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So of course, like perhaps all soapers, at some point I want to try making a true chocolate cp soap and apparently it CAN work with real bakers chocolate: http://blog.thesage.com/2010/02/22/choc ... cess-soap/

My idea is to make a chocolate castile with a little milk added (subbed for some of the water), and also include a touch of lavender EO (say 0.5oz ppo). I think it would be amazing with chocolate (if you could even smell it?).

Crazy or quite possible?

Karri

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I would be worried that the cocoa powder would bleed. Chocolate & Mint sounds like a good combo. I'm not sure how chocolate & lavender would work. Try it. When I use cocoa butter in my soap, the scent does not come through.

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Irena
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Chocolate and lavender sounds doable, although I suspect the chocolate might be the stronger of the two -- I can see that one taking a few tries to get the balance right But the scents together should be interesting XD Sort of a very fancy dessert, or something.

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Well my idea is not to use cocoa powder but pure, unsweetened baker's chocolate which I've read some folks have used with success. And lavender chocolate is actually a real combo used in some desserts. Plus lavender smells amazing with cocoa butter/vanilla in a lotion bar I made.

Sooo ... trying to figure out how to do this with cp soap. (Did you see the Sage link I posted?)

Edit: and call me nuts but I swear I can smell the cocoa butter in my soap when I use it at 8-10%. That said, my sniffer is a zillion times more sensitive than most. So maybe an OO + cocoa butter soap would be divine...there's something about the texture of cb in soap that is superior to shea IMHO. But that's just me!

Karri

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I use lavender infused sugar in my chocolate cake, and cookies. Yummm!

Anyway, I get a soft chocolate scent by using bakers chocolate. I use 1 square of unsweetened and 2 squares of white chocolate for a 2 pound batch. I use a lot of coco butter in that particular soap too.

Very cool! So I'm not totally crazy for thinking this could work!

Hmm ... strategizing ... this could be fun!

Karri

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I think it would work great and even though I know you are asking about chocolate I have used cocoa powder in soap with no bleeding or gouey-ness I did use it at the amount in I think it was the everything soap book but it could have been a different book i got from the library but I have nice hard bar the bubbles are clear and we love it. I have a horrible nose and never smell the cocoa in my soap but do in smell it in the whipped butter I make. Good luck and post pics

Oh, I get mildly chocolate bubbles. It's never been at issue though. Some people actually really love it. Like taking a shower in chocolate milk as one ladys tells me

Hmm, just thought of something: if I use pure unsweetened baker's chocolate... that has cocoa butter in it (naturally), doesn't it? i.e. would that mess up the lye calculations a bit in that there'd be too much extra/unsaponified fats? (I like to SF at about 7%)

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Irena
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Gotcha. Thanks Irena!

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Irena
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I think it will smell great if it works and hope it does!

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Okay well I'm just waiting for my next shipment of oils/butters from BB so once I have more cocoa butter I'm off to the races. And I've got a fun color / swirl idea for this one too!

Will keep ya posted

Karri

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great... now I'm craving chocolate.


THANKS A LOT KARRI