These hunky Honey Hearts fizz in the tub, filling the water with soothing Oatmeal, Milk, and Honey Powders. They can be scented with our very popular Oatmeal, Milk & Honey Fragrance Oil, or left unscented for an all natural bath bomb. Milk & Honey Hearts make awesome Valentine’s Day Gifts, but are also great treats for loved ones all year round. Try the same recipe in another one of our fun shaped Soap Molds to create different kinds of Milk & Honey Bath Bombs.
Milk & Honey Hearts
Makes about 6 large Bath Bombs
Ingredients
1 cup Citric Acid
2 cups Baking Soda
3 tablespoons Honey Powder
3 tablespoons Fine Oatmeal
3 tablespoons Whole Milk Powder
3 tablespoons Ground Calendula Petals or Chamomile Flower Powder
1 – 2 ounces Witch Hazel
1/2 – 1 teaspoon Oatmeal, Milk & Honey Fragrance Oil* (Optional)
Special Equipment
Spray Bottle
Heart Shaped Soap Mold (Our Heart Shaped Soap Molds have been discontinued. Try using our Star Shaped Molds or any other shaped soap mold or silicone mold.)
Directions
In a large mixing bowl, add the Baking Soda and Fragrance Oil. Stir well, making sure to mix the Fragrance Oil into the Baking Soda completely. Next, add the Honey Powder, Fine Oatmeal, Whole Milk Powder, and Calendula Petals, carefully breaking up any clumps. Add the Citric Acid and mix well. Now that the powdered ingredients have been combined, you’ll need to wet them using Witch Hazel. Put the Witch Hazel into a sprayer bottle. This will allow you to add a tiny amount of liquid at a time. Spritz the mixture about 10 times, then immediately stir. Repeat this step until the mixture starts to become slightly damp and packable. (Between 10 -15 times) Getting the consistency just right can take some practice. The mixture needs to be wet enough to stick together when it is packed firmly into a mold, but if it is too wet it will begin to fizz prematurely, ruining the bath bombs.
Once the mixture is at the right stage, use your hands to pack it into the Heart Shaped Soap Molds. Pack the mixture as tightly as possible, but leave about 1/4 inch of space in the top of each cavity. If the bomb mixture is too moist it will need this room to expand. Allow the bath bombs to dry and harden for at least 12 hours before removing them from the molds. After they are unmolded, they may need a few more hours to harden completely. Once they have hardened they should be packaged in an airtight bag or plastic wrap.
To Use
These massive Bath Bombs can be broken in half or used whole in a warm bath.
* For all natural bath bombs, try adding your favorite Essential Oil instead.
Great tip! It looks nice too 😉
Thanks for sharing the recipe!!
I’m glad that you liked this recipe. Please let us know how your batch comes out if you try making it.
Thank you for sharing this recipe. I have just made my first batch and they look and smell good enough to eat.
Im so glad you enjoyed this recipe. Its one of my personal favorites!
My niece and I made these as an summer afternoon project, and they were delightful. I’d like to know, however, is there some way to amp up the fizziness? Specifically, we’d like to make foaming bath bombs. Would you recommend adding something like Sodium Lauryl Sulfoacetate?
Hi BeesKnees! You could certainly add a foaming agent, such as SLS to this recipe to help beef up the bubbles. Try adding between 1/2 oz. and 1 oz. of SLS to this recipe to get it bubbling. Alternatively, you could also try adding some finely grated soap to the recipe. These would bubble much less, but it would provide a more natural solution. Either way, you should see beefier bubbling in your next batch! Let us know how it turns out if you give this recipe another try. Thanks for stopping by the blog!
I have decyl glucoside and cocamide (sp?) betaine, but those are liquid ingredients. Is there a way to incorporate them without setting off the fizzing reaction? Thanks!
Unfortunately, my experience working with decyl glucoside and Cocoa. Betaine is very limited. Since we specialize in all natural ingredients, we dont carry these two items. From what I understand, they are aqueous in nature, so you are right in assuming that they could set off the fizzing action in the Bomb. However, you could, theoretically, try using a solution of these ingredients diluted in water in place of the Witch Hazel in this recipe. There is a chance that the solution will behave similarly. Of course, I would emphasize the word chance as I have never tried anything like that personally. If you do give it a shot, please let us know how it goes. It would be very interesting to hear about the experiment.
I must try this beautiful recipe, I have all the ingredients but no witch hazel, can I use something else? Thank you so much
Hi Rachelle. Im happy to hear that you are going to try out this recipe. They smell great and are so cute! If you dont have Witch Hazel handy, you can use water with a little rubbing alcohol added to it instead. (Try one cap full of alcohol in 2 cups of distilled water.) If you want to stick the recipe though, you can probably find Witch Hazel in your local drug store. Either way, the bath bombs should be great! Have fun, and if you take photos please share them with us. Wed love to see how your batch turns out!
If I followed the recipe exactly, would I need to add a preservative if I didn’t want to use right away? If not, what would be the shelf life?
Hi Rachel. Bath Bombs, like these, dont generally require preservatives. The shelf life can vary a lot though. Factors like storage, handling, and small quirks in each batch of the recipe all factor in. Its best to store them in air-tight packaging once you are sure they are completely dry. After that, you should use them as soon as you can. Generally, you can expect a well-made and well-packaged bath bomb to last at least a month, but as I said, its hard to predict exactly how things will go. Some could last much longer, others could lose their fizz, or become contaminated.
Im sorry I couldnt give you a more straight forward answer, but I hope this information will be helpful, Rachel. Thanks again for stopping by our blog. I hope well hear from you again soon.
Can I substitute the honey powder for real honey or something else?
Hi Suzanne. You could replace the honey powder with any other dry ingredient. Extra milk powder would be a good choice. I wouldnt recommend using regular honey, since it might throw the proportions of the recipe off with its texture.
Hi . . I was just wondering whether you could add something like avocado oil or any butters to this recipe? If so what quantity?
Thank you
Sandra
Hi Sandra. You could certainly add a little bit of natural vegetable oil or butter to this recipe. I would go easy on the amount. That will help the hearts keep their hard texture. Try adding a teaspoon or two of oil to the mixture or up to a tablespoon of a hard butter, like Cocoa, Mango, or Shea.
Heart shaped bath bombs; the idea itself is very fresh and exciting. Loved the idea with simple recipe. I think everyone will find it easy to making.