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Fizzing Candy Canes

by Angela Thayer 6 Comments

We tried out a really neat experiment this past weekend using candy canes! For this fizzing candy canes experiment, you will just need candy canes, baking soda, vinegar, and food coloring. Your kids are gonna love this experiment!

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Here’s what you need to make fizzing candy canes:

  • 1 box of baking soda
  • 1 bottle of vinegar
  • food coloring
  • candy canes
  • tray – use a cookie sheet! If you use a small container, it’s not as much fun because you can’t see the reaction as well!
  • dropper,  squeeze bottles, or spoons

Fizzing Candy Cane experiment

First, spread baking soda on a baking sheet. Then place candy canes on top. Next, pour vinegar into a cup and mix with food coloring. I also put in peppermint extract to mask the vinegar smell. Then you can have your child use a dropper or spoon to drop the vinegar mix on top of the baking soda.

Fizzing Candy Canes

The dropper is good for building strength in a child’s hand and aids in fine motor skills. You can also just pour the vinegar with the cup. It looks so festive and colorful!

Fizzing Candy Canes

Fizzing Candy Canes

Fizzing Candy Canes Experiment

The candy canes did not do much while the baking soda and vinegar bubbled from the reaction. So we wanted to see what would happen if we let it sit for an hour.

Here is what it looked like after an hour…

Melted Candy Cane

The candy canes basically dissolved! Troy picked up a candy cane and it broke in half. He still thought it would be fun to draw some shapes in the mixture though! And if you wait long enough, they will completely disappear!

We had a blast with this easy experiment. Hope you’ll try this one out during the holidays this year! 🙂

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Filed Under: Science, Winter Activities Tagged With: baking soda, Christmas, experiment, vinegar

Comments

  1. Priscilla says
    December 3, 2015 at 2:10 am

    this is so cool.. Will definitely try this out with my kids this holiday

    Reply
  2. Donald says
    December 16, 2019 at 9:33 pm

    Thank you for wonderful ideas!

    Reply
  3. Nancy Fillip says
    December 18, 2020 at 9:58 am

    Wonderful ideas for our day before Christmas break schooling day. The kids are going to love this. Thank you for putting these ideas out there. Happy Holidays to you.

    Reply

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