How to Make a Special Effects Cremora Fireball

Learn how to make a cremora bomb, special effects fireball.  These homemade fireballs are quick and easy to make using a fuel that you can find at any grocery store or agricultural supply store.

Materials Needed

• Cremora (powdered coffee creamer)
• #10 Can
• Black Powder
• Tissue Paper
• Visco fuse (GN1000, GN1001, GN1004) or Electric Match (GN5050)

I keep getting questions from folks about how to make fireball special effects without using volatile liquids. Here’s how you can use Cremora to create the fireball. You can make these as large as you want, but start with a small #10 can to experiment and scale up from there.

Drill a visco fuse or electric match sized hole through the side of a #10 can, right down next to the bottom, as far down as you can go, and still be IN the can. Then sprinkle some black powder or smokeless powder into the can, so that the bottom is just barely covered with it. Then cover the black powder with a layer of tissue paper. Now fill the can with Cremora (brand powdered coffee creamer-not all creamers will work), or calf's milk substitute (from your local feed and seed or agricultural supply store). The higher the fat content, the better the Cremora bomb fireball. Next, insert the fuse or electric match into the hole you drilled. Be sure and be at least 50 feet away, if not further, when igniting the Cremora bomb fireball. A 5-gallon bucket makes a HUGE Cremora bomb fireball and is basically done the same way. You can whiten the flame, by adding some bright aluminum powder to the Cremora bomb.

Here's another Cremora fireball formula from Pyro Pete Ferrell of Charleston, West Virginia. Thanks, Pete. "A 50/50 mix of corn starch and flour works just as dandy for a Cremora type fireball."

To learn more about making more fireball and special effects read these:

"Colored Fireball Flame Projector For Stage Special Effects"
"How to Make Colored Flame Fireball Ghost Mines Using Firework Chemicals"
"White Smoke Stage Special Effect"