Peech Line Products creates essence of food in candles
By RACHEL STRICKLAND| Photos by BECKY STINEHOUR
At first glance, Peech Line Products appears to sell food, and if you were to peruse its social media presence, you’d see an assortment of waffles, smoothie bowls, cupcakes and ice cream. It’s only upon closer inspection that it becomes clear that these delicious-looking food items are made of wax. That’s right — Peech Line Products sells candles that look and smell like food. Warning: they’re not actually edible.
Georgia native Alacia Williams started her own candle-making business, Peech Line Products, in 2020. She said she’s always loved candles and crafting, so combining them just made sense. When she first started making candles, though, she admitted they came out terribly, and she almost quit. But she kept researching, watching YouTube videos, and practicing, and eventually, something clicked. Once she learned how to successfully manipulate the wax into shapes, she quickly found her niche — candles that look and smell like food.
Williams has a huge variety in her online shop, including candles shaped like chicken and waffles, red beans and rice, smoothie bowls, cinnamon rolls, and corn on the cob. She said that the sweeter foods have scents to match, but the savory foods have more generic, fresh scents. She also has a lot of process videos on her social media accounts, which show just how intricate and impressive her work is.
The name of Williams’ business came from her home state of Georgia.
“Our state fruit is a peach, and I love peaches anyway. I’m also a comedian; I always have a punch line,” she said. “I just combined the two together, but I wanted to spell it differently, so I used two e’s.”
Williams’ entire candle-making process is done from scratch. She buys natural, nontoxic wax and essential oils from wholesalers so she’s able to control exactly what her candles are made from. She said she never uses just one oil, either — she mixes them to create an original, unique scent.
Williams has made a lot of centerpiece candles for people’s homes, including some that look like apple and cherry pies, and even a margarita candle that was made with clear wax so it looked like liquid. She said these larger centerpiece candles are especially popular around the holidays.
While Peech Line is an online business, Williams has done a few pop-ups around Texas, including in Austin and Houston. She also had a temporary kiosk in the Killeen Mall last fall, and she plans to reopen it this year. Williams also has some of her candles for sale in Mon’Amie’s Caribbean Flava Ice in Killeen.
In the future, Williams plans on opening her own storefront in multiple locations, and she dreams of becoming a major product line.
“I look up to Bath and Body Works, and I would like to become a huge company full of products that I’ve created myself,” she said.
When she does open a storefront, she also wants to have the option for customers to build their own candles.
“I put a lot of time into my products,” she said. “I go the extra mile and put detail into my candles so that they look realistic. Anybody can make a candle in a jar, but to actually craft a candle that looks like food — that takes a lot of time and effort.”
Peech Line Products
Website: peechline.com
Instagram and TikTok: @officialpeechline
