Features that grow with your chocolate journey
From your first recipe experiment to managing your entire product line, Craft Cacao gives you the tools you need at each stage. It starts on iPad, built with chocolate makers, for chocolate makers.
Everything you need to start creating
Ingredient Library
Build your ingredient database once. Every ingredient carries its fat and non-fat cocoa, and every recipe draws from it.
Learn moreRecipe Editor
Drag to set your ratios. Cocoa and fat update with every change, and the total stays locked at 100%.
Learn moreBatch Scaling
Scale any recipe from 50 g tests to 50 kg runs. The math stays right.
Learn moreSave & Organize
Save unlimited recipes. Sort by date, cocoa percentage or fat content, and find what you need fast.
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Build your ingredient library
Add every ingredient once, with its fat and non-fat cocoa. Every recipe draws from this single source of truth, so the numbers are right from the start.
- Fat and non-fat cocoa on every ingredient
- Nibs, cocoa butter, sugars, milk powders and inclusions
- Supplier info and your own notes
- Search your library instantly
See cocoa and fat as you go
Drag the dividers to set your ratios. Cocoa and fat update as a share of the finished recipe with every change, so you know what you're making before the melanger starts.
- Drag a divider to trade between neighbouring ingredients
- Total stays locked at 100%
- Live cocoa and fat for the finished recipe
- Undo is always there
Scale with confidence
Whether it's a 50 g test or a 50 kg production run, the ratios stay exactly the same.
- Presets for 500 g, 1 kg, 2.5 kg and 5 kg
- Slide anywhere from 50 g to 50 kg
- Grams, kilos, ounces or pounds
- Export the batch for the bench
Save and organize
Recipes are only useful if you can find them. Save what works as a baseline and come back to it any time.
- Save unlimited recipes*
- Sort by date, cocoa percentage or fat content
- Find what you need with search
What's coming next
Phase 1 is the iPad app, with makers invited in rounds of testing. After that, the roadmap is shaped by what testers tell us, so the order may shift.
Core iPad app
Beta testing- Secure accounts and sign-in
- Personal ingredient library
- Drag-to-set recipe ratios
- Live cocoa and fat guidance
- Save recipes as baselines
- Batch scaling from 50 g to 50 kg
Enhanced recipe management
Next- iPhone app
- Recipe notes and documentation
- Clone recipes for quick iteration
- Plain-English formulation guidance
- Recipe templates library
- Import from a standard ingredient library
Community and sharing
Planned- Share recipes with the community
- Public recipe library by bean and ingredient
- Discover and adapt community recipes
- Rate and review recipes
- Follow your favourite makers
- Community recipe collections
Production tools
Planned- Desktop app
- Batch production logs and notes
- Recipe version history and comparison
- Success and failure tracking
- Simple production reports
Advanced platform
Later- API access for integrations
- Team accounts for businesses
- Cost calculation per batch
- Custom workflow automation
Long-term vision
These are where we'd like Craft Cacao to go. Timing depends on community growth and feedback.
Have a feature request? We're listening.
Join the early access list and help shape what we build. Beta tester feedback directly sets our priorities.
Chocolate Alchemy integration
Direct access to ingredient catalogs and real-time availability from Chocolate Alchemy.
Production floor tools
Track production runs, batch notes and more, right where you make chocolate.
Ready to transform your chocolate making?
Join the early access list for updates and opportunities to test. We'll email you if you're selected for a round. Testing is free for the whole beta.
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