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#1 damocov

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Posted 25 January 2006 - 10:52 PM

I've just been asked by a (female) friend in the pub if I can make one of these:

http://www.chocolate...info.asp?ID=216

Now after I'd told her it looked a bit dangerous to try and make an indoor firework with edible stuff wrapped around it due to thedanger of shrapnel injury from the contents (sugar coated almonds - ouch!) and the toxicity of teh BP etc, I started to wonder..

Has anyone seen these before and if so how do they work?

From her original description I'd imagined a low powered mortar effect like the confetti type indoor fireworks you can get however from the looks of this thing it's not like that after all.

(I reckon if we can discuss onion skin as a charcoal substitute then this is a fair topic for discussion, not sure if I've put it in the right place though)

Any ideas how it works ?

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Posted 25 January 2006 - 11:06 PM

Could it possibly be something to do with expanding gasses causing it to break up? maybe the fuse leads to a small kind of balloon of hydrogen causing it to blow and break the chocolate up?
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Posted 26 January 2006 - 09:05 AM

Weird. If it's like the other table b***s that can be bought, it might to be confetti or edible treats launched with a small charge of guncotton. Strange that it's top fused - I'm intrigued, but not enough to splash out ?75 on one! What a rip off!

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Posted 26 January 2006 - 10:03 PM

210g of chocolate and something to split it for ?75!!

what a rip off.



maybe some oxygen/hydrogen mix inside it?

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Posted 27 January 2006 - 12:39 PM

I reckon NC for the gases.

Very, very expensive though.

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Posted 27 January 2006 - 07:32 PM

What a waste of chocolate ! these people should be shot for comming up with such an idea.

Hope they own a good vacuum cleaner :P cause that things gota make a mess.
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Posted 27 January 2006 - 11:06 PM

Explodalicious!

Strange thing indeed. Maybe someone should ask what the charge is composed of due to safety concerns with toxicity??
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Posted 28 January 2006 - 11:06 AM

Explodalicious!

Strange thing indeed. Maybe someone should ask what the charge is composed of due to safety concerns with toxicity??



yeah, you could say you had an allergy to something e.g sulphur.

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Posted 28 January 2006 - 03:35 PM

I'll write them an email and see what they say !

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Posted 11 February 2006 - 09:01 PM

lol... one 8" chockolate Kumaro comming up :)

Maybe KF should use a few chocky shells but then if I am loading there would be a few blank spots in the show :)
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Posted 12 February 2006 - 06:31 PM

I've an idea brewing. Choco shells with peanut / sweets centre (stars), liquorice lace for fuse and maybe 'poprocks' as the bursting charge (those things that crackle in your mouth).

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Posted 02 March 2006 - 03:30 PM

I've just been asked by a (female) friend in the pub if I can make one of these:

http://www.chocolate...info.asp?ID=216

Now after I'd told her it looked a bit dangerous to try and make an indoor firework with edible stuff wrapped around it due to thedanger of shrapnel injury from the contents (sugar coated almonds - ouch!) and the toxicity of teh BP etc, I started to wonder..

Has anyone seen these before and if so how do they work?

From her original description I'd imagined a low powered mortar effect like the confetti type indoor fireworks you can get however from the looks of this thing it's not like that after all.

(I reckon if we can discuss onion skin as a charcoal substitute then this is a fair topic for discussion, not sure if I've put it in the right place though)

Any ideas how it works ?

I have seen one on BBC2's Room101 programme which victoria beckham set off (specially made) and it blew the chocolate apart!!! Btw she hates people setting off fireworks and she hates private fireworks!

Edited by Anthony, 02 March 2006 - 03:41 PM.


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Posted 02 March 2006 - 07:52 PM

Posh spice eh... there's another one for the list!

I hate her and her husband, so can we put them in Room 101 ?
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Posted 02 March 2006 - 09:34 PM

Posh spice eh... there's another one for the list!

I hate her and her husband, so can we put them in Room 101 ?



her husband....

should have got a straight red for that late tackle from behind. not a yellow.

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Posted 03 March 2006 - 10:38 AM

Posh spice eh... there's another one for the list!

I hate her and her husband, so can we put them in Room 101 ?

YES they should both be put in Room101 Adamw! And if you went on there you'd probably be the one to do it! :lol:

Edited by Anthony, 03 March 2006 - 02:49 PM.





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