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This candle smelling like a KFC chicken burger is VERY popular

They sold out very quickly.

FORGET YOUR FLOWERY meadows – this unusual candle will bring a radically different scent to your home.

The Kentucky for Kentucky ‘Double Down’ candle is literally crafted from oil that chicken was fried in.

The company’s Fried Chicken candle first emerged in 2013, and earlier this month they brought out a follow-up of a candle smelling like the KFC Double Down burger. (That’s a burger with two chicken breasts instead of buns.)

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The new candles went on sale on 8 May and were swiftly bought up by crispy chicken fans worldwide after articles like this:

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According to Kentucky for Kentucky, the makers of the candle:

this Double Down candle starts off with a layer of Kathy’s real Fried Chicken candle mixed with bacon pieces, easing into a bacon-scented center, finishing off with another layer of bonafide fried chicken.

To make the fried chicken candle, chicken is fried in an all-natural soy wax… and sometimes pieces of chicken make it into the candle itself. Not a present for your veggie best friend.

Would you use this candle?


Poll Results:

No way (1679)
Hell yes (434)
I'm unsure (183)

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    May 11th 2015, 8:32 PM

    No way, I’d say it smells foul

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    May 11th 2015, 8:38 PM

    I’d buy it if it smelled like it had plastic bits in it.

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    Mute Mike
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    May 11th 2015, 8:56 PM

    Everytime I go to Blanchardstown West End the air stinks of KFC, it turns my stomach. Why would you want your house smelling like that. Absolutely rotten.

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    Mute John Ryan
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    May 11th 2015, 11:12 PM

    Try it after a few pints and it smells great.Try it sober and it smells like hell.Its the blue/gold dress for pissheads.

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    Mute Tom Kiely
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    May 11th 2015, 9:00 PM

    It’s flaming hard enough when your battling weight to walk past the chippers without having to smell em at home too…No thanks. .How about a salad candle.

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    Mute Ger Buckley
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    May 11th 2015, 9:34 PM

    Can you go large candle for an extra 50 cent?

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    May 11th 2015, 8:41 PM

    This is all WRONG!!!

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    May 11th 2015, 8:36 PM

    I would forget it was a candle and keep trying to eat it…..mmmmmm wax

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    May 11th 2015, 8:35 PM

    I could kill two birds with one stone and eat the candle as well
    A dinner and my house smells nice

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    Mute Mike
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    May 11th 2015, 8:57 PM

    Ireland is on course to be the fattest country in Europe. Every little helps. This candle should sell well.

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    Mute Suzie Sunsine
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    May 11th 2015, 8:47 PM

    Nah , with that smell lingering in the house I’d be longing for Kfc all the time !

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    Mute John Quill
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    May 11th 2015, 9:28 PM

    This is so wrong on so many levels

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    Mute John Ryan
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    May 11th 2015, 9:00 PM

    BDSM from KFC is all that’s going through my mind.Now all I need is my chicken suit and ball gag.

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    Mute David Thomas
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    May 11th 2015, 9:04 PM

    Not a hope….. it would just make me crave KFC all the time

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    Mute Unfortunately
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    May 11th 2015, 9:05 PM

    well this could be used as withdrawal tool for all the fatties – lit that candle and eat some healthy salad ;)

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    May 12th 2015, 6:55 AM

    If you want your home to smell like fried chicken, it says much about your social class

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    Mute Al Ca
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    May 11th 2015, 8:53 PM

    A new kiddie alarm clock.

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    May 11th 2015, 9:02 PM

    Can the candle be got in bucket form too for the morbidly obese???

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    Aug 12th 2015, 7:59 AM

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