- [Voiceover] Today on Household Hacker,
we're gonna make a candle from an apple.
No, no, no.
Not that kind of apple.
(playful music)
To make an apple candle,
you need a few items.
Vegetable oil, an apple, a wicker string,
and a knife.
Pick yourself out a fine-lookin' apple
and slowly cut a circle or square around the stem.
Now you don't need to go very deep into the core.
About one inch is perfect.
Work your way around until you have a full cut.
Now you can pop out the top with a knife
or just grab a spoon and scrape it out with ease.
Here's an interesting side note.
You can stop the apple from browning
by squirting a little lime juice over the exposed fruit.
Remember that next time you're cutting up
some apple slices.
Now unfortunately you can't use
the apple stem as a wick.
Just as you can see here,
it simply won't stay lit.
So grab yourself a wick or string
and cut it to be even with the top of the apple.
Now grab your vegetable oil and pour it
directly over the wick to fill up the apple.
Make sure to leave some of the wick
above the oil line or this simply won't work at all.
Once the wick and oil are in place,
get out a lighter and spark it up.
If you did it right it should stay lit for at least
a couple hours,
depending on how much oil you have inside.
Now if you want to add some holiday cheer,
grab another apple of a different color
and follow the same steps as before.
We stuck with red and green to keep
with the holiday theme.
One red apple and one green apple is perfect.
They burn strong and they emit plenty of light
in case you found yourself in a power outage
and needed to make a quick and simple
emergency candle, as well.
But the best thing to do is to use them
as a great addition to your Christmas decorations.
So wow your friends and family
with your amazing Christmas survival skills.
And check out these other holiday videos here.
See you next time.