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July 27, 2006
How To Make a Mentos Coke Rocket
Want to make your own carbonated gas rocket? You’ve probably already seen someone make a Mentos Coke Geyser. Just drop a few Mentos into a bottle of Diet Coke and you’ll see a violent 16 foot fountain of Coke explode out of the bottle. Although that may sound somewhat exciting, the geyser is the boring “science teacher” version of this experiment. If you really want to unleash the carbon dioxide power in a 2-liter bottle of Diet Coke, try making a Mentos Coke Rocket. Here’s how:
- Buy a 2 litter bottle of Diet Coke and a roll of Mentos. You can use any soda but room temperature Diet Coke for some reason is the best performer.
- Find a big open area to launch your Mentos Coke Rocket. Don’t do it indoors. Trust me.
- Slide the paper cover off the Mentos (leave the foil wrapper on) and slip the roll into the bottle.
- Quickly cap the bottle and shake it.
- Gently unscrew the cap, just a little, until you start to hear fizzing.
- Throw it down and cover your face!
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December 12th, 2006 at 4:27 pm
when i tried it it went strait into my face and smashed a window!!!
lol
January 12th, 2007 at 3:27 am
Me and my friend are doing this for a science experiment
February 22nd, 2007 at 5:38 am
im doing a science experiment too… but will it work with a 1 liter diet coke or does it have to be 2 liter?
February 27th, 2007 at 7:55 pm
I tryed the experiement and i dented a hummer will the coke bottle
March 26th, 2007 at 5:18 pm
Oh u copyed that video off Mentosandcoketrick.com (try going on it there are way lots more videos)
and where can you buy Mentos from in the U.K??
April 1st, 2007 at 6:57 pm
I will try this. It looks fun!!!!
April 24th, 2007 at 3:13 am
omg r u sure this really works cause i dont want to make a fool out of my self doing it infront of my class
April 24th, 2007 at 3:16 am
lol
May 6th, 2007 at 7:52 am
WEll, if your scared about the in your face thing, then throw it way up in the air behind you, thats been proven to work too
June 2nd, 2007 at 8:06 am
i couldn’t find any rolls of mentos anywhere so i just bought a bunch off yahoo. the first time i tried this, all the mentos shot out at my face when i was 10 feet away behind a fence. works well after a while if you keep trying
September 6th, 2007 at 12:49 am
do we have to put the cap back on after we open it alittle bit? its not working can you please tell sipmle instructions thanks.
October 3rd, 2007 at 5:23 am
This experiment is a JOKE! We tried it with 6 diff 2 Ls exactly how this site explained as well as a few other ones incase this way was the wrong way to do it. EVERY time the stupid bottle just hit the ground and stayed there. Didnt explode or NOTHING. What a waste of my $15.00… the cap never came off never exploded nothing not rocket, and no coke came out aswell nothing… What am I doing wrong,,,,
December 5th, 2007 at 3:27 am
hey spencer not to be a jerk but dude it said unscrew the cap a lil
i bought ten 2L’s still have 4 did 6 today only takes around 4 mints per bottle make sure you undo the lid a tad befor throwing it…. if it dont blow undo cap more and throw higher in air gravity and pressure should do the rest
December 5th, 2007 at 3:28 am
im doing this as chem project ill come back and tell some more for future vistors
January 7th, 2008 at 6:54 pm
that video waz cool!
January 28th, 2008 at 4:32 pm
i hit my friend in the face with a rocket
February 2nd, 2008 at 1:37 am
im doing this for my science fair in april! omg omg its so awsome. but my school is very small and it doesnt have a very big fieled (its not even a fiel;d) and there house all around so yaa ;’ kuleo
February 14th, 2008 at 8:28 am
whoa sweet, for my science experiments, im gonna strap a toy to it and see if it carries it away, i hope i get an A+ or sumthing
March 13th, 2008 at 3:00 pm
Hey in my inpc class were doing an experimt with mentos coke and bottle rockets. Were trying to see if the size of the bottle matters and how high we can make it go. If you have any suggestings please tell me?
Catherine aka Kitty
March 29th, 2008 at 9:27 pm
i love doing this
May 7th, 2008 at 7:47 pm
this looks awesome
May 20th, 2008 at 9:11 pm
i am doing this for a school project and i have a few questions.
1.do you have to use a 2 liter bottle
2. does it really wirk cause i dont want to embarass myself!
May 21st, 2008 at 6:16 pm
does this really work?
May 24th, 2008 at 6:57 pm
I tried this about 10 times and all of the times when I threw it on the ground it just popped and exploded on the ground. It didnt even rocket.
So yeah I was pretty dissappointed ( And wet ) and I wanted to know if I was throwing it too hard or light?
October 4th, 2008 at 3:57 pm
I’m doin it fur a project.
rather not kill anthing with it
lol
November 19th, 2008 at 1:00 am
i really am scared of that explossiom
January 23rd, 2009 at 1:18 am
I will probally do it 4 a project and i wanted to no if it workz??? :P Plz
March 5th, 2009 at 6:52 pm
you can buy mentos in the uk at like poundland, i got 5 packs for ?Ǭ£1
June 3rd, 2009 at 7:55 pm
its well funny lol i noked my best m8 outand he woke up in hospital but ever sciince we been makeing them we aimed em at ppl on bikes and when its hits em they fall of :P
July 12th, 2009 at 5:51 pm
i did this with sugarfree mentos and it didn’t qork. But with regular it did so if your using sugar free mentos don’t bother
July 23rd, 2009 at 10:34 pm
This is ridiculous.
I wish people knew how to communicate better.
Word.
October 7th, 2009 at 11:55 pm
this is an awsome experiment i think ill try it
October 30th, 2009 at 5:28 pm
i hope this works coz i need to do it for a piece of homework..x ;)
February 20th, 2010 at 6:18 am
[...] So several years ago, we were one of the first to talk about the phenomenon of making a coke and mentos rocket. That has gone on for it to become a pretty big part of pop culture — or at least to the point that many people have at least heard that combining the two creates quite a fizz (Willy Wonka might be interested for his Fizzy Lifting Drinks Version 2.0). In any case, we decided to check in on one of our other favorite toys, the potato gun. We were delighted to find that there is scientific research being conducted right now in North America (Canada of all places!) to find out the best propellant to fire your potato gun the farthest. [...]