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How to make glowing kryptonite candy

Mark Frauenfelder at 9:32 am Fri, Oct 28, 2011

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Over at CRAFT, Becky Stern has a video showing how to make glowing kryptonite candy.

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opmaroon

Glowing candy would be cool, unfortunately it’s not glowing, it’s flourescing.
- Ambiguity
  
  But if you could rig the front porch with UV lights for the trick-or-treaters, it would be pretty cool.
benher

Everything in CSI Miami looks like this.
chf64

If I wanted vitamins with my candy I’d eat some Flintstones chew-ables for kids!
rabidpotatochip

That’s pretty cool and all but I miss the good old days of jumping out from behind the garage with a hockey mask and chainsaw when kids came trick-or-treating.
Finnagain

I call black light shenanigans.
- EH
  
  Me too. Can we enhance it to be sure?
pjcamp

Yeah. Ask Lisa Simeone about this problem.