Cocoa Butter Bunnies: Sturdy lotion bars made with naturally sweet smelling cocoa butter and tinted with shimmering mica.
Spring is correct right here and it’s time to begin out celebrating all points cute and vibrant. These sweet little Cocoa Butter Bunnies are good for sharing with family and friends all through spring holidays. They make an excellent Easter treats, get collectively favors, or hostess objects. We used a chocolate mildew to supply our bunnies a fundamental type, nonetheless chances are you’ll merely make this recipe your particular person by using molds shaped like flowers, birds, or regardless of you need.
The recipe for our Cocoa Butter Bunnies begins off with an excellent giant portion of pure cocoa butter. Cocoa butter has a naturally delicious aroma that is paying homage to the Easter bunny’s favorite take care of, chocolate. We added a small dollop of coconut oil to the mix to help the bars soften shortly and unfold merely. Within the occasion you select a more durable bar that melts a lot much less merely, merely omit the coconut oil from the recipe. This variation could be significantly helpful for these in warmth climates or for artisans who ship their merchandise far and huge.
Using pearlescent mica permits us to supply our Cocoa Butter Bunnies a variety of sweet pastel colors. Using colorants is totally non-obligatory though, as a result of the “naked” bunnies are engaging as correctly. With out mica, Cocoa Butter Bunnies come out a pale yellow or off-white coloration that seems a lot like white chocolate.
We chosen to let the pure aroma of cocoa butter take center stage with this recipe, nonetheless in case you occur to decide on a stronger or completely completely different scent, try together with as a lot as 1 teaspoon (5ml) of your favorite essential oil or fragrance oil. Merely consider that cocoa butter does have a fairly strong aroma and is susceptible to come back by inside the closing product. Be certain that to resolve an aromatic ingredient that compliments the chocolatey scent of pure cocoa butter.
Or, if that you must take your Cocoa Butter Bunnies in a singular path solely, try using our Deodorized Cocoa Butter as an alternative. Deodorized cocoa butter has little to no attribute aroma, making it the right ingredient for pairing with any scent.
Whereas we created this recipe with lotion bars in ideas you presumably can utterly use Cocoa Butter Bunnies as tub melts. Attempt dropping one or two inside the tub to provide a moisturizing take care of for your complete physique. You presumably may even add a tablespoon or two of oat flour or sea salt to the recipe to make them way more correctly suited to the tub.
Cocoa Butter Bunnies
Makes about twelve 1/2-ounce lotion bars
Substances
*We used: Amber, Lavender, Pink Glimmer, Avocado, Two Tone Blue Inexperienced
Directions
- Combine cocoa butter and coconut oil in double boiler and heat until completely melted.
- Mixture is also added on to molds if colorant is omitted. If using colorant, allow the mix to sit back for 5-10 minutes sooner than together with mica. Mix correctly, then pour into molds. Swap molds to fridge or freezer immediately.
- Allow bunnies to sit down again until completely hardened (about half-hour) sooner than eradicating from mildew.
Utilization & Packaging
- Bunnies must be saved cool to avoid melting. We packaged ours in small cellophane baggage. They could moreover look good in glass jars.
- To utilize as lotion bars, merely rub the bars onto your pores and pores and skin. The bunnies will soften immediately, leaving pores and pores and skin coated in hydrating physique oil.
- To utilize as tub melts, drop bunnies into warmth tub water. Bunnies will soften in scorching water and act as tub oil.
Shelf Life & Stability: Please phrase that the formulations featured proper right here on The Pure Magnificence Workshop have not been drawback examined for stability or shelf life, and won’t be acceptable for enterprise use as-is. For additional knowledge on shelf life, stability, and coping with preservatives, strive the following article from our Knowledge Library.
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