All Natural Chocolate Body Scrub

If you've had a tough day and need some invigorating, or if you simply want healthy skin, making this completely natural body scrub--infused with chocolate-- is sure to be a success.

This is very simple to make and easy to store.

Step 1 Ingredients

-1 cup raw sugar
-2 1/2 Tbs cocoa powder
-1/4 cup raw oats
-2 Tbs honey
-1/8 tsp vanilla
-2 tsp olive oil
-a healthy dash of cinnamon

Comments

[lilypop]

Awesome! I made this for someone and put it in a pint jar. Your recipe make 1/2 pint, so it filled up exactly. Thanks!

Also, mine came out chunky, so I put the whole thing back into the food processor and chopped it up a bit and that fixed it.

[Mumu545]

Oh, thanks for trying it! I'm glad it came out well. And thanks for the tip about "chunki-ness" :).

[cooked1]

Hi. I have been trying for some time to find out how to DEHULL the oats before use. Any ideas? After all, this was being done for thousands of years before the invention of dehulling machines...

[Mumu545]

Good point. I know there are plenty of types of oats grown that naturally have a very small hull, but for completely de-hulling them I'm not completely sure if there's a great way to do it. If you're trying to do it at home, I'm pretty sure roasting the oats swells the grain inside, which forces the hull open. For this recipe, it's not very important to have hull-less oats, but if you get a method that works, let me know!

[cooked1]

ah, I didn't think of the swelling - I'll try using my small fruit dryer, see what happens and get back to you. Thanks

[Mumu545]

It might be a good idea to add some mesh, though I doubt it would build up too quickly because of how small the blender makes the oatmeal. But if you had a food processor or blender that isn't very fine, it would be a good idea. (Thanks for commenting. ;))

[supersoftdrink]

Great instructable! Do you put a mesh cover on your drain when you do this scrub to prevent oatmeal getting into the pipes, or is it not a problem because you blended it first?