{"product_id":"fable-candles-the-maraschino-mini-mixed-berry-birthday-candles-12-pack","title":"Fable Candles: The Maraschino Mini Mixed Berry Birthday Candles - 12 Pack","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor anyone who’s ever eaten the whole jar.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMaraschino red \u0026amp; blush · Glossed · Christmas edition\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"When I moved into my first grown-up flat, I realised I had free choice: anything I wanted, whenever I wanted it. I chose maraschino and glacé cherries. I ate so many that I couldn’t look at them for years, though I always kept a gorgeous jar of the luxe ones in the cupboard, just in case. I can eat them again now, and I’ve learnt restraint. Mostly. Sometimes. So here is a whole box you can’t eat: strawberries and cherries in deep maraschino red and strawberries-and-cream blush, glossed like the cherry on a soda-fountain sundae.\" - Kathryn - Candle Maker\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe lore\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe real thing. The first maraschinos were small, dark Marasca cherries from the Dalmatian coast, preserved in their own liqueur. When war reached Zadar, a member of the Luxardo family escaped to Italy with a cherry sapling and the recipe. Priorities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWho gets the name. In 1912, American food inspectors ruled that only Marasca cherries preserved in maraschino could be sold as maraschino cherries. The glowing red ones on your sundae came later.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Prohibition myth. Everyone says the alcohol-free maraschino was invented for Prohibition. The colleagues of the professor who perfected it say that’s nonsense. We’ll let you decide over a Shirley Temple.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat’s in it, and what isn’t\u003cbr\u003eNZ beeswax and soy, coloured with German-made candle dye, with a cotton wick, finished with a water-based candle gloss. That’s the whole list: no fillers, no nasties. No fragrance either. Not “natural fragrance”, not a “botanical blend”. None.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGive it for\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA first grown-up flat. Free choice, without the consequences.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Christmas cake. The cherry on top, twelve times over.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnyone short on restraint. These ones you can’t eat.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe details\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTwelve candles: four small strawberries, four large strawberries and four cherries\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShort and sweet, made for the birthday wish. Lift them off before you cut the cake.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChristmas edition, October to December only\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHand-poured and finished in Auckland\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePresented in our signature Fable box, wrapped and ready to give\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fable Candles","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52993692762328,"sku":"180742","price":85.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0161\/2974\/files\/Screenshot-2026-07-29-at-11-07-15-AM.jpg?v=1794543052","url":"https:\/\/www.worldbrand.co.nz\/products\/fable-candles-the-maraschino-mini-mixed-berry-birthday-candles-12-pack","provider":"WORLD","version":"1.0","type":"link"}