Pop Rocks played a large part in my recent novel, so I was thrilled to see this little tidbit article about the invention of Pop Rocks in the Boston Globe this morning:
Rock that candy shop
by Joanna Weiss
A little Q&A session with Marv Rudolph about Bill Mitchell, inadvertent inventor of Pop Rocks.
When Bill Mitchell died in December 2004, I read some obituaries, and they made him sound like a mad scientist. I knew the man. He had 44 patents in 35 years. Jell-O, Tang, Cool Whip.
You can buy the whole story in his book, Pop Rocks: The Inside Story of America’s Revolutionary Candy by Marv Rudolph. I think that might need to go on my Christmas wish list.
has anyone ever made pop rocks ice cream?
Pop rocks makes icecream toppers and chocoloate bars…..yummy you should try it.
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