DSDN112 - My delicious idea?

So for the assignment I had an idea that relates to the senses of smell and taste. Its not as complicated to make as the last idea which is great, and it tickles the fancy of more than one sense.

The original idea was to create an interesting experience through surprise, by having one smell and one taste that are different. Then i developed that further by having a taste that changes halfway between, which would create a larger surprise.

The item is a small cube created out of sugar glass, which is comprised by a majority of sugar, water, corn syrup and cream of tartar. The end result of sugar glass comes out clear, and quite literally looks like glass, so to make the cubes more appealing, food colouring can be added to change the colours. From this sight is effected. By having some colours look more appealing than others it could determine how the participant chooses. By putting the sugar glass into a cube mold, it can be made into a small shape that can be put entirely into your mouth. Having something solid that can be removed suspended in the center of the cube, a hollow space can be made. In this space essence can be mixed in with something to make it a syrup, where it can be stuck inside the hallow space to make the cube smell differently.

Research into this shows that's shown in the BFX video at the top states that sugar glass tastes "disgusting" which could make an interesting test into how to change the flavor to make the glass cubes more delicious.

Further investigation and tests will be conducted on the weekend, making my own sugar glass and changing the colours of the separate cubes to see whether they appear appealing to others.