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 * TESTING THE SPEED FLAVORED MARSHMALLOWS BURN **
 * Kate S **
 * 2012-2013 **

The purpose of the experiment was to find if the flavor the of the marshmallow affects the speed that they burn. These were the marshmallows: cinnamon, strawberry, German chocolate, chocolate, and mint chocolate. Plain marshmallows and flavored marshmallows were burned to compare the speed that they burn. It depends on how much sugar the marshmallow has in it as to how fast it burns. The flavored marshmallows that have more sugar in them will burn faster than the regular marshmallows. Sugar is the most prone ingredient to burn in marshmallows. The strawberry and mint chocolate marshmallow burned faster than the regular marshmallows. The marshmallows that did not burn faster than the regular marshmallows were the German chocolate, chocolate, and cinnamon marshmallows. For this experiment the marshmallows were burned all the way around. The marshmallows were burned with a long match. The marshmallows were burned with a metal score. The marshmallows were pushed of the metal score at the end and poked with a knife to make sure they burned all the way around. All the marshmallows that were tested were 8oz. For this experiment it was hypothesized that the German chocolate marshmallow was going to burn the fastest because of the coconut on the outside of it. The German chocolate burned the third slowest of the marshmallows. It depends on how much sugar the marshmallow has in it to determine how fast it will burn.
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 * CONCLUSIONS **

First experiment,

It was hypothesized that the German chocolate marshmallow would burn the fastest out of all the marshmallows because of the coconut on the outside of it. The marshmallow that burned the fastest was the mint chocolate marshmallow. It was hypothesized that the mint chocolate marshmallow would burn the slowest because of the two flavors combined. In doing this experiment I found out that the mint chocolate and strawberry marshmallows burn faster than a regular marshmallow. The marshmallows that burned slower than the regular marshmallows were the chocolate, German chocolate and cinnamon marshmallows. It is known now that the flavor of the marshmallow can and cannot affect the speed that the marshmallows burn. To make this experiment better also find if the flavor and size effects the speed the marshmallow burn.

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