Method of making a gasified confection

A method of making a carbonated candy which comprises:

• a. obtaining a hot candy melt,
• b. introducing the hot melt into a first pressure vessel,
• c. introducing a gas at superatmospheric pressure into the first pressure vessel so that the gas is dispersed within the hot melt,
• d. introducing a gas at superatmospheric pressure into a second pressure vessel at a value equivalent to the pressure within the first pressure vessel, the first and second pressure vessels having a connecting line with valve means between the bottom of the first vessel and the bottom of the second vessel,
• e. transferring the gasified hot melt to the second pressure vessel through the connecting line by opening said valve means and then creating a pressure differential between the two vessels, said differential being effected by regulating the superatmospheric pressure in the second pressure vessel at a value lower than the superatmospheric pressure in the first pressure vessel and venting the top of the second pressure vessel,
• f. isolating the second pressure vessel while continuing to maintain a superatmospheric pressure,
• g. cooling the second pressure vessel so that the gasified hot melt becomes a gas-containing solid matrix,
• h. shock-treating the second pressure vessel so that the gas-containing solid matrix is shattered into multiple fragments,
• i. venting the second pressure vessel, and
• j. opening the second pressure vessel to allow the product to be removed.