Do Not Microwave Jawbreakers

[Antoninus]

Ok, I saw a Mythbusters episode that jawbreakers can explode when heated. And, being incredibly stupid and incredibly curious, I decided to try it out. I heated a Jawbreaker for about 3 minnutes. I took it out of the microwave and accidentally dropped the jawbreaker onto the counter. It was a drop of about two or three inches. I hadnt intended to drop it yet, but it did infact explode. Fortuneately Im not TOTALLY stupid and I had a pair of welding gloves on with a sweatshirt. So the gloves got a little sticky and I have a few scorch marks on my sweatshirt plus a tiny little spatter on my cheek but nothing majorly serious. Now that was a drop of only a few inches, immagine a kid biting into it.

So, people with kids, DO NOT LET YOUR KIDS MICROWAVE ANY JAWBREAKERS that they get on hallow'een.

Jawbreakers are made of layers of sugar and the different layers conduct heat differently. So the core of the jawbreaker will melt and expand, making a miniature bomb, but the shell wont break. When force is applied to the shell, enough to break it, the force explodes outwards in a spray of molten sugar. Molten sugar does NOT cool down and will retain heat for a long time so its basically like napalm on your skin and can cause extremely painful burns.

So if your kid wants to heat up a jawbreaker, sit it on the counter for a little bit.

Sorry :) Had to post this because it seems logical to microwave a jawbreaker to heat it up and on the Mythbusters show, they showed clips from news stories about kids who had actually done it without knowing and had gotten some nasty looking burns. So just thought people here might find it usefull with Hallow'een comming up.

[Findarto]

Um.
Who heats JawBreakers up exactly ? I've never ever heard of anyone doing it.
But, it's interesting to know. Glad you tried it, now I don't have to :p :D.

Did you see the thing on MTV where they did the metal in the microwave ? And it's supposedly doesn't explode, but I'm not taking chances.

[Antoninus]

Now THAT ive done :) If its only in there for a few seconds, nothing really bad happens. It can damage the microwave or warp the metal. I believe that aluminum foil will actually melt though Ive never tried it. Youll get ALOT of sparks with metal in the mircowave. But your more likely to damage the microwave to the point where it shuts off than cause an explosion. A sealed tin can might explode if left in there long enough though.

[Mab]

OMG!!!! I almost choked on my dinner laughing at that!!!! LMAO!!!!

Note to Antoninus: DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME!!! lol

[Antoninus]

OMG!!!! I almost choked on my dinner laughing at that!!!! LMAO!!!!

Note to Antoninus: DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME!!! lol
**laughs** Music to my ears! When I see those words, I HAVE to try it. I do ALOT of things that they tell you "DONT TRY AT HOME"

[Aleannah]

:ahhhh: it never occurred to me to heat up a jawbreaker in the microwave...hot gum..ewww.

[Mab]

well just remember "ya never call 911 b/c ya did something smart!" lol

Good warning for kids, though. I can SO see a teeny-bopper tryin' that!

[narleymarley03]

That sounds like something my son would have done.

[teishabee]

Also dont heat up drinks in the microwave. I forget what happens but it isnt good.

[Morgandria]

You can heat liquid in the microwave, but you should put a wooden skewer or spoon or something in the container when you do. That gives the water something to bubble around when it boils. Otherwise it super-heats the water and will suddenly boil like mad if you shake the container, spill it on yourself, or add something to it like a teabag or spoon or whatever. Good way to get 3rd degree burns.

[LadyTrinity]

Um.
Who heats JawBreakers up exactly ?


:rollingla I was thinking the same thing! :clapping:

[13thChylde]

And I thought I was living on the edge when I drank Coke while eating PopRocks!

You're a nut, Antonius! _happydanc

[Antoninus]

And I thought I was living on the edge when I drank Coke while eating PopRocks!

You're a nut, Antonius! _happydanc
Only on weekends :D

[Writer_Waif]

And I thought I was living on the edge when I drank Coke while eating PopRocks!

Now THIS is something I have not done in a long time!!!

[Sleet]

"OK, that's bad. Important safety tip, thanks Egon."

[*Rain*]

:lol: Sounds like the type of thing i'd do.

If you want to explode something in the microwave, then zap eggs.

It you want to explode the microwave itself, zap cd's. It looks purdy, but the following sparks and boom are generally a bad sign.

[Memory's Flame]

I Love Mythbusters!! Although like this, they have a lot of stuff I never would have thought to try!! It makes me wonder who had the idea of heating a jawbreaker?!?!

[Tzhebee]

I am so trying this when I get home! :lol:

[Shanti]

Heres a link to info on heating water in the nukker. It has a little video to that shows what happens when water is super heated. LINK (http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/%7Ejw/superheating.html)

[Tzhebee]

Heres a link to info on heating water in the nukker. It has a little video to that shows what happens when water is super heated. LINK (http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/%7Ejw/superheating.html)
I had that happen once with water. Freaked me out and I bought a tea pot the same day!

(but i'm still going to try the jawbreaker.... :hehehe: )

[Black RiverWolf]

do not microwave distilled water there are no impurites in it to make it boil tap water okay distilled is a bad idea.

[Bainidhe Dub]

*WHY* are we heating jawbreakers, is my question. I mean, really.. why???

[halfwaynowhere]

i always put water in the microwave, just never long enough to make it dangerous. only for 45 seconds to a minute, 2 minutes if its a lot of water or a really old microwave. I have put foil in the microwave before. the microwave started to smoke a little... wrap potatoes in foil when baking them in a regular oven, if the oven doesn't work and you are forced to use the microwave, take the foil off first.

[zehava]

*WHY* are we heating jawbreakers, is my question. I mean, really.. why???

lol - i'm guessing just to see if it's true they explode ;) curiousity is a terrible thing to waste. (my cousins would microwave just about EVERYTHING to see what would happen... jawbreakers are tame compared to what i've seen. ew. and they are the ones that taught me you CANNOT microwave metal... heh. and then proceeded to SHOW me why. i'm surprised we lived through those crazy summer days at their house ;))

-z

[Antoninus]

*WHY* are we heating jawbreakers, is my question. I mean, really.. why???
Curiosity. Thats how the greatest advances have been made. Ever think about milk? Ever wonder who the FIRST guy was, when he looked at a cow udder and went "Hmmm...". The Wright Brothers did something people thought was TOTALLY stupid. Granted nuking jawbreakers probably wont advance humanity that much, but it satisfies curiosity :)

[Haruka2077]

Oh my Gods that is so coo- I mean, dangerous! I would never, ever do something like that. :halohead:
Definitely not something I would ever tell my husband about. He's too much of an 8 year-old.

*runs off to find a jawbreaker*

[Faerin]

Oh my Gods that is so coo- I mean, dangerous! I would never, ever do something like that. :halohead:
Definitely not something I would ever tell my husband about. He's too much of an 8 year-old.

*runs off to find a jawbreaker*

:rotfl:

[Djiril]

Ahhh, where would the world be without people like you? :lol:

And I could swear my microwave cookbook actually has some recipes involving aluminum foil. (must look it up when I get home)

[misschief]

awesome. i'm gonna try that... lol.

[misschief]

lol - i'm guessing just to see if it's true they explode ;) curiousity is a terrible thing to waste. (my cousins would microwave just about EVERYTHING to see what would happen... jawbreakers are tame compared to what i've seen. ew. and they are the ones that taught me you CANNOT microwave metal... heh. and then proceeded to SHOW me why. i'm surprised we lived through those crazy summer days at their house ;))

-zomg.. remember that cheese whiz stuff for chips that used to come in a metal can? well.. when i was a kid, i fried like 5 microwaves before i figured out i was the one doing it :lol:

[soilsigh aingeal]

Ok, I saw a Mythbusters episode that jawbreakers can explode when heated. And, being incredibly stupid and incredibly curious, I decided to try it out. I heated a Jawbreaker for about 3 minnutes. I took it out of the microwave and accidentally dropped the jawbreaker onto the counter. It was a drop of about two or three inches. I hadnt intended to drop it yet, but it did infact explode. Fortuneately Im not TOTALLY stupid and I had a pair of welding gloves on with a sweatshirt. So the gloves got a little sticky and I have a few scorch marks on my sweatshirt plus a tiny little spatter on my cheek but nothing majorly serious. Now that was a drop of only a few inches, immagine a kid biting into it.

So, people with kids, DO NOT LET YOUR KIDS MICROWAVE ANY JAWBREAKERS that they get on hallow'een.

Jawbreakers are made of layers of sugar and the different layers conduct heat differently. So the core of the jawbreaker will melt and expand, making a miniature bomb, but the shell wont break. When force is applied to the shell, enough to break it, the force explodes outwards in a spray of molten sugar. Molten sugar does NOT cool down and will retain heat for a long time so its basically like napalm on your skin and can cause extremely painful burns.

So if your kid wants to heat up a jawbreaker, sit it on the counter for a little bit.

Sorry :) Had to post this because it seems logical to microwave a jawbreaker to heat it up and on the Mythbusters show, they showed clips from news stories about kids who had actually done it without knowing and had gotten some nasty looking burns. So just thought people here might find it usefull with Hallow'een comming up.I wouldn't have ever thought about heating a jawbreaker, but now I'd like to try it :lol:

[Raven Reed]

:lol: Sounds like the type of thing i'd do.

If you want to explode something in the microwave, then zap eggs.

It you want to explode the microwave itself, zap cd's. It looks purdy, but the following sparks and boom are generally a bad sign.


Who was the first person to decide to microwave a CD and WHY? :foh: :durrrr:

Someone had a leetle too much time on their hands, maybe?

[Raven Reed]

Ahhh, where would the world be without people like you? :lol:

And I could swear my microwave cookbook actually has some recipes involving aluminum foil. (must look it up when I get home)

Some microwaves are designed to handle foil. My last one was... Those were the good old days. :sadman:

[Raven Reed]

Curiosity. Thats how the greatest advances have been made. Ever think about milk? Ever wonder who the FIRST guy was, when he looked at a cow udder and went "Hmmm...". The Wright Brothers did something people thought was TOTALLY stupid. Granted nuking jawbreakers probably wont advance humanity that much, but it satisfies curiosity :)

Three words- Bird's Nest Soup. Who was the first starving person to look 500 feet up a cliff and say "Damn, I've got to get me one of those!" ICK... It's twigs and bird spit. Yuck, yuck, yuck.

[Antoninus]

Three words- Bird's Nest Soup. Who was the first starving person to look 500 feet up a cliff and say "Damn, I've got to get me one of those!" ICK... It's twigs and bird spit. Yuck, yuck, yuck.
What I REALLY wanna know is who came up with the idea to eat CRABS!? I mean, some little guy with 6 legs and pinchers commin at me just doesnt make me hungry. MY first impulse is "STEP ON THAT ****!" I REALLY dont get it

[Findarto]

What I REALLY wanna know is who came up with the idea to eat CRABS!? I mean, some little guy with 6 legs and pinchers commin at me just doesnt make me hungry. MY first impulse is "STEP ON THAT ****!" I REALLY dont get it
Agreed.
Anything with more than four legs, or none at all I cannot eat.

[MorningDove030202]

try marshmallows, they are fun to microwave! They get hot, so watch out for that, but mainly they make a mess.

Dove

[Faerin]

Everytime I hear of interesting microwave incidents, I can't help but think of that movie Gremlins..... :aburst:

[MorningDove030202]

Everytime I hear of interesting microwave incidents, I can't help but think of that movie Gremlins..... :aburst:


eeewwwww!

Dove

[Deranged Hermit]

I must tell my hubby about this. He keeps an old nuke out in the shop for just such discoveries. :hutone:

[Djiril]

Agreed.
Anything with more than four legs, or none at all I cannot eat.
Good. All the more for me! :dinnertim