How to Make Chocolate Milk Bath

If you are not feeling well, if you have not slept, chocolate will revive you. But you have no chocolate! I think of that again and again! My dear, how will you ever manage? ~ Marquise de Sévigné

Just mentioning the word 'chocolate' does something to me. I literally, and I mean literally can't live without chocolates. Eating a bar of chocolate on its own, dipping strawberries in melted chocolate, and any kind of chocolate dessert makes me weak in the knees; every time.

Apart from eating a sinful, yet delicious bar of chocolate, there are literally hundreds of dessert recipes that use chocolate in various forms. But who knew that you can even bathe yourself in chocolate. Sounds wild, doesn't it? There are various types of bath mixture available in markets that can be used for different skin types. The special thing about this milky-chocolate bath is that anyone can make it right at home and won't even require to spend a lot of time. All you have to do is mix the ingredients together and store them in an airtight glass jar. You can make any of the recipes mentioned below and store it for approximately 2 to 3 months. Also, if you like, you can make the bath mixture and gift to someone for their birthday or anniversary. And now, without further ado, let's get you smelling like sweet and savory chocolate. So... what are you waiting for? Give it a try. What do you have to lose?

Bath Recipe #1

Ingredients	Directions
❖ 1 cup powdered milk	❖ In a bowl, mix baking soda and Epsom salt with glycerin properly.
❖ 1 cup honey	❖ Add powdered milk and cocoa powder next.
❖ ½ cup cocoa powder	❖ Take an airtight glass jar, fill it with the bath mixture, and close the lid.
❖ ½ cup Epsom salt	❖ To prepare the bath, add a cup of honey onto ¼ cup of bath in a bowl.
❖ ¼ cup baking soda	❖ Fill the bathtub with warm water and dissolve the bath mixture in it.
❖ ¼ cup vegetable glycerin	❖ Make sure that the honey dissolves properly in the tub before you get in.
	❖ Soak yourself in the chocolaty bath till the water turns cool.
	❖ Shower under cold water to rinse thoroughly, dry yourself, and apply a moisturizing lotion.

Bath Recipe #2

Ingredients	Directions
❖ 2 drops rose essential oil	❖ To prepare an instant chocolate milk bath, mix all the ingredients mentioned above in a bowl.
❖ 1 drop ylang-ylang essential oil	❖ Make sure that the oats powder is fine or it will clog the drainage system after you're done with your bath.
❖ ½ cup cocoa powder	❖ Draw warm bath water in the tub and add this mixture; dissolve properly and soak yourself completely.
❖ ½ cup powdered milk	❖ Relax and have your bath with candles around and soothing music.
❖ ¼ cup baking soda	❖ After the bath, rinse yourself properly, pat yourself dry, and apply a moisturizing lotion.
❖ ¼ cup powdered oats

Bath Recipe #3

Ingredients	Directions
❖ 7 tablespoons coconut oil	❖ In a bowl, mix all the ingredients, except for coconut oil, properly.
❖ 2 tablespoons cocoa powder	❖ In a microwave bowl, add coconut oil in and melt it thoroughly, without burning it.
❖ 2 tablespoons powdered milk	❖ Add coconut oil in; use an ice cream scooper and make small balls with the mixture.
❖ ¼ cup cornstarch	❖ Place onto a wax or parchment paper. Leave the small balls to dry for about 2 days or so.
❖ ¼ cup citric acid	❖ Once dry, draw a warm bath in the tub and use them as fizzy bath balls.
	❖ For every time you bathe, use 1 fizzy ball.
	❖ After the bath, rinse yourself thoroughly, pat dry, and apply a moisturizing lotion.

Bath Recipe #4

Ingredients	Directions
❖ 4 cups water, distilled	❖ Draw a warm bath and add grated Castile soap in to dissolve.
❖ 2 oz. glycerin	❖ Stir it properly so the soap dissolves; add glycerin and chocolate fragrance oil in.
❖ 1 bar Castile soap, grated	❖ Fill in an airtight glass jar and store in a cool, dry place.
❖ 2 drops chocolate essential oil	❖ Every time you want to take a bath, stir in a small amount under running water.

If you liked this article and the recipes mentioned above, then here's another Buzzle article on homemade bath salts. Try making different bath mixtures till you find the one you love. Feel revitalized and rejuvenated with these scented bath mixes.