Orange Candle

Huh. I've tried to make olive oil 'lamps' before, but this solves the problem of how to keep the wick steady without badly-rigged wires. Off to find an orange...

OK, but why oranges in particular? By the time I got to the last picture I could think of loads of things in my house to use to make the candle without wasting a perfectly good orange.

I think it's because the rind is squishy and can hold up the match. Perhaps we should think of it as a way to use the rind after squeezing the juice for something else?

Also because it would smell like an angel came to your house and sprinkled hapiness everywhere! I love the smell of citrus!

You need a real wick or maybe dip your thread into hot wax a few times to give it some stiffness and burning power. A match will light once but not twice.

And it's much better to mix some stearine in with the wax. It's easy to set up a wick using a long needle that fits across both edges of whatever you are using to hold the wax.

Oh, and it might be good to wax the outide of the peel, too. Might help the peel stay fresh a day or two. Otherwise, it's gonna look ugly quickly.

Burning oils is dangerous and the smell is not attractive.

@notofthisworld it won't smell of citrus because you're not burning the orange, you're burning the oil.