Candy Cane Soap Recipe with the Scent of Christmas Morning

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This candy cane soap recipe has the delightful scent of the holiday season. With a rich lather and soothing oils, your skin will feel nourished during winter dryness. Make a batch for gift-giving too. Allow 4 weeks for curing and it will be ready for gifting at the end of the month. Your family and friends will love it.

Candy cane soap was a best seller at our Christmas craft markets every year, I couldn’t keep it in stock. The combination of coconut oil, olive oil, and cocoa butter soothes your skin as they moisturize. But the real reason people were attracted to candy cane soap was the fragrance. And surprisingly, it wasn’t from an artificial fragrance blend. This captivating candy cane fragrance came from a natural essential oil blend.

You’re going to think that the amount of essential oils in this candy cane soap is a lot. It calls for a full 10ml bottle of candy cane essential oil blend from Plant Therapy. 10 ml is 2 teaspoons of essential oil. That might seem costly. But the investment is worth it. This blend captures the essence of Christmas candy canes with peppermint candy and a hint of vanilla and sugar. But please don’t lick the soap. That would be nasty.

In the shower this candy cane fragrance will take you back to visions of sugar plums, stockings on Christmas morning, snowmen and hot chocolate and all the feels that make the season special.

Candy Cane Soap Recipe

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Author: Joybilee Farm
Prep Time: 1 hour
Cook Time: 1 hour
Total Time: 2 hours + 3 weeks curing
Yield: 9 5oz bars 1x
Category: soap
Method: cold process

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Description

This DIY cold processed soap has the aroma of Christmas morning. Enjoy the sweet candy cane scent that comes from a natural essential oils blend.

Ingredients

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Water/Lye Portion:

300 ml strong peppermint tea
140 grams of sodium hydroxide (lye)

Oil portion:

300 grams of coconut oil
500 grams of olive oil
200 grams of cocoa butter

Essential oils (2%):

2 teaspoons Candy Cane Essential Oil Blend

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Instructions

While wearing safety goggles and rubber gloves, weigh lye on a paper plate.
Add lye to cold peppermint tea in a glass measuring cup. The lye will heat up the water and release caustic fumes. Do not breathe in the fumes.
Stir the lye in the tea with a wooden spoon to completely dissolve all lye crystals. Allow the lye solution to reduce in temperature to 100°F to 105°F.

Meanwhile:

Measure the oils in an 8 cup glass measuring cup.
Place the glass measuring cup in a warm place or in the microwave to fully melt the oils.
Remove the oils from the heat when some of the oils remain solid and are floating on the top of the oil. Stir the oils to melt the remaining oils using the residual heat. Allow the oils to cool to 100°F to 105°F.
When both the oil and the lye are cooled to 100°F to 125°F, pour the lye solution into the liquid oils.
Use a stick blender to blend the lye solution and the oils together. Continue stirring until the mixture reaches a thin trace.

At this point:

Stir in the candy cane essential oil blend.
Continue blending with a stick blender until the soap is well blended and a trail of soap dripped on the surface of the soap, remains on the surface.
Just a few more minutes after trace, pour the soap recipe into a prepared mold. Scrape the sides of the bowl to get as much of the soap as possible into the mold.

12. Cover the soap with plastic wrap or a lid, and allow it to set completely.

Keep the soap warm by wrapping the mold in a towel. The soap will go through a gel phase indicative of saponification. Leave the soap overnight to complete saponification.

Notes

In the morning remove the soap from the molds. Wait until it is completely cool before cutting. Cut into bars. Stack the bars on a flat surface to cure for 3 to 6 weeks before packaging it.

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Candy Cane Soap Recipe

Yield: 9 x 5-ounce bars

Ingredients:

Water/Lye Portion:

300 ml strong peppermint tea
140 grams of sodium hydroxide (lye)

Oil portion:

300 grams of coconut oil
500 grams of olive oil
200 grams of cocoa butter

Essential oils (2%):

2 teaspoons Candy Cane Essential Oil Blend

Directions:

1. While wearing safety goggles and rubber gloves, weigh lye on a paper plate.

2. Add lye to cold peppermint tea in a glass measuring cup. The lye will heat the water and release caustic fumes. Do not breathe in the fumes.

3. Stir the lye in the tea with a wooden spoon to completely dissolve all lye crystals. Allow the lye solution to reduce in temperature from 100°F to 105°F.

Meanwhile:

4. Measure the oils in an 8 cup glass measuring cup.

5. Place the glass measuring cup in a warm place or the microwave to fully melt the oils.

6. Remove the oils from the heat when some of the oils remain solid and are floating on the top of the oil. Stir the oils to melt the remaining oils using the residual heat. Allow the oils to cool to 100°F to 105°F.

7. When both the oil and the lye are cooled to 100°F to 125°F, pour the lye solution into the liquid oils.

8. Use a stick blender to blend the lye solution and the oils. Continue stirring until the mixture reaches a thin trace.

At this point:

9. Stir in the candy cane essential oil blend.

10. Continue blending with a stick blender until the soap is well blended and a trail of soap dripped on the surface of the soap, remains on the surface.

11. Just a few more minutes after trace, pour the soap recipe into a prepared mold. Scrape the sides of the bowl to get as much of the soap as possible into the mold.

12 Cover the soap with plastic wrap or a lid and allow it to set completely.

13. Keep the soap warm by wrapping the mold in a towel. The soap will go through a gel phase indicative of saponification. Leave the soap overnight to complete saponification.

In the morning remove the soap from the molds. Wait until it is completely cool before cutting. Cut into bars. Stack the bars on a flat surface to cure for 3 to 6 weeks before packaging it. The fragrance may seem dim when you first cut the bars of soap, but after curing for 4 weeks this will smell like Christmas.

Candy cane soap makes a lovely hostess gift, neighbour gift, or part of a spa gift basket. Wrap it up with a candy cane and a red bow for the best gift-giving impact.

Consider some of these other soap and skincare recipes, while you are making your DIY gift list and getting ready to have the most impact this Christmas. These are sure to delight