Candle Snuffers

A candle snuffer is one of the two ways the National Candle Association recommends putting out a flame, alongside a gentle breath, and it warns against water, which can make hot wax splatter. On a taper, a breath can also push molten wax off the tip and onto the tablecloth, which is the problem Wickman points to with its bell snuffers: lower the bell, let the flame go out, lift it away.

Matte black has been our top-selling snuffer over the last three months, with the antique brass fleur de lis bell right behind it. Wickman gives its fleur de lis bells what it calls an old world look, in antique brass, pewter, matte gold and metallic black, while the plain bells come in antique brass, matte black and pewter for a cleaner line next to modern glass. If you burn jar candles more than tapers, the LAFCO 2-in-1 trims the wick and snuffs the flame with one tool.

Wickman says snuffing stops the wick from smoldering and adds fuel to it for the next light, and a candle snuffer is the tool we would hand anyone burning tapers at a dinner table. Light the next one with something from our candle lighters, keep the wick at a quarter inch with one of our candle wick trimmers, and find wick dippers and the rest of the kit in candle accessories.