Bath Bombs falling apart while drying

[VladDracule]

Hi all, looking for some help ASAP

My fiance tried making some bath bombs last night, and everything looked pretty good when removing them from the molds, however as they dried on the counter they started to develop cracks and a few fell apart. We added witch hazel to the mixture before molding, but arent really sure what else could be wrong.

heres pictures of when we removed them and what happenned after ~5-6 hours of drying on the counter

 

[kagey]

here's a great video on bath bomb probs:


cracks on bombs seem to be caused by not molding properly (not properly packed) or the moisture amount used to keep them together.

 

[lsg]

You might try adding a little melted cocoa butter to the mix.