How to Do the Linking Mints Trick

File a gap in one mint just large enough to pass another mint through. This is your "gimmick." Keep this mint concealed until you are ready to perform the trick.

Place the unopened roll of mints in your shirt or coat pocket, and place the gimmick mint in a discreet pocket where you can get to it easily. You are ready to perform the trick.

Display the roll of mints to your audience. As you take the mints out of your pocket, retrieve the gimmick mint and conceal it in your right palm. Cup your hand gently to hold the gimmick in place, but keep it natural-looking.

Unwrap the mints and take two for your trick. Offer a mint to an audience member to show that they are real.

Pick up one mint with the thumb and first two fingers of each hand. Bring your fingers close together, twisting the mints together as if you are trying to force the mints to link. Let your fingers block the audience's view of the mints.

Slide the mint in your left fingers over so it is in your left palm, and conceal it there. Move the mint from your right fingers to your lift fingers. Slip the gimmick mint into your right fingers, and thread it through the whole mint in your left fingers. Use your right fingertips to conceal the gap in the mint. The mints now appear linked.

Hold up the linked mints with your right fingers, concealing the gap. Use your left hand to spin the dangling mint, showing that they are linked.

Eat the mints with a grand flourish, concluding your trick and hiding the gimmick.