NEW YORK, NY - Are you even a night owl if you don’t watch The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon? In a recent segment aired on his show, Fallon explores one of the beautiful ways that pumpkins can be used once the Halloween candles are blown out, consequently taking me back to chemistry class.

Before you reach for your favorite Smashing Pumpkins disc, reminded of the band by a running joke that has never left neighborhoods, Fallon throws a wrench in your plans by–gasp–exploding them!

In the segment, Fallon calls to who he refers to as the “resident science expert,” otherwise known as Street Science’s Kevin Delaney. To address the “spooky time,” they welcome the opportunity to do some “spooky stuff.” For the companies looking to surprise customers with a theatrical display, you might want to sit up in this class, because you’re in for a treat.

We have all been left with sad, decaying, pumpkins after carving Jack-o’-Lantern season has come to a close.

Enter (stage left): The Pumpkin Booth. Let me preface this explanation with Fallon’s emphatic cries, “DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME,” and “COVER YOUR EARS!”

Delaney cautiously walks into an enclosed booth, where there lies a decrepit pumpkin on its last leg, far beyond its glory years. He then fills a plastic bottle with dry ice and water, before turning it upside down, pressurizing the fog that is created when the two interact. As the bottle expands, it reminds me of science experiments of my yesteryear.

Wait for it. Wait for it… BOOM! The bottle explodes, along with the pumpkin that previously enclosed it.

Again, this is a dangerous procedure, but MAN does it tap into a childhood-like sense of complete curiosity, or what?! While this experiment caters to post-Halloween resolutions with holey shells of has-been pumpkins, Fallon has many other tricks up his sleeves to make the season fun and festive. For ideas on how to amp up your Halloween game, check out the video: 

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