{"id":2106027,"date":"2025-01-22T11:25:09","date_gmt":"2025-01-22T17:25:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tasteofhome.com\/?p=2106027"},"modified":"2025-01-22T11:25:09","modified_gmt":"2025-01-22T17:25:09","slug":"melting-chocolate-with-candle-warmers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tasteofhome.com\/article\/melting-chocolate-with-candle-warmers\/","title":{"rendered":"People Are Melting Chocolate Using Candle Warmers\u2014Is It a Good Idea?"},"content":{"rendered":"<img class=\"alignnone wp-image-2106046 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tasteofhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Melting-Chocolate-Using-Candle-Warmers_Via-@Nataliemarceta_Tiktok_01_YVedit.jpg?fit=700,1024\" alt=\"Melting Chocolate Using Candle Warmers\" width=\"700\" height=\"1024\" \/>\r\n\r\nIt seems that a new TikTok trend emerges at least once a week. The latest home accessory to be caught up in a rapturous TikTok trend: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tasteofhome.com\/article\/candle-warmer-lamp\/\">candle warmer lamps<\/a>. This style of candle warmer is a tiny lamp with a fixed plate underneath. When a candle is placed on the plate, the concentrated heat from the bulb melts the wax and distributes the scent around the room without having to light the candle.\r\n\r\nThere have long been candle warmers with a heated plate rather than a lamp, but the latter offers an opportunity to further design one's space, so it's\u00a0<em>also<\/em> a stylish accent piece. Now, candle warmer lamps are a stylish...kitchen tool?\r\n\r\nIn a recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@nataliemarceta\/video\/7460323986212195627\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">TikTok video<\/a>, creator @<span class=\"css-1c7urt-SpanUniqueId evv7pft1\" data-e2e=\"browse-username\">nataliemarceta<\/span> fills a bowl with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Hu-Chocolate-Snacks-Gluten-Snacking\/dp\/B07X7GYQ14\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hu Dark Chocolate Gems<\/a> and a Lindt bar, then places the bowl on the base of a candle warmer lamp. Once the chocolate melts, she dips strawberries into the bowl for a tasty shortcut to chocolate-covered strawberries.\r\n<h2>Is this a good way to melt chocolate?<\/h2>\r\nOn one hand, using the ambient heat from the candle-warming bulb to slowly melt down chocolate is undeniably clever. TikTok creator <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@bekmarsden\/video\/7455435466184166686\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@bekmarsden<\/a> tried melting chocolate after claiming to have seen other people using the warmers to create <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tasteofhome.com\/recipes\/queso-dip\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">queso dip<\/a>, and the platform is replete with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/discover\/food-you-can-melt-on-candle-warmer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">different culinary applications<\/a>. The thing is, there are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tasteofhome.com\/article\/how-to-melt-chocolate-5-easy-ways\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">many different ways to melt chocolate<\/a> that don't involve using small appliances in ways they're not tested or intended for. At the very least, anyone using a candle warmer to heat food should make sure they use the proper type of heatproof bowl.\r\n\r\nBesides, are <em>that<\/em> many people more likely to have a candle warmer on hand than, say, a slow cooker, a hot plate or a mini fondue pot? And more often than not, a treat like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tasteofhome.com\/recipes\/chocolate-dipped-strawberries\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">chocolate-dipped strawberries<\/a> or chocolate-covered Oreos is preferably served once the chocolate covering has set\u2014in which case, it's not necessary to keep the chocolate at a liquid state for any longer than it takes to dip the fruit or cookies. Melting, then, is as easy as turning to the microwave or the stove.\r\n\r\nRemember, the word \"hack\" implies that there's a secret, better way of doing something. This TikTok trend, meanwhile, is more about flair than genuine utility. The population of bakers who 1) own the right kind of candle warmer for this to work, 2) don't have alternative means of melting chocolate and 3) require melted chocolate to stay melted for a prolonged period of time is surely narrow enough that this method isn't worth changing the way you make chocolate confections.\r\n\r\n[cf]skyword_tracking_tag[\/cf]","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The latest TikTok trend uses candle warmer lamps to melt chocolate, but this &#8220;hack&#8221; is more aesthetic than truly useful.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7801,"featured_media":2106046,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[303719,303745],"categories-v2":[308324,308369],"coauthors":[343846],"acf":{"long_pin_file":false,"ncv_override_generic_settings_option":false,"ncv_autoplay_option":"","ncv_stickyplay_option":"","ncv_ads_option":"","ncv_mute_option":"","ncv_comscore_option":"","ncv_autoplay_mobile_option":"","ncv_viewable_threshold_option":"","ncv_sticky_offset_option":"","ncv_autopause_option":"","ncv_sticky_offset_mobile_option":"","ncv_autopause_mobile_option":"","ncv_sticky_mobile_option":"","ncv_remove_player_option":false,"ncv_moat_option":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.3 (Yoast SEO v23.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>People Are Melting Chocolate with Candle Warmers\u2014But Should You?<\/title>\n\n\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tasteofhome.com\/article\/melting-chocolate-with-candle-warmers\/\" \/>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"People Are Melting Chocolate with Candle Warmers\u2014But Should You?","description":"The latest TikTok trend uses candle warmer lamps to melt food. 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