Wednesday February 8 2012
Edible Candle

video

Where is this video? I remember watching it.

It is the Observation video:

substitute for banana?

Hi Mr. Krampf,

I did this experiment recently after I watched the video of it, and filmed myself. I totally tricked some of my friends. My sister prepared the "candle" for me, and we did not have a very good banana. It was too curved, and a little bit soft. We ended up having to carve out the back and balance it in a candle holder with some paper towel to stabilize it. It was still very fun, but I was wondering if there is anything you can use for the candle that will be more reliable?
Maggie 12

I have not found anything

I have not found anything that works as well as a banana.

Hi Mr. Krampf

What about a nice rectangular cube of white cheese? you could cut it into a round shape probably.

That is a good idea! They

That is a good idea! They sell round "string cheese" as a snack, and it might work very well for this.

interesting

I have not tried this yet, but i think it would be worth a try! Please make this into a video! can you? that would be amazing!

coolio !!! :)

I want to try this after seeing the video :) ! Please make the video, it'll be awesome !!

candle

I've used this before, but with a potato core. A regular apple corer can be used to make a quick, perfectly shaped "candle." The kids LOVE it. I have had a couple of tree nut allergies (students) in the past few years and the oil from the almond make it impossible for me to try it lately. But I have the students write down their observations as I walk around the room with it in a candle holder. They usually write "candle" as an observation and we discuss that that is not an observation, that's an inference. Great!

KittyKitKat

Try using licorice to make the wick, works just as well because the sugar in the candy is totally carbon!

cool

can you make a video of this one????

Good idea! I will work on

Good idea! I will work on that.

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