Edible Menorah Candles

• Condiments

  • 2 3/4 oz Corn syrup, light

• Baking & Spices

  • 1 Gel food coloring, Blue
  • 1 Powdered sugar

• Nuts & Seeds

  • 24 Almonds

• Other

  • 9 oz (1½ cups white chips

Found on ohnuts.com

Description

Ingredients

• 9 oz (1½ cups) white chips
• 2.75 oz (1/4 cup) light corn syrup
• Blue gel food coloring (or other colors!)
• Powdered sugar
• 24 slivered almonds

Directions

• Place the white chips in a medium microwave-safe bowl. Microwave in 30-second increments, stirring after every 30 seconds, until the chips are melted and smooth.
• Add the corn syrup and stir it in. Soon after you add it, the white chocolate will start to thicken, and by the time youre done stirring it should be a thick mixture with a texture almost like Play-Doh.
• Wrap the candy in plastic wrap and leave it at room temperature to cool down and get firmer. Overnight is best, but even 2-3 hours should be enough if youre in a rush.
• Divide the candy in 2 pieces. Dust your work surface with powdered sugar, and knead each piece until its soft and supple. It will be very stiff at first, and if you have difficulty, you can microwave it for a very short period of time, like 5 seconds, to soften it briefly. It should have a smooth texture like fondant when youre done.
• Add a few drops of blue gel food coloring to one half, and knead it in until you have a blue color you like. Gloves are a good idea here, so your hands dont turn blue!
• Shape each color into a thin rectangle, then cut them into long thin strips about the size you want your candles to be. The exact size will depend on the size of your menorah and how you want your candles to look!
• Roll each rectangle between your palms until it becomes a round cylinder. Press the bottom of each into your menorah, to make sure it fits. Press a slivered almond into the top of each candle to be the wick. Let the candles sit at room temperature to firm up, about 30 minutes.
• Once firm, you can put the candles into the menorah, or on top of a cake, cupcakes, or other baked goods! If you want to light the almond wicks, its best to use a lighter since it can take them several seconds to catch fire. If you want to light all of the menorah candles at the same time, its easiest to have 2 people working on it, since they do take awhile to light. Hold a lighter flame to the almond and wait until it ignites—this can take 5 seconds or more, depending on the almonds. (Almonds with more oil light quicker and burn longer, but it just depends on your batch, the age of the nuts, etc). They will usually only burn for about a minute, and then extinguish themselves, but its a cool effect while its happening! You can always remove a burned wick and replace it with a fresh almond if you want to re-use the edible candles.
• The candles can be kept in an airtight container at room temperature for several weeks, but they will get stiffer and drier the longer they sit.