For this kid who grew up in the '90s, Pop Rocks candy was my absolute favorite due to the crackling effect on my tongue as I poured entire packets of the sugary goodness into my mouth. But growing up ...

Choosing Pop Rocks in a challenge to eat as quietly as possible? @LanaCondor, you’re an inspiration. ?? Watch the cast of ...

In order to get Pop Rocks on the shelves, someone had to lose a finger. Back in 1975, General Foods executives thought they had struck gold with the candy, a pebble-sized shell holding carbon dioxide ...

Eating most candy isn’t complicated: You take a bite, enjoy a sugar-fueled dopamine rush, and repeat until you have a stomach ache. Chemist William A. Mitchell added another step to the process when ...

Finally, finally, finally, we grown-ups have the perfect excuse to eat Pop Rocks — that childhood guilty pleasure from our grade school days — in public. It doesn’t hurt that this Pop Rocks love is ...

4 (16.25-ounce) boxes white cake mix (enough for 8 cake layers) 5 cups 7-Up or similar soda, divided, to substitute for the water in the cake mix 1 1/3 cups vegetable oil, divided, or as needed to ...

Decades before molecular gastronomists were hawking vodka mist and caviar foam, we had food that was just plain fun: Pop Rocks, Magic Shell, and countless other strange creations that required a ...

Lightly dust the back side of a baking sheet with cornstarch. In a medium saucepan, combine the sugar, corn syrup, and water. Cook the mixture until it reaches 300 degrees when measured with a candy ...

When rumors spread around the playground in 1979 that Mikey, the kid from the Life cereal commercial, had been killed from a fatal mix of Pop Rocks and Coca-Cola, I thought only of myself. Here was ...