If you’ve ever indulged in a slice of post-party birthday cake, you’ve more than likely gotten some with a bit of melted candle wax on it. Especially if the birthday boy, girl or non-binary folk in question are of an advanced age, it’s hard to avoid a couple drops of candle wax joining in with the buttercream or fondant. Though, if the cake’s covered in fondant, the whole thing’s going to taste like a wax candle anyways, so who cares? With this inevitability in mind, it’s not surprising that birthday candles are almost always made out of paraffin wax, which, while in large amounts can cause intestinal blockage, doesn’t pose much danger when eaten in small doses. Could you chomp on a little bit of a birthday candle like a skinny carrot without danger? Probably. Why you’d do that when, by definition, there’s a cake nearby, though, is still tough to swallow.