I rendered bear fat from the bear I harvested last week and made special bear fat candles in honor of my early New England heritage.

Below is my very first bear wax bayberry candle. Bayberry is one of my favorite candle smells.

My first lighting of my bear fat candle Nice!

There are recipes on line to create your own for you to check out. Food grade Stearic Acid, wicks, bees wax, and  I purchased on Amazon. I had jelly jars to make the candles.

My Bear Oil/ Beeswax Candle Recipe

Ingredients:

2 cups rendered bear fat

1/2 cup food grade stearic acid beads

4 Tbsp bees wax

Premade wax wicks

Bayberry Oil 30 to 60 drops. Use a dropper. 

In a few small pots, heat water to make a bath to melt the beeswax, stearic acid beads and heat the rendered bear fat.

You can use canning jars to melt your ingredients while in the water bath show above.

Add the hot bear fat and hot stearic acid to a bowl and stir.  Now add melted beeswax to the bowl and stir.

Finally, add drops of your essential oil like my bayberry oil.

Stir and pour your mixture into candle jars with standing wicks shown below.

I used cooled moldable wax buttons to hold wicks in place to the bottom of jars.

 The Bayberry smell is reminiscent of Williamsburg, Virginia in the 1700’s. Enjoy!

Good Hunting!