Colorful Cocoa butter for bonbons

[Sussan Estela Olaya]

Hi רות בביוף !

Welcome to the Scoolinary community, and thank you for your question.

To paint bonbons using cocoa butter and oil-based powder colorant, a common and effective ratio is:
Between 5% and 10% colorant based on the weight of the cocoa butter.

For 50 g of cocoa butter, that would be:

2.5 g to 5 g of oil-based powder colorant.

Recommendations:

If you want a more intense color, go up to 10% (5 g).
For softer or pastel shades, 2.5 g should be enough.
First, melt the cocoa butter to around 45°C, then add the colorant and mix well (ideally using an immersion blender to avoid clumps).
Then, pre-crystallize the mixture by bringing it down to 32–33°C before painting.

I hope this information helps!

Best regards.