This mint chocolate whipped body butter recipe uses only 3 ingredients and is a lovely way to nourish your skin.
Mint chocolate chip ice cream. During my childhood summers, this was my favorite treat. To this day, the aroma of cocoa and mint bring back memories of yesteryear. So it probably comes as no surprise that I managed to bottle this delicious scent in my latest whipped body butter recipe!
What I Love About This Whipped Body Butter
This is a great whipped body butter for summertime for a couple of reasons:
1. It doesn’t melt too easily. The biggest problem with whipped coconut oil is that it melts at temperatures above 76 degrees Fahrenheit. This recipe takes advantage of the high melting point of cocoa butter, which makes this body butter more stable in the summer heat.
2. It has a wonderful cooling effect! The peppermint essential oil in this whipped body butter provides a refreshing cooling effect that is just the thing for combating the summer heat. (Learn where I shop for high quality therapeutic essential oils online.)
This is one of my favorite body butters to date. Not only because it smells incredibly decadent, but it softens my skin like crazy. Dry elbows or feet? This combination of cocoa butter and coconut oil seems to work magic! So I get to smell like my favorite dessert and my skin is softer than ever? It’s a definite winner for me!
This would make a wonderful gift set (for others OR for yourself!) if you combined it with: Peppermint Foaming Sugar Scrub and Peppermint DIY Foot Scrub.
Mint Chocolate Whipped Body Butter Recipe
Yields about 1 1/2 cups of whipped body butter
Ingredients you need:
- 1/2 cup cocoa butter
- 1/2 cup coconut oil
- 20 – 40 drops peppermint essential oil (where to buy essential oils online)
Equipment:
A stand mixer is the best tool for this recipe. I personally use my KitchenAid Classic Stand Mixer and its whisk attachment for whipped body butter recipes (this mixer was hands-down one of the most awesome Christmas gifts ever–thanks hubby!).
A hand mixer will also work, but it may require a little more muscle and patience. A blender or food processor may not work because they will get too warm, which can prevent the oil from whipping up properly.
Instructions:
1. Add coconut oil and cocoa butter to your mixing bowl.
You actually want the cocoa butter in a solid state for it to whip up, so I used a butter knife to get my cocoa butter into the mixing bowl.
Alternately (and for a super smooth, clump-free body butter) you can melt the coconut oil and cocoa butter together over the stove, then cool the mixture in the fridge until they are mostly solid. I personally found this step unnecessary, but then I don’t really mind a bump of cocoa butter in my body butter now and then.
This is my favorite coconut oil.
2. Sprinkle about 20-40 drops of peppermint essential oil on top, depending on how strong you’d like the peppermint aroma (and cooling effect) to be. I personally used about 40 drops.
3. Every 1-2 minutes, stop the mixer and scrape the sides of the bowl. This helps mix it up nice and smooth. Mix for a total of about 8 minutes to get this body butter perfectly whipped and airy.
4. Scoop your mint chocolate whipped body butter into a jar or glass storage container. I first made this several weeks ago, have used it almost every day since, and I still have about 1/4 jar left!
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Let me know if you have any questions or feedback in the comments below!
More Nourishing Skincare Recipes:
- Easy Whipped Coconut Oil Body Butter
- Homemade Hand Scrub with Coconut Oil and Honey
- DIY Coconut Oil Lotion Bars
- Homemade Personal Lubricant Recipe
- Healthy Homemade Lotion
- Lavender Homemade Lotion
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Is the coconut oil in liquid or solid form when added to cocoa butter?
Solid. It won’t whip properly if it’s liquid.
I ordered my ingredients, and got liquid (edible) coconut oil. Smells de-lish! I ordered from Puritan and got Now brand cocoa butter and Shea butter. I also made ‘my baby’s bottom’ cream too! I refrigerated the Chocolate mint body butter, b/c it was like melted butter. I love the smell! Thanks for sharing these recipes and I look forward to more!!
So glad you like it, Rose!
Hi Rose, did you put the coconut oil in the refrigerator before whipping or did you blend it in liquid form?
Can I use olive oil instead of jojoba oil? Or should I use castor oil?
Feel free to use whichever liquid oil you enjoy most. Olive is a great choice for dry skin.
I didn’t have cocoa butter but had brown sugar turn out good smell wonderful with peppermint and ylang ylang essential oils with a little olive oil added
Where will I find cocoa butter?
I get mine online at vitamin and herb sites.
Bulk Apothecary or a local health food store.
I get my supplies from Wholesale Supplies Plus… I like their prices and it ships quickly.
You can fine cocoa butter at any health food store
Cocoa butter
Shea butter
Mango butter
It might be pricess but it will be worth it
YUMM! I could not resist the sight of this title…I HAD to click. I may just need to whip this up VERY soon.
Thanks, Kristin! Wait till you smell it–totally irresistible!
I can’t wait to try this! But I’d also love to know where you got your white glass container! Help?!
Lucky me, I actually found it in an old junk pile in the woods!
Hi Elizabeth, this looks fantastic so I have linked to it on my blog today, thanks.
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Thanks for sharing, Julie! 🙂
Okay,
1. I LOVE it!!
2. My cocoa butter is very hard and large pieces. So I melted it all. And put it in the fridge too long! Had to let it warm to room temperature but let me say, my all day lotion making project turned out awesome!
3. My 19 year old son wants his own container full.
Thank you!!
Yay! Glad you guys like it. The cocoa butter is just a tad hard to work with (no pun intended!), but it’s totally worth it.
{Sigh} Under an old junk pile, eh? I suspected that might be the case! Lucky you, indeed! Irregardless of the container, I can’t wait to give this a try! Thanks for sharing with us!
You’re welcome, Amy! Glad you like the recipe. 🙂
You might try looking at walmart. Ball makes some interesting canning containers from time to time… I would check them out early, as they go fast…
What kind of cocoa butter would you use, refined, unrefined, pure, raw? Or does it matter (sorry I am new to this and a bit confused). Thanks!
I haven’t been too picky about the cocoa butter yet. I’ve been getting NOW Foods brand (which smells amazing!), but it might be worth it to spring for raw.
Im pregnant and wondered if I can use this on my stretch marks?
The cocoa butter and coconut oil should be safe. I would double check on the peppermint essential oil–or you could just leave that out.
You could also add a bit of cocoa for some light natural ‘bronzing’ and extra chocolate smell!
Ooh, that’s a good idea!
what kind of coconut oil did you use? I know some are more ‘coconutty’ than others….
I personally just buy expeller-pressed in bulk and use it for everything–it doesn’t have a coconut flavor or smell, but for me that just makes it more versatile.
If you are trying to avoid a coconut smell, get cold pressed NON virgin oil. I use it for cooking, but don’t want all my food to taste like coconut. 🙂
I do not have coco butter on hand. Do you think shea butter would work?
Yes, I think it would do just as well (though no chocolate scent, of course).
Hi, do you have the measurements in grams? we don’t use cups in the uk.
Thanks,
Harriet
No, I’m sorry! I haven’t converted the measurements to grams yet.
1 cup= 236 g. But you can easily do a 1:1 proportion and add the essential oil as you like.
I bought some cocoa butter at my local nutrition store, and it was stored in the fridge. Is there anything I can do so I can leave the lotion at room temperature?
I leave mine at room temperature. I believe cocoa butter itself is pretty shelf stable.
This sounds great! Is the finished mixture actually soft and creamy? I have a hard time using coconut oil in the winter because my house is very cold and it turns very hard. I would love for it to be creamy.
It is soft and creamy, but if you house is really cold it will harden up. I would recommend substituting a liquid oil (like almond or jojoba) for about half of the coconut or cocoa butter.
Do you think this would smell ok using different essential oil scents?!
Definitely! I’ve added clove or orange essential oil instead of peppermint.
Does it feel greasy after applying it?
Not if I don’t apply too much. A little goes a long way.
Only if I use too much–a little goes a long way.
Oh my, just did this and it is soooo oily!!! 🙁 What’s wrong?
Hello I made this using orange but I’m thinking of adding the peppermint too. But mine is very oily, what can I do to change this. I used raw coca butter and dr. Brommers coconut oil. Help please.
Sometimes using a little less can prevent greasiness. A little goes a long way!
Will this work if you omit the peppermint essential oil? I have someone in mind who doesn’t like anything scented. =)
Absolutely! It will definitely work without the mint.
Thank you so much for sharing this wonderful and simple recipe for yummy body butter. I made it today for gifts. I don’t have a standing mixer so this is what I did, with fabulous results….
I slowly melted the cocoa butter and coconut oil together on the stove in a metal mixing bowl. After it was melted thoroughly I let it cool for about an hour. I then got a large pan of SNOW from outside -here in Massachusetts- and put the bowl in the snow then whipped it with my hand mixer. It came out perfect! I also doubled the amount of peppermint oil. YUMMY! Next time I will use a decorative piping bag to put it in jars. Thanks again for sharing!
Awesome idea! So glad you enjoyed the recipe! 😀