ResolvableOwl
Notorious Lyear
UPDATE: With the leftovers of my cocoa powder dyed M&P soap, I made a dilution series test.
The original mix contained cocoa solids at 8.6% abs. (10% minus the fat content of the cocoa powder). Respective %ppo values are again a bit more than twice as high, since M&P is about half soap, half solvents.
From left to right: cocoa solids content
tl;dr: Usually, cocoa powder is recommended at about 3%, and here you see why.
The original mix contained cocoa solids at 8.6% abs. (10% minus the fat content of the cocoa powder). Respective %ppo values are again a bit more than twice as high, since M&P is about half soap, half solvents.
From left to right: cocoa solids content
- 0% (pure M&P base)
- 0.6% still semi-translucent and more of a dirty amber/caramel colour, rather than chocolate.
- 2.4% Its hue is closest to edible (dark) chocolate, yet it's still somewhat translucent and still looks a bit like jelly. It lathers off-white, ivory.
- 3.9% Little colour change, but the opacity went up to a satisfactory level. Lather is pale brown like caffè crema foam.
- 8.6% (the original bar – with some glycerol dew issues after a few days exposed to air). Colour saturation, diminishing returns: Better save the extra cocoa powder for the next hot chocolate, or brownie baking day (unless you want an intensively brown lather).
tl;dr: Usually, cocoa powder is recommended at about 3%, and here you see why.