Candied Fruit Toppings Candle












Candied fruit candles are fairly easy to
make thanks to candle gel. Your candle
can be made with wax, with a wax icing
and gel fruit pieces on top, or, if
preferred, gel pieces can also be
incorporated within the body of the
candle for more color while burning.


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It used to be that if you wanted to make
a candle that looked like it had toppings,
such as a dessert or sundae candle, that
the toppings would solely be created
with wax ... this works well for nuts,
dried fruit, cake frosting or icing, but
not as well for jellied candies or fruit
pieces. To make the wax pieces a
bit more shiny, mineral oil could
be rubbed on the pieces or icing,
but achieving a "jellied" look was
not an easy task. Then ... along came
candle gel, the dessert candle
wonder material! Candles were
never going to be the same again!



Icings and syrups of all kinds can
be made with candle gel by using
a liquid dye in a higher concentration
than you normally would use to
make a candle, giving the gel a rich,
deep color, such as butterscotch,
caramel, or chocolate. The same
goes for making candied fruit,
although you don't need quite
as much coloring. You can make
cherry pieces in red or green, citrus
in yellow or orange. Simply pour
some "overly-colored" gel in the
bottom of a pie pan or smaller
container to about a quarter of an
inch thick and allow it to harden.
Then, with a sharp knife, slice through
it in one direction and then the other.
You can cut squares, triangles, or
diamond shapes. Or, you can make
little "chunks" if you pour the gel
into the pan a little deeper than a
quarter of an inch. After cutting,
simply lift the pieces out of the pan
and place them on your candles
where you want to apply some
candied fruit.

To get the "fruit pieces" to stick to the
top of the candle, you can either use a
heat gun to melt some of the wax on top
of the candle and then quickly apply the
pieces ... or, you can melt some wax that
has been colored white (and scented) for
an "icing" and then immediately set in the
fruit pieces after dripping the icing along
the top and sides of the candle.


















These are at least a couple of ways to
make a candied fruit topping candle that
almost looks real. The fruit pieces
can be mixed with wax chopped nuts for
a fruit and nuts topping. It's best if all of
the pieces have been scented in your
dessert flavor of choice. Also, for best
color results while burning, I suggest
keeping green at a minimum, or making
it light, such as shown, as when if you have
too much green along with red, when they
burn together, you can end up with too
much brown as the colors mix.

A tip for scenting the pre-made pieces ...
if a vanilla or spice is used, then you can
scent your candle with just about any
bakery type of scent and the scented
pieces will work well, making for a
flavorful combination.

Happy Toppings!



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