Intermediate Level: Melt and Pour Fudge Soap
Soapy-licious fudge. Looks and smells just like chunks of fudge, but they are soaps! Great for wedding and shower thank you gifts, and ideal for teacher gifts. You can make larger chunks of soap fudge using GoPlanetEarth's BO-52 clear box with the 2-cavity gold insert .
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Here's what you need:
Mold Market Basic Rectangle Soap Mold
Liquid Gel Colorants: Brown oxide, red oxide, yellow oxide, and orange oxide. We also made a batch using gold sparkle liquid gel.
Fragrance Oil: We used our Peanut Butter Delight and Fudge Brownies.
Glass Measuring Cup. A 4 to 6 cup size is suggested.
Microwave for melting the soap base.
Small plastic dish for swirling colors.
Rubbing Alcohol in spray bottle. Use this to remove surface air bubbles created when stirring soap base.
Pipettes for dispensing fragrance.
Wire whisk for mixing color and fragrance into soap base.
Bamboo Skewers for swirling colors
White Fudge Box, Gold Insert, Paper Candy Cups
You can make larger size fudge soap using the BO-52 clear box with the 2-cavity gold insert. Our tutorial uses the 6-cavity tray and makes bite size fudge soap pieces.
Pictorial: Views (L) to (R)
1) Assemble your supplies.
2) Cube clear soap. Melt in microwave in short bursts. Add soap color and fragrance. Pour into mold cavities.
3) Spritz poured soap with rubbing alcohol to remove any surface aire bubbles. We poured our mold cavities 3/4 inches full so that it will closer resemble the depth of fudge.
4) To create swirl on soap surface: Place a few dollops of yellow, red and orange oxide colors in a plastic dish. Using the end of a wooden skewer gently swil into the top surface of poured soap. You will need to let soap soap surface set for a minute before beginning the swirling process. Don't let soap surface set up for too long or you won't be able to create the swirl effect.
5) Once soap sets-up, remove from mold. Slice off ends and sides of soap to create a nice, even square.
6) Slice into bite-size fudge chunks and place into the fudge box.
Get creative! Here we used gold sparkle colorant to create peanut butter fudge soap chunks.
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