Cocoa butter is an essential ingredient for cake artists and pastry chefs. Melted cocoa butter can also be mixed with cocoa powder and colours for cocoa butter painting techniques. A natural product extracted from the cocoa bean and used in many ways. Use to thin chocolate when heated, as an ingredient in confectionery, and for giving marzipan a shiny coating. An essential ingredient for cake artists and pastry chefs. Melted cocoa butter can also be mixed with cocoa powder and colours for cocoa butter painting techniques. A natural product extracted from the cocoa bean and used in many ways. Use to thin chocolate when heated, as an ingredient in confectionery, and for giving marzipan a shiny coating.