A plate of popping pearls goes on top of a box of tapioca pearls, and the warehouse team takes turns picking one. Some picks come up SAFE, some come up POISON, and the whole thing ends in a speed round.
In this video:
- The poison candy challenge, played with popping pearls
- Colour is the only clue anyone gets
- Thirteen flavours you can set this up with
How does the challenge work?
It borrows the format from the poison candy game. A plate of mixed popping pearls sits on the table, everyone takes a turn picking one, and an on screen card calls it SAFE or POISON after they eat it. Last few rounds run as a speed round, where picks come one after another with no pause to think.
There is no trick to it. The pearls look close enough in colour that nobody can reliably pick a flavour by eye, which is the whole point.
Which popping pearls can I use?
We carry thirteen flavours, all in the same 3.2kg size, so you can mix however many you want onto one plate:
- Mango, Strawberry, Peach, Lychee
- Passion Fruit, Kiwi, Green Apple, Blueberry
- Grape, Pomegranate, Watermelon, Sour Lemon
- Creaming Soda
The full list with pricing is on the popping pearls page. If you want something with a firmer bite instead of a burst, there is also a raspberry agar ball in the same range.
Can I run this in my shop?
It works well as a counter activity or a social clip, and it costs you almost nothing in product. A few things worth setting up first:
1. Pick flavours that look similar. Strawberry, pomegranate and watermelon all read as red, which makes guessing genuinely hard.
2. Keep one flavour as the "poison". Sour lemon is the obvious pick if you want a reaction.
3. Drain the pearls before plating. Straight out of the tub they carry syrup, which makes them slide around and run together on the plate.
4. Finish with a speed round. It is the part that actually gets the laughs on camera.
What do popping pearls go in?
They work well in fruit teas, slushies and soft serve, where the burst of juice plays against something cold and sharp. Have a look at the rest of the toppings range if you are putting a new menu together.
