Candy Bar Science Fair Ideas

Candy bar science fair ideas can be a fun way to meet your science class requirements and a great way to win prizes. There are a lot of interesting projects that you can complete using candy bars. A few sample projects are listed below. Use these complete science fair projects as guides for developing your own science fair projects.

The first experiment on this list of candy bar science fair ideas is to evaluate the chemical compounds found in chocolate. This experiment will help you to understand why chocolate is so addictive and why so many candy bars use chocolate as an ingredient. In addition to researching the ingredients found in chocolate, you may also want to use a science kit to examine specific chemical compounds found in chocolate, like antioxidants.

If you are interested in fun kids science fair projects that have to do with medicine and health, then consider evaluating whether it is healthier to eat an energy bar or a candy bar. To complete this experiment you will compare fat content, sugar content and the content of vitamins and minerals of each type of bar. Your results will lead you to conclude that energy bars are healthier to eat, or they are just as healthy to eat as a candy bar. You may be surprised at what you discover with this experiment.

The third experiment on this list of candy bar science fair ideas is to measure the amount of thermal energy produced by various candy bars. In this experiment you will need an atomic calorimeter, a fire source and a selection of candy bars. To complete this experiment you will burn each candy bar and measure how much heat they produce using your calorimeter. After collecting your data explain why some candy bars produced more heat than others.

Your option on this list of food science experiments is to examine if the physical design of a candy bar and its wrapper impact its perceived tastiness. To set up this experiment you will need your classmates' help. You will need a variety of candy bars from countries other than the U.S. that have different shapes and different colored wrappers. If you are working with a limited budget you can simply use print outs of the wrapper designs. Then ask your classmates which candy bar looks like the best and ask them why they think this. What does this say about how we judge which food products to buy?

The last experiment is an environmental science experiment. Here you will determine how much garbage is created from candy bar wrappers and packaging each year. To complete this experiment you will need to conduct research at candy company websites. You need to determine how much paper, foil and other packaging material is used for each product and then multiply that by the number of units produced annually. You may want to start with just figuring out how much trash is generated from one candy bar like the Hershey's bar, or Kit-Kats.