Chuao’s Firecracker bar is an exploding dance party in your mouth.  I love how over the top the idea is:  Someone thought, well, dark chocolate/chipotle/salt would be a great combination, but it’s missing something, hmm…, popping candy.  And that someone is genius.  The dark chocolate/chipotle/salt is spot on and as you let the chocolate bar melt in your mouth, the little explosions make each taste seem a bit more salty or chipotle-y or chocolate-y.

Mullet wearers everywhere take note, if pop rocks can gain class without losing the party, there’s hope for you too.

Bonus question after the jump:  What makes pop rocks pop?
Answer: Pressurized carbon dioxide!  From the makers:

Pop Rocks is like other hard candy and the ingredients include sugar, lactose (milk sugar) corn syrup and flavoring. But Pop Rocks are processed with Carbon Dioxide.

The ingredients are heated together and boiled. The hot sugar mixture is mixed with carbon dioxide gas at about 600 PSI. The carbon dioxide gas forms tiny, 600 PSI bubbles in the candy.

Once it cools you release the pressure and the candy shatters, but the pieces still contain the high-pressure bubbles (look at a piece with a magnifying glass to see the bubbles). When you put the candy in your mouth, it melts (just like hard candy) and releases the bubbles with a loud POP! What you are hearing and feeling is the 600 PSI carbon dioxide gas being released from each bubble.

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