Most individuals have their very own tried-and-true concepts about one of the best ways to eat Oreos. Some chew into them entire, some pull them aside and eat the cream first, some discard the cream solely—there are such a lot of totally different ways in which the perennially absurd web site WikiHow even has a how-to video about one of the best ways to eat Oreos on its YouTube channel.
However one TikToker’s technique for consuming Oreos was so off-the-beaten-path he all however broke the web when he revealed it.
A person on TikTok went viral for insisting Oreos are supposed to be cooked earlier than consuming.
All of us have our bizarre meals issues—odd combos of flavors different individuals suppose are unusual, or alternative ways of cooking widespread dishes that make different individuals have a look at us like we’re loopy.
However cooking Oreos? Like… in a frying pan? Or the microwave? Such as you would a bit of meat? That is downright bonkers cuckoo-kachoo loopy, proper? That is actually how individuals on TikTok felt when TikToker Technojail posted a video displaying how he delicately lays Oreos right into a frying pan to cook dinner them earlier than consuming them.
The video wasn’t even about cooking Oreos—it was about his philosophy on soulmates and the thought of being content material by yourself—which ended up being a protracted, elaborate joke with fairly an *ahem* grownup punchline. However no one even appeared to note any of that. As a result of they have been understandably caught on that entire Oreos-in-a-frying-pan factor.
The person was shocked to be taught others eat their Oreos ‘uncooked’ and claimed the package deal explicitly instructs you to cook dinner them.
Naturally, Technojail acquired gazillions of feedback, most of them of the “Sir, what within the absolute unmitigated heck are you speaking about?” selection. However he was simply as shocked by the feedback because the commenters have been by the sight of him cooking Oreos in a skillet.
“Do y’all simply eat Oreos uncooked?” he stated in a response video, occurring to assert, “it says it on the again of the package deal you alleged to warmth them up in a skillet or within the microwave.” In the event you’re screaming at your display screen, “No it does not!” you aren’t alone. Scores of individuals replied to say simply that. So then he proved it.
Technojail posted photographs he discovered on Google of Oreos’ packaging, which included a generally used data panel about “secure dealing with directions” like sustaining correct refrigeration, washing your arms after dealing with Oreos, and cooking them to a sure temperature. “Y’all hold saying I am mendacity,” he informed his followers, “however…the cooking directions are proper there.”
He was so convincing that scores of different TikTokers filmed themselves going to their pantries to confirm his claims, together with person @whatnooowaaay, a creator who movies his makes an attempt at common life hacks and bizarre claims individuals make on TikTok.
He was one in all many who came upon Technojail’s declare was not true in any respect. No person discovered a “cooking directions” panel on their Oreos, and the entire thing appears to have been an elaborate joke Technojail skillfully ran with—maybe to the extent of Photoshopping cooking directions onto a picture of the Oreos packaging.
However he determined to attempt cooking Oreos anyway and located that the TikToker is likely to be onto one thing.
He tried two totally different strategies. In a reside TikTok, he tried Technofail’s skillet technique and reported that it did nothing to enhance upon a uncooked Oreo. However then a commenter gave him one other thought.
“A man that was in jail [said] that they dip Oreos in water after which microwave them,” @whatnooowaaay stated in his video. “In order that’s a factor, we’ll attempt it.”
Per the previous inmate’s directions for one of the best ways to eat Oreos—in jail, anyway—he dunked the Oreo in water then microwaved it for 10 seconds. And to his shock? It kinda slapped! “Oh my goodness, it is so delicate, it is like droopy,” he stated of the completed product.
And the proof, as all the time, was within the tasting. “That is 100% higher than uncooked,” he reported after taking a chew. He then backed off that declare a bit. “Okay possibly not 100% higher,” he clarified, “however nonetheless. It is higher. It is like a delicate cookie.”
So there you have got it—one of the best ways to eat Oreos, in keeping with TikTok anyway. Personally, I will be sticking to my very own technique of placing them in a bowl of milk and consuming them like cereal with a spoon. No, *you are* bizarre.
John Sundholm is a information and leisure author who covers popular culture, social justice and human curiosity matters.
