Mix an Exploding Drink

1. Johnny Cat
   Jun 3rd, 2009 at 8:11 pm

   Nice! Just don't be a buzzkill and do it over carpet.

2. Brendan
   Jun 3rd, 2009 at 9:28 pm

   Unfortunately this does not work AT ALL. My sister and I were on vacation and we both purchased Wired magazine where this was published. Unsuspectingly, we both tried to pull the prank on each other. Not only did it not work at all, but it made our drinks taste disgustingly minty.

3. ~dan
   Jun 3rd, 2009 at 11:13 pm

   This doesn't seem like it would work. The soda would be too flat and the reaction that occurs happens because of the powdery surface of the candy which would dissolve in the water before the cubes froze.

4. Paula
   Jun 4th, 2009 at 1:03 am

   That's disappointing that it wouldn't work, because that sounds like a pretty nice prank. Is there anyway, with any variation that it could work?

5. Skipweasel
   Jun 4th, 2009 at 2:32 am

   Sealing it in gelatine might be better.

6. seefish3
   Jun 4th, 2009 at 6:57 am

   Adding a hand grenade would be more reliable...

7. Justin
   Jun 4th, 2009 at 8:53 am

   I had the same thought. Wouldn't the candy melt when you put it in the water to be frozen? Maybe there is a trick to it.

8. Juan
   Jun 4th, 2009 at 12:15 pm

   If the problem is that the water dissolves the surface of the mentos, then a solution would be to make two ice cube halves with a groove hollowed out in each one large enough for the mentos. You can put the mentos in the groove and fuse the pieces together just by squeezing the two together. The ice will refreeze as soon as you let go. When the ice starts to melt in the drink, the mentos should deploy and surprise the drinker. Make sure the ice is cold enough to not immediately gooey up the mentos.

9. Reallynow
   Jun 4th, 2009 at 12:58 pm

   @2, Wired would go through the trouble of creating a graphic/etc for this and publish it without testing it? Seems pretty unlikely...

10. Christophe
    Jun 4th, 2009 at 1:33 pm

    mint+coke=yeuk

11. nielo
    Jun 4th, 2009 at 4:45 pm

    For those of us with access to liquid nitrogen, freezing the mentos in ice fast would be no problem. Gonna have to try it and report back.

12. Mr. Bigglesworth
    Jun 5th, 2009 at 10:46 am

    The picture looks like one of those old ads you used to see on the back of comic books in the 70s.

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