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Way cool.

Nicely done.

A tealight in a bigger thing like a big clemintine or orange might work better.

I'd be nervous about the olive oil, open flame, such a truly lousy (soft, mushy) and potentially leaky container.

Thanks! Now I get it@ I bet it smells lovely, too!

Um, is it just me or was somebody smoking A LOT of pot when they came up with this?!?

Beautiful.

now i know what to do with my gift box of clementines. cool

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Maybe it could a predinner "event" to (1) keep the company entertained (2)provide dinner lighting (3) cover up the pot smell.

What is acting as the wick? The white bit of the orange itself?

I'm inspired to try it! Nifty!

I just made one! It burns a surprisingly long time. I might even use them on my dinner table. Since we'll all be sitting there they will be supervised. I put mine on a little plate too.

That is so bad-ass!

Love it! I'm going to try but am going to use a mini cookie cutter to do a flower shape. Thanks!

Ok - I'm back. Two clementines later (I ripped the first one) and it's so cute! Alana in Canada - yes, when you take off the peel one side will have a some extra pith and that's the wick. It has a lovely burnt orange smell. The only problem is getting the bottom half to sit flat. Thanks for the tip!

I agree with Mark Eidsness, I think there must have been some doooobie doooobie doooo involved in thinking up this creation....

With that said..... heh heh... cooooool.....

I'm a little nervous about this one, too...

Could a little voltive candle be place inside instead of the whole olive oil thing?

I tried making it but it didnt work :(

it finally worked when i used a lighter to light the wick. took a couple of seconds.

i also did this with an orange and a little candle--just as cute!

My family was SO impressed by this at Christmas. I think even my nephews thought I was cool for about half a nanosecond. I found the key thing was to make sure the wick is pretty short (otherwise the flame burns too high/large and singes the edge of the cut-out shape).

I made this for my family while I was in NY. It burned a long time. (on a plate) I split it carefully and used the white part the remains on the bottom half, in between the segments, as the wick.
Like Laurita's, ours burned the top segment of the star cutout. It was a fun surprise for everyone. Will do it again. Thanks AT.

Ahhh - can someone tell me how you get the "wick" to light? Do you have to let the orange stem dry out for a while?
Thanks!