Dippin' Dots probably figured they could cheap out on the ice cream because of their gimmick, unlike regular ice cream brands that have to compete more on quality.
They have to buy liquid nitrogen which isn't cheap. So I doubt it was to save much money. But they definitely charge more for the same amount of ice cream. More of a higher price than lower cost.
@@NodsWorld I think they were trying to explain why the dippin dots are tasteless. As in, the base ice cream is probably not good because they don't compete on quality, their gimmick is enough to put them on the same level of nicer ice cream brands.
@@WalkerTxsRngr7 What I meant was the selling point of Dippin' Dots is the novelty rather than quality, not that they were created to save money. Although children also usually don't care about artificial flavors and colors.
As someone who handmakes ice cream for a living, I appreciate that moment of "dang I feel bad undoing all this hard work" when y'all were first microwaving the ice cream 😂😂😂
As a chemist: using a separation funnel is a great idea! Also proud you used an oxygen meter during this video, working with liquid nitrogen is no joke!
as a food scientist, the pro way to do this is to actually get a peristaltic pump (must be able to use foodsafe grease/oil inside) and a smaller rainfall shower head and some silicone tubing and you can make a bunch and it's easy to lower/increase the drip rate pretty easily with a powered pump.
I love that this title is a declarative statement and not clickbait. The content is good enough on it's own to get you to watch. Also if you have leftover dippin dots......
Same! Always interesting to see the differences. Obviously this is a lot shorter/more polished but both versions have the same fun E&K spirit of adventure.
your local welding location... YOUR LOCAL WELDING SUPPLY STORE?! i am more likely to have dippin dots at my grocery store than a welding supply store! lol
I'm in the southeast and have a local gas distributor and welding supply store. I have an oxygen tank, for a jewelry torch, that I purchased there and can get refilled cheaply, and my university had a rental on acetylene gas tanks for our studio. Whenever we needed more gas our prof called and got fresh tanks delivered. There's even a factory nearby, same company, that stores a lot of gas under pressure. I always feel uncomfortable driving past the blast wall. 😅 They have an absolutely massive tank of liquid nitrogen as well as ammonia, oxygen, argon, and more. The area used to be full of textile factories and industrial companies, unfortunately those manufacturing facilities have gone under, all but the gas and welding equipment supplier, that is. Lots of welding and machine shops remain at least. Good bit of natural gas too. I guess since I grew up here I don't think of it as abnormal or unusual. Edit: The two places near me are owned by the same large name supplier, but I think the difference is that one deals more in large-scale production and distribution, while the other deals with smaller businesses and individuals. The gasses themselves are pretty cheap, but as Evan points out, the tanks are expensive. The double walled, vacuum insulated liquid nitrogen containers especially. My little, basic, industrial oxy tank was like $85 (15 yrs ago) and at the time a refill cost me $8, though it's probably much more these days.
Guys.... you can actually buy them at some stores. BUT nothing beats having it at the ready with liquid nitrogen and melted ice cream, but of course, it's all about the fun
Just here to appreciate the little "add bar" you add whenever you do a sponsor.. It is very helpful for skipping the add without going too far. Even if is till usually watch them, because they are always funny.
I'm a scientist who works with liquid nitrogen, this is hands down the most dangerous project you have had to date. If you're going to do more liquid nitrogen stuff, please have a pouring jig so dribbles won't snap freeze your fingers. You guys are great and this was really amazing to watch!
Also, please wear thick thermal gloves even when you are working around the liquid nitrogen like when you were scooping or stirring incase you get little splashes
@@WoobCrab Isnt wearing gloves more dangerous as it can freeze the fabric to your skin whereas getting a small amount directly onto the skin will just roll off?
Also a scientist who works with liquid nitrogen. LN2's highest dangers are under two conditions: Poor ventilation and lack of thermal protection. Assuming you have good ventilation, have thermally safe containers, and either wear gloves (assuming no submersion) or can avoid physical contact, this is very safe. Those are big assumptions which mean this is uniquely dangerous for children, even compared to fire, but it's far from the most dangerous thing they've ever done.
Now that you both have this down to a science, I would love to see a "Does it dot?" series. You can make all sorts of flavored liquids, and then make them into your DIY dippin' dots. Such as, Cheetos, Doritos, pizza (you could blend it into a liquid first), etc. As well as making your own sweet ones from scratch instead of buying ice-cream. Thanks for another fun video!
I work in a lab that uses liquid nitrogen to freeze red blood cells. A stir plate underneath the container would help separate the balls! We use a syringe at a 90 degree angle to drip, but we also do small volumes at a time. Interesting video!! Only mildly concerned for LN2 safety 😅.
just a bit if info though ice cream air is purposely added to give them a fluffy texture as well as insulate the cream so it doesn't instantly melt into a goop. if u leave ice cream to melt u will notice bubbles rise out of it, if ur curious how it tastes just freeze it back again. some may think that adding air means less ice cream but it's actually similar to co2 added to soda where the air is part of the ingredients itself
this is not how things work at all. did big ice cream tell you these things? As a food scientist... the extra air is mostly to increase profit margins. Sure a little air is used to achieve certain functional properties... but not the amounts you find at your local grocery store. The best ice cream is much lower in air ratio.
As someone soon to be graduating in Chemistry, I feel obliged to add the purpose of a separatory (sep) funnel. We use sep funnels usually during reactions when we want to separate our product from any other products by adding two immiscible solvents (usually water and an organic solvent like Diethyl Ether, Hexane or Ethyl Acetate), shaking it up and allowing the layers to form. We can then remove the bottom layer using the funnel. I've just finished an Organic lab last week which had a lot of this.
Oh that's so neat! Thank you for the explanation, I was about to go look it up after I checked the comments. How accurate can you get with separation? Is there a way to ensure you don't accidentally end up with some of your next layer of product when you remove it? Or does it depend on the purpose of the experiment?
@@thehummingbirdbandit9542 Good question. As you have probably seen there is a ventil called stopcock. When the dividing layer starts to move to the stopcock you gradually close it (lovering flow). Practically you newer end up with perfect separation you always have a little of heavy phase in the separatorry funnel or some ammount of light phase already flown away to the heavy phase. You decide what is better for you (where is the product you are wanting). When you are finished with separation you can always use some absorbent to absorb the rest of the unwanted phase (usually a water) from the second phase. Generally you don't want to put much of the absorption material into the solution because when there is no water left it may start to absorb the product lowering your yeald and your grade. On the other hand organics is plus minus chemistry (meaning gram here and there nobody cares😄)
@@thehummingbirdbandit9542 To add to what has been said, we usually add a desiccant to the product to remove any water that is unfavourable during rotary evaporation. We remove most of the solvent to then remove any remaining traces in a desicator. As fields of Chemistry go, organic is relatively relaxed and so being perfect of measurements isn't as critical compared to something like analytical. At that point we start to use standard materials as we have a guaranteed quality from the supplier.
@@leo_warren Oh my gosh, thank you all for the lovely responses! I love learning more about science, this was fascinating! Congrats on the oncoming graduation, and thank you for responding!
The process of freezing Ice cream mixes and airates it. That is why it is so creamy and fluffy. Unless it is melted completely it still holds the air. If you have ever forgotten ice cream out most of it will be a thick liquid with foam on top.
Chem nerd here - the fact that you now have a separation funnel means you can try making your own essential oils out of things like flower petals and pine needles.
Dippin' Dots was always a "Special Occasion" thing, my birthday, going to the ball park with my dad, and the idea of being able to have them anytime is far too tempting
I feel a buret would be better for that as burets are used for singular drops specifically in titrations where controlled timely drops are important so you can accurately identify the equivalence point. But the seperatory funnel seems to work fine enough so no reason to spend more money ofc I love how this is the second time I've seen you both use chemistry equipment Ive used in school labs for stuff, the first I saw was the magnetic stir rod which felt like a cameo from my favorite actor or smth
If anyone wants to try this without buying and melting ice cream, you can just add some sugar and flavoring to heavy whipping cream or half and half for similar results. I used to make "ice cream" for myself by just spraying whipped cream into a plastic Solo cup and sticking it in the freezer for a few hours, and that worked fairly well. Though, to be fair, if you can afford enough liquid nitrogen to use it for ice cream, you can probably afford tubs of ice cream to melt down for this.
As a chemist I find it both hilarious and ingenious that you’re using the separating funnel for this. I know Evan said he doesn’t know what it’s actually used for, but in my opinion it’s one of the coolest elementary tools. Look up a video of its use! I think you’ll like it :)
Idk bout y’all but the Walmarts near me usually have a Dippin Dots (or off brand) vending machine just inside the front doors. It’s the type that uses a vacuum hose to pick up your container of dots from the bottom of the freezer. Impractical but fun to watch.
PSA: What not to do with liquid nitrogen: Wear metal on your hands (ring)! Stir with bare hands an metal sptools (spoon)! Have your hands over the liquid while dripping into it! Pour from or shake the container without wearinginsulating gloves!
The first two i wholeheartedly agree with, the last two are a bit overkill, u're protected by the leidenfrost effect. Im working in a organic chemistry lab and the only times accidents happened were when somebody wore nitrile gloves and got some inside of them.
I agree I use to run outreach labs for my Uni with liquid nitrogen and we used to do all sorts of tricks for the school kids including pouring to over our hands as long as you don't let it pool on your skin or leave your hand in the stream to long it is fine. You just have to be a little careful. The majority of cold burns in the lab were secondary when you forgot you cooled down a metal thing and then picked it up before it had warmed up.
I have it on good authority that the Dippin' Dots company has just hired ninja assassins to go after Evan and Katelyn...'s equipment so they can't make anymore DIY Dippin' Dots. 🤣
I always told by any chemistry teacher and other person that works with liquid nitrogen to NOT wear gloves, since you can generally be safe with it due to the Leidenfrost effect, while gloves might get soaked and "hold" the liquid notrigen there causing freezeburn-
I used to eat dippin dots all the time as a kid because they had a stand at a local park in Atlanta. Buy far the best flavor is Sorbet. The sorbet melts better in your mouth and has a much better texture.
While you'll actually likely find that the separatory funnel is more useful in your varied escapades, you could have used a dropper/addition funnel for easier filling and cleaning.
24:45 Katelyn: yeah it's pretty exciting *bite of dippin dots* '_' lol I have a core memory of going to the water park and the dippin dots machine was out of order 🥲
You don’t know how happy diarrhea and fart sound effects make me. It’s used here, it was used on your resin clock video too and maybe in the sword one too. Keep using them forever ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
I want to see Dippin' Dots receive the same treatment as the Rice Krispies. More Please! I wanna' see lots of ice-creams and different methods liquids like Kool-Aid, soda, homemade ice-creams, idk yall' are the ones with the epic channel. Love the content!
I used to work at an ice cream store called Sub Zero. We made the ice cream in front of you with liquid nitrogen. Being I was like 21 and in charge of a bunch of teens we experimented a lot with it. We even tried making dip n' dots a few times.
The ice cream has air in it because its whipped while or before freezing. That's why they usually sell ice cream by volume because the more air they can get in it the less they're actually selling you for the same price. Also more air makes scooping easier (think soft serve) and its possible to formulate the ice cream with less sugar (ice cream is not usually fully frozen, as it freezes ice crystals preferentially exclude sugar which forms a more concentrated sugar syrup surrounding fat globules, ice crystals and some sugar crystals. Sugar depresses the freezing point of the ice cream so that some amount is always liquid above like -40 C. This suspension is why you can put a spoon through it and it's not a block of ice. You can achieve a similar effect using more air and less sugar.
Omg yes. The amusement park i went to growing up had those and it was a highlight of our visit for me and my siblings. Recently saw them at an american store ( I'm German), but they were quite expensive
If you plan such and similar projects, maybe you should invest in some dewar glass ware. We (as the Viewer) and you will see more on the inside and that would be soo cool.
I went to the movie theater the other day and they randomly had dippin dots! And they actually had my favorite flavor, banana split, so I was so excited! Usually if places here in Florida have Dippin Dots they only have cookies and cream or cookie dough flavor so I was so excited! They also no longer have it at the major amusement parks (Disney and universal) anymore here so I was ecstatic! Honestly idk why they don’t have them in more places - it seems super weird for an ice cream brand to be so elusive. Edit: omg they used the same flavor I like!!!
we have them at a couple of the local owned gass stations and my dad used to get them for me all the time when i went to work with him he worked with my grandpa so i was there alot (so much that i had my own "office") so this brings back some really cool memories.
i am a chemistry enthusiast and i like the separation funnel, i think it's clever -- the only thing we would get upset at or bothered by is lab safety violations lol
For some reason, Rutters gas stations have dippin dots too, but if you arent anywhere near a rutters gas station, then im out of places to find them too
Another win for DIY is that you can control what goes into it. So if you have to have lactose free ice cream because you're lactose intolerant...you can use that! For Dippin' Dots...I have to have the fruit ice option...the one with no dairy because literally all the other flavors are dairy lol.
Just got banana split dip n dots at the St Louis Zoo today! It was only about $6 though… 😂 Took a pic with the wife and realized I was wearing my safety is impurrrrtant shirt! 🐈⬛ You were with us in spirit! Cheers!
I did this in a camp that was a few weeks ago and tried some and it did work and was delicious. Edit: it was a chemistry camp soo you guys were still technically still doing chemistry
So, an ice cream maker basically takes cream and whips and aerates it... Giving it that texture we associate with ice cream... That's why when ice cream melts and is refrozen it becomes icy. When you put the ice cream in the vacuum chamber you basically took the ice cream back to it's starting form. Really cool video tho. Now I want dipping dots. I think there's a machine at the local skating rink. 😂
Literally never heard of these until I saw some of the live stream a while back. Considering how dangerous liquid nitrogen seems to be I am amazed that its safe to eat.
Liquid nitrogen isn’t dangerous chemically speaking; it’s just very, very cold, and can suffocate you if you allow too much of it to displace the air in a closed space. (Bear in mind that air is already 70% nitrogen.)
the separation funnel usually gets filled with two non-mixing liquids (watery and organic) and shaken to separate molecules at different pH. the release is to *quickly* drain the bottom fluid so you can do another go. made more for a stream than droplets. for excellent individual drops you want stuff for *titration* where you can drip drip very precisely
Dippin' Dots probably figured they could cheap out on the ice cream because of their gimmick, unlike regular ice cream brands that have to compete more on quality.
They have to buy liquid nitrogen which isn't cheap. So I doubt it was to save much money. But they definitely charge more for the same amount of ice cream. More of a higher price than lower cost.
I mean it did start off as animal feed.
You do realize this is a 'D.I.Y.' project, right?? 🤔 has nothing to do with competition, silly 😅
@@NodsWorld I think they were trying to explain why the dippin dots are tasteless. As in, the base ice cream is probably not good because they don't compete on quality, their gimmick is enough to put them on the same level of nicer ice cream brands.
@@WalkerTxsRngr7 What I meant was the selling point of Dippin' Dots is the novelty rather than quality, not that they were created to save money. Although children also usually don't care about artificial flavors and colors.
As someone who handmakes ice cream for a living, I appreciate that moment of "dang I feel bad undoing all this hard work" when y'all were first microwaving the ice cream 😂😂😂
vash the stampede ice cream maker au
thats such a cool career omg!
As a chemist: using a separation funnel is a great idea! Also proud you used an oxygen meter during this video, working with liquid nitrogen is no joke!
as a food scientist, the pro way to do this is to actually get a peristaltic pump (must be able to use foodsafe grease/oil inside) and a smaller rainfall shower head and some silicone tubing and you can make a bunch and it's easy to lower/increase the drip rate pretty easily with a powered pump.
I love that this title is a declarative statement and not clickbait. The content is good enough on it's own to get you to watch. Also if you have leftover dippin dots......
Remember the shipping cost 😂
@@emilyrln Mmmm....good point. They did look worth it though, unlike the official ones
Evan and Katelyn: "We're not that type of channel!"
Also Evan and Katelyn: *this whole video*
I sort of miss their denials of being "that type of channel".
fAmILy cHaNnEL 😂
Watched the uncut, watching again
uncut… balls… 😻😻😻
Same! Always interesting to see the differences. Obviously this is a lot shorter/more polished but both versions have the same fun E&K spirit of adventure.
lol same 😂
me too
hm i thought id seen this before..
your local welding location... YOUR LOCAL WELDING SUPPLY STORE?! i am more likely to have dippin dots at my grocery store than a welding supply store! lol
Can confirm live in Texas can't go very far without a welding supply store 😂
I've got two near me, midwest.
I thought the same, so I quick searched where to buy near me and found 3 stores, all welding and gas places. I live in the Midwest.
I'm in the southeast and have a local gas distributor and welding supply store. I have an oxygen tank, for a jewelry torch, that I purchased there and can get refilled cheaply, and my university had a rental on acetylene gas tanks for our studio. Whenever we needed more gas our prof called and got fresh tanks delivered. There's even a factory nearby, same company, that stores a lot of gas under pressure. I always feel uncomfortable driving past the blast wall. 😅 They have an absolutely massive tank of liquid nitrogen as well as ammonia, oxygen, argon, and more. The area used to be full of textile factories and industrial companies, unfortunately those manufacturing facilities have gone under, all but the gas and welding equipment supplier, that is. Lots of welding and machine shops remain at least. Good bit of natural gas too.
I guess since I grew up here I don't think of it as abnormal or unusual.
Edit: The two places near me are owned by the same large name supplier, but I think the difference is that one deals more in large-scale production and distribution, while the other deals with smaller businesses and individuals. The gasses themselves are pretty cheap, but as Evan points out, the tanks are expensive. The double walled, vacuum insulated liquid nitrogen containers especially. My little, basic, industrial oxy tank was like $85 (15 yrs ago) and at the time a refill cost me $8, though it's probably much more these days.
they have them at ace hardware near me lol
Guys.... you can actually buy them at some stores. BUT nothing beats having it at the ready with liquid nitrogen and melted ice cream, but of course, it's all about the fun
They actually mentioned it during the Livestream that they didn't have any dippin dots in stores near them, so they needed to order it
They show at 22:39 them trying to buy them, but they were out of stock.
Just here to appreciate the little "add bar" you add whenever you do a sponsor.. It is very helpful for skipping the add without going too far.
Even if is till usually watch them, because they are always funny.
have u tried sponsorblock? it just autoskips sponsored segments.
@@AlastorFan5900 not that big a deal for me honestly, but thanks sounds useful if it ever becomes a problem.
Also fellow Alastor fan here. :>
I'm a scientist who works with liquid nitrogen, this is hands down the most dangerous project you have had to date. If you're going to do more liquid nitrogen stuff, please have a pouring jig so dribbles won't snap freeze your fingers. You guys are great and this was really amazing to watch!
Also, please wear thick thermal gloves even when you are working around the liquid nitrogen like when you were scooping or stirring incase you get little splashes
@@WoobCrab Isnt wearing gloves more dangerous as it can freeze the fabric to your skin whereas getting a small amount directly onto the skin will just roll off?
Also a scientist who works with liquid nitrogen. LN2's highest dangers are under two conditions: Poor ventilation and lack of thermal protection. Assuming you have good ventilation, have thermally safe containers, and either wear gloves (assuming no submersion) or can avoid physical contact, this is very safe. Those are big assumptions which mean this is uniquely dangerous for children, even compared to fire, but it's far from the most dangerous thing they've ever done.
@@WoobCrab I was wondering why they didn't do this, since they're always so big on PPE.
@@iamaduckquacki think it depends on the glove
Does this mean we've finally made it to the "future" Dippin' Dots has been promising us for decades?!
Looking at all the lab equipment present in a regular suburban home I would say so. At least E&K have reached the future 🤔
Now that you both have this down to a science, I would love to see a "Does it dot?" series. You can make all sorts of flavored liquids, and then make them into your DIY dippin' dots. Such as, Cheetos, Doritos, pizza (you could blend it into a liquid first), etc. As well as making your own sweet ones from scratch instead of buying ice-cream.
Thanks for another fun video!
and just like that, I'm learning about another weird american food with evan and katelyn
I work in a lab that uses liquid nitrogen to freeze red blood cells. A stir plate underneath the container would help separate the balls! We use a syringe at a 90 degree angle to drip, but we also do small volumes at a time. Interesting video!! Only mildly concerned for LN2 safety 😅.
just a bit if info though ice cream air is purposely added to give them a fluffy texture as well as insulate the cream so it doesn't instantly melt into a goop. if u leave ice cream to melt u will notice bubbles rise out of it, if ur curious how it tastes just freeze it back again. some may think that adding air means less ice cream but it's actually similar to co2 added to soda where the air is part of the ingredients itself
Different brands add varying amounts of air to ice cream. Think premium ice cream has less air.
I thought that some ice creams used nitrogen as the additive. I seem to remember a Mythbusters episode about this.
this is not how things work at all. did big ice cream tell you these things? As a food scientist... the extra air is mostly to increase profit margins. Sure a little air is used to achieve certain functional properties... but not the amounts you find at your local grocery store. The best ice cream is much lower in air ratio.
@@susannewillert2685 That's why Ben & Jerry's is so dense compared to other ice cream brands!
as a chemist, I was laughing at the reveal of the sep funnel. it's my fav piece of glassware, im happy to see it shine in ice cream production!
As someone soon to be graduating in Chemistry, I feel obliged to add the purpose of a separatory (sep) funnel. We use sep funnels usually during reactions when we want to separate our product from any other products by adding two immiscible solvents (usually water and an organic solvent like Diethyl Ether, Hexane or Ethyl Acetate), shaking it up and allowing the layers to form. We can then remove the bottom layer using the funnel. I've just finished an Organic lab last week which had a lot of this.
Oh that's so neat! Thank you for the explanation, I was about to go look it up after I checked the comments. How accurate can you get with separation? Is there a way to ensure you don't accidentally end up with some of your next layer of product when you remove it? Or does it depend on the purpose of the experiment?
@@thehummingbirdbandit9542 Good question. As you have probably seen there is a ventil called stopcock. When the dividing layer starts to move to the stopcock you gradually close it (lovering flow). Practically you newer end up with perfect separation you always have a little of heavy phase in the separatorry funnel or some ammount of light phase already flown away to the heavy phase. You decide what is better for you (where is the product you are wanting). When you are finished with separation you can always use some absorbent to absorb the rest of the unwanted phase (usually a water) from the second phase.
Generally you don't want to put much of the absorption material into the solution because when there is no water left it may start to absorb the product lowering your yeald and your grade. On the other hand organics is plus minus chemistry (meaning gram here and there nobody cares😄)
Congrats on your imminent degree!
Thanks for the awesome explanation.
@@thehummingbirdbandit9542 To add to what has been said, we usually add a desiccant to the product to remove any water that is unfavourable during rotary evaporation. We remove most of the solvent to then remove any remaining traces in a desicator.
As fields of Chemistry go, organic is relatively relaxed and so being perfect of measurements isn't as critical compared to something like analytical. At that point we start to use standard materials as we have a guaranteed quality from the supplier.
@@leo_warren Oh my gosh, thank you all for the lovely responses! I love learning more about science, this was fascinating! Congrats on the oncoming graduation, and thank you for responding!
The process of freezing Ice cream mixes and airates it. That is why it is so creamy and fluffy. Unless it is melted completely it still holds the air. If you have ever forgotten ice cream out most of it will be a thick liquid with foam on top.
Well, technically it’s not the freezing that aerates it, it’s the churning action which is done at the same time.
The gas station a couple blocks away from me has them. It's not a problem, I can stop when ever I want.
Same. I had no idea that they were so rare 😂
I’ve been trying to find a place that sells them besides the nearest movie theater!
my 7/11 has an off brand version called mini melts.... many a high schooler has lost a paycheck to them (im one of them)
Congratulations. None of the stores around them had any.
Exactly. They are also in several grocery stores where I live.
You should have used the magnetic stirrer to make the chem lab experiment vibes fully reach its max point (and so you didn't have to stir manually)
Chem nerd here - the fact that you now have a separation funnel means you can try making your own essential oils out of things like flower petals and pine needles.
Dippin' Dots was always a "Special Occasion" thing, my birthday, going to the ball park with my dad, and the idea of being able to have them anytime is far too tempting
Now every time you are invited anywhere "Hey can you bring some dippin dots".
The gas station that I go to has a dip and dots freezer. I had no idea that they were so rare. I'm going to get some when I stop for gas tomorrow 😂
Instead of microwaving and vacuuming your commercial ice cream, would it work to just mix up a quick custard like you would for homemade ice cream?
Well, I wouldn’t use a custard base, since it seems a thinner mix is better here. So skip the custard and do a cream base without egg.
When he took out the separatory funnel, as a nilered fan, i was so happy! XD
The crossover we need but don't deserve! 😂
I feel a buret would be better for that as burets are used for singular drops specifically in titrations where controlled timely drops are important so you can accurately identify the equivalence point. But the seperatory funnel seems to work fine enough so no reason to spend more money ofc
I love how this is the second time I've seen you both use chemistry equipment Ive used in school labs for stuff, the first I saw was the magnetic stir rod which felt like a cameo from my favorite actor or smth
If anyone wants to try this without buying and melting ice cream, you can just add some sugar and flavoring to heavy whipping cream or half and half for similar results. I used to make "ice cream" for myself by just spraying whipped cream into a plastic Solo cup and sticking it in the freezer for a few hours, and that worked fairly well. Though, to be fair, if you can afford enough liquid nitrogen to use it for ice cream, you can probably afford tubs of ice cream to melt down for this.
As a chemist I find it both hilarious and ingenious that you’re using the separating funnel for this. I know Evan said he doesn’t know what it’s actually used for, but in my opinion it’s one of the coolest elementary tools. Look up a video of its use! I think you’ll like it :)
Idk bout y’all but the Walmarts near me usually have a Dippin Dots (or off brand) vending machine just inside the front doors.
It’s the type that uses a vacuum hose to pick up your container of dots from the bottom of the freezer. Impractical but fun to watch.
PSA: What not to do with liquid nitrogen:
Wear metal on your hands (ring)!
Stir with bare hands an metal sptools (spoon)!
Have your hands over the liquid while dripping into it!
Pour from or shake the container without wearinginsulating gloves!
The first two i wholeheartedly agree with, the last two are a bit overkill, u're protected by the leidenfrost effect. Im working in a organic chemistry lab and the only times accidents happened were when somebody wore nitrile gloves and got some inside of them.
I agree I use to run outreach labs for my Uni with liquid nitrogen and we used to do all sorts of tricks for the school kids including pouring to over our hands as long as you don't let it pool on your skin or leave your hand in the stream to long it is fine. You just have to be a little careful. The majority of cold burns in the lab were secondary when you forgot you cooled down a metal thing and then picked it up before it had warmed up.
I have it on good authority that the Dippin' Dots company has just hired ninja assassins to go after Evan and Katelyn...'s equipment so they can't make anymore DIY Dippin' Dots. 🤣
Props to just Evan for entertaining a pairs web dev tournament alone with absolute beginner web dev skills! That takes gumption!!
As a chemist, I approve of this use for the separatory funnel
I was wondering why I was seeing this again. I remembered watching an almost 2-hour version the other day. Lol
Here in Canada, one can usually find Dippin’ Dots only at the Cinema. When I was in HK, I also found a whole cart that sold these too inside a mall
The only time I tried dippin dots was on an aircraft carrier turned museum, so I second the notion of finding them in weird places.
Shout out to the twitch chatter that suggested using the vacuum chamber. Great idea 👍🏻
I always told by any chemistry teacher and other person that works with liquid nitrogen to NOT wear gloves, since you can generally be safe with it due to the Leidenfrost effect, while gloves might get soaked and "hold" the liquid notrigen there causing freezeburn-
Evan's excited giggles are legit one of my favorite things on the internet.
as a chemist, i approve of the use of the separatory funnel for dippin’ dots
Katelyn's method of melting them hit me with nostalgia that I wasn't expecting. It is the superior way to eat them!
I have regularly microwaved ice cream. Not to the point where it’s basically a warm shake, but enough to make it so much easier to scoop.
Same
I used to eat dippin dots all the time as a kid because they had a stand at a local park in Atlanta. Buy far the best flavor is Sorbet. The sorbet melts better in your mouth and has a much better texture.
While you'll actually likely find that the separatory funnel is more useful in your varied escapades, you could have used a dropper/addition funnel for easier filling and cleaning.
Last time I had dippin' dots was years ago at a water park so you weren't wrong when you said you get it at weird places 😅
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Katelyn: yeah it's pretty exciting
*bite of dippin dots* '_'
lol I have a core memory of going to the water park and the dippin dots machine was out of order 🥲
Now you just need to make your own ice cream base so you can make your own flavors.
Hot cheeto Dippin dots lol
I still think it's the cutest, how excited E&K get when watching liquids in the vacuum chamber ❤😊
Yalls dippin dots are way more aestheticly pleasing to look at. I'm pretty well rounded on both flavors tho. Love dippin dots.
You don’t know how happy diarrhea and fart sound effects make me. It’s used here, it was used on your resin clock video too and maybe in the sword one too. Keep using them forever ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
i seriously love watching ur guys videos bc its funny
and yes im actually not joking
and i also have a cat too
The crazy thing about the buy vs diy is that... dip n dots arent even that bad to begin with! People love them!
So MAJOR congrats on this hehe
I want to see Dippin' Dots receive the same treatment as the Rice Krispies. More Please! I wanna' see lots of ice-creams and different methods liquids like Kool-Aid, soda, homemade ice-creams, idk yall' are the ones with the epic channel. Love the content!
I already watched the uncut but I need to watch this just because of the glorious editing 😁❤
We've got liquid nitrogen at the clinic I work at. It's good that you guys are playing it safe, we sure don't.
I've been craving dippin' dots lately, but now im considering buying liquid nitrogen to make my own
Dippin dots are my most favorite favourite favorite thing EVER OMGGGGGGG THIS IS COOL
Remember the full version from a while ago. Very fun to watch.
Im so happy i watch the streams you upload on here because i enjoy seeing the whole uncut process.
I just watched the uncut version at least 100 times and I finally get to see the more chaotic version :D
I think this would be so cool for a science teacher to do in class and definitely fun for all the students!!
I took a shot every time you said yield and had to get my stomach pumped 😵😂
love the fact i'll watch the full vod when it comes out, and then still watch the shorter video when it's edited and put up.
is this a new editor? whoever edited this did such a good job 😭😭
Wow this is such a fun coincidence... I was at White Sands on a road trip 6 days ago and bought Dippin Dots for the first time in years!
katelyn's bar earrings combo is so pleasing
I think removing the air reverted it back to cream and that’s why it went more liquid. When you make ice cream you are whipping air into it.
I used to work at an ice cream store called Sub Zero. We made the ice cream in front of you with liquid nitrogen. Being I was like 21 and in charge of a bunch of teens we experimented a lot with it. We even tried making dip n' dots a few times.
I love this video, but I loved the ad idea even more.😆
A gas station near me sells Dippin' Dots, made me so happy when I saw it
Appearance- the diy are way more visually interesting
The sound effect selection on this was peak, the ones for the questionable droplets made me LOL many times 👏
The vacuum also helps because a lot of ice cream is whipped when made, so there is air added at a bunch of places in the process.
The ice cream has air in it because its whipped while or before freezing. That's why they usually sell ice cream by volume because the more air they can get in it the less they're actually selling you for the same price. Also more air makes scooping easier (think soft serve) and its possible to formulate the ice cream with less sugar (ice cream is not usually fully frozen, as it freezes ice crystals preferentially exclude sugar which forms a more concentrated sugar syrup surrounding fat globules, ice crystals and some sugar crystals. Sugar depresses the freezing point of the ice cream so that some amount is always liquid above like -40 C. This suspension is why you can put a spoon through it and it's not a block of ice. You can achieve a similar effect using more air and less sugar.
safeway sells them at the checkout in most of their stores. they come in little prepacked plastic bags. so good
Katelyn’s tinnny chocolate mustache is everything to me ❤
this is the first experiment that that's the least bias I would guess :D great job! looked fun :)
Omg yes. The amusement park i went to growing up had those and it was a highlight of our visit for me and my siblings.
Recently saw them at an american store ( I'm German), but they were quite expensive
If you plan such and similar projects, maybe you should invest in some dewar glass ware. We (as the Viewer) and you will see more on the inside and that would be soo cool.
Homemade ice cream the modern way. 😋 But what if you actually start with making the ice cream by hand?
I went to the movie theater the other day and they randomly had dippin dots! And they actually had my favorite flavor, banana split, so I was so excited! Usually if places here in Florida have Dippin Dots they only have cookies and cream or cookie dough flavor so I was so excited! They also no longer have it at the major amusement parks (Disney and universal) anymore here so I was ecstatic! Honestly idk why they don’t have them in more places - it seems super weird for an ice cream brand to be so elusive.
Edit: omg they used the same flavor I like!!!
This video really makes me think of the good ol days of bill nye the science guy videos. Love it 😆
the way im so excited to see this cuz i LOVE dippin dots and my nearest local corner store sells little packets of them
we have them at a couple of the local owned gass stations and my dad used to get them for me all the time when i went to work with him he worked with my grandpa so i was there alot (so much that i had my own "office") so this brings back some really cool memories.
i am a chemistry enthusiast and i like the separation funnel, i think it's clever -- the only thing we would get upset at or bothered by is lab safety violations lol
For some reason, Rutters gas stations have dippin dots too, but if you arent anywhere near a rutters gas station, then im out of places to find them too
Another win for DIY is that you can control what goes into it. So if you have to have lactose free ice cream because you're lactose intolerant...you can use that! For Dippin' Dots...I have to have the fruit ice option...the one with no dairy because literally all the other flavors are dairy lol.
This is going to make for a great "out of context Evan & Katelyn" episode.
Just got banana split dip n dots at the St Louis Zoo today! It was only about $6 though… 😂 Took a pic with the wife and realized I was wearing my safety is impurrrrtant shirt! 🐈⬛ You were with us in spirit! Cheers!
Fun fact!: you can also get dippin dots at cool beaches and at some cool gas stations! Hope this helped evan and katelyn 😊
Do you not have neapolitan icecream with 3 flavours in one tub? Banana split doesnt make me think strawberry tbh.
Right?!
Katelyns outfit is so cute!
I work at a Cinemark movie theater, and we just got them! In Erie,PA.
Science adjacent with Evan and Katelynn.. Yeah!
I did this in a camp that was a few weeks ago and tried some and it did work and was delicious.
Edit: it was a chemistry camp soo you guys were still technically still doing chemistry
i’m from the UK and the first time i ever had dipping dots as a kid was at the Kennedy space centre, so i always call it ‘space ice cream’ 🤭
So, an ice cream maker basically takes cream and whips and aerates it... Giving it that texture we associate with ice cream... That's why when ice cream melts and is refrozen it becomes icy.
When you put the ice cream in the vacuum chamber you basically took the ice cream back to it's starting form.
Really cool video tho. Now I want dipping dots. I think there's a machine at the local skating rink. 😂
Literally never heard of these until I saw some of the live stream a while back. Considering how dangerous liquid nitrogen seems to be I am amazed that its safe to eat.
Liquid nitrogen isn’t dangerous chemically speaking; it’s just very, very cold, and can suffocate you if you allow too much of it to displace the air in a closed space. (Bear in mind that air is already 70% nitrogen.)
the separation funnel usually gets filled with two non-mixing liquids (watery and organic) and shaken to separate molecules at different pH. the release is to *quickly* drain the bottom fluid so you can do another go. made more for a stream than droplets. for excellent individual drops you want stuff for *titration* where you can drip drip very precisely