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23 Food-Scented Candles Your Mom Will Genuinely Love

No, "aw, you shouldn't have" moments here.

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Best-Smelling Food Candles
Ethan Calabrese

It's a last-minute gift that will make the whole kitchen smell amazing—and you don't have to cook a thing.

1

Sunday Morning Pancakes Candle

Food, Cuisine, Ingredient, Finger food, Recipe, Logo, Dessert, Food storage containers, Snack, Dish,

Get that Sunday Funday feeling every day of the week with this pancake-scented candle. Bonus: It's made in a food-safe glass jar that can be washed and reused afterward.

FoodNetworkStore.com and select Kohl's stores, $15-$30

2

Limoncello

Ingredient, Produce, Food storage containers, Preserved food, Home accessories, Fruit, Herbal, Legume,
Bath & Body Works

Can't surprise Mom with a trip to Italy? This is the next best thing (provided you treat her to a homemade Italian dinner, too). It'll remind you of Sorrento lemons, cane sugar and lemon zest—just like the classic liqueur.

Bath & Body Works, $22.50

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3

Lavender Shortbread Candle

Product, Serveware, Lavender, Drinkware, Beige, Metal, Cylinder, Dishware, Circle, Ceramic,
Anthropologie

There's no better scent to waft through the room during an epic The Great British Bake Off binge-watching sesh. It'll make you ready for tea time in no time.

Anthropologie, $16

4

Sugar Melon Pineapple Candle

Orange, Peach, Produce, Natural foods, Fruit, Ananas, Vegan nutrition, Craft, Graphics, Pineapple,
Target

How can you resist a ceramic pineapple?! You just can't, especially when it smells like fresh melon.

Target, $15

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5

Garden Candle

Dishware, Drinkware, Leaf vegetable, Serveware, Vegetable, Cylinder, Kitchen utensil, Cutting board, Herb, Cucumber,

If Joanna Gaines is your Mom's spirit animal, she probably needs this candle in her life, pronto. It's the latest from her store, Magnolia, and it's perfect for anyone who's not into overly sweet scents. It's a mix of cucumber, thyme and celery.

MagnoliaMarket.com, $26

6

Mission Fig Candle

Aqua, Teal, Turquoise, Plastic, Tints and shades, Chemical compound, Paint, Peach, Cosmetics, Lid,
Anthropologie

It's one sophisticated scent for one sophisticated lady.

Anthropologie, $16

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7

Lime & Salt Candle

Liquid, Fluid, Drink, Ingredient, Glass, Drinkware, Transparent material, Silver, Chemical compound, Cocktail,
Yankee Candle

Yankee Candle's newest collection will bring out Mom's inner Parrothead—or at least inspire a few stories about that spring break when she went HAM on margs and ... well, maybe you'll want to put on earmuffs before she finishes that thought.

Yankee Candle, $27

8

Starbucks-Inspired Candles

Brown, Liquid, Glass, Logo, Drinkware, Teal, Tan, Solution, Tumbler, Packaging and labeling,
Etsy/PatrickHoesterey

Pay homage to your mom's "no talkee before coffee" policy with a candle that smells like freshly brewed java.

Etsy, $10

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9

"Volcano" Teahouse Candle

Blue, Green, Porcelain, Serveware, Cup, Teal, Ceramic, Dishware, Turquoise, Aqua,
Anthropologie

While the candle's name sounds intense, the scent itself is much mellower. It's a blend of tropical fruits, sugared oranges, lemons and limes that will make you think of sipping drinks with tiny umbrellas in them and living on island time.

Anthropologie, $16-$30 (depending on size).

10

Mimosa Diptyque Candle

Drinkware, Fluid, Glass, Liquid, Font, Bottle, Barware, Transparent material, Alcohol, Cylinder,

Celebs regularly rave about Diptyque's scents, and for good reason: They're fresh without being overpowering—especially this mimosa scent. (Fair warning, though: This one's a splurge.)

Amazon, $62

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11

Cucumber Water Bistro Glass Candle

Product, Text, Drinkware, Drink, Liquid, Logo, Ingredient, Plastic, Cylinder, Dairy,

If you don't like overly flowery or powerful scents, you'll enjoy this crisp blend of melon, pineapple, apricot and cucumber.

Anthropologie, $16

12

Vanilla Cupcake Candle

Product, Peach, Metal, Beige, Cylinder, Label, Food storage containers, Lid, Cosmetics, Silver,
Yankee Candle

It's a classic for a reason. And that reason is it makes your entire home smell like your 9th birthday. What sweet, sweet nostalgia.

Yankee Candle, $28

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13

Orange Blossom Candle

Aqua, Teal, Turquoise, Cylinder, Packaging and labeling, Peach, Box, Packing materials,

Talk about Southern Charm! This candle, from Reese Witherspoon's company, Draper James, makes it smell like you live next to an orange grove—even if your view is more grimy highway than bucolic countryside.

Draper James, $42

14

Praline Pecan Cobbler

Peach, Label, Food storage containers,
Bath & Body Works

You don't have to have grown up in the South to appreciate this brown sugar-scented treat. It'll make your whole house smell like this cobbler-cake—so much so that you should probably attach the recipe (or, better yet, make it) as part of your gift.

Bath & Body Works, $22.50

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15

Prosecco Rose Voluspa Glass Maison Candle

Product, Serveware, Dishware, Pink, Peach, Metal, Circle, Material property, Silver, Tin,
Anthropologie

Pink prosecco and rose petals? We'll raise a mimosa to that.

Anthropologie, $28-$68

16

Pumpkin Spice Candle

Squash, Food, Calabaza, Serveware, Drinkware, Vegetable, Orange, Pumpkin, Ingredient, Produce,
Etsy/BreeswaxCandles

PSLs aren't just for fall anymore—at least, the scent isn't (and that's what people really love about them, isn't it?).

Etsy, $3 and up

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17

Cinnamon Sugared Doughnut Candle

Glass, Liquid, Petal, Drinkware, Peach, Transparent material, Floral design, Cylinder, Flower Arranging,
Bath & Body Works

It's as close as you can get to bottling the smell of walking into a Krispy Kreme when the "hot and fresh" sign is on.

Bath & Body Works, $22.50

18

Sweet Iced Tea Candle

Liquid, Fluid, Drink, Ingredient, Drinkware, Glass, Highball glass, Barware, Solution, Solvent,
Colonial Candle

This should be the official scent of spring. It's a blend of black tea, lemon and honey—just like Momma used to make.

Colonial Candle, $7.50

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19

Toasted Coconut Candle

Teal, Aqua, Turquoise, Metal, Lid, Azure, Cylinder, Tin, Circle, Paint,

Gold accents are so in right now, but what's even more delightful is that warm, toasted coconut scent.

Target, $7.99

20

Spiced Pumpkin

Produce, Orange, Peach, Natural foods, Lid, Brand, Fruit, Food storage containers, Vegetable, Label,
Yankee Candle

Pumpkin obsessives, take note: While Yankee Candle only sells this scent in stores seasonally, it's available year-round online (score!).

YankeeCandle.com, $20

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