Oh my goodness! These cupcake bath bombs are seriously the bomb! {I know…I'm not funny!} I'm serious though…these are soooo adorable and they're really easy to make.
I love to create things, but between working full time, homeschooling, running this site, doing business consulting for the company my husband and I own, and my side hustles, I don't always have time for difficult projects. Thankfully, I am in charge of crafts for our local MOPS group and it gives me an excuse to create some fun projects!
This week we had our last MOPS meeting of the year and we end our MOPS group each year with a spa day (eyebrow waxing, massages, paraffin dips, manis and pedis, and we do a spa related craft). Last year, we made sugar scrubs and this year we decided to make fizzy bath bombs.
I made fizzy bath bombs a few years ago and when I created them, I made them in a plastic egg. I wanted to do something a little more fun and feminine for our sweet mamas. I have to admit, I had a few fails before I had a success. I tried making bath bombs in silicone ice cube molds and in candy molds. The candy molds worked way better than the silicone molds, but they still weren't fool proof. As I tried to think about something that was portable (I didn't want to have to buy a mold for each mom to take their bath bomb home in), I happened to see some cupcake soaps and a lightbulb went off in my head. I decided to make some cupcake bath bombs. {Now that I've rambled on and on…here's the recipe.}
Cupcake Bath Bombs Ingredients
- 1 cup baking soda
- 1/2 cup crystal light or sugar free kool-aid* (*first ingredient must be citric acid)
- 1/2 cup cornstarch
- 1/2 cup Epsom salts
- 1/3 cup coconut oil (melted)
- 2-4 T of water
*You can make this without crystal light or sugar free kool aid by using 1/2 cup citric acid. I often do this and use essential oils to make them smell awesome!
How to Make Cupcake Bath Bombs
Combine baking soda, crystal light, cornstarch, and Epsom salt in a food processor and blend until a smooth powder forms.
Move dry ingredients to a mixing bowl and add 1/3 cup melted coconut oil. You won't want to add this all at once and it can cause your mixture to fizz. If your mixture starts to fizz, just mix well. Once your coconut oil is mixed in, you mixture should look powdery and clumpy, but should stick together when molded. If it's not sticking together add 1 T of water and mix well. Keep adding water 1 T at a time till it molds for you.
Line a muffin tip with cupcake liners and fill each liner halfway with bath bomb mixture. Make sure to press the mix in tightly to make sure that the bath bombs will stick together after they're dry and the cupcake liner has been removed.
Allow to dry. I let my first batch dry 48 hours before icing them and iced my 2nd batch immediately. I think they hold their shape better if you wait to ice them.
You can make these with or without icing. I like the way they look with icing (although you have to make sure you keep them away from kids. Ingesting a bath bomb cupcake with all that Epsom salts in it would make for a pretty rough experience).
If you'd like to have iced cupcakes, I recommend making an icing from egg whites and powdered sugar. I used 2 egg whites and 3 cups of powdered sugar, but I didn't ice all of my bath bombs. I also used various sprinkles and color sugar I had on hand.
That was a lot of instructions for an easy-peasy project. I made the cupcakes in less than 15 minutes and I spent another 15 minutes making icing and decorating them.
If you want to give these as a gift, consider adding a cute tag that says “You're the bomb” and include bathing instructions. You do not need to use a whole cupcake in your bath. You can break your cupcake into pieces if you'd like to enjoy multiple relaxing baths. The combination of oil and other ingredients can make your bathtub slipperier (is that a word) than usual, so be extra careful!
I hope you enjoy these sweet treats!
*You can use 1/2 cup Citric Acid instead of using 1/2 cup of Crystal Light or Kool-Aid, however, it's harder to find in grocery stores. Look for Citric Acid in the section by canning supplies. If you use citric acid, you'll want to add food coloring to your coconut oil to color your bath bombs and you'll want to use Essential Oils to scent them.
