Mentos is a popular brand of mints sold in many markets across the world by the Perfetti Van Melle Corporation. The mints are small oblate spheroids, with a slightly hard exterior and a soft, chewy interior. Part of Mentos’ popularity can be attributed to its funny and campy commercials. The commercials usually feature an individual with some form of a dilmemna or problem that needs to find a resolution as fast as possible. The joke comes when the individual consumes a mentos product and then is able to find a solution to their problem in a humorous manner. The commercials also feature individuals that are critical of the protagonist in the story until they show them that they had just consumed a mentos product and then the antagonist understands the behavior and reasoning of the protagonist due to their consumption of the mentos candy and they both have a laugh. It was also recently discovered that if you put a mentos candy into a diet soda (preferably diet coke) that it will cause the soft drink to foam uncontrollably and to explode like a geyser. The explosion has since produced various stunts at trying to cause the largest mentos-soda geyser in the Guinness Book of World Records. If that doesn’t impress you; we don’t know what will. This is why we love Mentos and are making this fresh candy our quote of the month with their favorite slogan…

“The Freshmaker!” – Mentos

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