Can someone please tell me where I can find how to make pie candles?
My grandmother (no longer with us) used to make pies that looked real but were candles and I’ve also seen the candle breads and muffins, can anyone please tell me the site that gives step by step instructions plus pictures. Thank you for your help this is to benefit my non-profit organization by selling these beautiful crafts.
Also the tart candles too if you can thanks
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Err… maybe you can get some brown crayons, normal wax, melt them all together, and then pour it in a cupcake/pie dish? You may be able to find a few molds. Good luck.
I think it’s just a matter of regular candle making techniques, with some sculpting involved. Say you’re wanting to make a lattice cherry pie candle… well first you’d need a pie pan to use as a mold. A disposable aluminum one is perfect. Then you take your melted crust-coloured wax, and pour it in the bottom of the pan, then turn and swish the pan around as the wax cools, so it covers the sides too. Then stick your wicks in, three is a good number for a pie sized candle. Leave them long for now, you can trim them later. Now you pour red wax in as the pie filling. You can even put small spheres of unmelted darker red wax in as the cherries to give it dimension. Next melt more crust-coloured wax, and pour it out flat onto a piece of plastic. Let it cool slightly, so it’s still warm, but no longer liquid. You want it to be semi-solid and pliable. Cut the wax into strips and apply them to the top of the candle, just like you were putting crust on a real pie, making sure to weave the strips together into a lattice. Trim the edges and let the wax cool, before popping it out of the pie pan.
You can make just about anything out of wax, with the right shaped molds, or by sculpting semi-solid wax by hand.