Turning cotton balls into cotton candy

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  • čas přidán 2. 09. 2021
  • For a couple years now, I've been wanting to turn cotton balls into edible (and literal) cotton candy. It took me a while to figure out how to do it, but I finally did it!
    This is kind of a follow-up to my previous project, where I turned toilet paper into drinkable alcohol (moonshine). In that one, I used an enzyme called cellulase, but that didn't seem to work here. So, instead, I used concentrated sulfuric acid.
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  • @peekaloo12
    @peekaloo12 Před 2 lety +13322

    The fact that NileRed is more confident with sulfuric acid than he is with just a regular cotton candy maker is cracking me up

    • @void_walker2304
      @void_walker2304 Před 2 lety +470

      he has worked a lot with the acid so he know the do's and dont's.

    • @potatoeyboi
      @potatoeyboi Před 2 lety +864

      Come on, he’s a man of science, not candy!

    • @alienb_c9681
      @alienb_c9681 Před 2 lety +53

      @@potatoeyboi Hahaha

    • @TheOneWhoHasABadName
      @TheOneWhoHasABadName Před 2 lety +303

      he might be good at not dying in his projects, but the concept of making cotton candy is just too novel for him
      to be fair, if I was given a cotton candy maker I’d probably look at least as confused as he was, then promptly die in a horrible lab accident that I have no business getting into

    • @unploog
      @unploog Před 2 lety +65

      Hey, things that spin are terrifying.

  • @ryanchia8764
    @ryanchia8764 Před 2 lety +12014

    3yr old: Is cotton candy made from cotton?
    The parent: No it's not.
    NileRed: You are not going to believe this.

    • @thisisaperson1536
      @thisisaperson1536 Před 2 lety +390

      3yr old: is cotton candy made from cotton?
      normal people: no
      NileRed: yes, i'll show you how to make just subscribe and like if it worked lol

    • @Itz_Sophia19
      @Itz_Sophia19 Před 2 lety +4

      Yes

    • @DDub04
      @DDub04 Před 2 lety +60

      Well since he got rid of part of the cotton to make the cotton candy, if you think about it, it’s the other way around.
      Cotton is actually made of cotton candy.

    • @no-name168
      @no-name168 Před 2 lety +11

      @@DDub04 but cotton candy isn't the only one form of glucose

    • @notSwiftie
      @notSwiftie Před 2 lety +8

      @@no-name168 IT ISNT EVEN GLUCOSE

  • @Ultrazucced
    @Ultrazucced Před 8 měsíci +2976

    you can always see the switch from chemist to cook and where his abilities and skill set swaps from genius to 7 year old figuring out how a toaster works love this guy

    • @zg-ez8kq
      @zg-ez8kq Před 2 měsíci +18

      istg if one guy comments about how many likes there are and little to no comments trying to "fix" it, I wil take a bite of tempered glass.

    • @stephenmckenzie4997
      @stephenmckenzie4997 Před 2 měsíci +6

      Hey @zg-ez8kq this vid has 482k likes

    • @zg-ez8kq
      @zg-ez8kq Před 2 měsíci +3

      @@stephenmckenzie4997 uh ok?

    • @thematt6705
      @thematt6705 Před 2 měsíci +1

      @@stephenmckenzie4997 you're correct

    • @Unkniwn1
      @Unkniwn1 Před měsícem +3

      Why he talks like ai

  • @brianknow9142
    @brianknow9142 Před 7 měsíci +493

    This dude had got to be on the watch list. Canada is like, why are you buying powder? Dude is a genius in chemistry.

    • @thepolemicproject474
      @thepolemicproject474 Před 3 měsíci +17

      Walter White is his teacher (my english is bad)

    • @realspoony
      @realspoony Před 3 měsíci

      your english is wonderful ​@@thepolemicproject474

    • @brianknow9142
      @brianknow9142 Před 3 měsíci +15

      Your English was just fine. I agree Walter was his teacher.

    • @AetheriusAri
      @AetheriusAri Před měsícem +1

      Genius chemist, no good cook…….

    • @krampuspudding
      @krampuspudding Před měsícem +6

      @@thepolemicproject474 mfs will write a perfectly coherent sentence with no grammatical errors then say "sorry for the bad english"

  • @JoeyKlu
    @JoeyKlu Před 2 lety +18350

    I would have assumed the Canadian Customs department would be familiar with him by now.

    • @andreaquadrati
      @andreaquadrati Před 2 lety +3806

      Imagine them going like "Uuuugh it's that guy again, this time he bought enriched uranium"
      "Yo you sure it's fine?"
      "Yea whatever he's probably using it to get shoelaces or something"

    • @ADBBuild
      @ADBBuild Před 2 lety +1385

      That's probably EXACTLY why they confiscated it.

    • @The_Keeper
      @The_Keeper Před 2 lety +1554

      To be fair, those enzyme bags looked like industrial quantities of cocaine (dirty white) and heroin (brownish).

    • @BruceNitroxpro
      @BruceNitroxpro Před 2 lety +504

      @@The_Keeper , Just a lousey job of repackaging.

    • @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721
      @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 Před 2 lety +1039

      He's been put on the Canadian Security Intelligence Service's "Least Wanted" list.

  • @IncredibleMD
    @IncredibleMD Před 2 lety +15181

    "And hopefully won't poison me."
    So, anyway, I added 75% pure sulfuric acid.

  • @hagendietze9881
    @hagendietze9881 Před 4 měsíci +537

    As a German, this is a very interesting and linguistically easy-to-understand channel. keep it up :)

    • @connorfarrell2172
      @connorfarrell2172 Před měsícem +18

      As an American who is lacking science knowledge, I would agree. His channels are extremely linguistically friendly (and it's my native language 😂)

    • @mimimimek3488
      @mimimimek3488 Před 24 dny +1

      Although it's hard to understand formulas and names because english makes up stuff

  • @superspies32
    @superspies32 Před 5 měsíci +149

    About the color of the glucose, its actually the original color you saw from Sugar crane extraction. In factory they use SO2 gas or H3PO4 and centrifuge to clear the color

  • @SashaFYI
    @SashaFYI Před 2 lety +3077

    Nile at the start of any project: Precise calculations.
    Nile at end: I HEATED IT UNTIL I FELT LIKE TAKING IT OFF

  • @justintr4888
    @justintr4888 Před 2 lety +6223

    I love how every step is explained in the tone of someone trying to explain the long chain of events that led to the backyard shed burning down.

    • @TheVirusWar
      @TheVirusWar Před 2 lety +418

      This is so true. Due to his tone and way of speaking, I'm constantly expecting him to say "...but that didn't work." or "...but that proved to be a fatal mistake. Now the world is ending."

    • @alw2839
      @alw2839 Před 2 lety +11

      @@TheVirusWar SCPF: ..........

    • @Juliusthebastard
      @Juliusthebastard Před 2 lety +103

      What's really funny is when you think about it he's just explaining what he did, step by step, the way we were all told to do with experiments in our lab books in school.

    • @tadpole53
      @tadpole53 Před 2 lety +30

      OMG that's the best way I've heard his voice explained

    • @reddash358
      @reddash358 Před 2 lety +10

      Maybe it’s not his first rodeo.😂

  • @jeweledstone
    @jeweledstone Před 4 měsíci +186

    Dude, you are like a literal modern day alchemist. I wouldn’t be surprised if you somehow turned lead into gold!

  • @jesusruiz6733
    @jesusruiz6733 Před měsícem +25

    These are the best videos to watch, especially before going to bed

  • @TrackpadProductions
    @TrackpadProductions Před 2 lety +2013

    Someone once told me that NileRed talks like he's about to end every sentence with "but then something went wrong" and now I _can't_ unhear it

    • @datgaydangernoodle1315
      @datgaydangernoodle1315 Před 2 lety +29

      OMFG HE DOES-

    • @choco_jack7016
      @choco_jack7016 Před 2 lety +17

      but then something went wrong

    • @997tt7
      @997tt7 Před 2 lety +17

      Wai- what- why??!!!?! Shit, now I can't unhear it either!!!!

    • @garmr08
      @garmr08 Před 2 lety +10

      I can't unhear it now HAHAHA

    • @knightofastora1324
      @knightofastora1324 Před 2 lety +23

      I always heard it but now that you've mentioned it i'm hyper aware lmao. Almost every single sentence has the same up and down inflection haha

  • @swiftfated
    @swiftfated Před 2 lety +3424

    My favorite thing about this channel is the rigorous and precise methods used such as "I let it run until I thought it looked good" and "completely at random, I chose to let it sit 5 hours."

    • @wheelbite14
      @wheelbite14 Před 2 lety +143

      That's where all chemistry started tbh.

    • @eggy3394
      @eggy3394 Před 2 lety +203

      “yeah this amount of cyanide probably wont kill me”

    • @TheLonelyRex
      @TheLonelyRex Před 2 lety +27

      Yes very scientific

    • @AgarioGameplays
      @AgarioGameplays Před 2 lety +21

      A true scientific mind

    • @damianp7313
      @damianp7313 Před 2 lety +1

      Lol I'm that kind of scientist 😅

  • @silly_goofs
    @silly_goofs Před 6 měsíci +41

    i would really love to just THINK like Nile for one day. does every object i look at just make me wonder "hmm yeah i could probably turn that into food"

  • @ranveersrivastava3592
    @ranveersrivastava3592 Před 6 měsíci +45

    Nile, i know you probably won't see this, but, thank you for making these videos and inspiring people all over the world. You are doing amazing work and showing people that chemistry is not just about assignments and exams, rather, it can be extremely interesting and fun. I personally am a student from grade 11 and, inspired by your video, am doing a project on converting cotton balls into sugar. Will keep you posted with updates on the project,
    Love from India

  • @lankyalpaca
    @lankyalpaca Před 2 lety +2098

    i love how he knows how long it took to turn cellulose into glucose but doesnt know how long to caramelize sugar

    • @crnobijeli13
      @crnobijeli13 Před 2 lety +156

      To be fair, you do that by looking at the colour... Kinda doesn't work if it's already yellow.

    • @joshuaharrison5297
      @joshuaharrison5297 Před 2 lety +83

      He’s a scientist not a chef Hafiz leave Nile alone 😂

    • @fynexjeralt4186
      @fynexjeralt4186 Před 2 lety +16

      did turn sucrose into glucose?

    • @doyoulikechickennuggets1039
      @doyoulikechickennuggets1039 Před 2 lety +23

      There is me, addicted to gesnhin, thinking you were talking about the character Sucrose

    • @Crozzzbonez0
      @Crozzzbonez0 Před 2 lety +46

      @@joshuaharrison5297 all chefs are scientists, but not all scientists are chefs

  • @samueljele
    @samueljele Před 2 lety +4844

    "Based on almost nothing, I've decided" is a phrase I'm going to use in my next lab report

  • @user-ui5iv3bk1c
    @user-ui5iv3bk1c Před 4 měsíci +35

    Now I feel like he could make A LITERAL SHIRT into cotton candy instead of just cotton balls-

  • @decorativewingdings
    @decorativewingdings Před 6 měsíci +47

    That haircut...
    is very cool good job

    • @Personc4253
      @Personc4253 Před měsícem +3

      the haircut is the best haircut i've ever seen

    • @U014B
      @U014B Před měsícem +4

      His hair had certainly been cut. That's a true fact.

    • @tiagomoraes-lw9uk
      @tiagomoraes-lw9uk Před 28 dny +1

      McLovin

  • @TheMildlyCoolMinocat
    @TheMildlyCoolMinocat Před 2 lety +11716

    With no knowledge of chemistry, this makes me feel like a medieval peasant witnessing alchemy.

    • @dedkeny
      @dedkeny Před 2 lety +403

      I understand all of it and feel the same way...

    • @jacobfromallstate4963
      @jacobfromallstate4963 Před 2 lety +188

      @@CandiceGoddard sorry but this is a tl;dr if I've ever seen one.

    • @scottredman6255
      @scottredman6255 Před 2 lety +91

      @@CandiceGoddard it was a joke.

    • @infinitevirus4826
      @infinitevirus4826 Před 2 lety +127

      @@CandiceGoddard this man researched for this comment lol

    • @otunsha101
      @otunsha101 Před 2 lety +65

      @@CandiceGoddard what is wrong with you💀💀

  • @kartikeyarathore9704
    @kartikeyarathore9704 Před 2 lety +21912

    i can't wait for the sequel: turning limestone into lemonade

    • @Bigtonka_
      @Bigtonka_ Před 2 lety +138

      Lol

    • @spaghetti4245
      @spaghetti4245 Před 2 lety +1559

      or turning bedrock into a comfortable matress

    • @SymphonicJosh
      @SymphonicJosh Před 2 lety +677

      And then use the lemonade to make grenades

    • @silask947
      @silask947 Před 2 lety +525

      turning broken glass to rock candy

    • @dantedevon3978
      @dantedevon3978 Před 2 lety +367

      Well, when life gives you limestone, you make lemonade.
      ... Wait.

  • @ravenlunityc1271
    @ravenlunityc1271 Před měsícem +3

    Listen nile! I make cotton candy for a living and my business started from buying one of these little machines for my kids, i was so hoping you would use an industrial machine because these little toys ones suck in comparison! Your cotton candy would have looked exactly the same as it did here had you used table sugar, hard candies etc! Maybe revisit using your caramelized glucose in a better machine in the future i feel you would have greater success with getting that perfect fluffy thin webbing. Still a super cool video to see tho keep it up man!

  • @nikohobbs3336
    @nikohobbs3336 Před 2 měsíci +1

    So happy that you make your videos very long. Helps keep me interested. Thanks Nile

  • @stefanostankovic2764
    @stefanostankovic2764 Před 2 lety +3158

    Listen up, it’s starting. The annual Nilered alchemy tutorial is starting!

  • @milkii_tea
    @milkii_tea Před 2 lety +73612

    i can’t wait for the sequel: turning literal rocks into rock candy

    • @garethbaus5471
      @garethbaus5471 Před 2 lety +4610

      You might be able to use limestone as a source for the CO2 in knockoff pop rocks or something, so it might kinda work.

    • @alexreid1173
      @alexreid1173 Před 2 lety +2332

      @@garethbaus5471 I mean that’s basically what happened with the diamond water so

    • @spartanelite1532
      @spartanelite1532 Před 2 lety +2619

      Bro don’t give him anymore ideas he’s gaining to much power

    • @red-pm1lg
      @red-pm1lg Před 2 lety +880

      give him a year or two, he’ll figure it out

    • @DiscoChixify
      @DiscoChixify Před 2 lety +84

      Lol

  • @bigboi3103
    @bigboi3103 Před 4 měsíci +2

    chemistry is so cool, you can effectively change anything into something else by adding and subtracting things, and some time

  • @WhiterunGuard11998
    @WhiterunGuard11998 Před 7 měsíci +1

    Thank you for including the sound of closing the dehydrator's door.

  • @shreksmith
    @shreksmith Před 2 lety +4092

    Nile is literally the scientist we imagined in our heads when we were kids

  • @shakunkothari8371
    @shakunkothari8371 Před 2 lety +18692

    *This dude has intentions of a three year old and abilities of a scientist.*

  • @enigmatic.blue13
    @enigmatic.blue13 Před 2 měsíci +3

    Actually, with all that effort you put into it, and the information you used, I wouldn't call that pathetic- I know the candy didn't seem like much- but I'd call that a success. You were persistent with your work. Bravo!

  • @zaiohellgren9266
    @zaiohellgren9266 Před 7 měsíci

    this is both amazing and absolutly terrefying at the same time

  • @memelordmarcus
    @memelordmarcus Před 2 lety +5694

    "The Canadian Government kept seizing packages and holding them for months."
    He's definitely on a watch list, if he wasn't already.

    • @Khookies-lp2lu
      @Khookies-lp2lu Před 2 lety +537

      Oh he is, people don't simply buy a ton of pepto bismol without catching the government's eye

    • @BurdieFromHell
      @BurdieFromHell Před 2 lety +519

      Thing is, if he ever pulled a Walter White and broke bad, I feel like he wouldn't be able to not make a video about it...
      Like, he would randomly upload a video called "Making a tub of Hydrochloric for body disposal out of sand", Or "Building a real Claymore out of Clay to murder my competitors".

    • @yourfriendlyneighborhoodcl4824
      @yourfriendlyneighborhoodcl4824 Před 2 lety +74

      @@BurdieFromHell i died from laughing at this

    • @TwilightFlower9
      @TwilightFlower9 Před 2 lety +203

      He's been on one since uranium glass at the very least. Anyone doing anything uranium probably gets on one. Just _buying_ glassware can get you on a list with the DEA.

    • @D00000T
      @D00000T Před 2 lety +85

      He definitely is thought the government probably is not too concerned with him doing something illegal considering all his work is here on youtube

  • @randaranatunga7259
    @randaranatunga7259 Před 2 lety +1518

    And when the world needed him the most
    HE RETURNED

  • @laurienicholas
    @laurienicholas Před měsícem

    Nile, you are the most wonderfully curious and determined scientist yet absolute worst cook all at the same time. Never stop being you. Love these videos.

  • @luagamundi
    @luagamundi Před 4 měsíci +1

    Where was this channel all of my life? I love this ❤❤❤

  • @xplodingmojo2087
    @xplodingmojo2087 Před 2 lety +1901

    Me: “damn, why did Nigel slow down on uploading so much?”
    Alibaba delivery: “yeah, indeed… so weird…”

    • @CentralAerospace
      @CentralAerospace Před 2 lety +64

      "Ok!"

    • @londonjordan1559
      @londonjordan1559 Před 2 lety +7

      Right lol

    • @bukooJuice
      @bukooJuice Před 2 lety +3

      The Package Was In Hold And Repacked😂

    • @an_annoying_cat
      @an_annoying_cat Před 2 lety +5

      you definitely have not been on his shorts channel

    • @hebamalik_
      @hebamalik_ Před 2 lety +3

      @@bukooJuice that cracked me up 😂 the poor repackaging! They could at least put some effort into it.

  • @pinkracken3792
    @pinkracken3792 Před 2 lety +1625

    "I don't wanna use weird chemicals"
    Your entire channel is weird chemicals, Nile

    • @wrinkyscarnagecrew
      @wrinkyscarnagecrew Před 2 lety +36

      Urine to artificial sweetener weird chemicals for sure LOL

    • @tylerb6981
      @tylerb6981 Před 2 lety +31

      Yeah, but then there are chemicals that are weird even for Nigel.
      He's probably already on a few watchlists for the sheer amount of controlled drug precursors he has purchased.

    • @ReadTheShrill
      @ReadTheShrill Před 2 lety +14

      Meh. It's only concentrated sulfuric acid. What could go wrong?

    • @sunnohh
      @sunnohh Před 2 lety +11

      @@tylerb6981 yeah, hes definitely bought everything you need for mdma a few times over

    • @tylerb6981
      @tylerb6981 Před 2 lety +9

      @@sunnohh Among others, there's one episode where he casually pulls out a 1 pound jar of Red Phosphor.

  • @unnamedaxolotl
    @unnamedaxolotl Před 11 dny +2

    This man has genuinely done things no human has ever done and probably will never do

  • @kiruyuu
    @kiruyuu Před 6 měsíci +1

    Nile thank you so much , I needed to do a project since I'm a highschool science student and I proposed this and my teacher gave me the green light. You're saving me

    • @wtconroe879
      @wtconroe879 Před 11 dny

      Did you get an A?

    • @kiruyuu
      @kiruyuu Před 10 dny

      @@wtconroe879 they rejected it since you have to heat acid.. 💀

  • @ryanawol77
    @ryanawol77 Před 2 lety +3255

    While it is fantastic that you're trying to be more independent with your monetization, I think it's also OK for you to continue getting sponsorships. This is due to your "long-form" content relative to the typical ~10minute CZcamsrs out there. These youtubers would spend 2-4 minutes talking about a product they may or may not use/like, then proceed to give us 6-8 minutes of content including the intro and outro. So because of your channel's long-form videos, it is very appropriate for you to have it sponsored by a company or 2, given that it wouldn't eat up a bunch of meaningful video length.

    • @lindsey2542
      @lindsey2542 Před 2 lety +87

      ^^ absolutely also a lot of those youtubers are able to keep up with youtubes algorithm a bit better because they upload at least a few times a week up to a few times a day. i absolutely would not care at all if he took on a few sponsorships every video.

    • @bowtiesarecool2220
      @bowtiesarecool2220 Před 2 lety +28

      Sponsorships are a business decision, and If the alternative is to forfeit content that may be out of a budget or to affect other aspects of your life, 5 minutes of a video is fine

    • @EdwardMcClung
      @EdwardMcClung Před 2 lety +22

      I really agree with this. I think the short channel is cool, but I have a slight chem/physics background that makes me really interested in watching the process and hearing about it. I've missed the longer videos to be honest. I was super happy to see this was a longer video.

    • @BiologyIsHot
      @BiologyIsHot Před 2 lety +4

      Yeah man, I'm totally okay with you having sponsorships. I want you to get as much benefit from this as possible.

    • @johnedwards354
      @johnedwards354 Před 2 lety +2

      Thats how I feel. Long form videos are so much better I don't even mind.

  • @hrithikpatel3444
    @hrithikpatel3444 Před 2 lety +828

    this dude has such a voice, that when he says something, you dont know if it is good news or bad, unless he specifies "luckily", or "I had hoped"

    • @eppssilon
      @eppssilon Před 2 lety +51

      this is literally the same thing I thought when I just started watching him, everyone sentence of his feels like its about to be followed by "but"

    • @AirNeat
      @AirNeat Před 2 lety +8

      It probably has more to do with your awareness of chemistry

    • @catsii
      @catsii Před 2 lety +18

      oh my god, i've been trying to put this exact thought into words for months.

    • @blanda8821
      @blanda8821 Před 2 lety

      @dæs he just always ends his sentences in the same way.

    • @wairgald
      @wairgald Před 2 lety +1

      You should check out some of his videos on his Nile Blue channel. They are less formal and he talks with more emotion in his voice. You kind of get a little hint of that in this video when he is tasting the sugar and making the cotton candy. I think the voice he uses for most of his Nile Red videos is his "Educational Narration" voice.

  • @limestonedino
    @limestonedino Před 6 měsíci +1

    I love being in ap chem and being able to understand what he’s saying fully

  • @bryanasarmento2044
    @bryanasarmento2044 Před 2 měsíci +1

    I’ve been obsessed with this channel for years.

  • @Jake_2903
    @Jake_2903 Před 2 lety +720

    Ladies and gentlemen, the scientific process:
    "It no longer had a weird smell"

    • @paulabunions
      @paulabunions Před 2 lety +36

      "I wasn't sure how long to heat it for, so I just ran it until it 'looked right'" for a chemist he sure ain't a baker huh

    • @bepeplia5086
      @bepeplia5086 Před 2 lety +6

      Looks good, must be ready

    • @danilooliveira6580
      @danilooliveira6580 Před 2 lety +17

      "based on almost nothing, I decided on 5 hours" ladies and gentleman, that is science

    • @Rhaegar19
      @Rhaegar19 Před 2 lety +9

      I mean, the first time you do something you have no idea what's "right". You find out what's right by guessing a couple times and comparing the results.

    • @pseudonymity0000
      @pseudonymity0000 Před 2 lety +9

      He is doing it old school. It's pretty much what scientists did back in the day. A lot where rich individuals that had a drive for learning and just messed about with shit to see what happened, then wrote it all down.

  • @omarabusarieh5867
    @omarabusarieh5867 Před 2 lety +4899

    What I learned, is that if I pay attention in chemistry class, I can turn my old table into a caffeine-free red bull.

    • @SleepyFunkin
      @SleepyFunkin Před 2 lety +195

      And you can make alchohol using a piece of your window glass

    • @akm74us
      @akm74us Před 2 lety +93

      And you can make sugarwater from saltwater

    • @SleepyFunkin
      @SleepyFunkin Před 2 lety +110

      @@akm74us and i can make an immortality potion using only a distillator and a frog

    • @omarabusarieh5867
      @omarabusarieh5867 Před 2 lety +13

      @@akm74us indeed

    • @omarabusarieh5867
      @omarabusarieh5867 Před 2 lety +11

      @@SleepyFunkin yes

  • @jamesharrell4360
    @jamesharrell4360 Před měsícem +2

    Every video has "so i waited until I thought it looked good, and took it off the heat." like 6 times ... And i love it.

    • @JeepnHeel
      @JeepnHeel Před měsícem +2

      TBF, as a non-cook this is basically every recipe I've ever read
      "cut to length by removing the wrong parts. Sizzle mediumly until ready."

    • @jamesharrell4360
      @jamesharrell4360 Před měsícem +1

      @@JeepnHeel True. Just never thought chemist did it this way too. 😁

  • @Lucky69K
    @Lucky69K Před 7 měsíci +6

    11:42here's your vanilla coffee icecream frappe
    Enjoy!

  • @mortenbonding
    @mortenbonding Před 2 lety +1482

    "... and based on almost nothing, I decided that five hours was probably good." 😄 Love this channel.

  • @babycarrot80
    @babycarrot80 Před 2 lety +3997

    We have fun here at Nile red channel. "I want to make hopefully edible candy" "so I decided to use acid" love this channel

  • @vsznry
    @vsznry Před měsícem +5

    Why wasnt High School science this fun....

  • @jhamxelchannel
    @jhamxelchannel Před 7 měsíci +1

    Yooo my boy nilered making some fire ass dabss 😂

  • @ZachMemes
    @ZachMemes Před 2 lety +7656

    Dad can i get cotton candy?
    Nile: we have cotton candy at home.
    Cotton candy at home:

  • @psychosweet6152
    @psychosweet6152 Před 2 lety +1560

    His *based on almost nothing* makes "nothing" sound like a reliable science institution

    • @kayagorzan
      @kayagorzan Před 2 lety +5

      Indeed

    • @positivemusic9
      @positivemusic9 Před 2 lety

      czcams.com/video/UU-78iZydnY/video.html

    • @agnez1739
      @agnez1739 Před 2 lety

      AISURU.TOKYO/AGNEZ 💞
      (◍•ᴗ•◍)✧*。18 years and over
      CZcams: This is fine
      Someone: Says "heck"
      CZcams: Be gone
      #однако #я #люблю #таких #рыбаков #Интересно #забавно #девушка #смешная #垃圾

    • @agnez1739
      @agnez1739 Před 2 lety

      AISURU.TOKYO/AGNEZ 💞
      (◍•ᴗ•◍)✧*。18 years and over
      CZcams: This is fine
      Someone: Says "heck"
      CZcams: Be gone
      #однако #я #люблю #таких #рыбаков #Интересно #забавно #девушка #смешная #垃圾

    • @Cresanova
      @Cresanova Před 2 lety +2

      ​@@agnez1739 hey it me the lord. come live here, be with me. it bottening

  • @MinuYang-wu9lf
    @MinuYang-wu9lf Před 7 měsíci

    Congratulations!! You turned cotton balls into cotton candy!!! Cotton candy made from cotton balls!!! The best science experiment you ever tasted!!

  • @sakurarosalie4098
    @sakurarosalie4098 Před měsícem +1

    Neil is literally the zenith of “do as I say not as I do”

  • @shreyaray6953
    @shreyaray6953 Před 2 lety +1509

    "It's not bad, but it's actually not good." Simplest review ever.

  • @davelastname8074
    @davelastname8074 Před 2 lety +924

    “I wanted to turn the cotton balls into cotton candy and make literal cotton candy” This man, is gonna have so many dad jokes when he has a family.

    • @Whatariot
      @Whatariot Před 2 lety +17

      If*

    • @poonamkumar3237
      @poonamkumar3237 Před 2 lety +6

      *Big Iff.. (like Joe Rogan says.. is someone watching all these smart people? Making sure someone makes babies with them. and they don't die out quietly?)

    • @chodad1381
      @chodad1381 Před 2 lety +11

      i’d smash if i was a chick
      edit: no homo tho

    • @jacobohnstad4432
      @jacobohnstad4432 Před 2 lety +2

      What's the joke

    • @mozkitolife5437
      @mozkitolife5437 Před 2 lety

      And his kids try to eat cotton balls because kids.

  • @mikaelclement
    @mikaelclement Před 8 měsíci

    Nobel price or nothing! Amazing and your voice and pitch is extraordinary. Now I dream imagining what would have been Einstein on CZcams, the answer: NileRed 😮

  • @Buzzbuzzmf
    @Buzzbuzzmf Před měsícem

    This was actually the smartest idea Nile has had, they're both cotton AND food

  • @Psycheux_
    @Psycheux_ Před 2 lety +10696

    Nile red is the type of person that when life gives him lemonade he’s going to try to make lemons

  • @TylerF
    @TylerF Před 2 lety +645

    NileRed in 10 years:
    "Cloning Myself So I Don't Have To Work Anymore"

    • @JerryFlowersIII
      @JerryFlowersIII Před 2 lety +18

      It's amazing how clearly I can hear him say that.

    • @qianmo_main
      @qianmo_main Před 2 lety +2

      @@JerryFlowersIII *YES*

    • @rushi5638
      @rushi5638 Před 2 lety +7

      Not that I doubt his abilities but this definitely sounds more like a video you'd see at The Thought Emporium.

    • @dirtspritestuff5850
      @dirtspritestuff5850 Před 2 lety +9

      NileRed but then with a clone army so he can actually have a good upload schedule

    • @leonardol8158
      @leonardol8158 Před 2 lety +2

      But if it's a clone of him, the clone won't want to work either. And now?

  • @emeraldqueen1994
    @emeraldqueen1994 Před měsícem +2

    You made Buddy the Elf proud 🥰

  • @devonboes2376
    @devonboes2376 Před 8 měsíci

    When you added the calcium carbonate it took me back to titrations in high school neutralizing an acid with a base but we used dawn dish soap as a base for our titration if I remember right

  • @maithilijoshi796
    @maithilijoshi796 Před 2 lety +3112

    Seeing Nile succeed is some another kind of satisfaction.

  • @TheKaptainBob
    @TheKaptainBob Před 2 lety +1075

    "All it did was shoot out a sad brown liquid."
    What a sentence that is.

  • @hicak0242
    @hicak0242 Před 7 měsíci

    if you want to cool something down use frozen metal balls or surround it with a ice, water, salt mixture

  • @hansdieter3849
    @hansdieter3849 Před 7 měsíci +1

    Science class in the future: Today we will learn how to make lollis out of glass

  • @IzDBun
    @IzDBun Před 2 lety +3575

    "It's not the best cotton candy, but it's mine so it's special." - NileRed, probably.

    • @MajinObama
      @MajinObama Před 2 lety +28

      What a nice Happy End. Best video this year!

    • @wandering2320
      @wandering2320 Před 2 lety +14

      I read it in his voice

    • @MilesProwerTailsFox
      @MilesProwerTailsFox Před 2 lety +1

      chipflake:
      is not an expensive and good tv but it´s mine

    • @derealized797
      @derealized797 Před 2 lety

      I know it's not as crazy as some other experiments here, but I'd like to see irion taken from food and made into a knife or something. I'd say from blood but... extracting that much irion that way is a bit too much.

  • @twothreebravo
    @twothreebravo Před 2 lety +1927

    Me: I wonder why NileRed hasn't uploaded in a while?
    **Canadian Customs Intensifies**

    • @adamyeo1077
      @adamyeo1077 Před 2 lety +9

      🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Underrated comment lol

    • @happyvibes2436
      @happyvibes2436 Před 2 lety +1

      czcams.com/video/DLKQnsdVae8/video.html&ab_channel=happyvibes

    • @kevin-rv5lg
      @kevin-rv5lg Před 2 lety +1

      @@happyvibes2436 bro

    • @mraaaaaaa
      @mraaaaaaa Před 2 lety +17

      He's just kneading them in so they wouldn't bat an eye later when he orders 20kg of cocaine

    • @jj02mc27
      @jj02mc27 Před 2 lety +1

      Canadian Customs: *Hello/Bonjour*

  • @user-gh5vp6vh7j
    @user-gh5vp6vh7j Před měsícem +2

    The acid neutralization made me think forbidden root beer

  • @Reefnow
    @Reefnow Před 5 měsíci

    I love your understanding of nature

  • @negljbreakergaming
    @negljbreakergaming Před 2 lety +743

    It comforts me to know that even chemists have "forbidden snack" moments

    • @layalsaleh4103
      @layalsaleh4103 Před 2 lety +31

      @@pepe_felipe the hell lmao

    • @thatoneguyyouknow8284
      @thatoneguyyouknow8284 Před 2 lety +4

      @@pepe_felipe wtf

    • @siorganism
      @siorganism Před 2 lety +7

      @@pepe_felipe wow, 2 bots in ine comment!
      Okay Im gonna report you both byeeee

    • @tumblingartist
      @tumblingartist Před 2 lety +4

      forbidden snacks affect everyone apparently

    • @TRAMNITTSU
      @TRAMNITTSU Před 2 lety +1

      @@siorganism I think he might have been playing along as a joke

  • @nathanielheywood137
    @nathanielheywood137 Před 2 lety +841

    NileRed is a beacon of "if you set your expectations low, you will almost never be disappointed"

    • @great__success
      @great__success Před 2 lety +6

      I don't know, I liked him much more back when he did almost illegal syntheses, and I believe he became famous because of this

    • @agnez1739
      @agnez1739 Před 2 lety

      AISURU.TOKYO/AGNEZ 💞
      (◍•ᴗ•◍)✧*。18 years and over
      CZcams: This is fine
      Someone: Says "heck"
      CZcams: Be gone
      #однако #я #люблю #таких #рыбаков #Интересно #забавно #девушка #смешная #垃圾

  • @Finchyboi14470
    @Finchyboi14470 Před 2 měsíci

    You legitimately are more of an alchemist than a chemist in my book at this point.

  • @su_zuki_2310
    @su_zuki_2310 Před 2 měsíci

    As a student of humanities (studing counselling in university currently) that has almost nothing to do with science like physics chemistry and biology, i could never imagine chemistry could be this fascinating. This channel deserves all the views it get and even more.🔥❤

  • @crazygamer1025
    @crazygamer1025 Před 2 lety +5388

    Nile: “I don’t want to die when I eat this.”
    Also him: “That acid lookin kinda cute though.”

    • @baconpal6368
      @baconpal6368 Před 2 lety +101

      Nile:lets jump right into it!

    • @crazygamer1025
      @crazygamer1025 Před 2 lety +15

      @@Scout56b7 Ayoo I think you got a point

    • @marianomaza8941
      @marianomaza8941 Před 2 lety +18

      Yumi acide in my tummy

    • @Mochi_Kiti
      @Mochi_Kiti Před 2 lety +14

      @@Scout56b7 Imagine dying from eating literal cotton candy

    • @tonk4344
      @tonk4344 Před 2 lety +10

      @@Scout56b7 POV:you dont know how POV memes work

  • @Boroda4Gaming
    @Boroda4Gaming Před 2 lety +15275

    So, now we have carbonated diamond water that is indistinguishable from normal carbonated water, some booze that probably taste like my granddad's garage and the saddest, the most pathetic cotton candy in the world

    • @jamesharding3459
      @jamesharding3459 Před 2 lety +1425

      All made with awesome science!
      There’s an appropriate quip among engineers: “Why spend $5 and 5 minutes at the hardware store when you can spend $50 and 5 hours to make it yourself?”

    • @Nobody-yj8yq
      @Nobody-yj8yq Před 2 lety +754

      There was the grape juice from plastic gloves too, right?

    • @nervenjere
      @nervenjere Před 2 lety +97

      the magic of chemistry xD

    • @rx323bug
      @rx323bug Před 2 lety +265

      Now he just needs to mix them all and bam you’ve got the super limited edition nilered grape flavoured leg opener

    • @quint3ssent1a
      @quint3ssent1a Před 2 lety +139

      Dont forget the Christmas special: forbidden grape soda, made from plastic gloves.

  • @oozian_
    @oozian_ Před 5 měsíci +2

    DAMN YOU SCIENCE MAN!!! YOU AND YOUR TRANSFORMATIONS!!!

  • @etiennewijler6830
    @etiennewijler6830 Před 8 měsíci

    Haha that abstract of the totally legitimate and peer-reviewed article at 3:53 made me laugh so much!

  • @ThatRedHusky
    @ThatRedHusky Před 2 lety +655

    "Goopy, and honestly a bit disappointing. But I was still kind of happy."
    That's how I describe myself.

    • @BamBoomBots
      @BamBoomBots Před 2 lety +21

      'And then it darkened a little more'

    • @watsmyu989
      @watsmyu989 Před 2 lety

      Ha! You deserve a subscribe for that

    • @foxyfoxington2651
      @foxyfoxington2651 Před 2 lety +6

      @@BamBoomBots "...there was no major reaction going on here..." as the solution slowly turns black and tar-like.
      But at least it's not yellow.

    • @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721
      @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 Před 2 lety +4

      At least you're still sweet!

    • @watsmyu989
      @watsmyu989 Před 2 lety

      @@BamBoomBots wait a minute, your username...
      Are you a fan of BattleBots, Robot Wars, or Robot Combat?

  • @sakiyaki-sashimi
    @sakiyaki-sashimi Před 2 lety +5135

    At this point he’s not doing chemistry, he’s doing fucking alchemy

    • @mihaiioc.3809
      @mihaiioc.3809 Před 2 lety +362

      he turned toilet paper into alcohol, if there is a reality bender in our universe, he is the one

    • @MV96_
      @MV96_ Před 2 lety +183

      Alchemy *was* the chemistry of people who actually didn’t know much about chemistry.

    • @sakiyaki-sashimi
      @sakiyaki-sashimi Před 2 lety +74

      @@MV96_ I meant like FMA alchemy but ur not wrong lol

    • @jackbradley4737
      @jackbradley4737 Před 2 lety +56

      The word chemistry literally comes from alchemy. It used to be called alchemy before people knew the science behind what was going on. So technically to you, this is alchemy

    • @BennyAscent
      @BennyAscent Před 2 lety +44

      That's not the whole picture of alchemy. Alchemy was also a metaphysical study of existence, hence allegories like the philosophers stone, which was described as the union of body and mind. CG Jung's psychology and alchemy goes into great depths about it.
      But yeah, alchemy wasn't just chemistry. That idea is as narrow minded and outdated as that of stupid cavemen.

  • @double_di_925
    @double_di_925 Před 6 měsíci +2

    Niles haircut looks really good in this video

  • @krysisaverted
    @krysisaverted Před 4 měsíci +2

    10:59 It's absolutely INSANE how creamy and delicious that looks... even though I would probably die if I drank it...

  • @steeved9485
    @steeved9485 Před 2 lety +1460

    I like how he always sounds fully aware of what he's doing but NEVER sounds sure if its working at all.

    • @22hmartin
      @22hmartin Před rokem +106

      That is the joy of science. Also the inverse is often true. "We know that it works, but we aren't sure WHY it works"

    • @MewingC
      @MewingC Před 6 měsíci

      the opposite of mrgreen

  • @ShowWithNoName
    @ShowWithNoName Před 2 lety +1521

    I want to see a video of him baking a cake with lab equipment and narrating it like it's a lab procedure.

    • @kitchenwitchery8047
      @kitchenwitchery8047 Před 2 lety +25

      ngl same tho

    • @teresashinkansen9402
      @teresashinkansen9402 Před 2 lety +56

      There used to be another chemistry channel that some times uploaded actual cooking recipes (like tiramisu, salmon steaks etc) as if they were chemical procedures, it was pretty good but YT banned it due some dangerous experiments they did. The name of the channel was Chemplayer, maybe you can find some videos from them uploaded by fans.

    • @visiblur
      @visiblur Před 2 lety +14

      @@teresashinkansen9402 I miss chemplayer so much.

    • @ramiel7666
      @ramiel7666 Před 2 lety +1

      1st of april?

    • @cobalt_ink6114
      @cobalt_ink6114 Před 2 lety +2

      @@visiblur chemplayer was great but yt just fucking annihilated it for no reason :(

  • @kristinahendryka5601
    @kristinahendryka5601 Před 7 měsíci +1

    This must be how people made cotton candies back in the days because my mom is CONVINCED cotton candies are made from cottons

  • @SilverWolfcrafts
    @SilverWolfcrafts Před 7 měsíci +1

    I made a similar sugar solution I boiled water and sugar than freezed it and it turned into that goopy frozen honey looking sugar water and I ate it and it tasted good

  • @gershom3413
    @gershom3413 Před 2 lety +893

    NileRed is actually just the main character and he's going through his power training arc for his Transmutation abilities.

    • @Zaws21
      @Zaws21 Před 2 lety +31

      "I've reincarnated into a different world with only the power of transmutation"
      That would be the title of the Anime

    • @HyperVanilo
      @HyperVanilo Před 2 lety +9

      Basically he is Edward's pupil

    • @puginator1612
      @puginator1612 Před 2 lety +4

      @@Zaws21 I'm going to search that it could actually be an anime
      Edit: it's not

    • @The_Wok115
      @The_Wok115 Před 2 lety +2

      Dr stone irl?

    • @faust62
      @faust62 Před 2 lety

      Mmmmaybe..?

  • @corn738
    @corn738 Před 2 lety +2043

    my science teacher: "Based on almost nothing, I've decided" is not a good start to a lab report.
    NileRed: oh, *really?*

    • @adimark42
      @adimark42 Před 2 lety +3

      1k likes and no reply ?!

    • @TheWill383
      @TheWill383 Před 2 lety +10

      Your Science teacher better watch out, or else Nile gonna turn him into Candy too.

    • @aadhiseshandc7260
      @aadhiseshandc7260 Před 2 lety

      1k like and no reply? Col

  • @user-tj5ej5fh1c
    @user-tj5ej5fh1c Před 6 měsíci

    I LOVE your haircut, I'm not gonna lie it looks amazing.

  • @LittleSilly_Goose
    @LittleSilly_Goose Před 3 měsíci +2

    Litterally 5 y/o me in the bathroom pretending im making that. Bro made my dreams come true

  • @mousaey
    @mousaey Před 2 lety +571

    Nilered in 2022: Making the Philosopher's stone from actual philosophers

    • @sirshotty7689
      @sirshotty7689 Před 2 lety +54

      “To start off the process I visited some friends in Ishval...”

    • @gekota6950
      @gekota6950 Před 2 lety +12

      Fullmetal Alchemist?

    • @sirshotty7689
      @sirshotty7689 Před 2 lety +1

      Blue yea

    • @jonas_the_lost
      @jonas_the_lost Před 2 lety +2

      @@sirshotty7689 let the sacrifices begin

    • @LilMissMorpho
      @LilMissMorpho Před 2 lety +16

      I can't believe I'm saying this but if the stones were made from the carbon extracted from several locks of hair. It's totally possible to make a stone made out of Philosophers. A diamond stone but a stone. At least that's how I'd do it.

  • @mrr0r508
    @mrr0r508 Před 2 lety +1764

    "Alchemy only exists in D&D."
    NileRed: "Hold my toilet paper moonshine."

    • @maybewise
      @maybewise Před 2 lety +23

      Well, they do say that the only real magic is science.

    • @dragonsymbionte8585
      @dragonsymbionte8585 Před 2 lety +13

      All the slavs already know all the secrets of alcoholic alchemy.

    • @theinfernoburns
      @theinfernoburns Před 2 lety +10

      Any sufficiently advanced science is indistinguishable from magic.

    • @kanna-san.
      @kanna-san. Před 2 lety +2

      It's the science of equivalent exchange.

    • @zeldaandTwink
      @zeldaandTwink Před 2 lety +2

      Chemistry is the closest thing to magic we got.
      With a rock and some water you can make a bomb. With two poisons you can make a flavor additive. With some bat poop and burny water you can make nitroglycerin!

  • @vaibhav86jain
    @vaibhav86jain Před 2 měsíci +3

    You’re a genius, Nigel! If my chemistry teachers taught me chemistry with so much creativity and curiosity, I would have understood this much dreaded subject so much better. I hope educators around the world are using your phenomenal videos to make chemistry fun ❤

  • @user-po3ry6on2y
    @user-po3ry6on2y Před 2 měsíci

    My 5-year-old son loves to watch you & what you’ll do next.

  • @Dr_Monitor
    @Dr_Monitor Před 2 lety +863

    I love how off-camera, you're all business, super professional, but on-camera, you're actually more relaxed. We get to see the goofy side of NileRed, and that's a good thing.

    • @CatacombsBC
      @CatacombsBC Před 2 lety +15

      watch his snapchat if you want to see him being more goofy

    • @aboz8649
      @aboz8649 Před 2 lety +2

      @@CatacombsBC care to share the @

    • @marlener.5505
      @marlener.5505 Před 2 lety +8

      @@aboz8649 or just look at the discription box smh.

    • @Yichh
      @Yichh Před 2 lety +2

      Oh his nilered shorts he throws everything he makes at the wall, and even (hopefully pretended to) drop a dangerous soloution

    • @jollyboyyx
      @jollyboyyx Před 2 lety +1

      @@marlener.5505 As if it's there in the description, smh.

  • @goudacheeseman5548
    @goudacheeseman5548 Před 2 lety +724

    HE'S DONE IT, HE'S MASTERED THE ART OF ALCHEMY

    • @anandabraham9223
      @anandabraham9223 Před 2 lety +28

      my man made toilet paper into moonshine

    • @muck2744
      @muck2744 Před 2 lety +31

      Next he will be a full metal alchemist

    • @CatchThesePaws
      @CatchThesePaws Před 2 lety +13

      Alchemy. The science of understanding, deconstructing, and reconstructing matter. However, it is not an all powerful art, to obtain, something of equal value must be given. This is the law of equivalent exchange!
      Idk if I quoted that correctly… it’s from memory lol

    • @scanbbb
      @scanbbb Před 2 lety +5

      @Maria05 no shit, Maria.

    • @flerfbuster7993
      @flerfbuster7993 Před 2 lety +1

      @@CatchThesePaws I just finished that anime, and now it's following me everywhere

  • @AndrewDarko923
    @AndrewDarko923 Před 7 měsíci +1

    I love your haircut Nile

  • @Didorres
    @Didorres Před 7 měsíci

    Nile: making tv cords into a bookbag!
    Also Nile: so tv cords have something in it called a--