What causes the chemical reaction between Diet coke and mentos?

Question

What causes the chemical reaction between Diet coke and mentos?

Answer 1

MythBusters did an experiment on this.  I don't remember the exact reason but maybe you can google them to find more information.

Actually look on YouTube.  There are clips of the episode there.

Answer 2

I don't know what I've seen that it lets out many bubbles when you throw a mentos in a glass of diet coke.

Answer 3

it is something with the outer shell of the mentose if you take that of the reaction is minamal to none but i think it is the mentose quickly drawing out the carbanation from the soda