Making Pop Rocks candy at home
Here I show how I made gassified candy (eg Pop Rocks) in my home shop. The basic procedure is to heat sugar water up to 280*F, carbonate it with 600 psi CO2 and vigorous mixing, then cool the mixture while it is still under pressure. After the mixture has solidified, rapid depressurization causes the candy to burst apart into small fragments. Each fragment has lots of tiny CO2 bubbles embedded in it. When placed on the tongue, the bubbles burst open as the candy dissolves and a popping sensation is felt.
The main difficulty is building a high-pressure chamber that allows precise temperature control as well as thorough mixing of its contents while under pressure. I’ve built something that meets these requirements, and I’ve finally made a batch of candy that would pass as Pop Rocks, but they are pretty weak. I still need to adjust the temperature and mixing times to get a better product.
Link to recipe: http://www.exploratorium.edu/cooking/candy/recipe-lollipops.html
This is boring
I hope that's not the same temperature probe that was used in the osmium tetroxide solution!
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Kinda sad that videos that show kids playing videogames have more views than applied sciences that are used to further knowledge. Idiocracy is the future.
Hello narrator. . Are you solo coming up with all this, or do you have a team helping with info.
This channel has more than one humans worth of knowledge. .
So take that as a compliment either way
Say I have a soda maker, and all that other stuff. Then I add sugar to the water, then I put the sugar water in the soda maker. Then I wait for it to cool. Then, smash the candy.
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This was very fascinating ! I enjoyed it. 🙂 Thank you!
Looks like a blue candy meth pipe bomb.
Nice effort with great documentation. Thanks. I tried carbonating Gummy Bears right out-a-the-bag at 150PSI for 24-hrs. No luck on them or Gummy Worms either. Soaking them in water for 30-min first allowed them to become more carbonated. But the results weren't spectacular.. I was hoping to take 'em out 'n watch them swell like a balloon.
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