PEZ, those rectangular sugar candies we loved as kids, always brings back memories, especially that satisfying click from their plastic dispensers. Now, the team at Backhaul Studios have turned these sweet treats into somewhat dangerous projectiles with a custom-built PEZ blaster.
At the core of this candy-flinging blaster are two counter-spinning flywheels that do the heavy lifting. Spun up brushless motors, these wheels grab those PEZ candies and hurl them with enough gusto to smash them into bits on impact. Powered by some serious hobby-grade lithium-ion batteries and slick speed controllers, the motors give this thing the muscle to turn a harmless piece of candy into a rocket-fast missile. Backhaul didn’t cut corners—custom TPU treads on the flywheels, tweaked through rounds of trial and error, ensure a perfect grip for max speed. A trigger setup feeds candies into the flywheels’ clutches, firing them out of a pistol-shaped barrel like nobody’s business.
- Pack of twelve, 0.58-ounce each (total of 6.96 ounces)
- Contains sugar, corn, syrup, adipic acid
- Contains natural and artificial color and flavor
PEZ candies are practically made for this gig. Their small, uniform shape and sturdy texture slide perfectly into a magazine-fed system, stacking up in the blaster’s grip like bullets in a clip. Unlike squishy candies that’d fall apart, PEZ stays solid—until it slams into a wall at warp speed.
This blaster takes a simple candy and transforms it into a weapon of joy. Every piece, from the 3D-printed frame to the high-powered motors, screams dedication to the craft, or at least PEZ.
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