"I’ve spent the last nine years building a foundation for 3D printing in the U.S.," said Randolph. "Cocoa Press and Print Kits represent the next evolution of that journey, taking the 'joy of making' and applying it to entirely new mediums. I am excited to work with this talented team to streamline our operations and show the world that whether it's plastic or chocolate, the future is printed."
The Cocoa Press currently retails for $1,499 as a DIY kit. It can print nearly any chocolate loaded into a heated chamber, though it's recommended to use specially prepared “cocoa cores” of milk, white, or dark chocolate, which sell at $49 each. In our review, we gave it 4.5 stars for its ingenuity and awarded it an Editor's Choice for being one of the best 3D printers produced that year .
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Findecanor I believe that this 3D-printer prints compound chocolate , which is made from a combination of cacao and vegetable fat that is not cacao fat. Regular chocolate has to be carefully tempered to crystallise into solid chocolate when it cools, and that is difficult to achieve with a hot print-head. If you want a shape of hard chocolate, it would be better to print the shape in a regular printer, cast a mould of it in food-grade silicone and then pour tempered liquid chocolate into that. Reply
bit_user The disappointing sample photo shows basically only 2D printing/plotting. Reply
bit_user Findecanor said: I believe that this 3D-printer prints compound chocolate , which is made from a combination of cacao and vegetable fat that is not cacao fat. I rather expected they had to fiddle with the composition. Seems rather unavoidable, IMO. That's why it really needs to be cable of printing 3D structures, or else I think it's just another overpriced kitchen gadget. Findecanor said: If you want a shape of hard chocolate, it would be better to print the shape in a regular printer, cast a mould of it in food-grade silicone and then pour tempered liquid chocolate into that. And for the sample image they showed, you could do pretty much exactly that. IMO, if it can't do real 3D printing, it's DoA. Reply
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