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Need a quick fix for cleaning the toilet? Or just a quick freshening up? Drop one or two of these in and let it sizzle away. Give it a scrub or just let it sizzle, then flush.
DIY Toilet Bowl Bombs
2 cups baking soda
1/3 cup citric acid
2 tablespoons hydrogen peroxide
15 drops lemon essential oil
5 drops peppermint essential oil
silicone ice cube tray
mason jar – I used two
I have all the ingredients in these and most of my DIY recipes in my Amazon shop here – look for the DIY cleaning section.
In a glass bowl, stir to combine the baking soda and citric acid. Slowly add the hydrogen peroxide – fizzing is normal – until the mixture is a thick and almost crumbly paste. Add the essential oils, combining them well.
Push the mixture into ice cube or silicone trays and allow to dry for at least 24 hours – outside in the sun works best. When the cubes or bombs are thoroughly dry (they should be very hard), remove them from the tray and store them in a glass jar with a secure lid.
Use one per toilet for a quick clean or an in-between-cleaning freshening up.
You can find this recipe and more in my newest book, Clean Mama’s Guide to a Healthy Home. If you don’t have the book, I highly recommend that you grab it and get started with my simple, room-by-room plan for a natural home.
This is wonderful! we switched from a spring to a well a few years ago and the minerals are much “harder”
I made these from the recipe in your book and we love them! My youngest children actually fight about who GETS to do the toilet lol
Love that! Thanks for sharing Jessica!
Can you add oxyclean to this recipe? If so, what amount? Thank you.
You can add a scoop to the toilet but the recipe already has hydrogen peroxide in it 🙂
I made this and it keeps growing and growing. What have I done wrong?
You might have put too much in the compartment – press it down with the back of the spoon. It’ll dry and be fine.
Does hydrogen peroxide lose its germ killing effectiveness once out of the bottle? I thought I had heard that before.
Yes – within an hour or two – always keep it in the bottle!
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I am about to make these for the first time. Do you have to use a silicone ice cube tray or will a plastic one work too?
A plastic one should work too!
I assume the answer is yes, however are the toilet bombs safe for septic tanks??
Yes!
Would these need to be made into a “bomb?” Or, could I make the mixture up and keep it in a mason jar to sprinkle into the toilet to clean? Obviously I’m being lazy 😉
If you omit the liquid you can do that!
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Can these be put in the toilet tank too?
I haven’t tested that and wouldn’t recommend.
My bombs never solidified. When I attempt to remove them from the tray, they crumble. Any idea what I did wrong?
Were you using a silicone tray? It might have needed a little more time to harden.
Hydrogen Peroxide is about impossible to find where I am right now. I saw the previous comment about doing as a sprinkle. I did get some Sodium Peracarbonate. Do you think I could sub that in a sprinkle form?
Sure!
Your Blog is amazing, so interesting and inspiring.
Cheers from France
Absolutely loved this! I’m dealing with several autoimmune illnesses and I am making the changes to all organic. Thank you so very much ❤️
Are they supposed to fizz up or just slowly dissolve as mine do? I changed the
essential oil from lemon to Ocean breeze. Thanks for the recipe!
Slowly dissolve with a little fizzing!
If I make the toilet bowl bomb as a sprinkle how do I dry it
Mix it in the bowl and let it sit out and dry 🙂
I am looking for a cleaner that is safe for the septic
This is safe for septic systems!
Is this safe for septic tanks?
Yes!
Are the essential oils required?
No, just nice for scent!
How many cubes/bombs does one batch make? Maybe I overlooked that part.
It depends on the scoop size – my scoop makes about 12.
I made these and they sort of just dissolve and then get flushed? I never really got any scent out of them?
Once it dissolves, scrub and then flush 🙂