I'm a fan of Yankee Candles and am building quite a collection of empty jars - any ideas what I can use them for?

Jam?

Outdoors with tea lights in them?

I find the glass very thin and fragile once the candle has burnt away.

I clean mine out really well take the sticky stuff where the label was off with nail varnish remover then I am going to fill will nice home made biscuits and sell at our club. all the money goes to charity.

alternative suggestion buy a tart burner and change to wax tarts :) Same smells no glass jars and I find they are stronger in scent for some reason

I've never heard of a tart burner
What are they?
I'm always on the look out for nice smelly things
I loved the gardenia Yankee candle but can't find it anywhere I think they must have stopped doing them.

I agree with the tart burner's..

They work very much like oil burners do. You put in a tart in the holder, light a candle and it melts the tart, which sets off the frangrance, which is a lot stronger than the candles and they last a long, long time.

>which sets off the frangrance, which is a lot stronger than the candles

Remember that a dog's sense of smell is believed to be a thousand times more sensitive than ours, so what's strong to us will be completely overpowering to a dog; it'll be like going into a room with 1000w bulbs blazing and spotlights shining into your eyes.

Remember that a dog's sense of smell is believed to be a thousand times more sensitive than ours, so what's strong to us will be completely overpowering to a dog;

I dont use in the room where my dogs are, just in case.

I think that's very sensible. :-)

If I need to put up with the stench of bogwater, anal glands and farting, then they can put up with scented candles for me!!lol.
B&Q have started stocking these candles.  I got some at a great price this week.  love the cherry vanilla(and I hate vanilla!!)

i love yankee candles,but i cant use them with george as he is allergic to any strong scents and causes him to hyperventilate and foam at the mouth,i can use cheaper versions with very light scent but only until i can just smell it and then put the lid on x

> any ideas what I can use them for?

Offer them to craft people on Freecycle; sell them on eBay: or get crafty yourself and use them as part of your Christmas presents as they'd be great for foody gifts!  You can sterilise them in the m'wave.

Try any of these:  sweets or fudge (home made or not), flavoured salt - buy a good quality coarse sea salt and add herbs - these can still be used in a salt mill, peppercorns, vanilla sugar - add vanilla pods to caster sugar blitz in a food processor and sieve.  There must be plenty of other food items you could use these jars for so it might be worth a rummage online or look at somewhere like Lakeland for ideas.

I've just discovered Kringle candles. They're from the family who originally made Yankee candles.
The jars are much more user friendly.