I've made these as gifts on several occassions and they always prove popular. They are made from cocoa butter and a liquid oil - I used avocado oil here but you could use olive oil, wheatgerm oil, sweet almond oil or any others that you might use in massage. I used them a lot in pregnancy on my every bulging tummy!
The bars are solid at room temperature but when in contact with skin become oil. I added a few drops of geranium and orange essentiial oils as I thought the scents would go well with the chocolatey smell, but you don't have to add essential oils, or, if you get a deodorized cocoa butter you can add a wider variety of scents. I have used 5cm square silicone moulds and the ingredients fully filled two of them with a little left over to start a third (I'll top it up at a later time!).
These are so easy to make although they take quite some time to become solid again so no good if you need them in a super hurry! Simply melt the cocoa butter in a double boiler and once melted add appx 1/3 of the weight (I used 100g cocoa butter and 30g avocado oil), stir, add any essential oils in and pour into moulds. In the past I have used yogurt pots as moulds which are fine except they are harder to get out than the silicone moulds so you nornally have to cut them up. Gently pop them in the freezer for a good few hours to harden, then remove from the moulds. Wrap in greaseproof paper with a ribbon if you are giving them as a gift :)
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