Something that's probably bad for you

I was cleaning out my closet the other day when I found this:


I picked up a package of these a while ago with the intent of reviewing them, but they got lost under the massive piles of junk that have piled up in my room over the years. I also found a treasure map and a small colony of gnomes.

As the package says, this particular type of candy "turns into gum." Seeing as Pop Rocks are already a snack with mysterious properties and questionable chemical structure, I knew that there had to be some sort of witchcraft involved in the bubble gum version. So I opened the package to inspect the contents.


So it has white and pink pieces, which I assumed would combine in my mouth in some kind of unholy alchemical reaction that would either turn into gum or summon a demon. I tasted the Pop Rocks with some trepidation. Lo and behold, they crackled every bit as much as regular Pop Rocks, while almost instantly turning chewy. Then after about five minutes the cherry-esque flavor ran out, but my teeth and soul were still intact.

Of course, I still needed to know what actually happens to Pop Rocks Bubble Gum that induces the transformation. Well, after separating and trying the rocks left in the package, I discovered that only the pink ones pop. The white ones are actually tiny pieces of gum. And here I thought I was dabbling in black magic! I was sorely disappointed. Still, I wouldn't be too surprised if I mutated from the sheer amount of chemicals in Pop Rocks that were not meant to be ingested by humans.