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Making soy tart favors is easier than ever. With a little practice and the following steps, you'll be on your way to creating the most memorable, best smelling tart favors. The process got easier when soy tart and votive wax was introduced.

Before, because soy is such a soft wax, it wasn't feasible to make tarts or votives of 100% pure soy wax pellets. Now, however, tart and votive pellets are available and make the best tart and votive candles.

Now, on to the instructions....

Preliminaries

Gather all your equipment, ingredients, and utensils ahead of time. You will need or should have on hand the following:

Wax melting pot or double boiler
Pouring pot
Thermometer

Enchanted Lites Soy Votive Wax
Pipettes for each different fragrance to be used
Liquid candle dye

Handful of toothpicks

Tart molds (I work 20 at a time)
Waxed paper (Cut into 4in squares)

3" x 4" plastic bags (plastic wrap works and is cheaper)
Tulle squares (Or circles--if you prefer tulle over bags)
Bag ties or ribbon cut into 6"-7" strips
Labels

Instructions

1. Weigh your wax to be sure you have enough for the size of your project. (Refer to the store or literature where your molds were purchased to find out how much wax each mold holds)

2. Pour the wax into your pouring pot and melt (with double boiler or wax melter) wax until it reaches between 140-160 degrees. Use the candle thermometer to check for the right temperature.

3.  Remove wax from heat. Using the pipettes, Add fragrance; up to 10% is recommended. (10% is the equilivant of 1oz of fragrance per pound of wax.). DO NOT exceed 1.5oz of fragrance per pound of wax. Stir well.

4. Because a little goes a LONG way with liquid candle dye.  Dip the end of a toothpick into your dye and add to wax one drop at a time and stir well until the desired color is achieved.

(To test that desired color is achieved, put several drops of the colored wax on a waxed paper square and let cool.)

5. Let wax cool in the pouring pot until it has reached a temperature of between 90 and 110 degrees. The cooler the wax when its poured, the less shrinkage will occur.

6. Pour wax into the tart molds until the wax is ready to spill over the edge. Let cool. (To prevent overflow, be sure to space molds so that they do not touch when wax is poured).

7. Let tarts cool COMPLETELY.  DO NOT place in the fridge or in water to speed the cooling process. Tarts are ready for packaging when they fall out of the mold freely.

Finishing Touches

1. Wrap each individual tart in plastic wrap and label if using sticky labels. (For plastic wrap, tape may be necessary to keep it wrapped up.) If using plastic bags, place one tart in each bag and fold the top over; use tape to secure.  Label the bag if using sticky labels.

2. Stack one completed tart on top of another and and place the two on a tulle square (or circle). 

3. Bring the edges of the tulle together as if holding the top of a bag closed.  Tie the ribbon around the tulle where it is gathered.

4. Attach your charm, tag, or embellishment of choice and TAA DAA!!!

5. You're done!