Kitchen Sugar Lab: Science Has Never Been So Sweet! 10 Sweet Experiments and Activities – Includes: a 32-page book, 1 gummy mold, 1 sugar bubble wand, 5 candy sticks, and 2 rubber latex balloons!

by Jen Malone

Science has never been sweeter! Learn the science of sugar with this activity-packed kit.

Sugar is the building block for the 10 supersweet activities and experiments in Kitchen Sugar Lab. Follow easy, step-by-step instructions to make sweet treats and learn the science behind sugar bubbles, floating eggs, and burping balloons with the included:


32-page book
2 rubber latex balloons
1 sugar bubble wand
5 candy sticks
1 gummy mold

Use the candy sticks to watch bright rock candy grow right in front of your eyes, or the bubble wand to blow sugar bubbles inside of sugar bubbles (inside of sugar bubbles!). Worm- and fruit-shaped gummy molds help you create personalized treats with an easy gelatin mixture. Experiments include:


Sugar Sparks: make candies that glow in the dark
Burping Balloons: inflate a balloon without using your hands
Sugar Snowman: create sugar glue to put together candy snowmen of your own design
Rock Candy: design rock candy as unique as you
Wiggle Worms: personalize gummy worms, including sour worms and tie-dye worms
Trickster Gummies: fool your friends with these sweet treats that look one way and taste another

Reusable components and endless variations make this a kit you can use over and over again!

32 pages, Hardcover

Published December 14, 2021

About the author

I once spent a year traveling the world solo from Nepal to Romania to Fiji, where I learned 99.9% of humanity is pretty freaking awesome yet somehow doesn't share my love of ice cubes in a drink. I met my husband on the highway, literally. In fact our meet-cute was SO cute we had a whole story written about it in Ladies Home Journal. My twin boys placed second in the Most Identical contest at the International Festival of Twins. Their little sister placed first in the most adorable contest at the All The People In Our Living Room Festival. I once accompanied a pajama-clad Oprah Winfrey (and her puppies) through the laundry room of the Four Seasons. I have also been in a hotel room alone with a shirtless Mark Wahlberg. In both those instances, it was not what you think. Oh, and I went into early labor while on Stevie Nicks' tour bus. That is pretty much what you think.

Here's the more official bio:
Jen Malone writes fun and flirty YA travel romances with HarperCollins and humorous "girl power" MG adventures with Simon & Schuster. She once spent a year traveling the world solo, met her husband on the highway (literally), and went into labor with her identical twins while on a rock star's tour bus. These days she saves the drama for her books. You can learn more about Jen and her books at www.jenmalonewrites.com. Find her on Twitter and Instagram @jenmalonewrites.