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What makes Pop Rocks pop? The gas is already inside the candy

Tiny pockets of pressurized carbon dioxide explain the familiar crackle of Pop Rocks and why moisture changes the candy.
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No, Pop Rocks Did Not Kill Mikey From the Life Cereal Ad

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 ...