Croissant candle mold

A croissant candle 88 mm tip to tip, lying flat the way it sits on a plate: a fat rolled middle with five layers of dough, tapering into two curled horns. Bakery candles are everywhere on Etsy and TikTok, and this is the one people ask for first.

The mold is exactly what our two-part candle mold generator builds for it: two rigid halves with rubber-band grooves, pry pockets and a pour funnel on top. The seam cuts across the middle and each half pulls along the horns, so the rolled layers on top come out as sculpted. The tool's own seam check finds nothing stuck, and you need no silicone.

Pour a warm butter-yellow wax, brush a little golden-brown mica over the tops of the layers, and it looks fresh out of the oven. The zip carries both halves, the croissant master as its own STL, the tool's own print-settings sheet and a recipe file for the generator.

Shown as a 3D render of the printed mold halves pulled apart around the candle they cast, not a photo.

What you need

• About 48 g of pillar wax: the cavity holds 53 ml
• A tabbed, primed wick for a 40 mm candle, about 50 mm long
• Rubber bands or clamps, and a clip or wick bar across the funnel

How to cast it

1. Print both halves as exported. Clamp-strength settings: 4 walls, 40% gyroid infill, no supports.
2. Drop a tabbed wick into one half so the tab sits on the cavity floor, close the halves and band them along the whole seam.
3. Clip the wick centred across the pour funnel and pour at 65 to 75 C.
4. Once the first pour is firm but still warm, top up the funnel. Wax shrinks, and the second pour fills the dip.
5. Cool fully, open the halves at the pry pockets and trim the wick. Brush golden-brown mica on the tops of the layers.