Why would you make a bacon candle? Why would you not make a bacon candle? Actually, I needed a gift for an upcoming birthdays party and figured, "What would make a more manly present?" Lots of things, actually. Instead, my friends each get a bacon candle. (For pictures of the process, see below).
A quick trip to Michael's craft store where I was directed to the candle aisle. Who knew? I flipped through a few books they had for sale on candle making and surprisingly didn't find directions for animal fat candles. Not having any idea what I was doing I purchased what I thought would be the simplest and cheapest wax and wicks. My supplies in hand I headed home to begin.
I followed what I assumed were normal directions for making a candle. Never having made one before I had no idea how this was going to turn out. Would they smell horrible? Catch fire and burn the house down? Only one way to find out.
I rendered and strained bacon fat and set aside.
Next, I melted the wax and mixed with the bacon fat. Everything seems to have mixed well together so far.
Wicks in place I poured the fat-wax mixture into the mason jars.
It appeared an odd success. The kitchen smelled of bacon from the rendering process so I had to wait a few days to see what the outcome would be. Plus I wanted to make sure the candles set completely before lighting.
Verdict: Mixed success. Turns out I should have read the packages a little more closely. The wick was not recommended for the type of wax I used. The candles did not
Ingredients:
- 1/3 strained, rendered bacon fat
- 2/3 candle wax
- mason jars
- wick's
The above made about 2 1/4 mason jar candles.
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