--- description: Watch what happens when a jawbreaker is exposed to extreme heat title: How to Instantly Crack a Jawbreaker Without Breaking Your Jaw image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Here's How to Instantly Crack a Jawbreaker Without Breaking Your Jaw  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Apr 20, 2015 8:25 PM CUT  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Apr 20, 2015 8:25 PM CUT Here’s one thing that can break a jawbreaker faster than you will ever be able to: a really hot nickel ball. Watch in awe — or horror — as green slime pours out of the rainbow-speckled orb and then browns. This video is almost terrifying enough to make you never want to eat sweets again. Almost. The aspiring mad scientists behind the YouTube channel “carsandwater” have also tried this trick with a block of ice (nearly 7 million views), watermelon (2.8 million) and ballistic gelatin (1.8 million). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3828569/jawbreaker-extreme-heat/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3828569/jawbreaker-extreme-heat/"},"headline":"Here's How to Instantly Crack a Jawbreaker Without Breaking Your Jaw","datePublished":"2015-04-20T20:25:13.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:18:56.560Z","description":"Terrifying and delicious at the same time","url":"https://time.com/3828569/jawbreaker-extreme-heat/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Food & Drink"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. Waxman","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3828569/jawbreaker-extreme-heat/","name":"Here's How to Instantly Crack a Jawbreaker Without Breaking Your Jaw"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"5 Crazy Junk Food Combos","description":"5 Crazy Junk Food Combos","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/wogLxXmg/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-07-21T20:43:10.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/wogLxXmg.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3828569/jawbreaker-extreme-heat/","duration":"PT1M22S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3828569/jawbreaker-extreme-heat/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```