Chocolate Soap Un-molded!

[CherryGardenGirl]

Its the weirdest thing. When I pulled the soap out of the mold, it was a creamy light tan color . . . it sat on the counter and turned orange. I cut the tan-orange log into bars, came back later, the inside of the bars turned purple-ish! Who knows what color these are gonna cure to!

At least I have two bars with a cool swirl

 

[IanT]

coooooool!!! they look wonderful!

what did you use for a mold? pvc?

 

[Hazel]

Lovely! They look edible.

 

[Fweda_998]

The color thing is wierd. But they look awesome. What are the ones in the back? They look yummy

 

[April]

Hi there:

They look really, really nice.

I have read that vanilla changes the colour. Did you have vanilla in the recipe? I am still a recent soapmaker though, so I am always leary about what I write unless I have personal experience.

Take care and great batch.

April

 

[CherryGardenGirl]

Ian, I resorted back to my Pringles can Except I lined with parchment paper and prevented gel (which made all the difference)!

Thanks Hazel

Fweda, those are my coffee soaps in the back! They will be done curing this Sunday

I've heard that about vanilla too, April. But I only used Baker's brand dark chocolate . . . that's why the color change confuses me.

 

[Hazel]

prevented gel (which made all the difference)!

I've heard other people mention they didn't want their soaps to gel.

Why did you not want it to gel and why does this make a difference?

Thanks.

 

[CherryGardenGirl]

All my soaps are Goat Milk based. Through this forum I learned that you shouldn't gel GM soaps because they easily overheat and crack, etc.

My first batch I let sit on the counter and it volcanoed on me! My last three batches I prevented gel by placing freshly molded soaps into the freezer for 2-3 hours then into the fridge for 45-46 hours.

When you prevent gel, it makes your soap turn out a lot lighter and less translucent. But it also takes longer to firm up enough to cut and cure.

I learned all that from this forum!!!