The 2019 Candy Bar Design Competition is a Project Based Learning project sponsored by the CCTE Engineering Pathway. Students are asked to create a Mission Bay HS themed chocolate bar to be sold at sporting or other school events. Students survey relevant stakeholders, create specifications, and produce marketing material, such as a buyer persona and a full cost analysis. They design the bar, including ingredient-choice, nutritional information, single-serving size, and allergen information. Students also design, model, 3D print, and mold the chocolate bar, as well as designing the wrapper and justifying all of their design choices. Finally, students produce 3 bars to be tested and judged at a competition where they present their chocolate and results to a panel of 12 stakeholder judges. The winning bar is made using batch-production techniques and sold at school events until it sells out. At the end, profit and loss is calculated based on the project. It was exciting to see and taste this real-world project!
