"Atomic Fireballs are made in large rotating pans that are heated by a gas flame. Each piece of candy is formed around a single grain of sugar that is added to the pan."

Here's a pretty neat tour of the process behind the candy / interrogation technique / neat thing to give grandma when she asks for a breath mint the deadly Atomic Fireball.

Atomic Fireball Virtual tour [ferrarapan]
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Unrelated, but if you're interested be sure to catch a live webcast of Sun Microsystems CEO Scott McNealy and Google Chairman Dr. Eric Schmidt "discuss a new collaborative effort between the two companies" at the Computer History Museum in California. Runs 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. EST.