Realistic Iced Latte Coffee Candle

This candle looks like an iced latte somebody set down and forgot about. It’s built in layers of coffee-colored and cream-colored wax, with translucent gel wax ice cubes on top and a curled white cotton wick poking out. It smells the part too, with a bold coffee fragrance meant to fill a room like a pot of freshly brewed espresso.

It comes from PandPGiftCo, a small shop that ships from Clinton, Connecticut, and it’s petite at 4 inches tall. The candle on its own is about $12, and for a couple of dollars more it comes with a jar of matches, which makes it a complete little gift with no extra shopping trip.

It suits the friend who orders iced coffee in December, anyone with a coffee nook or a cozy reading corner, and the person who wants the smell of a cafe at 4 p.m. without brewing another pot. It’s also an easy pick for a coworker gift exchange, since it costs less than a fancy drink and looks like one.

The catch: at 4 inches it’s a small candle, so it works best as a bit of desk decor that smells like coffee. Someone who burns candles through long winter evenings will want a bigger one too. And keep it off the kitchen counter, where a groggy housemate might reach for it before their real coffee.