Delicious Chocolate Chapstick Honey Balm

Step 2 Measure ingredients

It helps to have a scale, but I've also given measurements in tablespoons:

3/8 oz beeswax (1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon)
1/2 oz cocoa butter (1 tablespoon plus 2 teaspoons)
2 teaspoons sweet almond oil
3/4 teaspoon vegetable glycerin
3/4 teaspoon honey
2 drops vitamin E oil
1 teaspoon cocoa powder

To measure the chunks of beeswax (or cocoa butter), fill a small measuring cup with cold water, then removed the amount of water you want to measure. Float pieces of beeswax in the cup till it reaches your mark.

Put all your ingredients together in a small container which you can easily pour from and which you can place in a pan of hot water. These stainless steel measuring cups were perfect.

Note: if you are using tins to store this and you like softer lip balm you can use the following proportions. This lip balm is too soft to use in tubes. Since it has proportionately less wax it has a stronger chocolate flavor and feels more like a soothing cream on your lips.

1/8 oz beeswax (appox 1 tsp)
1/4 oz cocoa (approx 1 1/2 tsp)
1 tsp almond oil
1/3 tsp vegetable glycerin
1/3 tsp honey
1/2 tsp cocoa powder
1 drop vitamin E