Hey, it’s your boy, Josh, also known as J-Sizzle, also known as Big Beef. That’s not true. I’m not known as any of those things, but what I am known for is doing really weird stuff with food, like taking the best element of two snacks, combining them together to make one completely new snack. I asked you which snacks you wanna see put together, and you overwhelmingly chose Gushers and Red Bull. Will this new snack be a smash? Let’s find out. This is Snack Smash. (upbeat electronic music) Before we get started, we have something really important to do. (can cracking) What is a Gusher? Is it a candy meant for children to be enjoyed at recess? Is it an idea in our own hearts? I don’t know, but it’s definitely a hexagon shape. Okay. A Gusher is made up of two parts, obviously. You have the kind of candy, gummi-ish outside, and then you have a fluid filling on the inside. So we’re making all of our fillings. We’re doing four different flavors. We have the original Red Bull filling, which kinda tastes like poison. We have cranberry, we have blueberry, and then we have kiwi-apple because apparently they couldn’t decide which green fruit they liked better so we’re going to get these all reducing in separate pots. We wanna bring ’em down by about half. And then we’re gonna (burps) and then we’re, oh boy. The good thing about Red Bull is that it’s filled with sugar and I believe corn syrup so if you reduce that down, you’re essentially just making more corn syrup for yourself, but also getting an isolated, reduced Red Bull flavor. And just make it rain sugar. Candy process is a really exact science. You can’t just wing it. You gotta measure everything. You gotta make sure it’s all precise. And 64 grams! Perfect! The principles of this are all the same, like you just need to add more sugars to this sugar and then you add thickening things to thicken that sugar, so then you can get the gel inside a Gusher. Ki-yah! Oww. You’re gonna add some supplemental corn syrup to that. If you look at the ingredients list of Gushers, you see that the number one ingredient is actually pear concentrate, which kinda makes me feel better about kids just suckin’ these down at recess. Like, at least they’re gettin’ fruit, ya know? What I think they’re really after in the pears is something called pectin. So this is looking nice and syrupy and reducing, and when this continues to get a little bit more syrupy, we’re going to add our pectin. So pectin is a natural compound that’s used to thicken jams and jellies. Onions, apples, pears are loaded with ’em. I learned that mostly with most gelatin things with pectin, just like add way more than ya think you need. It’ll work out. Just really hit it hard. Yeah, let’s hit that pectin hard. (burps) The Red Bull’s comin’ back up. It’s comin’. And now, the secret ingredient to all this is agar agar. It is a coagulant that is made from seaweed actually. So that should be able to thicken it up, and you won’t have to heat it to get it there, and I think it’ll make it a completely smooth gel. And then you gotta whisk fast. (exhales loudly) I need to start switching to my left hand when I whisk. Well, it’s gonna get like one jacked arm, and one just tiny. Like Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny Devito arms in “Twins”. You guys watch “Twins” recently? It holds up. A lot of people like to talk about their Sex in the City twin, like “I’m a Miranda,” but what’s really revealing? Is whether you’re an Arnold or a Danny from “Twins.” I am both. Then you’re gonna go head and cool it down. There may be some solids forming, so we’re actually going to hit it with am immersion blender. (blender spinning loudly) This gives me dentist anxiety when I hear it. And then that should create a perfect Gusher Red Bull fluid gel filling. We’re about to find out at least. And blend it up. Ooh! Alright, so now we have to get all these cooled down, put all of ’em in the fridge, and then they’re gonna solidify right up. Hello. You might be wondering, “Josh, why are you “interrupting your own show? “Are you a narcissist?” No, I’m actually very self-conscious and often wonder what my purpose in life is. Maybe you can help answer that question by subscribing to the Mythical YouTube channel. If enough of you subscribe, I’ll get to keep doing this and maybe I’ll understand what it means to truly be happy. If you look at the ingredients list on a Gusher, it’s pretty much just all like different sugars, fructose, corn syrup, all that. But having eaten a ton of Gushers, having the cavities to prove it, I think it’s somewhere in between like a taffy and a gummi. Gonna do about half a can in there. I know it looks like I’m doin’ the same thing. That just goes to show you Gushers are really just sugar and a bunch of chemicals, but boy do kids love ’em! Taffy actually has fat and starch in it, whereas gummi uses a gelatin base, so I’m gonna do both. We are going to add Crisco. You add fat to any sort of candy, it’s just gonna make it more malleable. Think like the difference between a chewy caramel and a hard caramel, that’s gonna be the addition of fat in there. Then of course more corn syrup. Yes, yes! Mmm! Oh, it’s the spice of life! That’s actually pretty gross. Don’t do that. And then more sugar. We just want a little bit. Perfect. Gonna add a little bit of food dye just ’cause this looks a little bit translucent. Gushers have that nice just opaque color to it. Kids love Red Dye number 40. Isn’t that, I think, linked with ADD maybe? Ah, they’re probably fine. Did I already add corn starch? I didn’t add corn starch. I’m gonna add corn starch. Just feel it out. Then you’re gonna whisk that aggressively. If you need more aggression you’re whisking, drink another Red Bull! If you have any problems in your life, drink another Red Bull. Stuck in traffic, drink Red Bull. God, I really wanna drink another Red Bull right now, but Jake said I medically shouldn’t be able to. Thanks, Jake. Narc. God, that stuff’s potent. You drink enough of it, I think the Red Bull also just gave me like super hearing powers. I’m startin’ to like smell feelings, and like hear colors, you know? For most, their favorite feeling to smell is love. Not me. I love the good smell of spite in the morning. Oh, there’s more. Ah, how could you hate something so good though? So you need to go head and grease up the sheet pan. Take some Crisco in your hands and just rub it together. It feels good. I actually use this as sunblock. It’s great ’cause you smell like biscuits. I actually had a friend who just uses olive oil as suntan lotion. Usually layin’ there all greased up. Big old dog that would just come lick him. I have weird friends. Anyways, you wanna make sure you’re working with real greased up hands when you’re workin’ with hot pots. Now just gonna pour this. Yeah, that looks like the color of Gushers. We’re doin’ it! Gonna let this cool, and we’re gonna go head and work it with our hands, and stretch it a little bit and that should turn into candy. Never trust a man who’s just covered in grease. We got all our Red Bull candies, we’ve got all our Red Bull fillings. It’s like if Willy Wonka was a huge UFC fan and wore a bunch of Ed Hardy t-shirts. We have to figure out some way to fill it, so I think we can kinda just like press it out with our thumb, put the filling inside, and then just kinda fold it over. And that should create a Gusher. Okay, so we gotta go head and just lube everything up because it’s candy, it’s gonna stick to a lot of things, so just get the Crisco all over your hands. Here’s the board we’re gonna be working with. Gotta rub that down with Crisco. Basically anything this is gonna touch, just rub it with Crisco and it’s gonna make your life easier. That’s a good motto for life. Just rub like somethin’ with Crisco, it’s gonna make your life easier. Put it on your laptop, put it on your car steering wheel. Don’t do that. What I like to do is rub my bathroom door handle down with Crisco ’cause my roommate always comes home and he really needs to pee after work, and he’s slippin’ on the door handle and can’t get in. So we’re gonna be folding the actual Gushers inside this little spoon. Definitely wanna lube that up. I’m gonna have the softest hands after this. Pinch off a little bit of this candy. And roll it into a ball. Flatten it out on here. Go ahead gently. There we go. Some of that filling right in there. This is actually starting, ah, it’s too much filling. I can’t pick anything up ’cause my hands are so greasy. Use a toothpick to fold this over. See if we can plop one of these out. That is a giant Gusher. Alright, it’s not perfect, but I’ll take it. These are adult Gushers. (laughing) I don’t like the phrase adult Gushers. I think I’m an adult Gusher, but the key is to really have the heart of a kid Gusher ’cause I think once you become an adult Gusher, you really start to lose sight of the important things in life, but kid Gushers? They’re pure inside and filled with goo. Alright, let’s try a couple more. Go in for the original. And flatten this one out. Scrape it up. Turns out when your hands are shaky from all the Red Bull, the process gets harder. A little bit of that beautiful goopy gel. There we go. This one might be more appropriately sized. Fold it into itself. Like a collapsing neutron star. Kinda use your hands to mold it. Still giant, but closer. Well, this almost looks like a Gusher. Luckily we have people here who actually put care and time into their jobs. So, let’s go to the packaging that Zac made, who’s very talented and has higher standards for himself. (upbeat rock music) You guys wanted it. I think we executed it as best as we possibly could, and now all we gotta do is taste it. Oh, that’s stickier than a normal Gusher. Alright, it’s a little big. See if it gushes. Mmm! Oh my! Oh my, that is really tasty though! I think it’s that Red Bull doesn’t have like a flavor you’d identify, right? Like a Gusher you’d go like, “Oh that might be blue raspberry, this might be cherry.” You bite into this and you go like, “That is Red Bull. “I don’t know what plant it’s made from, “but it’s very distinctly Red Bull”, and it really works in this. It’s like you’re getting all the flavor of an entire Red Bull in a chewable capsule, and there’s still that little thirst-quenching goo coming out. I don’t know. Guarana, taurine, I have no idea what the flavor is, but it is genuinely delicious. I’ll give it that. If you’re a small child and you need energy on the go, Red Bull Gushers, I think could actually work because it’s a tasty product and look how dope that packaging looks. Red Bull Gushers, you guys need to make this happen ’cause this is really good. If you guys have any other good ideas, let me know what snacks you wanna see smashed in the comments, and if you wanna see more food shows like this, subscribe to the Mythical YouTube channel. We get more subscribers, we can make more shows. Thank you so much, and I’ll see you next time. (drinks loudly) (sighing) (inhales loudly) (exhales loudly) God, that’s good. What?