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Temper in Chocolate - What it is and why it matters

Any chocolatier worth their cocoa butter will tell you, real chocolate needs to be “tempered.” But what is temper and why is it important? To answer these questions, we should start by understanding a little more about the composition of chocolate, and how the various ingredients interact.

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Using your own chocolate with Cocoa Press

There are two ways to get chocolate for printing with Cocoa Press. If you want a simple, proven method, you can buy our pre-tempered chocolate refills. The printer is not locked into these chocolates, so the other way is to use your own! This blog post will show you how to use your own chocolate, and what to keep in mind in the process.

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The Daily Pennsylvanian: Craving chocolate? This Penn alum’s 3D printing business can make you some.

Tech Crunch: Meet Cocoa Press, The Philly Startup Making a 3D Printer for Chocolate

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Ok Xoomer: Shaping the Future of Chocolate With 3D Printing

Turns out the future of 3D printing is pretty delicious. In this episode of Ok Xoomer — Zoom chats with creative engineers and more — Aaron Lichtig, the Xometry guy and former Jeopardy champion, interviews Evan Weinstein, recent graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and owner/founder of Cocoa Press, on the future of chocolate 3D printing and why it's a great time to be a mechanical engineer.

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NPR Radio: Hosts Cocoa Press

NPR Radio discusses Cocoa Press with CEO Evan Weinstein.

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Mashable: Chocolate lovers may fall in love with this 3D printer — Future Blink

A sneak peek at the innovations that will change our everyday lives in the future. Appropriately named “Cocoa Press,” the printer molds chocolate into any shape.

Daily Mail: Now anyone can be a chocolatier!

Student develops 3D printer that creates custom artisanal chocolates on demand Watch the Cocoa Press, created by Evan Weinstein, use its 3D printer with chocolate to create chocolatey and edible works of art at the University of Pennsylvania.

Penn Today: Evan and The Chocolate Factory

Engineering student Evan Weinstein fixated on the idea of liberating bespoke chocolates from the confines of both the bar and the mold. Rather than cast a chocolate shape, why not build it? Cocoa Press is his solution.

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The Edge of Tech: 3D Printing Chocolate!

I was at ERRF, the East Coast Rep Rap Festival, and I came across a 3D Printer that prints Chocolate!! It was awesome and the Chocolate was great!

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Xometry: Case Study, The First Commercial 3D Chocolate Printer

From a high school project to a commercial-grade product, Evan Weinstein’s Cocoa Press will allow bakeries, chocolatiers, and consumers to print their sweetest desires

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Hackaday: MAKER FAIRE NY: COCOA PRESS CHOCOLATE PRINTER

If you haven’t figured it out by now, the hype over desktop filament printers is pretty much over. But that doesn’t mean there aren’t new avenues worth exploring that use the basic FDM printer technology. If anything, the low cost and high availability of 3D printer parts and kits makes it easier to branch off into new territory. For example, experimenting with other materials which lend themselves to being “printed” layer by layer like a thermoplastic. Materials such as cement, clay, or even chocolate.

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Philadelphia Inquirer: Flying robots, hot glass, Google, 3-D flesh, NextFab: Philly’s first Maker Faire at Pennovation

Cool nerds from across the region convened Sunday for a first-of-its-kind carnival for start-ups in Philadelphia. More than 1,200 engineers, investors, students and artists signed up to spend the sunniest hours of the weekend challenging and celebrating more than 100 start-ups and small businesses that showed off prototypes and perfected products they hope to bring to mass production.

Maker Faire: Exhibit Cocoa Press Chocolate 3D Printer

In 11th grade I joined my school's FIRST robotics program. I had heard of 3D printers, but I had never seen one. By the end of the semester, I had become "the 3D printer guy" at my school, helping to maintain the various printers in our lab. I slowly realized the potential of these machines and decided that I wanted to dig deeper into the mechanisms behind the magic.

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5 Best Chocolate 3D Printers (2022 Update)

Benefits of 3D Printing Chocolate
You Get to Eat Friggin Chocolate
Make Something that Tastes Good, Look Good
Limitations of 3D Printing Chocolate
Cannot Mass Produce Chocolate
Time Consuming
Top 3D Chocolate Printers At A Glance
1. Mmuse Delta and Touchscreen
2. Print2taste Mycusini
3. Foodbot D2
4. ZMorph VX + Thick Paste Extruder
5. ChocoL3D

Benefits of 3D Printing Chocolate
You Get to Eat Friggin Chocolate
I mean, do I need to spell it out? You get to make and eat your own chocolate. Whenever and forever.
Just keep an eye on your waistline.
Make Something that Tastes Good, Look Good
Chocolate is great to taste, but it’s somewhat average in the looks department. But not anymore.
With the advent of chocolate 3D printing, you can create complex chocolate designs. Traditionally, this can’t be done using your hands or any other methods.
The best part about owning a printer is that you can make chocolate for any occasion. Is it Christmas? Then make a chocolate Christmas tree. Easter? Then an Easter egg. Halloween? Then a chocolate pumpkin. You get the point.
Limitations of 3D Printing Chocolate
Cannot Mass Produce Chocolate
Want to call your whole neighborhood to show off your new chocolate printer and seduce them with chocolate?
Unfortunately, chocolate can’t be mass-produced, and it’s one of the biggest limitations of these printers.
Time Consuming
With chocolate 3D printing, your tummy might get impatient: that’s because printing chocolate is a slow affair.
This is why chocolate can’t be mass-produced.
One of the reasons for this is that melted chocolate doesn’t harden quickly at room temperature. This can cause the print to lose its form due to gravity.
That means the prints need to be printed a layer at a time, slowly, to prevent printing failures.
How Does Chocolate 3D Printing Work?
The fundamentals of standard plastic 3D printing and chocolate 3D printing are the same. It’s just that instead of plastic filaments, chocolate is used as the printing material.
Melted Chocolate is added a layer at a time to create a final delectable chocolate print. This chocolate then cools to become a solid piece.
For those with experience in regular 3D printing, you can use the same 3D printing file types and software you’re familiar with.
Chocolate VS Plastic 3D Printing
Chocolate 3D printing is harder to carry out than plastic 3D printing.
Like I mentioned before, melted chocolate has a harder time hardening at room temperature. On the other hand, plastic does so easily
And unlike plastic 3D printing, you need to heat the chocolate 3D printer before printing. Otherwise, the chocolate can harden inside the printer.
In chocolate 3D printing, there are different types of chocolate like milk, dark, white, etc. Each of them differs in viscosity and other properties. Hence, different printing speeds and temperature settings would be required for each of them.
How Much Does a Chocolate 3D Printer Cost?
A chocolate 3D printer is expensive. The cheapest one in this article costs around $1500. Premium ones cost around 5000$.
Why does the price vary so much? Because various factors like maximum print area, resolution, quality of print, chocolate filament refills affect the price.

Top 3D Chocolate Printers At A Glance
1. Mmuse Delta and Touchscreen
2. Print2taste Mycusini
3. Foodbot D2
4. ZMorph VX
5. ChocoL3D

1. Mmuse Delta and Touchscreen

If you’re anything like me, you’d be eager to print chocolate as fast as possible. For this reason, if print speed is a priority to you, the Mmuse Delta is the fastest chocolate printer on this list.
Printing speeds vary between 150 mm/s – 300 mm/s. If there was ever a chocolate 3D printing race, and the prize money was a million dollars, this would be the printer to buy.
Other than chocolate, this printer can also print pancakes, candy, and tomato sauce. It comes fully assembled out of the box, and you can start printing a few minutes of unpacking the printer.
The printer is also super light. So it makes for a great travel companion.
The Mmuse Touchscreen is a pricier printer from the same company. Made of aluminum, it looks incredibly cool – much cooler than its sibling, the Delta.
The touchscreen is gorgeous. The interface is intuitive, and printing is easy. You can 3D print via WiFi, USD, or SD card.
A unique feature of the Mmuse Touchscreen is the ‘intelligent temperature control technology’. With the help of this fancy-sounding tech, the right temperature is chosen automatically so that the prints turn out smooth without issues.
With all these neat features, the price is also equivalently high. Compared to the Delta, it is five times pricier.
The quality of the prints in the Touchscreen version is far superior to the Delta version.
If you’d like the finest chocolate print, then I highly recommend the Touchscreen.
If you don’t care about quality and would rather have fast prints, then the Delta is the best option. After all chocolate tastes the same, no matter how it looks.

2. Print2taste Mycusini

The Mycusini is small, can fit on your kitchen countertop/cabinet. It’s also easy to use, your 3-year-old can become a chocolatier overnight.
The refills are filled with melted chocolate which comes plastic-wrapped in a log-shaped appearance.
Preparation is simple. Chop this refill into half and add it to the cartridge. The machine then heats the chocolate in a uniform manner, outside-in, to ensure that the texture is uniform and the chocolate extrudes evenly.
Finally, printing the chocolate is a straightforward affair. You just need to push a few buttons and the item is 3D printed. Final prints are also consistent and accurate.
Just make sure you have tons of paper towels next to you; chocolate 3D printing is a messy endeavor.
The second coolest feature of this food 3D printer (the first being the fact that you can print chocolate!) is the Mycusini club software. It allows you to create any print design you like.
For example, you can handwrite your name, or you can draw cool 2D shapes and designs. STL files can be uploaded and 3D printed as well (for those unfamiliar with an STL file, it’s a file used by standard 3D printers that contain the design to be printed).
Thingiverse is a fantastic site to find print models of all types like cars or action figures. You can finally get to eat and enjoy your favorite superheroes!(if funny thoughts crossed your head, get it out of the gutter!)
A major gripe I had with this food 3D printer was that chocolate ran out halfway. If this happens, there is no way to resume printing. Everything had to be redone from scratch. This led to a lot of wastage.
The second complaint I had was about the noise the food 3D printer made. It was annoying: I couldn’t get myself to do any work next to the printer.
But don’t let my nitpicking discourage you; you should get this food 3D printer if you’re an ardent fan of chocolate.

3. Foodbot D2

Foodbot D2, R2-D2’s lesser-known chocolate-making brother, is a versatile printer, capable of printing more than just chocolate. You can also print ingredients like toffee, jam, biscuits, and pizza as well!
The machine looks futuristic. It’s a head-turner with its solid, sheet metal frames. These frames add stability to the machine during printing, which means you get accurate prints. The excellent 5.2-inch touchscreen also adds to the machine’s charm.
A unique feature that separates this printer from others in the list is its dual extrusion. With single extrusion printers, you can only print one material at a time.
With dual extrusion, you can mix and match two ingredients. Therefore, instead of just chocolate, you can make chocolate pizza (before anyone barfs at the idea, let me tell you, I’ve had it, and it tastes freakin great!).
The dual extrusion feature is also the main distinguishing factor from its sibling, the Foodbot S2. The Foodbot S2 has just a single extruder.
Another distinguishing feature is that the print speeds of the D2 are 25-50 mm/s, whereas that of the S2 is 15-70 mm/s.
Ease of use is similar in both the printers.
The D2 and the S2 are some of the best chocolate printers in the current market. The price matches the class as well, so be ready to shell out money for these printers.

4. ZMorph VX + Thick Paste Extruder

The ZMorph VX is nothing short of an engineering marvel. It’s the King of 3D Printing Multitasking. It can 3D print, CNC machine, laser engrave, and foodprint.
But let’s just stick to the chocolate printing aspects for now.
To print chocolate you would need to purchase the Thick Paste Extruder. It costs around $249.
With the help of the extruder, this 3-in-1 3D printer can print ingredients like chocolate, cream cheese, cookie dough, frosting, and much more. The extruder includes a syringe powered by a stepper motor.

The prints turn out accurate and precise.
The ZMorph does not certify that foods extruded from the thick paste extruder are eatable, so this is best left for home use only.
If you do plan to use ingredients of your own, make sure to make the paste entirely homogeneous. Otherwise, the nozzle might clog up.
The main selling feature for the ZMorph is of course its all-in-one appeal. So definitely get this printer if you want the option to 3D print food while still being able to print with regular filament.

5. ChocoL3D

Any veteran 3D printers here in your audience? If you’ve been rolling your eyes at the prices mentioned so far, you’re in luck. You can customize your own printer into a choco printer thanks to ChocoL3D kit.
The kit is made by a single person who lives in Ukraine. It consists of a stepper motor, heater cartridge, a bunch of nozzles, thermistors, and screws. The components are designed to fit well with each other.
Setup is straightforward if you’ve had experience installing a hot end or extruder before.
You need to change the slicer settings specifically for chocolate, but luckily there is a video tutorial on their website.
While you can use any chocolate type, it’s best to stick to chocolates that have vegetable fats (unnatural chocolate) instead of cacao fats(natural chocolate). This is recommended by the kit maker.
If you use the wrong type of chocolate, often the prints end up very messy and inaccurate.
Even with the unnatural chocolate, you may face issues with printing. This is not the case for simple, straightforward prints but the case with more complex prints. You need to play around with speed and other settings to get a perfect print.
If you have any issues you can always get in touch with ChocoL3D through Facebook (the dude is responsive).

Pat Nathaniel
Pat is the editor-in-chief at Printing Atoms. He has a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Florida and wants to spread the word on 3D printing. When he's not writing, he likes to tinker with his Ender 3 Pro, test filament brands, and scuba dive.

Choc Creator 2.0 plus chocolate 3D printer review / Sudo Null IT News

We spent a lot of time looking for a stable working chocolate 3D printer, so that, among other things, it was easy to use, affordable and could work wonders out of chocolate. And finally, we found the perfect option that satisfies us in all respects.

We are talking about a super-helper for chocolatiers and confectioners, and just chocolate lovers - the Choc Creator 2.0 Plus 3D printer.

The printer was developed as part of the Choc Edge research project, organized by the University of Exeter with the aim of creating a 3D printer that could print on a material that had never been used for this purpose before. The choice fell on the most delicious material in the opinion of many - chocolate.

When developing Choc Creator 2.0 Plus, the creators took into account and eliminated all the disadvantages of the previous version 1.0, improved design, convenience and printing technology. Indeed, "Chocolate Maker" 2.0 captivates with its ease of use, compactness, performance and almost limitless possibilities in working with chocolate. nine0005
Design

Choc Creator 2.0 Plus has a sleek and stylish design, compact body and light weight, which leaves a pleasant impression. The body of the printer is made of a durable aluminum frame, the printing platform is made of stainless steel, which indicates wear resistance and reliability.

Small size (425x450x420 mm) solves the problem of finding a place to install a 3D printer, it can easily fit in a small kitchen, bar counter, on any flat surface. nine0005

Another plus in the design is the open printing platform, which allows you to watch the process of creating chocolate figures with interest. The developers have significantly increased the size of the construction area to 18x18x5 cm compared to previous models. Now Choc Creator easily creates both miniature elements for decorating cakes, cookies, and large and bulky chocolate products.

The printer is equipped with an LCD touch screen with a convenient 5” LCD display. nine0009

Complete set

When you open the box with Choc Creator 2.0 Plus, you involuntarily visit a pleasant feeling of care of the manufacturer for its consumers. The printer is already in the most assembled state, there is no need to waste time reading extra instructions and the actual assembly itself. In a small transparent suitcase there are all accessories necessary for work. A few words about the main ones:

30 ml stainless steel chocolate syringe. nine0039
( Additional syringes can be ordered separately if needed. Very handy if you are going to work with multiple chocolate colors or want to speed up your workflow )

2 Nozzles 0. 8 mm in diameter with special cleaning needle.

Magnets for securing paper. You can place regular baking paper on the printing platform.

5 loading heads. nine0039

8 Gb USB flash drive in a stylish gold design.

Height calibration disk and hexagon for platform adjustment.

Among other things, useful additions are attached to the printer: a brush for cleaning the syringe, a touchscreen stylus, a container for chocolate, and more.

Print material

Choc Creator 2.0 Plus is suitable only for high quality chocolate raw materials without additives and fillers. The manufacturer strongly recommends using Belgian Barry Callebaut No. 811 chocolate with a cocoa content of 54.5%. When tempering Callebaut chocolate, a structure is obtained that allows maximum precision in modeling. nine0005

We experimented with Barry Callebaut colored milk chocolate. Our verdict is that due to the different melting temperature, it is very problematic to print 3D models from milk chocolate, the figures quickly begin to melt. But if you apply such chocolate on a dark chocolate base, you get an excellent result and the products keep their shape. You can also decorate with colored chocolate using a syringe that comes with a chocolate 3D printer.

Modeling Capabilities

The Chocolate Maker is ready to bring the most daring ideas of the confectioner to life with the help of 2D, 2.5D and 3D printing.

2D printing allows you to create any bas-relief art image from chocolate, be it a logo, a portrait, an inscription, a pattern, and any other object. This printing method is ideal for decorating cakes, cookies, gingerbread or decorating dessert plates in a restaurant.

Will save time for the confectioner, and will also do the work that is difficult or impossible to do by hand. Approximate printing speed of the 1st product is from 3 to 8 minutes.

The 2.5D models create a huge field for culinary creativity. 2. 5D products are not as fragile as 2D, so in addition to decoration, they can be used as a standalone chocolate product. Choc Creator 2.0 Plus has no equal in the field of sweet business souvenirs, thanks to the possibility of identical repeated repetition of any model. Approximate printing speed of the 1st product is from 3 to 15 minutes. nine0005

3D is the most unique and amazing way to print chocolate.

You can print a finished 3D model, turn a 3D scanned object into reality and recreate a mini copy of almost any object. 3D printed models cannot be copied by hand, this is exactly the case when the machine surpasses the human. A great option for creating author's chocolate products, sweets, sweet souvenirs and gifts. Approximate printing speed of the 1st product is from 20 to 40 minutes. nine0005

Printing software

The 3D printer software is already loaded with a library of print-ready models. Also, especially for Choc Creator 2. 0 Plus, simple, ideal for beginners web applications were developed:

Mix&Match : a base of templates that can be printed in finished form, or you can add your own inscriptions and elements.

ChocoText : converter of any text with or without a background to STL format for further printing (the only negative is that texts can only be created in English at the moment). nine0005

Choc Draw is a mobile graphics application for Android that allows you to create your own drawings that are sent to print with a flick of the wrist. Quite an interesting and creative way to create models that even a child can use.

In addition, the Choc Creator 2.0 Plus 3D printer supports any 3D graphics software (Autodesk, Tinkercad, Google SketchUp, etc.). This fact is important when creating your own author's 3D models. nine0005
Download models for printing to the printer via USB-port or Wi-Fi, no extra wires required.

Working with the printer

Choc Creator 2. 0 Plus is very easy to operate, the main steps of the printer preparation process and the printing itself are briefly described below.

The 3D printer must be installed on a flat surface, turned on.

The syringe reservoir is filled with tempered chocolate.
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Important! When refilling the syringe, the ingress of air bubbles from chocolate is unacceptable, otherwise the layer of the model may go astray during printing. If you hear a characteristic sound when the chocolate is sucked into the syringe, it is best to remove the chocolate from the syringe and repeat the filling process from the beginning.

The filled syringe is inserted into the printer compartment, fixed in a special recess and the stem is adjusted. In the syringe, after being placed in the printer, the selected temperature mode of chocolate is constantly maintained. nine0039

Next, the distance from the nozzle to the printing platform is adjusted, which allows you to print on a plate or cookies.

The temperature mode, the selected model, the print size are selected on the display and the Start button is pressed.

The process of tempering chocolate should be carried out in a certain temperature regime.

At the beginning, dark chocolate is melted at a temperature of 50 degrees, then cooled to about 27 degrees and then heated to 30-31 degrees (for white and milk chocolate, a slightly different temperature regime is observed). Tempering can also be done at home using a microwave or water bath, but you should have a thermometer on hand to measure the temperature. Proper tempering will give the chocolate figures a hardness and shine when cooled. nine0005

To achieve good results when printing, you should not forget about the temperature regime for the printer itself. In the room in which the printing takes place, the air temperature should not exceed 22 degrees, ideally, print at 19 degrees - this is the optimal temperature for working with chocolate.

Result:

We can say that the Choc Creator 2.0 Plus 3D printer is a kind of innovative breakthrough in the world of 3D food technologies. It captivates at first sight with its visual and technical characteristics. Special thanks to the developers for the incredibly convenient and accessible interface for everyone. nine0005
We showcased the Choc Creator at CONDE NAST Digital Day and at the 2017 Palm Branch Restaurant Concept Festival, the 3D Choc Creator won the hearts of HoReCas with its print quality, performance and versatility.

The chocolate 3D printer aroused great interest among representatives of event agencies, including organizers of master classes and children's events. This is due to the fact that in our time it is very difficult to surprise the customer. There are very high requirements for holding events and holidays, and the set of entertainment programs is quite monotonous. Choc Creator opens up new possibilities in the field of digital entertainment for both adults and children. nine0005
Undoubtedly, the new version of Choc Creator will be appreciated by professional chocolatiers, confectioners, restaurateurs, bakeries and edible souvenir manufacturers, and perhaps even simple chocolate lovers.

It gives a huge scope for imagination and creativity, and also allows you to realize chocolate ideas that are difficult to create with your own hands.

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3D chocolate printing: benefits and pitfalls

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Chocolate is a sweet, the first historical records of which date back to 350 BC. Already in those days they knew about the existence of cocoa and other chocolate drinks. Today, chocolate is not only a favorite sweet for many, but also a raw material for 3D printing. nine0005
Additive manufacturing has made a difference in many food markets, so it's no surprise that 3D printing has affected the chocolate industry as well. Companies such as Hershey, Nestlé, Mars Inc. and Mondelez International have been experimenting with 3D printing chocolate over the past few years. As a result, edible chocolate creations of art appeared on the market.

How it works?

Most chocolate 3D printers work with CAD files like other 3D printers. Instead of filament, chocolate 3D printers use a syringe filled with chocolate. The extruder head moves and deposits the molten chocolate in the desired shape in layers. Chocolate cools down over time and becomes hard. The syringe loading system is food safe, ensuring the safety of sweet raw materials. nine0005

Printing Difficulties

Resin is much easier to print than chocolate. The sweet mass has completely different melting and cooling properties, so melted chocolate cannot harden as quickly as plastic.

The type of chocolate used also matters. Milk, black and white chocolate have different viscosities. For best results, it is recommended to use high quality and tempered chocolate (such as Belgian dark). In some cases, makers add significant amounts of pectin to make 3D printing easier. Since chocolate cannot be rolled into a solid thread due to its too soft texture, the melted chocolate is stored in a cartridge and pressed with a syringe. nine0005

The main problem with chocolate 3D printers is temperature control. The printing process can take a long time due to temperature complications. The chocolate must be hot enough to melt, and at the same time, it must be cold and dry enough to retain its shape.
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