Trivia: William A. Mitchell, the inventor of Pop Rocks, also invented what?
LEDs
Pizza rolls
Cool Whip
Valium
The correct answer is Cool Whip
So why is this answer correct? : You could call him the “father of junk food” — scientist William A. Mitchell created some of the biggest food inventions of the 1960s. While attempting to create self-carbonating soda, Mitchell accidentally invented the candy Pop Rocks, which he patented in 1961. Six years later, Mitchell was in search of a faux whipped cream product. The result was Cool Whip, which became an instant success.