Wintergreen mints will emit a greater than normal amount of visible light because the wintergreen oil is fluorescent. The more pieces of candy that are crushed at one time, the greater the amount of atomic damage, and the more spectacular the light show. With wintergreen mints, this visible light is bright blue, and while there isn't very much of it, it is extremely bright. Because there is an excess of energy, a portion of that energy is emitted as visible light. These electrons collide with air molecules and the electrons transfer a portion of their energy in the collision. When the atoms are crushed, the electrons are forced out of their atomic orbits.As the electrons search for balance, they bounce around until they find somewhere to rest. When atoms are forced violently apart, they lose a larger portion of their electrons far more quickly than normal. Of course, it isn't just sugary candies that produce this light when anything is torn or broken, the same thing can occur. The triboluminescence occurs when the electrical charge is violently released as the structure of the crystals is broken.
The effect, called triboluminescence, is due to the electrical charge that builds up within the crystalline structure of the sugar within the candy. The light may be very faint, but it can occasionally be spectacular. Wintergreen mints of all types emit light when the candy is bitten into.Have you ever eaten a wintergreen lifesaver in the dark when someone else was watching? If so, they saw a green spark while you were chewing it.
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