Almost Disaster, Meets Cool Science Experiment

I didn't post anything in December and as it is a big picture month, I have a lot of catching up to do. This is something though that I have been meaning to post since it happened, so Christmas pics will still have to wait.

I was making Christmas Candy, in particular glass candy. It still needed to boil for a while so I went downstairs to check the laundry and of course as frequently happens, I got side tracked. The next thing I know I see someone pull up to our house. I head upstairs to get the door and as I round the corner I see smoke! "Oh no,the candy!!" I hurried up to check and see this crazy volcano like structure with flames on it and lots and lots of smoke! I have burnt a lot of things over the years, but never something this bad. The smoke was so thick I couldn't see or breathe. I hurried to take it off the oven and put some baking soda on it. Anyways, on to the cool part. The mixture never even hit the stove, it just formed into this crazy volcano like structure! I guess I learned to do one thing at a time well, saves time in the long run since I had to remake the candy. Luckily the second time turned out much better!!