I don't know if you guys know this about me, but I'm fairly obsessed with bacon. I get bacon related gifts every birthday and Christmas, I have a bacon fact-a-day calender at my desk, I even have an "I Heart Bacon" sticker on my car.
This past weekend I came into a great deal of bacon grease (Making BLTs for a party). You can't throw grease down the drain, so you're supposed to pour it in a disposable container, freeze it, and toss it when it hardens.
When I looked at the little can of grease all hardened up I realized it looked a lot like a candle. So much so that I started researching a D.I.Y. bacon candle recipe, only to find out you can pretty much jam a wick in there and call it a day. No mixing with candle wax or anything like that.
SO, I gathered supplies and picked my container:
Heated up my double boiler that is used for making regular candles, and poured a tiny bit of grease in the bottom of the container to hold the wick down.
Let it harden (It takes awhile so put it in the fridge), pour the rest of the delicious grease in there and find a way to keep the wick straight. I used chopsticks.
Let that set for awhile, and you have your very own bacon candle! Ready to light in the morning and trick everyone into thinking there's bacon on the table, BWAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAA!
But seriously it smells so delicious unlit I'm almost scared to test it out...
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