Our
sites online store is loaded with Pagan related chocolate and
soap molds. We are here to help you gain the maximum benefit from
using our specialty molds.
Making
Melt and Pour Soaps:
Making soaps is one of the easiest things
you can do. You do not need any specialized equipment to cast
your own soaps using our soap molds.
The material we use to make our soap molds
is LDPE which is a durable and flexible plastic. We use 1/16 inch
thickness material to make our original Pagan soap molds with.
You can find melt and pour soap bases in
almost all major craft stores. You can also order it online from
many places. Do some shopping around, and make sure to check out
the places online and be careful of who you order from.
Simply
melt the soap base as instructed with the soap you purchased and
place your soap molds on a level surface. Once melted, you can
add coloring and other materials to the liquid soap and simply
pour it into the molds. We like to use ingredients like natural
herbs, tea, oats and honey, pumpkin pie spice, cinnamon, vanilla,
powdered up rosemary, and other things that are healthy. We avoid
any artificial fragrances and colorings in our soaps. We even
like to make soaps with finely ground coffee, a small amount of
liquid chocolate, and use natural colorings derived from edible
plants.
Let
the soaps cool in the molds, chill them in the refrigerator, and
press them out of the molds. It really is that simple.
Making
Chocolates:
Place
a layer of wax paper on the table you will be using to make your
chocolates. The easiest chocolate to use are chocolate coatings
that can be found in major craft stores, some big box stores depending
on the season and most grocery stores in the baking isle. We like
to use a simple double boiler on the kitchen stove.
Put
the chocolate coating in the pan and place the pan in the double
boiler with enough water to make contact with the bottom of the
pan filled with chocolate. When the water heats up enough, it
will begin to melt the chocolate. Low heat works best. Stir the
chocolate until it is all melted.
Place
the molds on the wax paper and spoon the chocolate into the molds.
Pick up the molds and lightly slap them down to the table to settle
the air out of the detail in the molds. You might want to do this
a few times to get a bubble free surface in your castings.
After
they have cooled for a few minutes, put the molds filled with
chocolate on a cookie sheet or flat bottom pan and put them in
the refrigerator for a few minutes. DO NOT put them in the freezer.
Taking them out of a freezer will make them attract water out
of the air and water and chocolate do not mix.
If
you have to level the molds off a little from over filling, simply
use the back of a knife or straight edge and scrape off the chocolate
on the molds and tap them to the table again to get a nice level
back on the castings. Any chocolate that lands on the wax paper
can be put back in the pot to re melt once it has cooled and hardened.
When the chocolates are cooled, you can simply put a little bit
of thumb pressure on the face surface of the molds and push on
them a little to release them. Make sure to keep them close to
your working surface so they don't fall out and break. Wrap them
in clear cello bags, or use them as place settings or box them
as you wish. Look on the Internet for a ton of ideas on how to
turn our chocolate castings in to fantastic and tasty treats!
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