Beeswax Tea Light Candles

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"Love these beautiful tea lights. I burn them all fall and winter long to bring light indoors during the darkest time of the year."

- Shawn K., verified buyer

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One ingredient: 100% pure Pacific Northwest beeswax, never blended.

Slow-burning, with a steady golden flame that makes the room feel cozy.

No fragrance added - not artificial, not essential oils, nothing.

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Burn time	5+ hours per tea light
Size	1.5" wide × 0.75" tall
Wax	100% pure beeswax, nothing added
Wick	Cotton
Scent	Natural honey (fragrance-free)
Cup	Clear polycarbonate, US-made
Made in	USA

Light one and you'll catch the warm scent of honey on warm toast. That's not a fragrance we added - it's just what pure beeswax does. The honey comes from the bees, not from a bottle. Pure beeswax burns slow and bright, so the holders you already love finally get to show off.

A five-hour-plus burn - long enough for a whole cozy evening.
Fits most standard tea light holders - US-made polycarbonate cup rated UL 94 V-0.
Self-trimming wick - maintenance-free, just light it and love it.

The difference between a tea light and a votive is the cup. A tea light comes in one, so it drops into most holders and burns about five hours. A votive doesn't - it needs a snug glass holder, and in one it burns fifteen hours or more. Same wax, longer evening: our beeswax votives.

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How long do beeswax tea lights burn?

Each one burns for five hours or more - long enough to light dinner and still be glowing when the dishes are done. Beeswax is a harder, denser wax, so it burns slower and a small candle lasts a good while.

A few things that help:

Keep it out of a draft. Moving air makes any flame burn faster and flicker - a still spot gives you the full, even burn.
Burn it in one sitting when you can. A tea light gives its best burn start to finish. If you do need to put it out early, try to leave about half the wax in the cup - that's usually enough for a good second burn. Shorter, repeated burns mostly waste wax.

Want a refillable version? Our Moon Drop tea lights come with a metal cup you refill again and again.

Common Questions

How long do beeswax tea lights burn?

About five hours each - sometimes a little more. They're happiest lit once and left to burn all the way down, so they suit an evening when you've got the hours to spare.

Do tea lights need a holder?

Yes. The clear cup holds the wax, not the heat - it gets hot enough to mark a table. Set them in a holder or on something fire-safe.

Will these fit my holder, lantern, or wax warmer?

Yes - they're standard tea light size at 1.5″ across, so anything made for tea lights will take them. Our clear cups run a little deeper than the aluminum kind, which means more wax and a longer burn, and they let the glow out the sides instead of hiding it. The cup is made in the USA from polycarbonate rated UL 94 V-0 for flame resistance - the highest class on that standard - and it's the only cup we've ever used.

Tea light or votive - which one do I want?

Tea light if you want to light it and forget it: it comes in its own cup, fits any standard holder, and burns about five hours - one evening. Votive if you want one candle to carry you through several evenings: same 1.5″ across but taller, fifteen to seventeen hours, and it needs a snug glass holder to catch the wax as it melts. Can't decide? The Bee Cozy set gives you both.

Can I leave a tea light burning overnight, or while I'm out?

Please don't - and we'd say that about any candle, ours included. A tea light is a small open flame, and the cup gets hot. It makes a cozy nighttime light while you're awake, so save it for when you're around to enjoy it, and put it out when you leave the room.

Are beeswax tea lights safe around kids and pets?

The flame is the thing to respect, not the wax. Nothing is added to our beeswax, so there's no perfume going into the air - but a lit tea light is still a small fire in a hot cup. Keep it up high, out of reach of little hands and curious noses, on something that can take the heat, and never leave it burning on its own. Birds are the exception - see below.

Are beeswax candles safe to burn around birds?

We don't recommend burning any candle around birds, including ours. Birds have extremely sensitive respiratory systems, and anything that burns puts something into the air. Your bird's safety matters more to us than a sale.

Do you scent your candles with essential oils?

No - and that's on purpose. Essential oils are natural, but they're still fragrance: concentrated plant aromatics released into your air. For people who are sensitive to scent, they can be every bit as hard to live with as synthetic perfume - something we learned firsthand before it became a company rule. A Big Moon Beeswax candle adds nothing to your air but candlelight. The light honey scent you'll notice comes with the wax, straight from the hive.

Can I recycle the clear cup?

Honestly, not in most curbside bins - polycarbonate is a #7 plastic, and very few programs take it. We'd rather tell you that than pretend otherwise. If a cup you refill again and again is what you're after, that's our Moon Drop tea lights: the same beeswax in a metal cup made to be filled over and over.

What's Inside the Box

Small Pleasures

Small Box

10 x Beeswax Tealights in Clear Cups

Lots of Cozy Nights

Medium Box

50 x Beeswax Tealights in Clear Cups

Candle Hoarder's Dream

Large Box

165 x Beeswax Tealights in Clear Cups

Tealights perform best when burned completely during one lighting, so they are ideal for those times when you have hours to enjoy your candles. Economical and long-burning, tealights are a maintenance-free choice for adding coziness to any room!

Why Pure Beeswax

100% pure beeswax tea lights from Pacific Northwest apiaries.

No Added Fragrance

Only Pure Beeswax

Big Moon candles have no added fragrance, so nothing synthetic goes into the air you share. The only scent is the soft honey note of the wax itself.

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One Ingredient. That's It.

All Pacific Northwest beeswax. No blends, no additives, no added fragrance - just the wax the bees made. Its color shifts with what they were foraging, soft yellow to deep gold.

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Naturally Fragrance-Free

Honey-Scented by the Bees

The EPA calls a product fragrance-free when no fragrance materials or masking scents are used. Beeswax qualifies - and still carries the honey scent the bees left in it. Bee-made · Never added.

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PNW Beeswax for the Win

Love these beautiful tea lights. I burn them all fall and winter long to bring light indoors during the darkest time of the year. They have a sweet natural fragrance that I look forward to everytime I use them. Beautifully packaged and quickly shipped. Thank you!

Beautiful product, delicious scent

Love the detail with the embossed tea lights, the lovely metal cups and the aromatic natural beeswax scent. What a lovely package all around. The tea lights last quite a long time. Very cozy for fall.

If you love the smell of beeswax

you will love Big Moon candles. I have been a customer for about two years. Before I learned about the company, I used to buy beeswax votives and tealights in a local store. They were good but these are a step up in the gentleness of fragrance, their burn time and consistency.

Hi Reinhold, thank you so much for your wonderful review! We're thrilled to hear you enjoy our beeswax candles and appreciate the quality we strive for. We look forward to serving you for many more years!

Always a great product!

Hi Jason, thank you for your kind words! We're so glad you love the Bee Cozy Beeswax Tea Light & Votive Gift Set. We appreciate your support!

Too time consuming to clean

Big moon beeswax candles are heavenly. I live the pillars. I tried these smaller guys and they don't burn long enough for the effort to clean after the expired candle to install the next. I bought the candle scraper and it's very helpful but still, way too much effort involved for something that burns such a short time. I warm up the leftover remnants with hot water. Nit worth the effort. The votives and pillars are the best!! Amazing scent and burn time. Not to mention it's like getting an amazing gift when my order arrives. Packaged impeccably. Thank you Big Moon Beeswax!!!

Hi Sheila, thank you for sharing your honest feedback. We're glad you love our votives and pillars and appreciate the natural honey scent and packaging. Yes, you're right about pure beeswax being a challenge to clean as it's the hardest wax nature makes. We try to find that balance between providing our customers with refillable tealights (Moon Drop Tealights) and making sure they have a good experience with them. We want to provide refillable tealights because so many of our customers want them, but we also need to stay true to our One Ingredient Promise and not blend them with a softer wax that makes cleaning easier. Your honest feedback is so helpful to future customers that are considering refillable tealights. Some people may not mind cleaning out the stainless steel cup after a 6 hour burn while others may. There's a beeswax candle for every type of candle lover so thank you for helping others chose theirs. Bee cozy this fall season Sheila!