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10 oz Shortening

4 oz Coconut oil

2 oz Olive oil***

2 oz Lye

1 cup Distilled water

3 Tablespoons Cocoa powder

2 Droppers Peppermint Essential oil

 

***Hold back one oz. olive oil to mix with the cocoa powder.

 

Melt the rest of the oils together.

 

Mix the lye and water and allow to cool. With the lye mixture at 95 degrees and the fats at 115 degrees, pour the lye into the oil and stir until it traces.

 

Pour into molds.

 

Unmold after 48 hours, and cut if needed. Allow to age 3 weeks.

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