Are you ready for a departure from your typical candle? This adorable whipped topping adds punch and pizzazz with some fun embedded wax objects to boot. A friendly gift, perfect for your spunky desk mate at work or friendly neighbor at home.
Recipe:
1.25 oz Red Wine Candle and Soap Fragrance Oil
35.7 oz EcoSoya Advanced Wax
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ONE: Melt 0.7 ounces of EcoSoya Advanced Wax on 30 second bursts in the microwave. Color the wax with about 1/8 teaspoon of shavings from the Red Wax Dye Block (a clean up tool works excellently for shaving bits off of the block!) and stir until the wax dye block is completely melted. Pour the wax into the Tiny Hearts and Birds and set aside to harden.
TWO: Melt 25 ounces of EcoSoya Advanced Wax on 30 second bursts in the microwave. Color the wax with about 1/2 teaspoon of shavings from the Lavender Wax Dye Block and stir until the dye block has completely melted.
THREE: Add the Red Wine Candle and Soap Fragrance Oil and mix well.
FOUR: Dribble a little bit of the wax into the bottom of each of the candle jars. Stick the metal disk of the wick into the wax and allow the wax to cool enough to hold the wick in place.
FIVE: Once the lavender colored wax has cooled to 120-130 degrees, pour the wax into the jars. Use pencils or chopsticks on the top of the candle jars to hold the wicks in place. Allow the wax to fully cool and harden overnight.
SIX: Melt the rest of the EcoSoya Advanced Wax on 30 second bursts in the microwave. While you’re waiting for the wax to melt, unmold the Tiny Hearts and Birds molds and use a clean-up tool to spruce them up if needed.
SEVEN: Using a hand-held or stand mixer, whip the wax until it is thick enough to form slight peaks when manipulated with a spoon.
EIGHT: Moving quickly, spoon the whipped wax on top of the cooled lavender candles. Place the tiny hearts and birds in the whipped wax and press gently. If the whipped wax gets too stiff to spoon, reheat the wax on 30 second bursts and whip again. Allow the whipped wax to fully harden.
PS – My tip for cleaning wax off any kitchen utensil or container? Melt and pour! I just heat up some melt and pour in the microwave and use that to easily clean up the wax. The wax in the container will mix nicely with the soap and come out well. If it’s spoons or blenders, just use the hot melt and pour to melt off the wax (I stir the spoons and any utensils in a container of hot melt and pour). Pour the wax and melt and pour mixture into an extra mold to harden, then toss the melt and pour (it’s probably going to have a weird texture after being mixed with wax).
I used the pipping bag but the wax got hard and I had to apply the frosting with spoon.
Hi Iqra!
The wax frosting does cool and harden quite quickly. I’m glad you were able to still apply it! 🙂
-Amanda with Bramble Berry
Yes,its very difficult to do with the pipping bag but with spoon it gets a lot easier:)
What size are the jars?
Hi Candice!
These jars will hold about 8 oz. each. 🙂
-Kelsey with Bramble Berry
This is so beautiful, could you let me know how long this candle burns, thanks……
Hi Tina!
It’s hard to say exactly how long this candle burns for, we didn’t test that :). This candle is made with EcoSoya Advanced Wax, which we have found to have an burn rate.
EcoSoya Advanced Wax:
https://www.brambleberry.com/EcoSoya-Advanced-Soy-Wax-P4698.aspx
-Amanda with Bramble Berry
Could you make an entire candle using only the “whipped” wax?
Hi Leslie!
It is possible to make the entire candle using the whipped wax, but it does melted faster and isn’t as stable as the regular unwhipped wax. We would suggest playing around in small batches to find a candle design that you like! =) If you get any pictures, be sure to share them with us on Bramble Berry’s Facebook page.
-Becky with Bramble Berry
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Would this work with the Nature Wax C-3 when making massage candles? It would be awesome to use as the “buttercream” for a buttercream and snickerdoodle scented candle!
Hi Sophie!
We’ve never done this with the Nature Wax C-3 for a massage candle, but you can definitely try it out! I think it would make for an awesome gift and the Buttercream and Snickerdoodle would be amazing. =) Keep us updated on your progress!
-Becky with Bramble Berry
I saw this in a candlemaking book & always wanted to try it. I did the watercandle project instead… now THAT is something to try! Its’s hard to explain it…google it.
Here’s another candle project using whipped wax http://www.candletech.com/techniques-and-ideas/cupcake-candles/
~Nickie~
You should totally try it, Nickie! We’d love to see your final product. Keep us updated, and if you have any questions, let us know. =)
-Becky with Bramble Berry
I love the consistency of that whipped wax. I do something similar but the wax looks more like crumbles, rather than a “whip”. Need to try it.
You will just love how this recipe turns out. I can’t wait to see all the different variations of it. =)
-Becky with Bramble Berry
Is possible to use a decorating bag with the whipped wax to make the frosting?
Thank you!
Hi Angie,
Great idea, give it a try! If you’d like to try it, make sure to do a small test batch piping whipped wax on wax paper to see how long you have to work with it and to ensure you can reheat it and still get the same texture. Just remember that wax tends to harden quickly so it might not give you enough time to work with it. Let us know how it turns out 🙂
-Kirsten with Bramble Berry
Thank you Kristen. I am going to try following your recommendations and I will let you know my experience soon!!
YES! You can use a piping bag after you whip the wax. I make little cupcake wax melts doing just that. ^_^
Wow!! So many fun projects to do!! : )
This project is so cute, I love it! We have a ton of awesome candle projects on the Soap Queen blog that you might be interested in as well.
One of my favorites is the Dipped Ombre candle project:
http://www.soapqueen.com/bath-and-body-tutorials/home-crafts/dipped-homebre-candles/
-Kirsten with Bramble Berry