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DIY Peppermint Hot Cocoa Body Butter with Bacuri Butter

Make an ultra-moisturizing whipped DIY body butter with the delicious scent of peppermint and hot cocoa. This all-natural recipe contains no artificial fragrances or dyes and is safely scented with essential oils. Its beautiful, rich color comes from emollient cocoa butter and exotic bacuri butter, making this mint chocolate body butter recipe ideal for dry or mature skin.

DIY peppermint hot cocoa body butter with bacuri butter

This DIY peppermint hot cocoa body butter smells just like a warm cup of peppermint hot cocoa. Although there’s something about hot cocoa with a dash of mint that reminds me of the holiday season, this chocolate scented body butter is one I intend to use all year round. It’s that good!

I thought luxurious bacuri butter with its deep, rich tone and cocoa butter, with its delicious chocolate aroma, would be the perfect base for this nourishing mint chocolate DIY body butter.

What is bacuri butter?

Bacuri butter is made from the extracted seeds of the fruit from the bacari tree, which hails from the northern Brazilian Rainforest. Exotic bacuri butter is a highly moisturizing butter that has both anti-fungal and antibacterial properties. Due to these properties, bacuri butter has the ability to aid in reducing inflammation, and therefore can benefit those with rosacea or eczema. In the rainforest, bacuri was often utilized as a natural remedy against snake or spider bites.

Additionally, if you’re prone to dryness or have aging or mature skin, bacuri butter is ideal for your skin type as it’s rich in oleic, palmitoleic, and palmitic fatty acids. However, despite its high fatty acid content, it absorbs quickly, leaving your skin velvety smooth. It can also lend a lovely warm golden tone to your skin due to its deep color which resembles dark chocolate or fudge. Bacuri butter is also known for its anti-aging benefits due to its ability to help stabilize collagen production.

DIY mint hot cocoa whipped body butter with bacuri butter

Bacuri butter gives this DIY chocolate scented body butter its beautiful color.

Some may find the strong, earthy scent and dark color of bacuri butter off-putting, but this is easily remedied by the addition of other butters as well as essential oils. I believe bacuri butter’s benefits far outweigh any of the perceived downsides of this rich, nourishing butter.

It was Rebecca from Soap Deli News Blog that first introduced us to bacuri butter and its incredible skin-soothing and moisturizing benefits. You can read her article on the benefits of using this amazing exotic butter in your DIY beauty recipes here.

Bacuri butter has many wonderful properties that make it an especially useful ingredient in skin and hair care applications. Part of this is due to it’s high methionine content. Methionine is an essential amino acid that plays a critical role in the metabolism and health of many species. It’s also a natural source of sulphur – an element crucial for healthy skin, hair and nails.

– Rebecca. D. Dillon of Soap Deli News Blog

We also used bacuri butter in our decadent DIY chocolate cleansing balm. You can find the recipe in our guest post over at Soap Deli News Blog!

Ingredients for peppermint hot chocolate body butter

DIY whipped body butter scented with peppermint essential oil and cacao absolute

Cocoa butter

Cocoa butter is the go-to butter for many seasoned beauty artisans. It’s comprised of stable saturated fats, which means it is less prone to becoming rancid when heated. Using rancid oils in DIY products is not ideal, as spoiled oils can increase inflammation.

Cocoa butter is derived from the cocoa bean and contains plant compounds known as phytochemicals. Phytochemicals have been shown to offer some protection against sun damage. Studies have also indicated that the antioxidants found in cocoa can aid in preventing oxidative stress.

Since oxidative stress is linked to premature aging, cocoa butter can also protect your skin from the inside out. So eating chocolate is not only good for your heart, but good for your skin, too! And since it smells like chocolate on its own, it’s a wonderful butter to add to a homemade chocolate scented body butter.

Coconut oil

Another DIY beauty favourite, coconut oil is a highly versatile, low-PUFA oil. Be sure the kind you choose is organic, cold pressed and virgin.

Peppermint essential oil and cacao absolute 

Peppermint essential oil is an uplifting essential oil that not only smells lovely, but has also been shown to stimulate circulation, improve memory, and aid in the relief of sore muscles and body aches. If you find peppermint irritating due to skin sensitivities, it can easily be omitted as the smell of the cocoa butter will still fragrance this chocolate scented body butter wonderfully. 

Cacoa absolute has an incredibly potent dark chocolate scent. It gives the most delicious dark chocolate aroma to this peppermint body butter recipe. If you find earthy scents unpleasant, the oil also aids in covering the mossy aroma of the bacuri butter.

However, like peppermint essential oil, cacao absolute can also be irritating to those with sensitive skin, so proceed with caution if you tend towards sensitivity. Although, I should note that I have sensitive skin and have been using this mint chocolate body butter for over a month now with no issues whatsoever. 

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DIY Peppermint Hot Cocoa Body Butter with Bacuri Butter

This natural DIY body butter is perfect for the holiday season. Non-greasy and moisturizing with an ultra-light whipped texture. It smells so good, you'll want to eat it! Scented with natural essential oils.
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time1 hour
Total Time1 hour 15 minutes
Servings: 1 jar
Author: Kim @ A Life Adjacent

What You'll Need

Instructions

  • Place your butters in a double boiler on medium-low heat to melt. Alternatively, you can use a glass bowl a top of a saucepan filled with water. Stir gently, taking care not to splash the oils. Always take extra precautions with working with heated oils.
  • Remove the pan or bowl from the heat carefully. 
  • Allow to cool slightly. Add the peppermint oil and cacao absolute and stir to combine. Then, place the bowl in the fridge for approximately 30 minutes to an hour, until firm.
  • Using a hand mixer or stand mixer, whip the mixture for approximately 10 minutes until light and fluffy. Whipping adds air and fluffiness to your body butter which makes it easier to apply, and lends a lovely texture to your finished product.
  • Transfer your mint hot cocoa body butter mixture to a glass jar or stainless steel container. Store in a cool, dry cupboard.

Notes

Due to its dark colour, bacuri butter will leave a warm golden tone on your skin. However, it can also stain light clothing. We recommend rubbing your mint cocoa body butter in very well to prevent this issue.


Caution: if you’re pregnant or breastfeeding, please consult your health care provider before making any DIY products with essential oils. As always, please use essential oils with care around small children and pets.

DIY mint hot chocolate body butter with coconut oil, cocoa butter and bacuri butter

DIY whipped body butter with a peppermint hot cocoa scent

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Noor

Friday 27th of November 2020

Hi,can I change coconut oil with something else? Cause here is super hot I'm worried if coconut oil start to melts after sometime.

Thanks!

Kim

Friday 27th of November 2020

Hi Noor, Both cocoa butter and bacuri butter are quite firm butters so the final product shouldn't be too soft even with the coconut oil and your climate. But if you're concerned, you could try replacing half the coconut oil with more cocoa butter. I do think it needs some coconut oil though or it could end up too firm. But without trying it ourselves it's hard to know for sure.Hope that helps.Let us know how it goes!

stephanie

Thursday 13th of February 2020

hello. can i know how long it will last? i mean, if i make it in large quantities and save it, how long can it last? thank you and kindly wait your reply soon.

Kim

Friday 14th of February 2020

Hi Stephanie, I haven't made this recipe in large quantities so I can't say for sure. You would have to ensure all your butters were at optimum freshness when they were purchased and then go by the manufacturer's guidelines. Hope that helps!