What happens when you put a handful of Mentos candy into a bottle of diet soda? As many fans of Web video have found out, the results are pretty explosive. But it's no secret -- folks are taking ...

You might think that there is some ingredient in a Mentos candy causing a chemical reaction with the soda, like the way baking soda reacts with vinegar. But the amazing eruption that takes place ...

The combination of water and CO2 molecules is in a permanently unstable state — but when a Mentos candy falls into the soda, that state is disturbed. To stream 13 WTHR on your phone, you need the 13 ...

A contraption created by Fritz Grobe and Stephen Voltz of Buckfield using a bike and a trailer is powered by piston mechanism using hundreds of pieces of Mentos candy and Coke Zero. On a video ...

Even "Scientific American" formally published how to conduct the experiment in 2012, including an explanation of how the reaction works: "In the Diet Coke bottle, the Mentos candy provides a rough ...