[Newbie03]

I've seen the gummy bear sacrifice demo classified as a redox reaction however, I'm having trouble with this.
When heated, potassium chlorate decomposes as:
2KClO₃ --> 2KCl + 3O₂
products would be:
K: +1
Cl: -1
O2: 0
reactants though:
O: -2 but since there is 3 O's that's a -6 so I'm not sure how KCl makes a +6 charge.

After this, we have:
C₁₂H₂₂O₁₁ + O₂ --> 9C + 3CO₂ + H₂O
reactants:
C: 0
H: +1
O (of sugar): -2
O (diatomic): 0
products:
C (elemental): 0
C (carbon dioxide): +4
O: -2
H: +1

Where is the redox? What am I missing??

[Lone Proton]

The KCL doesn't make a +6 charge, the Cl makes a +5 charge, because its a "variable atom" says my chem teacher. Other variable atoms you should take in mind are C, S, N, and more...

[c0d3]

The KCL doesn't make a +6 charge, the Cl makes a +5 charge, because its a "variable atom" says my chem teacher. Other variable atoms you should take in mind are C, S, N, and more...

It's true that Cl in potassium chlorate has a oxidation state of +5. Cl will be reduced from +5 to -1 and O is oxidizes from -2 to 0