46 Candle Puns and Jokes That Make Scents

Funny candle puns and jokes to brighten your day.

As far as finely crafted, artisanal candle humor goes, the following tomfoolery is an eternal flame of funny. There’s no need to wax poetic about how other people’s jokes don’t hold a candle to our witty wick quips. They just don’t. But we invite you to be our guest and find out for yourself. Scroll down to let the light of candle puns into your life. They might even stop the world and melt for you.

We’ve got a ton more hilarious jokes that you can burn at both ends. First, feast on a fistful of flamin’ hot chip puns. Then, read up on a roster of ridiculous book puns.

Funny Candle Puns

Wax on, wax off with clever candle wordplay.

• It was a wax-ident.
• It doesn’t make any scents.
• Candle jokes are wicked good.
• These jokes are lit.
• Candle puns brighten up my nights.

• Melting for candle puns.
• Some candles come from New Bruns-wick.
• We got an all wax-ess pass to the candle concert.
• Can-dle you feel the burn?
• He’s always waxing poetic about candles.

• We wick you a Merry Christmas.
• The candle was so popular it got flame-ous.
• You candelete this anytime.
• I tried to be a salesman for Candle-ay Industries.
• Without further candelay.
• Sometimes I eat wax. It’s candle-icious.

Short Candle Puns

Petite puns about candles. Like, the tea lights of candle puns.

• The Candle-orian.
• Ewick Clapton.
• Wick Moranis.
• Lenny Wick-ins.
• John Candelaria.

• I got Wickrolled.
• I just can’tdle.
• Freder-wick Douglass.
• John Wick.
• Lumiere-kat.
• I’m candle-irious.

Candle Pun One-Liners

Punny sayings to tell by candle light. Or by regular light. They’re funny in regular light too.

• You don’t like orange scented candles? Citrusly?
• Have you heard about the new votive and tealight company? They candle-liver.
• You know what’s funny about moon candles? It never waxes, It can only wane.
• My favorite musical is Yankee Doodle Candle.

• Hanging out with candles can get annoying. They always have to be the centerpiece of attention.
• Candle making can be a jarring experience.
• I forgot to put the lid back on the candle. I left it a-jar.
• LED candles are elect-wick.
• Candles come in met-wick sizes.

Candle Dad Jokes

In case of a power outage, these hilarious dad jokes will light up a room.

• Do candles like dark tea? No, they like their tealight.
• Why couldn’t anyone understand what the candle was saying? He had a funny waccent.
• Why did the candle have to take a break? It was feeling lightheaded.
• Who was the candle’s favorite Disney princess? Citronella.
• Why doesn’t anyone like sharing snacks with candle makers? They’re double-dippers.

• Where can you find everything you want to know about candles? Wickipedia.
• What do you call a bird-shaped candle? A flame-ingo.
• Why is it so expensive to send eggs in the mail? Shipping and candling.
• What do you call a vintage candle? Histo-wick.
• What Top Gun character do candles love? Mave-wick.