• Question: Have you done any experiments with marshmallows?

    Asked by cathkidston to James, Marcus, Martin, Rob, Suzanne on 16 Mar 2012.
    • Photo: Marcus Gallagher-Jones

      Marcus Gallagher-Jones answered on 16 Mar 2012:

      I once tested what would happen if you put marshmallow in fire. The result was delicious. I also remember doing the experiment in chemistry at school where you make marshmallows explode though that was about 10 years ago now.

    • Photo: Martin Zaltz Austwick

      Martin Zaltz Austwick answered on 16 Mar 2012:

      I’ve melted them over a campfire…

    • Photo: Suzanne McEndoo

      Suzanne McEndoo answered on 18 Mar 2012:

      We have these biscuits at home, kimberlys, which are marshmallow between ginger biscuits. Put them on a bbq, throw them in with some ice cream. Result.

      Slightly (barely!) more sciencey, if you put sherbet lemons in a fire, they melt and then have coloured flames.

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