Mocha Soap Recipe

This mocha soap recipe is a luxurious and indulgent soap-making that is perfect for coffee lovers. Mocha soap is also known for its invigorating and energizing properties, making it a perfect choice for a morning shower or a pick-me-up during the day.

Ingredients

• 25% coconut oil (4 oz -113 g)
• 25% palm oil (4 oz – 113 g)
• 25% coconut oil (4 oz – 113 g)
• 12.5% cocoa butter (2 oz – 57 g)
• 12.5% grape seed oil (2 oz – 57 g)
• Double-strength coffee (6 oz – 170 g)
• Cocoa powder (approximately 1 tsp per pound of soap)

Instructions

1. Melt the oils and add lye to double-strength coffee. Put some of the melted oils in a separate container — just enough to mix the cocoa powder until it’s well dissolved.
2. Add the lye mixture to the oils and mix using a stick blender. At light trace, add the cocoa powder mixture and blend until smooth. Pour into mold, wrap in a blanket, and let it sit for 48 hours. Unmold, cut into bars, and let cure for at least 4 weeks in a cookie rack in a well-ventilated room.

Notes:

“Double strength coffee” is made with twice as many coffee grounds as usual, creating a very strong, concentrated coffee. You can either do it in a french press or run already brewed coffee back through a coffee maker over fresh grounds.

When using coffee to make the lye mixture, it may smell bad for a while but the odor completely disappears during the curing process, so don’t worry!

As for the cocoa powder: although this recipe suggests 1 tsp per pound of soap, the total amount is completely up to you. More cocoa means a darker-colored soap with a nice chocolate smell, but your lather will be brown.