Debunking Exploding Egg Hacks & cracking secret FLAKE recipe | Ann Reardon

Debunking dangerous DIY videos and why don't Flakes melt?

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[Leopold_w]

woah! You solved the 100yr old secret!!

[missvidabom]

Do you think Dave is sitting in the living room reading and hears the microwave start and an explosion and says to himself, “Ann must be recording a video.”

[julianharley]

Cadbury: "it's a 100 year old secret only few people know..."
Ann: "Just add a lil water"
Cadbury: "dammit"

[vicmtr]

i love how this is so lawfully chaotic like "ok for this one i'll microwave approximately 15 eggs one at a time to prove it will always explode, discover a 100-year old industry secret and then sacrifice 3 baby teeth to the coca cola gods"

[nadin]

This woman really spent an hour trying to find out a 100 year old secret, looked straight into the camera and said now you can make it at home EASY and moved on like it was NOTHING - an icon

[Mary-mjpx]

I love that Ann just casually solves a 100 year mystery

[mattralphthewriter]

Ann is so committed to educating her fans that she exploded multiple eggs in her microwave just to entertain us. Thank you, Ann!

[alricfremanosrs]

Cadbury: "its a closely guarded trade secret"
Anne: "lol they just screwed up and seized a batch of chocolate then tried to save it"

[kelseyfausz]

okay so no one is going to talk about how she not only solved a century old secret, but ALSO cleaned her microwave several times for us, AND is literally the tooth fairy? Maybe this woman is an actual angel sent from heaven.

[digitalmimi]

Taking a moment to appreciate the amount of times Ann must have cleaned her microwave out for us to enjoy quality content

[plantern]

cadbury: "its a 100 year secret"

Ann reardon: successfully recreates it at her second attempt

[LivingSoftly]

This video is wild: exploding eggs, burning glass, shading YouTube, exposing Cadbury's, a whole book and then baby teeth casually introduced at the end

[snowdrop]

Dear Anne, I really need to thank you for discussing the egg in the microwave issue in detail. My mom fell for this and I've always been so afraid of her getting hurt. A couple months ago we had a scare and she's stopped ever since. The explosion was strong enough to force open the microwave door - fortunately no spatter got on her even though she was immediately front of it. Loud sounds like that really spook me so I had to go sit down for feeling faint and avoided the kitchen for a few days afterward.

[bwagner]

I love that the likely origin of Flake is "aw, dang, we ruined this batch of chocolate... let's use it anyway"

[jeremylim]

Cadbury : it's a closely guarded secret only a select few know.
Ann : it's seized chocolate you can diy at home.
Cadbury : surprised pikachu face

[MikaylaMurphy]

"Is it like turmeric and sardine?" Poor Dave, he's so traumatized he can't even imagine Ann giving him a normal chocolate bar to taste test. 😂

[envyrem]

I can’t stop laughing at the fact Cadbury’s guarded secret was that they made the chocolate slightly more wet

[madisonsmith]

Ann Reardon: Figures out Cadbury’s secret

Cadbury: Delete this. Now.

[sei_pika]

I can't decide the best moment of this video. We've got:
1. Ann sacrificing her microwave's dignity countless times for exploding eggs
2. Ann casually solving a 100-year-old closely-guarded secret
3. Ann nonchalantly mentioning that she has baby teeth on hand for no reason

[monozuki]

Regarding the chocolate flake at ca. 14:00 - a solid state chemist here; chocolate has actually 6 distinct polymorphic forms (polymorphs are substances with the same chemical composition, but the molecules are stacked in different ways in 3D space, which can lead to different physical properties in separate forms), each with slightly different visual properties and melting points. The one that became soft and malable when you held it in your hand was an example of what's the 'standard' and most desirable across the industry, form 5, which doesn't melt too fast when held in hand, but does in mouth. Looking at how the 'flake' behaves, I strongly suspect that it's simply form 6, which is characterised by being harder and having a higher melting point than form 5, which would explain the observed difference in behaviour. Conceivably, it was then processed in one way or another and that's the secret they are talking about.
Out of melted chocolade, each of the 6 polymorph forms can be crystallized by applying certain techniques - think of this as a process similar to tempering a sword (hence: tempered chocolade), wherein by combining melting and cooling processes at varying (but precise) temperatures, you are able to manufacture the target form, aside from form 6. This one is made by leaving any 'tampered' form on a shelf (in carefully managed conditions) for several months.