B@BlissStreet Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 I was at Walgreens today and found this. Retail was $10.99, I think. I didn't have my glasses with me, so I couldn't read the bottom label, and didn't think to snap a pic of it when I shot these with my phone. What is this?:confused: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeanie353 Posted February 5, 2012 Share Posted February 5, 2012 Good question....looks like gel w/slightly off center wick and candy inside? Think they need a label that says WARNING ~ DO NOT BURN OR EAT CANDY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B@BlissStreet Posted February 5, 2012 Author Share Posted February 5, 2012 Can you suspend sugar (fire, fire! hot, hot!) in gel candles? I've never tried them. I know the non-pareils (sprinkles) work in soy...but this is a bit different. Is it gel? To me, it looked like hardened whipped petroleum jelly...if you can imagine that. Say you took a tub of Vaseline and whipped air into it? That's what it looked like...big bubbles. Rough top, and way off center huge wick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laurenscandlebakery Posted February 5, 2012 Share Posted February 5, 2012 It amazes me how some companies can get their candles sold in stores. Since I've started making candles, I've looked at what is being sold in Kroger, Walmart, etc. Candles with very off center wicks and extreme frosting. *Shakes head* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitn Posted February 5, 2012 Share Posted February 5, 2012 That isn't even pretty. I don't make candles but it doesn't look safe to burn to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksranch Posted February 5, 2012 Share Posted February 5, 2012 YIKES!!! Unbelievable... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernadette Posted February 5, 2012 Share Posted February 5, 2012 It looks like gel to me, because of all the bubbles. I have done alot of testing over the years with all three densities of gel. When you pour too hot gel over pinecones, candy, etc., you will hear sizzling, get tons of very small bubbles, and the gel will get cloudy. It looks like that's what happened here.Years ago on another forum there was much discussion about if it was safe to put candy in gel. Some insisted it was, others said no. In the testing I did, if you made a gel candle with candy, and burned it like the next day, you were safe. But if you tried to relight it a couple of weeks later - YIPES! All the sugar leeched into the gel, and the whole surface of the candle would ignite. I wish I had saved the pics, but I never attempted to make candles like this except to test. The only safe way to do it is to double glass. That candle is disgusting. I can't believe they're really selling those....:tiptoe: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luci Posted February 5, 2012 Share Posted February 5, 2012 Several years ago a student gave me a similar candle for Vday with the candy hearts. It was gel with the candies not in the gel. There was an insert between the gel and the candies. At the time I was unfamiliar with gel candles and couldn't see that there was something separating the candy and gel and only saw it after burning it.I don't remember the company name, but the candle definitely looked better than the one shown here. Burned forever, too, and got a good burn from what I recall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JanetsCandles Posted February 5, 2012 Share Posted February 5, 2012 It doesn't look like there's any glass separating the gel from the candies. In fact, in the second picture (the one with the wick showing) it looks like one of the candy hearts is poking up just above the gel at the 10:00 position. That worries me. But then again, most of these are produced commercially in China and the like, so I'm not entirely surprised. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Candybee Posted February 5, 2012 Share Posted February 5, 2012 That isn't even pretty. I don't make candles but it doesn't look safe to burn to me.My thoughts too. Its kind of fugly looking! I would have walked right by them at the store after doing a gag/laugh!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuck_35550 Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 I believe that's a gel candle with imbeds not candy. Lots of molds for that sort of thing and fairly common except ususally it's some kind of fake fruit imbed that looks like its been embalmed. Sorry if I offended anyone who makes gel candles on the board Happy Valentines Day in 8 days.Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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