It’s been well documented, both by David Letterman and in thousands of YouTube videos, that combining Mentos breath mints with Diet Coke produces a thrilling eruption. But why? Tonya S. Coffey, an ...

Have you ever seen the Diet Coke® and Mentos® experiment, which is all over the Internet, and wondered what makes the reaction work? You might think that there is some ingredient in a Mentos candy ...

PORTLAND, Maine – Americans have a new way to celebrate the Fourth of July: Drop Mentos candies into 2-liter bottles of Diet Coke and watch as the soda shoots skyward. For the messy technique, thank ...

June 14, 2006 — -- The Internet provides a venue for all kinds of silly homemade content, and now it appears to be giving a boost to two already successful products. Many people are mixing Mentos ...

If you go to Google and search for "Mentos Diet Coke," you'll come up with many videos, going back months, that show people dropping mint Mentos candies into bottles of Diet Coke and watching the ...

The hands-on experiment involves dropping several Mentos Chewy Mints into a bottle of Diet Coke, which can cause a stream of the diet cola to shoot many feet into the air within seconds. In an email, ...