July 16, 2011

Easy Homemade Chocolate Bath Salts

Here’s a very easy recipe for homemade Chocolate Bath Salts. Maybe a good school holiday project for children?

Chocolate Bath Salts

1 cup Epsom salts
1 cup sea salt or kosher salt (coarse grain)
3 teaspoons cocoa powder
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
½ teaspoon cinnamon
1 tsp oil (almond, olive or sunflower will work)

Combine all the dry ingredients in a clean bowl. Add the vanilla extract and oil. Mix well to ensure oil is completely blended. Transfer to small clean jars or cello bags and close tightly. Sprinkle 1 – 2 spoonfuls in your bathtub, lie back in the water and relax.

Notes:
* I added some baking soda to my mix to make my bath salts fizzy.
* I also omitted the vanilla extract and added 5 drops of peppermint essential oil.
* I gave jars to family members for Christmas.
* The Epsom salts and sea salt is good for soothing sore muscles and aches and pains.
* Make sure you read the recipe properly. My chocolate salts were a bit more chocolately than they should be because I put 3 Tablespoons of cocoa instead of 3 teaspoons. Duh!

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8 Comments

Sandra Cox on July 16, 2011 at 5:42 pm

What a great idea!
Sandra Cox on July 16, 2011 at 5:43 pm

What a great idea.
- Shelley Munro on July 17, 2011 at 2:10 am
  
  The bath salts make great gifts. Everyone really liked them when I gave them out at Christmas.
Heather on July 16, 2011 at 8:34 pm

Mmm…a chocolate bath. Can honestly say that I never would have thought of that.
- Shelley Munro on July 17, 2011 at 2:10 am
  
  The combination of chocolate and peppermint is nice. Hubby used the salts in his bath tonight.
Savannah Chase on July 17, 2011 at 7:43 am

This sounds fantastic…
N.J. Walters on July 18, 2011 at 3:37 am

YUM! Now that will turn bathtime into even more fun.
- Shelley Munro on July 18, 2011 at 3:54 am
  
  The salts make the water feel quite silky. They’re very nice. :)