How to light candles that are being difficult?

I have long faced this problem: fat candles after being used for a couple of times form a valley in the centre and i find myself struggling to light them and always end up burning my fingers. When i saw this on Naveen's FB page, i knew i had to share it with you all... I am not sure if it will work but apparently raw spaghetti sticks can be used to light hard to reach candles. Would that be genius now?

{via Naveena, from Pinterest}