Kitchen Chemists: Edible Candle

Edible candle

Materials
An apple
A knife
An almond
A match or lighter

Procedure
1. Cut the top and bottom of the apple off
2. Cut the almond into the shape of a wick
3. Stick wick in the apple
4. Light the candle
5. When you blow it out, eat it!

What Happened?
For a fire to occur there must be three things: energy (usually heat), oxygen and
fuel. In a wax candle, the wax vapor is the fuel while the fuel in the edible candle
is the almond. Almonds contain proteins, fats and carbohydrates. Lighting an
almond on fire releases the stored chemical energy in these fats, proteins and
carbohydrates as heat. Because almonds contain a high percentage of fat and fat
contains a lot of stored chemical energy, the almond can burn for quite some time
(just like a candle wick!)

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