Image: Wikimedia Commons
🔍 Search on Amazon
(paid link) · As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.
◆ Did you have this?
👍 I had this💔 I wanted this1970s · snacks
Pop Rocks
Candy that crackled on your tongue like tiny fireworks. Myths about mixing with soda made them feel dangerous and cool.
- Era
- 70s
- Released
- 1975
- Category
- snacks
- Availability checked
- 7/16/2026
From the archive
Watch the commercial
▶ Now playing
The pitch
Pop Rocks pop in your mouth! Tiny candy crystals that crackle and fizz on your tongue like a science experiment you can eat. Put them in, feel the snap, and try the urban legend about mixing them with soda.
Why people remember it
- The sound was the whole experience.
- Small packs fit in your cheek like secrets.
- Urban legends about stomach explosions were playground science.
Did you know?
- General Foods chemist William Mitchell invented Pop Rocks using pressurized carbon dioxide in candy.
- The myth that Mikey from the Life cereal ad died from Pop Rocks and soda is completely false.
- Pop Rocks briefly left the market in the 1980s before a nostalgic revival.
- Kraft sold the brand to Zeta Espacial, which still manufactures them in Spain for global export.
How people search for it
“popping candy”, “candy that crackles”, “fizzy rock candy”
Tags
Questions people ask
- Can you still buy Pop Rocks?
- Yes. Original cherry packs and flavor spin-offs stay in candy aisles.
- Is the soda myth true?
- Mostly no for normal amounts. Still, kids tested it anyway.
