Make your own colored cocoa butter for your chocolate at home

I’ve always wanted to make my own cocoa butter colors, but always thought it might be too hard or annoying to do. But because a lot of you asked me how to do it and also because DIY colors should be a bit cheaper, I pulled myself together and recorder my first attempt.
The option I want to show you is NOT cheaper than my favorite colors from Chef Rubber or Roxy and Rich, but I think it’s a first step into the right direction.
I bought pre-mixed powdered colors from The Sugar Art and thought I would be able to make cheaper colors, but ran the numbers after I purchased the powders and …oh well they colors I made are about $3 more expensive than the ready to use colors from Chef Rubber and Roxy and Rich.
It makes sense that my DIY colors with the powders from The Sugar Art are more expensive tho. They already mix different color tones and mica (that’s the glitter stuff) together, so you end but with not only primary colors like blue, yellow, red but with gold, purple or kiwi.
The basic rule is 10 parts cocoa butter to 1 part color. Don’t forget to temper your colors.
Here’s a video about how I temper my chocolate and colors:
• Make Silk or How to te...
In case you want to buy cocoa seeds to temper your colors and chocolate, here’s where you can get them:
www.cacao-barry.com/en-US/cho...
If you want to look for your own powdered colors (food additives), here are a couple coloring agents:
Glitter - Mica
Titan Dioxide (white) - E171
Red 3 - E127
Red 40 - E129
Blue 1 - E133
Yellow 5 - E102
Yellow 6 - E110
But there’s also a great list on Wikipedia:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E_number
I’ve heard from multiple people that Ebay is a good place to look for them. Just make sure it’s a food grade and a powder.
I also love this great explanation from I sugar coat it:
www.isugarcoatit.com/2018/09/...
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[@ChefMansaMusa]

Wooooow! Great and simple...... Thanks for sharing

[@angilearnshowtochocolate]

🥳🍫 you’re welcome!

[@NathPeter-go9qt]

this is so helpful, thankyou 🙏🏻

[@angilearnshowtochocolate]

You're so welcome!

[@chefankitgirotra]

Thanks Angi for Sharing keep sharing the Happyness 😊

[@angilearnshowtochocolate]

Thank you :) :) :)

[@kerry1963qld]

Hello from Australia , Thanks so much for sharing as im just about to start on my home made chocolate adventure , i actually hope to make chocolate sculptures :D and i have subscribed thankyou

[@angilearnshowtochocolate]

Hi to Australia! Have so much fun with your chocolate sculptures :)

[@elmira-yan1738]

Thank you dear for sharing, i like it❤️🧡💙

[@angilearnshowtochocolate]

Thank you 🙂

[@abdullahc6931]

Not bad at all!! ❤❤❤❤

[@angilearnshowtochocolate]

Thank you :)

[@inavb9223]

Instead of towels you could use cling wrap. Advantages: less to do for your washing machine and you can see what's happening when you're mixing cocoa butter and colours together.

[@angilearnshowtochocolate]

Great tip :)

[@marielespinosaa]

Just found your channel and I’m loving your videos! I was wondering what to do if I don’t have an Emerson blender? Is it possible to just sift the mixture after mixing the colors into the cocoa butter? And once the mixture is fully cooled, how do you go about using it again? Do you heat it up in the microwave and add more cocoa butter? Or just heat up as is?

[@angilearnshowtochocolate]

Hi Mariel! I’ve never tried mixing the color and cocoa butter without a blender. But it might work with a whisk? When I want to use the colors again I’m heating them up. If you make the colors fresh you will need to temper the colors before using. I have a video up about this soon, but this one could help as well: kzbin.info/www/bejne/i2rJkqSEbNNpjM0

[@bernakarakas4350]

Hi Angi! Your videos are best! I just started making chocolate. Prepared my colors with the help of this video. Thank you so much.. My question is.. do i need to temper again next time i use them? Or i just need to warm them up to 28? Love from Turkey!

[@angilearnshowtochocolate]

Hi to Turkey! You don’t have to retemper if you heat them up to 28C. But I’m that kind of person that overshoots temperatures aaaall the time, and then you have to temper again.

[@gilbertomatarenzo3307]

Hey Angie did you just mix the different Colours all together in the mould before waiting for each individual one to set ? I normally wait for one to set before applying for the second but I like the way you did yours 👍😊

[@angilearnshowtochocolate]

Thank you :) It depends what kind of design/effect I want to achieve. Sometimes I let each individual color set, sometimes I like to "mix" them in the mold.

[@davidd5636]

@@angilearnshowtochocolate yes you have to wait for it, also, try using Callebout, its much more rich in fatness and it will make better glows :)

[@angilearnshowtochocolate]

Great tip!!!

[@kristianjanapon5344]

Nice video, ty, 2 question, the colored butter needs to be tempered before use...meaning you need to put in cacao butter every time before use...so the color wil fade over time? Is that the same with premade/bought cacao butter colors?

[@angilearnshowtochocolate]

Thank you! Usually if you buy ready to use colored cocoa butter, they will come already tempered. So no need to temper them, unless you heat them up too high. There are different methods of tempering. I like to temper with cocoa butter seeds/silk. This means I will add a tiny amount of seeds (1% seeds of the whole amount) to the color. But I only do it if I make my colors from scratch or if I have heated them up too high. Because the amount of seeds I'm adding is so low I've never seen issues with color fading over time.

[@CrookedParadigm]

Hi Angi - my wife and I love your channel and have learned so much from watching your videos. We recently attempted to decorate our bon bons using colored cocoa butter for the first time and ran into a problem where the cocoa butter that we allowed to set in the molds first caused the tempered chocolate we were using for the shells to pour right out of the molds when we turned them upside down to drain them. Where did we go wrong? Did we not let the cocoa butter fully set?

[@angilearnshowtochocolate]

A couple of questions: Were the colors set/hardened to the touch? Or were they still a little liquidy? Did you temper your colors as well? What’s the temperature of your kitchen?

[@kathi4395]

Hi Angi, usually you don't have to buy that many powders. This is extremely expensive. Have you tried out Power Flowers? These are oil soluble colors as well and you will only need yellow, red and blue to mix all the different colors. Plus white perhaps. Only for black and metallic colors I use the powder stuff. With Power Flowers you will need way less material to get great colors. I've used them for the past year and really do love them :)

[@angilearnshowtochocolate]

Thank you so much for the recommendation!! A follower told me about similar colors from Colour Mill and it's a game changer (video is coming :)) So much cheaper and easier to handle! I will check out Power Flowers for sure!

[@kathi4395]

@@angilearnshowtochocolate Do that :)... There is also an app for your smartphone where you can look up which color you want to achieve and then it tells you how many flower leaves from which color you will need to get the desirable color. I really love the concept and the outcomes. It looks fantastic even with white chocolate (way more pastel colors than with cocoa butter). It's just lovely and makes your life with chocolate so much easier and enjoyable :)

[@angilearnshowtochocolate]

That sounds fantastic! What’s the name of the app?

[@kathi4395]

@@angilearnshowtochocolate It's Power Flowers by IBC Belgium. I think Power Flowers are from Callebaut, but I'm not 100% sure. I only use Android, so I don't know if it exists for Apple as well (but it should, I guess)

[@angilearnshowtochocolate]

I found it! That’s such a great tip! Thank you so much for sharing :)

[@Anastasiia_chocolatier]

Thank you for sharing your knowledge. I do have a question:after i mix my cocoa butter with oil based colors, and i hand paint my mold-the colors are cery translucent.I need to paind in couple layers in order for me to have a nice color.But then the color layer ends up being too thick and there ar cracks.How to make colors more pigmented?

[@angilearnshowtochocolate]

Hi Anastasia, Unfortunately, I don't have experience wit oil based colors. Sometimes adding white to colors can make them less translucent.

[@TonySLocks]

Hi ! Great video. Where did you get the ratio 10:1 from? I only use about 10:0.4 and it comes out fine.

[@angilearnshowtochocolate]

That's interesting! I saw this ratio coming up on my favorite blogs and channels. I've recorded this video a couple of months ago and learned more about it since then. With some pigments 10:0.5 worked great, with others not so much. I think I will need to record a follow up video with more of the insights I gained :)

[@TonySLocks]

@@angilearnshowtochocolate and I think I will try at 10:1 ! I just kind of guessed the ratio, maybe it will be more intense if i follow yours... Suspense !!

[@angilearnshowtochocolate]

Let me know how it goes 😊

[@chocolate.creams2361]

I have a question here. After tempering colored coca butter, its going to be solid after hrs or stay liquid? If it’s turn to solid,is it necessary to temper that every time we need that color CB?

[@angilearnshowtochocolate]

Once the colors cool down they will be solid. If you don’t hear them up to high next time you use them (not over 30-35C) you will not need to temper them again. I’m usually melting only about 50% of my colors in the bottle to make sure the temperature isn’t getting to high.

[@rakhirana8739]

awesome👍👍👏 can you pls tell me the powder color name you are using

[@angilearnshowtochocolate]

Thank you :) I got them from The Sugar Art: www.thesugarart.com/products/orange-luster-dust

[@lamaalza1666]

Can I use the white chocolate as an alternative to the white powder; if no, what other possible substitutes to color the chocolate white. In my country the SFDA banned the white colorings due to claims of it containing harmful ingredients

[@angilearnshowtochocolate]

Yes you can either use white chocolate, or what I’ve been using, is something like this: shop.chefrubber.com/item/302401S/Cuzco-White-Non-TiO2-/

[@annah.2872]

Hi Angi! My question is that where i live there is no oil-based powder available. There is only oil-based food coloring which is basically a liquid (from Fractal). How can i use this type of coloring? What is the ratio in this case? Are the steps basically the same as with the powder? Thank you in advance for your help!

[@angilearnshowtochocolate]

I will publish a video pretty soon about oil based liquid food coloring :) You will need less of the color and you don't need to strain it. But basically it works the same.

[@annah.2872]

@@angilearnshowtochocolate Ohh great. Thank you so much!😊

[@saadmmcsoud1596]

hello, thank you for these great videos. may I ask you what is your air compressor brand, and where you got it from?

[@angilearnshowtochocolate]

Thank you! Currently I'm using this air brush + compressor set (amazon affiliate link): Airbrush from Timbertech: amzn.to/3x8EtZP I'd size up my compressor if I'd have the space to store it, but for now this is the one I'm using :)

[@saadmmcsoud1596]

The link is not working but thank you though

[@angilearnshowtochocolate]

Oh bummer the link is working for me. But the brand is called Timbertech.

[@angilearnshowtochocolate]

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[@saadmmcsoud1596]

Just bought it.. thank you

[@yovanramadhan7524]

how long bonbon can last ? if it use filled ingredient like cream or butter and if it not use ?

[@angilearnshowtochocolate]

It depends on your recipe and the other ingredients. If I keep my oat cream bon bons cool then they’re good for about 6 weeks. The ones without can last for 4-6 months.

[@terryraines9952]

what temp do you get your cocoa butter before you add color?

[@angilearnshowtochocolate]

Make sure to melt your cocoa butter completely. I added the color at around 45-50C / 113-122F

[@terryraines9952]

@@angilearnshowtochocolate thank you, this is what I have been looking for

[@rahulsingh-nk2or]

I am just wondering does using electric brush make cavity full of scratches?

[@angilearnshowtochocolate]

I’m using my electric tooth brush with the same molds for years and never had issues with scratches. The bristles of the brush are on the softer side though.

[@rahulsingh-nk2or]

Thank you for sharing this information 😃

[@terryraines9952]

may I have your input on a container of Mycryo cocoa butter that I bought a few years ago and just open it a few days ago and is rock hard and the expiration date is10/11/21, do you think that would be good for coloring?. I'd like to send a picture of it if possibel. thank you

[@angilearnshowtochocolate]

I never used Mycryo, but as far as I know it's 100% cocoa butter right? I think it has just recrystallized and should be good to use for colors.

[@terryraines9952]

Thanks I'll give it a try

[@ivelinastefanova9451]

❤

[@larisahovhannisyan3660]

What kind of powder coloring you have used

[@angilearnshowtochocolate]

I've been using colors from The Sugar Art for this video: www.thesugarart.com/collections/sterling-pearl-edible-luster-dust

[@murthiibs7057]

How many days we can store this..coloured Coco butter

[@angilearnshowtochocolate]

Cocoa butter is a very stable fat and the shelf life is well over a year

[@barbarahaug6487]

🤩

[@angilearnshowtochocolate]

🥳🥳🥳

[@Maha_Ali629]

I wanna start my project of chocolate but iam afraid 😭

[@angilearnshowtochocolate]

even if it doesn't go like planed or your chocolate doesn't look like you want it to, I'm sure you'll end up with a delicious treat! My first times making chocolate didn't look perfect either :)

[@Maha_Ali629]

Thank you for your support 🙏

[@angilearnshowtochocolate]

You can do it 💪💪💪

[@ummuhanolcay5487]

Merhaba nerelerde kullanilir bu ürün

[@angilearnshowtochocolate]

I use it for decorating chocolate :)

[@ummuhanolcay5487]

@@angilearnshowtochocolate Teşekkür ederim💖

[@nobody720]

💞💕💘💖💗💓💗💖💘💘💕💞

[@angilearnshowtochocolate]

💛💛💛

[@robertdodger522]

You could have done 25grams of cocoabutter and 2.5 grams of color 😀

[@angilearnshowtochocolate]

works too :)