This homemade popping boba recipe uses agar powder and Gatorade to create colorful, flavorful beads that burst when you bite into them. No special tools, no sodium alginate—just a dropper, some ...

LSU senior Lily Beasley's recycled bead art (WAFB) Adding the beads to her art was something Beasley did to combine her own memories of Mardi Gras with her college experience as a whole.

My son’s drink was a tea-free chocolate milk, conveniently ordered off the kids section of the menu, with strawberry popping beads and normal sweetness. Even at the smallest size of roughly 17 ...