Chocolate Soap Recipe

It is very simple to make but still provides all the benefits to the skin that chocolate can provide.

Chocolate soap recipe. In step 6 pour spoon or push the soap into molds and then add the chocolate chunks you may need to manipulate the chunk a little. The problem with using lots of cocoa butter in a recipe is that it can accelerate the trace and cause the soap to sieze. It s a perfect soap for cubing up and adding to other white based soaps see vanilla choc chip soap on its own this soap does have a mild milky chocolate scent but personally if i m going to make a rich looking chocolate soap i want a rich chocolatey smell. With a few simple tweaks you can turn a plain unscented bar into a deliciously scented milk chocolate mint soap.

Stephenson s crystal natural hf soap base. The subtle scent comes from all over high quality cocoa powder vanilla flecks cocoa absolute and vanilla essential oil the base is whole milk and coffee lending a creamy deeply nuanced base to the bar. 5 ounces of water. This homemade chocolate soap recipe contains fresh goats milk it s great fun and has such a wonderful rich brown color.

Cocoa is an ingredient that is readily available in most households. Below is the recipe for a basic chocolate soap. 1 2 tsp cocoa butter 1 2 tsp shea butter or mango butter 2 lb clear coconut melt and pour soap base 1 tsp olive oil 1 2 cup goat s milk powder. Before attempting these recipes check out the chocolate soap preparation tips.

1 8 ounces of. These chocolate soap recipes are easy and fun. You will need to balance the amount of oils containing stearic and palmitic acids in your recipe to make sure that they don t get too high. Melt down your soap base.

This recipe builds upon my milk soap making tutorial which you can find here. 12 ounces of grated soap. 1 4 cup of instant cocoa powder. Basic chocolate soap recipe.

Use the cold process method plus the following recipe specific steps. Chocolate fragrance oil or fragrance of your choice vegetable glycerin. I cut my soap base into small cubes and melted it in the microwave at 30 second intervals stirring. Most use a simple melt and pour soap base.

In step 5 add the fragrance oil at light trace and then bring the soap mixture to a heavy trace to avoid the chocolate chunks sinking straight to the bottom.