t was just a few weeks ago, I was getting nostalgic about an old candy.

During my childhood days, I was always curious about it. And it was my dear soulmate, who reminded me of the candy after long 15 years. Actually she bought a packet from the nearby margin free market..

I swear you all know it… But I haven’t seen it for past 15 years.. Maybe it went out of market or the local stores just stopped to purchase it..

And my nostalgic candy was..

“The popping candy” – Magic pop

I think you all know about this magically crackling candy and the joy it brought on our childhood days.

Story of the Popping candy.

Popping candy was first made Dr.William Mitchell, the renowned food chemist of General food corporation, USA.

Popping candy was actually an accidental discovery. William Mitchell was in a research to develop instant mixes to create carbonated drinks and he carbonated the sugar contained flavoured mixture. The instant mix was a failure, but he had a new vision for the commercial use of the mixture. He developed it in to a candy and patented the product in 1961.

Popping candy were commercially prepared and offered to public from 1975 by the General food corporation though it was withdrawn in 1983 due to reduced shelf life and lack of success in market. Since then other manufacturers also bought the rights and continued it’s production later in early 2000s.

The myth

The well known myth that the combination of stomach acid and carbonated drinks causes gastric rupture, which surfaced in 1979 led to reduction in popularity of the candy.

Pop rocks were then the leading manufacturers of the candy wrote letters to principals of schools, Intoduced advertisements for creating awareness among the parents and fought this rumour bravely.

Manufacturing

The candy is made by mixing its ingredients and heating them until they melt into a syrup, then exposing the mixture to pressurized carbon dioxide gas (about 40 bar) and allowing it to cool. The process causes tiny high-pressure bubbles to be trapped inside the candy.

When it is placed in the mouth and comes into contact with saliva the candy breaks and dissolves, releasing the carbon dioxide from the bubbles, resulting in a popping and sizzling sound and leaving a slight tingling sensation.

Thanks to my beautiful girl for reminding me of the Candy.

Next time when you see it in any supermarket, just have some magic pop..

Enjoy the revolutionary nostalgic candy