cocoa butter

or cacao butter

noun

a fatty substance obtained from the seeds of the cacao, used in making soaps, cosmetics, and other products.

cocoa butter

a yellowish-white waxy solid that is obtained from cocoa beans and used for confectionery, soap, etc

First recorded in 1895–1900

A little more than 50 percent of the paste is cocoa butter, which is extracted and saved to add to the chocolate later.

Chocolate contains a non-volatile fat (cocoa butter) in large amount, and should be classed as a food as well as a beverage.

One-half the weight of the cocoa-bean consists of a fat called "cocoa-butter," from its resemblance to ordinary butter.

This pressure removes a part of an oily substance known as "cocoa butter."

I suggested, scenting mischief as well as cocoa butter in the air, since the usually tactful Dee was on the war-path.

She and Dum hated the odor of cocoa butter, declaring it made their room smell like an apothecary's shop.

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