Feel Free To Check Em Out. I'll Upload More for Halloween.

[@HELLEKSONART]

I was born with a chocolate extruder.

[@christinacody8653]

My friend has a brand new candy (and marshmallow!) shop where she has a table of 3D printed figurines that her husband makes. I honestly wonder if this might be a future nicknack for her hubs!

[@JonasHamill]

Shame about the palm oil base

[@smartgorilla]

Yes. Palm should not be used

[@MisterWealth]

Probably a cost thing. Always room for improvement

[@pileofstuff]

@@MisterWealth Or a temperature stability thing. Note that she said they need to control the extrusion temperature to less than half a degree to make it work properly.

[@DanielCrist]

​​@@pileofstuffThat's exactly what it is. They found they couldn't use traditional chocolate when developing the machine, because in order for the machine to not constantly jam they needed to get the chocolate so hot and completely melted that it didn't have enough time to start to cool and solidify during the printing, so they had to experiment with all different kinds of modifications to traditional chocolate recipes, and found that by adding palm oil that they could heat it and allow it to cool during the printing process at precisely the exact right points in time.

[@jaded_gerManic]

Y'all missed that they use chocolate solids and palm oil. She said it's blended chocolate. Makes perfect sense for a more uniform viscosity.

[@BearbearbearbearbearbearRarrrr]

Now we’re talking.

[@NeonVisual]

You mean that you've cracked the food replicator, on the basis that everything it replicates is made out of chocolate. Quickly, let's replicate a chocolate teapot. We have to know for sure.

[@michelletewhata7768]

❤❤❤

[@randyriverat]

I'm going to print a chocolate rabbit directly on my tongue

[@tomhorsley6566]

Ooo! I bet you now have the opportunity to get in legal hot water by 3D scanning Toblerone bars and printing counterfeits 🙂

[@XDHN]

3D print a man a chocolate fish and he eats for a day. 3D print a man a plastic mould for 6 chocolate fish he can sell them so that he can finally eat something other than chocolate.

[@spinpop01]

Norm's audio is very muffled.

[@HebrewHammerArmsCo]

Chocolicous

[@3DJapan]

Hey, it's Ellie. We've met a couple times, once about a month ago.

[@AnnaAnna-uc2ff]

chocolate!

[@nathkrupa3463]

Great video sir 😊

[@canestrini808]

Cool, how much PFAS is in the chocolate post print?

[@MrQuickLine]

Palm oil harvesting is killing the planet's orangutans.

[@MapleHillMunitions]

Time to print more guns 😂

[@danmyers2759]

“Millmage”? Tell me more…

[@TheCosmicGuy0111]

Cool

[@91jmixes40]

We never even looked closely at the prints? And Norm never ate one

[@tylergerhart4806]

sry, is thst s dude or dudette?

[@EmilSiapnoChannel]

What happened to the audio? Kinda makes this video unwatchable

[@th3corruptone]

Audio Tech needs to get fired after this

[@jamiethomas18]

But is the quality of the chocolate any good? Or does it taste disgusting like any Hershey's product with it's under tones of vomit.

[@bondfool]

It’s compound chocolate, so it’s definitely not going to taste as good as a really great chocolate.

[@wysiwyg2006]

Palm oil... ridiculous. Tut tut

[@roberttaylor9259]

Im not so sure that the 3d printing of the chocolate is the important part. Dinaro Kasko is 3d printing silicone molds and making amazing pieces. I think working within the limits of the new tech instead of reverting back to a more basic version of printing will yield more exceptional results. It’s sort of like the best version of one versus a very handicapped version of this new thing

[@faenethlorhalien]

And to think that the ability to print diabetes would have looked and felt like witchery to our forbearers, yet...

[@FMFvideos]

You shouldn't get high on your own supply.

[@3dssolidsnake]

$1500USD for a diy kit??? I think you need to come down off the sugar high.