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Striped Chocolate Cherry Valentine Candles

February 8, 2011 by SandraW

Chocolate Cherry Striped CandlesMy family thought that these striped chocolate cherry candles smelled divine when they came home. They were disappointed when they realized I wasn’t actually baking any sweets though!

For this project I used about a half pound (230 g) of premixed container soy wax. Then I split that in half so that I could add different scents and colors to each.

Half a chip of brown and red candle dye went into each once I took the soy wax off the burner.  Then,  I added the candle fragrance. Next time I’ll probably go heavier on the brown dye.  Chocolate fudge and cherry seemed to suit Valentine’s Day, so I used about a teaspoon of each scent.

This soy wax doesn’t need to be heated above 150 F (65 degrees Celsius) and it’s so much easier to clean than paraffin wax. Other benefits are that it sets fast and holds more fragrance. I only had to wait for about twenty minutes for it to set enough so that I could pour the second color to create the candle stripes.  In keeping with the Valentine’s Day theme, I finished by gluing a red heart rhinestone to the candle holder.

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