Awesome Fruit

Is there really a reason to walk around wearing pineapples on your feet? Apparently so. After hearing that pineapple skins are fireproof, Connor Creates decided to put that to the test by making a pair of shoes out of the spiky tropical fruits. Along the way, he tested other fruits to see how well they held up to fire.

Artist Bobby Duke is one wacky dude, and we’re good with that. For this build, he thought it would be fun to make a concealed weapon that looks like a banana. After popping by Walmart to grab a banana, he went to the knife store to find a curved blade, then went back to his studio to grind, cut, and carve out the primate’s weapon of choice.

The following video was made with 100% Real Orange. Danny Sangra’s silly animated short pokes fun at the things that food and beverage producers do to trick consumers with their labeling. That’s Zosia Mamet (Shoshanna from Girls) as the voice of the concerned Orange.

Created by the Maison Brillet House in France’s Anjou region, Belle de Brillet is a pear and cognac liqueur that combines the intense fruitiness of Williams pear eaux-de-vie with the delicate complexity of Cognac eaux-de-vie to create an exceptional gold-medal winner at a low ABV. 100% natural ingredients.

This satisfying cooking video from Indonesia’s Vinostar Channel shows us how to make a yummy and appealing candy using just three ingredients. All that’s needed to make these orange jelly candies is orange juice, agar powder, and sugar. It looks simple, but like any dessert, getting it right requires practice and precision.

The Hydraulic Press Channel shows us how it’s possible to turn fruit like bananas and apples into rock when subjected to enough pressure. Why you would want to do this, we have no idea. Maybe goalies would enjoy eating hockey pucks that come flying at their faces. They also turned some socks into a rock, presumably because it rhymes.

Created nearly 140-years ago by Scotch Whisky pioneer James Buchanan, Buchanan’s whiskies helped establish the art of Scotch blending. The house of Buchanan’s is still at it, most recently blending their smoothest whiskies with the juicy pineapple. Buchanan’s Pineapple brings a touch of the tropics to the not-so-sunny land of the brave.

Answering the question, “Is that an aluminum banana in your pocket, or are you just glad to see me?,” Brigid walks us through the steps of casting a perfect replica of the yellow fruit out of aluminum. The process involves placing a real banana in sand, delicately removing it, pouring in molten metal, trimming off the excess, then polishing it to a shine.

TikToker lii0il6 shows us how, in the hands of the right person, anything can be used as a weapon. From sunflower seeds to orange peels to shellfish, you’d better be ready if this masked assassin comes looking for you in your kitchen. And definitely don’t let him near your veggies.

Proper No. Twelve infuses its smooth Irish whiskey with real apple flavors for a crisp, sweet, and bright flavor. It has a delightful apple fragrance and comes in an easy-to-drink 70-proof. It’s quite sweet straight-up, so we suggest combining it with ginger beer and lime or other spices and citrus for a well-balanced cocktail.

It’s not difficult to make your own pinhole camera. But we would have never thought to make one inside of an orange. While you could use any enclosed container, the idea of snapping pictures with citrus fruit is a novelty. We’re going to get to work on a canteloupe camera next.

The Dominican Republic has a passion for passion fruit. So do the Florida spirits connoisseurs who created Chinola, a deliciously sweet ‘n’ tangy, all-natural liqueur with the juice of six passion fruits in each bottle. It’s lovely to sip on its own and plays well with others, like rum, vodka, tequila, and bubbly.

We’ve seen all kinds of specialized factory equipment over the years, showing off some ingenious engineering to perform repetitive tasks. One of the more satisfying machines we’ve seen in recent times is this contraption that rapidly applies stickers to lemons as they glide along on the conveyor belt below.

Adam from North of the Border turns his attention from making creepy-looking cartoon characters to making creepy-looking food. Inspired by JackJack’s killer cheeseburger sculpt, Adam’s bowl is filled with toothy fruit that looks like it was harvested from the Upside Down.

Love the sweet smell of breakfast cereal? General Mills has got you covered with this series of candles imbued with the aromas of some of the most popular cereals. They come in Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Lucky Charms, Trix, Cocoa Puffs, and Honey Nut Cheerios scents. Each candle has a triple wick and burns for up to 35 hours.

Remember when you were a kid and you pretended a banana was a telephone? Well, now you can talk to someone on the other end of the line thanks to the Banana Phone. This fruity accessory connects via Bluetooth, so you can make and receive calls on it. It doubles as a speaker, though bananas aren’t known for their acoustics.