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Today, I'm HouseholdHacker. We are going to make a candle from an apple.
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No, no, no. Not that kind of apple.
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[HOUSEHOLD HACKER]
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To make an apple candle, you need a few items.
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Vegetable oil, an apple, a wicker string and a knife.
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Pick yourself out of a fine looking apple, and slowing cut a circle or a square around the stem.
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They don't need to go very deep into the core, about one inch's perfect.
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Work your way around until you have full cuts.
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Now you can pop out the top with the knife or just grab a spoon and scrape it out with ease.
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Here's an interesting side note.
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You can stop the apple from browning by squirting a little lime juice over the exposed fruit.
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Remember that next time you cutting up some apple slices.
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Now unfortunately you can't use the apple stem as a wick, it simply won't stay lit.
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So grab yourself a wicker string and cut it to be even with the top of the apple.
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Now grab your vegetable oil and pour directly over the wick to fill up the apple.
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Make sure to leave some of the wick above the oil line or it simply won't work at all.
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Once the wick and the oil line are in place,
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Get out the lighter and spark it up.
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If you did it right, it should stay lit for at lease a couple hours,
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Depending on how much oil you have inside.
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Now if you wanna add some holiday cheer,
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Grab another apple of a different color and follow the same steps as before.
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We stuck with red and green to keep with the holiday feat.
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One red apple and one green apple is perfect.
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They burn strong and emit plenty of light,
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In case you found yourself in a power outage,
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And need a quick and simple emergency candle as well.
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But the best thing to do,
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Is to use them as a great addition to your Christmas decorations.
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So while your friends and family with your amazing Christmas survival skills
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Check out these other holiday videos here
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See you next time.