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Croissant candle mold

A croissant candle with rolled, slanted layers and curled tips, as a small silicone mold from printed parts.

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3D render of the croissant master with its slanted rolled layers, fused on its printed charcoal base, between the orange and blue hugging shell halves
Candle wax ~165 g

A croissant candle 87 mm tip to tip, 60 mm deep and 29 mm tall: a crescent of rolled layers that swell and pinch the way laminated dough does, wrapping round it on a slant, with the two tips curling in. Flat underneath, so it sits on a plate like the real thing.

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Made with the hugging-shell mode of our silicone mold maker. Each layer bulges over the next, so the mold has to flex off it; the shell hugs the croissant closely and needs only about 121 ml of silicone. Print the base with the croissant fused onto it, the two shell halves and the six clamps, pour, and cast through the flat bottom.

Food candles sell on their looks: pour it in a warm golden wax, brush a little caramel mica over the tops of the layers for a baked finish, and set a few on a tray next to a coffee cup. It casts soap just as well for a bakery-themed gift set. The zip carries every printed part, 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 parts pulled apart around the master, not a photo.

Croissant candle mold at a glance: every printed part with its size, print time, filament, print settings and the three steps to use it
How this mold works

What you need

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  • About 142 ml of silicone (mix it in one batch)
  • About 76 g of container or pillar wax per candle: each cast is 84 ml
  • Tape or a hot glue gun for the outside seams
  • A small primed wick and a wick needle, and gold or caramel mica

How to cast it

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  1. Print the base, which has the master already fused onto it, the two shell halves and the six clamps (all six are in clamps.stl). No supports.

  2. Stand the shell halves on the base around the master and push the six printed clamps over the seams. Steel binder clips work too, the seats for them are built into the shell.

  3. Tape the outside seams or run a bead of hot glue along them, because silicone finds every gap.

  4. Mix 142 ml of silicone in one batch, pour it into the open top in a thin stream, and fill level with the rim.

  5. Once it has cured, unclip the shell, lift it off and peel the silicone off the master. That silicone is your mold.

  6. Set the silicone back in the shell to keep its shape, and cast into it through the opening the base left.

Print details

5 h 50 minPrint time
~165 gFilament
9Printed parts
133 × 104 × 52 mmSize (W x D x H)
All print details
Print details
Cast materialCandle wax
Printed parts9
Size (W x D x H)133 x 104 x 52 mm
Print bed needed131 x 101 mm, 52 mm tall
Filament~165 g
Layer height0.2 mm
Infill15%
SupportsNot needed
DownloadZIP: 9 printed parts in 4 STL files + candle master (STL) + print sheet + recipe
Added2026-09-25
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Questions about this design

How do I make the croissant candle look baked?

Pour it in a pale golden wax, let it set, then dry-brush a caramel or bronze mica over the tops of the layers only, holding the brush almost flat. The grooves between the layers stay lighter, which reads as flaky pastry. A very light second pass on the tips makes them look darker and crisper.

Where does the wick go in the croissant candle?

In the middle of the top, where the croissant is thickest (about 29 mm). It casts upside down through its flat bottom, so push a wick needle through the silicone at the top of the middle layer and thread a small primed wick through before you pour.

Can I make croissant soaps in this mold?

Yes. Melt-and-pour soap releases easily from the silicone and the rolled layers come out crisp. Pour at 55 to 60 C, spritz the back with alcohol to pop the bubbles, and let it harden for a few hours before you flex the mold off.

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