Mentos and diet coke what can i use instead of mentos?

Question

No shops around here sell mentos.. iv checked them all none sell mentos. what can i use instead?

Answer 1

any mints

Answer 2

you could get oover to your closet stor and ask them to speical order for you. or go on the enternet and order them there

Answer 3

There might not be an alternative. The process that creates the coating shell of mentos is what causes the reaction, the suface releases CO2 and thus all the fizz from the coke rapidly.

The only way it will work is if you can find something created exactly like a mentos, mints will not work.

Mythbusters explains how it works:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=kMXPOqovSBs

Answer 4

sugar

Answer 5

dry ice.

Answer 6

tums

Answer 7

pop rocks!

Answer 8

altoids

Answer 9

Look harder, mentos are more popular now due to the advertising campaign.

I bet there are loads of shops that sell them nearby

Answer 10

try those lifesaver-shaped mints, i think they are called breathsavers

Answer 11

ice cream???

Answer 12

polo even contains the same ingredients...almost all ingredients are same...u can use it...

Answer 13

Tesco sell them! Go down Tesco.........

Answer 14

pop rocks might work

Answer 15

mentos work the best but since you can't find those,

altoids would be your next best bet . .

have fun!!! hehe

Answer 16

Altoids?

Answer 17

You can buy Mentos on Ebay.

Answer 18

I'm unsure about the scientific solution to using mentos but try mint imperials or soft mints or tic tacs. They have a hard sugary coating same as mentos so it may work.

Answer 19

go to walmart, they probably have em. dont drink soda with mentos. The doctor you see will tell you you're stupid. but soda bombs are bad ***!

Answer 20

Basically, you are witnessing the Surface Effect.  Carbon Dioxide forms bubbles.  Diet Coke has more carbon dioxide than other regular sodas.  The surface of the "mento" is jagged and filled with nooks and crannies.  The Carbon Dioxide finds all of these holes and fills them with bubbles.  Since the Mentos are heavy, they drop to the bottom of the bottle, forming bubbles all the way down.  This is what causes the fast and furious explosion out of the top of the Diet Coke bottle.

Best thing to do is find altoids with those textures. GL on your explosions ;p

Answer 21

try something minty like altoids, probably.

Answer 22

c

Answer 23

Is this suppose to do something together?