DIY Bacon Candles Make Your Entire Life Smell Like Bacon

Do you know the saying that it's better to light a candle made of bacon fat than to curse the dark without the smell of bacon? I would like to help you live your best, brightest, most satisfying life with this guide to making bacon candles at home. Yes, you could just fill a glass jar or an empty tin can with bacon, stick a wick in it and set it on fire, but it will burn out pretty quickly and look blah blah blah. The addition of beeswax, color and a little technique allows you to get a longer burning candle with a slight nuance in the aroma and a funny resemblance to real bacon. Save the fat (or make a large portion, and leave the meat to salt the bacon) and spend a deliciously smelling day making bacon candles to share with your biggest pork lovers.Bacon Candles with your own hands Note: If you don't want to bother creating layers, just use a mixture of beeswax, bacon and red dye. For an extra layer for breakfast, use scented candle oil, such as cinnamon rolls, coffee or vanilla.
Collect 3 clean, empty pint jars at room temperature. Cut the wicks 2 inches longer than the height of the cans and attach one end to the bottom of the wick.Use the saved bacon fat (you're saving bacon fat, right?) or, separate the fat from the bacon and strain it through cheesecloth into a clean jar to remove any particles or meat. Repeat as needed. (This will prevent splashing and prevent the candles from going rancid faster.)Place 3 cans in a saucepan and fill the pan with warm water so that it surrounds the cans about ⅔ of the surface, leaving the cans empty. Fill 1 jar with bacon fat, 1 jar with beeswax, and leave the third empty.Heat a saucepan over low heat to melt the fat and wax. When they are runny, pour half the bacon fat and half the beeswax into an empty jar and stir with a chopstick or dowel to blend. Then add the red dye until the mixture reaches the desired level of pinkness. Leave the hotplate on low heat, occasionally adding water and stirring. If necessary, add more beeswax to the beeswax jar.Place the base of the wick on the bottom of an empty jar. Take the top end of the wick, wrap it around a chopstick or dowel, and roll it out until it is level with the lid of the jar. Lightly glue the twisted wick to the wood, then the wood to the edge of the jar to secure it in place. With another chopstick or dowel, press the base of the wick against the bottom of the jar and, using the jar lifting device or oven mitt, pour just enough beeswax into the hot jar to secure it in place. Let it cool down.Once the first layer of beeswax has cooled, pour it in a thin layer, then lift the jar and shake it, making sure to lightly coat the sides slightly up from where the wax will naturally settle. Once they are mostly cool, pour in a layer of the beeswax mixture and repeat the rotating motions and cooling. Then alternate layers of beeswax, the mixture, and regular bacon fat until you get a bacon-like appearance. Apply a final layer of beeswax 1/4 to ½ inch below the edge of the jar.Allow to cool for a few hours, then remove the tape and remove the dowel so that the wick remains like a pigtail. Close the lid and apply the label. Repeat until you fill all three jars or use up all the wax.