🧪 Interesting fact: Breaking Bad (2008) The iconic blue meth seen throughout Breaking Bad was not real drugs but blue rock candy created by the prop department. It was completely safe to eat, and cast members have joked that it became a strange on set snack despite representing something so dark and destructive in the story. Vince Gilligan chose the blue colour intentionally. Real crystal meth is usually clear or white, but the unnatural blue made it instantly recognisable and almost legendary,