Can You Smell What the Obese Are Cooking?

Candles offer a whiff of White Castle's burgers
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COLUMBUS, Ohio - Fans of White Castle's oniony hamburgers have a new way to indulge without any calorie guilt: a scented candle infused with the burgers' aroma.

The Columbus, Ohio-based fast-food chain this week introduced candles that smell like its Slider burgers in a promotion with Autism Speaks. Proceeds from the sale of the $10 candles will benefit the New York-based charity.

The candles resemble a packaged White Castle burger and are being sold at the company's restaurants and on its website. The wax is encased in a ceramic holder that looks like a Slider's cardboard sleeve.

Honestly, who would be fat enough to buy a White Castle candle? The idea of it makes me shudder. I'm pretty sure even the comic book guy from 'The Simpsons' is disgusted. What's next? KFC cologne? I'm pretty sure every dollar raised from the sale of these candles for charity needs to be matched and donated to the American Heart Association. I will say though if they had a Rosa's Candle I'd buy those things up like old Mexican ladies buy Virgin Mary candles.