Hot Cocoa Candle

Well being that this was my first candle making experience I would say it went rather well.  This project turned out super cute and will make great teacher gifts for Christmas.  It was fairly inexpensive and was also fairly quick to put together.  This is still a SUPER cute project!

Hot Cocoa Candle

You will need:

2 3/4 cups soy wax flakes

Pouring container or heat proof measuring cup with spout

One third of a 3/4 oz cube of brown wax dye

6 oz glass mug made for hot beverages

9 inch tall prewaxed wire wick with clip

Candy thermometer


1/4 inch dowel


towel

Optional: Scent of your choice

To make the cocoa:

Fill a pot with about 3 inches of water and bring it to a boil.  Put 1 3/4 cup of the wax into a pouring container, (I used a 2 cup glass measuring cup.) then place the container into the water and position both pots so that the container handle is not over the heat. 

While the wax is melting chop the dye into small pieces. Wait until the wax reaches 180 degrees then stir dye into the wax. (Make sure the dye is completely dissolved before pouring the wax mixture into the glass or dark spots will appear where dye is not fully dissolved.)

Remove wax from heat and wait until the temperature lowers to 140 degrees then add three drops of desired scent if choosing to use and stir.

Pour the wax into the mug reserving approximately 1/8 cup to remelt later and insert wick. (If the wick tips, put a pencil across the top of the mug and lean the wick against it.)

Wrap candle in a towel while cooling.  This helps the candle to cool at a slower rate.

After one hour remelt remaining brown wax. Poke three holes with 1/4 inch dowel near the wick.  Fill holes with remaining brown melted wax. Make sure to not let wax cover entire top of candle.

Let the candle cool, about one hour before adding whipped cream.  The dye will lighten as the wax cools.

To make the whipped cream:

Melt the remaining wax and let cool until its opaque. (In the original directions for this project it says this will only take about five minutes but for me it wasn't for about 45 minutes.  Keep checking consistency periodically.)

Whip the wax with a fork until it begins to form frothy peaks.  (You will know when this is happening because it actually starts to look like whipped cream.) If the wax is too thin, wait a few minutes and try again.  If it thickens too quickly, remelt it.

Scoop the whipped wax onto the cocoa as shown.  Let it cool, then trim the wick so that it extends 1/4 inch.

Tip: When I poured the cocoa into the cup It started to get dark spots because the dye was not fully melted.  Don't panic...just scrape it out and back into your melting cup and remelt it.  I had to do it and it worked great.


**All revisions are highlighted in green**


There will still be separation from the glass and some lighter spots that appear on the candle itself.   These are characteristics of soy candles and I wasn't able to fix these completely.