Asked on Dec 02, 2017
Looking for a Ivory Snow/Paraffin/Ice Christmas Candle recipe
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Karen Meyer
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Do any of you know the real recipe for this? It takes Soap flakes, water and melted paraffin whipped like meringue. Add fragrance. Add glitter. Pour into empty 1/2 gal milk carton with the wick suspended from the top, knotted out the bottom. When cool, cut wick at top and bottom and peel carton away. Voila! Christmas Candle. Pour out water where ice used to be. I need the right ratios. Mother made it as a den mother.
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Look on Suzy’s Sitcom. I think she made these. Not sure about the soap flakes, but check it out.
Maybe you can do this? https://www.thespruce.com/how-to-make-an-ice-candle-517007
Thanks this looks like a huge part of the recipe. What I’m curious about is, how do you whip the snowflakes from Ivory Snow detergent with the paraffin? Must have to put it over a double boiler something to keep it from getting hard why are you whipping it. what do you think? My memory is telling me that when she poured it into the mold it was very hot, and frothy and a lot like meringue when it hit the ice chips
I ran across this site looking for the same recipe. I have so many fond memories of Girl Scouts. Among them was making the ivory snow flake candles as Christmas presents for our Moms.
Proctor and Gamble no longer makes Ivory Snow laundry soap. Instead they make Ivory Snow laundry liquid detergent. To work the recipe required the soap.
Has anyone tried making the candles with another type of "soap"?