Diet Coke, Mentos, and SCIENCE!

stefstef
edited July 18 in Food and Recipes
http://eepybird.com/dcm1.html

I didn't even know that diet coke reacted with Mentos. Office picnics will never be the same again!
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  • Drooling IguanaDrooling Iguana
    edited June 2006
    If someone were to mix Diet Coke, Mentos and Pop Rocks it would spell the end of civilization as we know it! And we wouldn't get the send-a-ship-to-Alpha-Centauri ending either!
  • Paper StreetPaper Street
    edited June 2006
    I think it's a physical reaction. The sugar in the mentos causes the coke to fiz faster and the fiz brings up the liquid with it. At least that is how I think it works... Impressive video, by the way.
  • ApathyApathy
    edited June 2006
    That's awesome.

    Finally a use for diet coke.
  • jcjc
    edited June 2006
    doo doo doo dooooo doo doo

    doo waaahhhhhhhhhh
  • SilverwardSilverward
    edited June 2006
    Yeah, my friends found this out a while ago. In fact, they might have a couple of videos on Google Video, look for the guy kissing the camera at the end, that's the one my friends did.
  • deku12345deku12345
    edited June 2006
    I don't believe you.

    Like you'd have any friends.

    Anyway, thats an awesome video. I'm totally doing that at the next party I go to.
  • mjc0961mjc0961
    edited June 2006
    Stef wrote:
    http://eepybird.com/dcm1.html

    My computer can't find eepybird.com :(

    Oh wait, there it goes. That mint powered fountain is all kinds of awesome. :cool:
  • BehemothBehemoth
    edited June 2006
    I'm doing that, first thing when I get back to the US.
  • SerephelSerephel
    edited June 2006
    Apathy wrote:
    That's awesome.

    Finally a use for diet coke.

    I like Diet Coke more than regular coke, but maybe I just suck.

    And that video was just packed full of SCIENCE!
  • brucebruce
    edited June 2006
    Note: This also works with other similar products, such as millions and pepsi max.
  • hlavcohlavco
    edited June 2006
    What a fantabulous waste of money!
  • mariomario
    edited June 2006
    What, did you expect them to drink that swill?
  • brucebruce
    edited June 2006
    Is swill referring to the Diet Coke or the mixture of diet coke and mentos?
  • ApathyApathy
    edited June 2006
    Diet coke. The addition of mentos could only improve the flavour.
  • mariomario
    edited June 2006
    Well you can't very well make it worse, so anything's worth a shot.
  • hlavcohlavco
    edited June 2006
    Black Cherry flavored Mike & Ikes make Diet Coke somewhat tolerable. You can pretend it's Diet Cherry Coke.
  • brucebruce
    edited June 2006
    WHAT?! You're telling me you don't like diet coke? But why not? Its flavour is clearly superior to Coca Cola!
  • mariomario
    edited June 2006
    I don't like Diet Coke. However, I do like soda, so I'll drink it if it's there. But I'll constantly complain about the aftertaste, as well as the taste. Maybe the beforetaste.
  • brucebruce
    edited June 2006
    I see it in reverse, I complain about the aftertaste of coke, something which diet coke is lacking.
  • mariomario
    edited June 2006
    I never said I was a huge Coke fan. Personally I prefer off-brand cola alternatives, like Target's Market Pantry, or Safeway Select. They're not as syrupy.
  • brucebruce
    edited June 2006
    If I do drink coke, its usually Tesco brand cola or Panda pop, mainly due to price.
  • godgod
    edited June 2006
    quicktime doesn't work on my computer, but im pretty sure i've seen this on tv. i personally prefer to put dry ice and boiling water in an empty soda bottle, screw on the cap, and let the pressure build up until it explodes, but the police dont let us do that anymore...
  • Melted JhonnycakeMelted Jhonnycake
    edited June 2006
    I would say something about how I dislike Diet soda here, but most of it has already been said.

    cool video, i'll have to try that sometime, good music in the background aswell.
  • jcjc
    edited June 2006
    I enjoy diet soda, because I lost 20 pounds within some ridiculously small amount of time after switching to it. And Diet Cherry Coke is actually pretty good, once you forget what actual sugar tastes like.
  • hlavcohlavco
    edited June 2006
    I prefer Pepsi and RC Cola.
  • X'o'LoreX'o'Lore
    edited June 2006
    They must be all full of diet coke after such a display.
  • geokogeoko
    edited June 2006
    !!!!!!!!! wrote:
    I enjoy diet soda, because I lost 20 pounds within some ridiculously small amount of time after switching to it.

    DAMN!!! How much soda do you drink?!
    You should be diet coke's version of Subway's Jared.

    And I'm all about Surge, Josta, and Crystal Pepsi!!!!
  • stefstef
    edited June 2006
    I'll side with Night Lord and Serephel here. Coke tastes great, but it's very syrupy and that syrup stays in the back of your mouth for the rest of the day. I prefer Coke as cold as possible and with ice to minimize the syrupiness. Diet Coke, though, I used to drink two liters per day, cold, iced, or lukewarm.

    I've been enjoying off-brand colas lately, mostly because they are less strong than Coke and Pepsi. Viva la Market Pantry!
  • jcjc
    edited June 2006
    I will always be a big fan of store-brand Dr. Pepper derivatives (except for Wal-Mart's hideous Dr. Thunder). Oh, and Kroger's grape soda is amazing. I loved it when I lived in Oklahoma and had to wait for trips home to be able to buy it. Of course, now that I live a block away from a Kroger, I can't drink real soda anymore. And store-brand diet soda is deadly poison.
  • SerephelSerephel
    edited June 2006
    Yay for support!

    Diet Barq's, though, is horrid. It's a sin.

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