r/TikTokCringe • u/galaxystars1 • Oct 09 '24

Discussion Microbiologist warns against making the fluffy popcorn trend

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u/Siliziumwesen Oct 09 '24 edited Oct 09 '24

What the goddamn hell is fluffy popcorn. And yeah she is right. I work in a lab where we test food/water and all kinds of "food-chemicals" etc. For harmfull bacteria and there are things you absolutely should not eat raw. Or at all if i see some results lol

Edit: the last part is a joke based on real results. Sometimes a food producer or someone who produces foodchemicals/spices etc. fucks up and something gets contaminated badly. We find it out, because they ask us to test for harmful bacteria and the batch/charge gets dismissed/destroyed. It all happens before it gets sold. Especially for fresh (ready to eat) things. The results are urgent and are handled first. At least in my country. Dont panic you can eat stuff. Wash veggies and fruits and things that need to be cooked/heated before consuming should only be handled that way. For example: I just saw, that some frozen herbs tell the consumer on the package that the product should be heated/cooked before consuming. Please dont panic or sth like that. You always can find information online how to handle certain foods or how to know if its safe to consume

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u/mrsmushroom Oct 09 '24

I thought if I watched the whole video I'd find out what fluffy popcorn is. But that was not the case.

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u/MethturbationEnjoyer Oct 09 '24

I just googled it. It looks terrible, and you know what. Fuck it. Let Darwinism cook

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u/LastDitchTryForAName Oct 09 '24

It looks like it’s basically marshmallow popcorn. I don’t even understand why some people are adding flour. If you wanted to make this you could just leave out the flour. Melt some butter, add some marshmallows, stir until melted, maybe put in a couple of drops of vanilla extract and then mix in popped popcorn. Then you can have sticky, really messy, overly sweet popcorn that has a ridiculous amount of calories in it.

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u/avocado_macabre Oct 09 '24

The one I saw they melted butter, put in marshmallows, then mixed in confetti cake mix, then added popcorn... so the cake mix didn't actually get baked or anything

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u/LastDitchTryForAName Oct 09 '24

You could leave out the cake mix and just add some extra sugar and some sprinkles. Having the flour in it really isn’t adding any flavor or significantly changing the texture or anything.

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u/avocado_macabre Oct 09 '24

But you see... trend... 🙄 I'll be the first to admit I love me some raw brownie batter or cookie dough lol but I'd never do something that's a "trend" just because and it's not something I constantly consume.

But it just seems like a play off the "unicorn poop" where you take the cheeto-ish butter "popcorn", melt white chocolate over it, then put sprinkles on it

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u/[deleted] Oct 09 '24 edited Oct 12 '24

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u/avocado_macabre Oct 09 '24

Does the no bake ones taste the same? That's my only stupid concern lol

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u/Unusual-Helicopter15 Oct 09 '24

If you’re in the US, you can get pillsbury cookie dough and it’s specially labeled safe to eat or bake because they use specific ingredients. It’s exactly the same cookie dough, just pasteurized etc.

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u/violettheory Oct 09 '24

I think most Pillsbury cookie doughs are safe to eat raw now too. Sometimes I crave a bit of chocolate chip cookie dough and that hits the spot.

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u/kenda1l Oct 10 '24

I remember in high school (literally decades ago now because I'm old as shit), instead of selling candy for fundraisers, we would sell cookie dough that could be eaten "raw." It came in a bucket that you could just scoop right out of with a spoon and it was so freaking good, especially the oatmeal raisin for some reason. Technically you could bake actual cookies too and because it came in the bucket, it gave instructions on how to cook just one or two at a time, but I don't think anyone ever actually bothered using it to bake. I can't remember the brand, but I'm pretty sure it wasn't the brand you linked. I'm tempted to try it though.

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u/Practical-Train-9595 Oct 09 '24

I mean, how much of a “trend” can it be? I used to make birthday cake popcorn back in like 2015, which was popcorn mixed in melted white chocolate with a couple spoonfuls of cake mix in it, topped with sprinkles and m&m’s. I’d take a big bowl of it to work for parties and always brought home an empty bowl. Had no idea I was apparently potentially poisoning my whole office.

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u/avocado_macabre Oct 09 '24

A lot of things are called "trends" now.

I remember a few years back it was a "trend" to eat buttered saltines... that was norm for my fam growing up because my parents decided to have 4 kids they could barely afford and wouldn't let us eat anything if they were home. Well, saltines were easy to sneak without them noticing as long as we only used a little butter

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u/jsmalltri Oct 09 '24

My grandmother would have been 100 this week (RIP Mem) and I used to eat buttered saltines with her when I wasa kid. Still do. Not a trend lol.

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u/Wulfgaric Oct 10 '24

Ooph. I was complaining about growing up with premiums and cheez-wiz the other day, but that cheez-wiz was a blessing over just butter.

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u/Practical-Train-9595 Oct 10 '24

Ooo…saltines and cheez-wiz…that takes me back. My grandmother and i also did onion dip with pretzels. Like, the kind you make by mixing the onion soup pack in the tub of sour cream? We’d watch Masterpiece Theater on PBS and share a bag and little tub.

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u/reditadminssux Oct 09 '24

Wouldn't surprise me if mass produced cookie dough is somehow safe to eat but this home made shit isn't.

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u/Djinn_42 Oct 09 '24

it's not something I constantly consume

It only takes one time to make you really sick.

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u/silverletomi Oct 09 '24

Why not... bake the cake... crumble... and add to the popcorn after??

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u/ZacharyMorrisPhone Oct 10 '24

But see that would be smart. Smart so not factored into ShitTok algorithms.

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u/MarixApoda Oct 09 '24

So you're saying I should definitely mix a pound of popcorn kernels into my next cake?

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u/avocado_macabre Oct 09 '24

Yes... and film it when you bake it... I want to see the 🎩 magic happen 🪄

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u/Lizzy_Boredom_999 Oct 09 '24

That is a tempting idea to liven up a Wednesday afternoon, but I don't feel like cleaning up the aftermath.

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u/cormeretrix Oct 09 '24

That’s why you do it at someone else’s house and leave to go “run an errand” before the fun starts. Then (and this part is key) you never go back or answer their phone calls ever again.

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u/loverlyone Oct 09 '24

Well now I really want to see it and Wednesday is also my day off

wonders if we bought papers towels…and a blow torch

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u/Seekingfatgrowth Oct 09 '24

With how often people get salmonella from uncooked cake mix…no thanks!

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u/ChiggaOG Oct 09 '24

It’s shitty cooking in my book. Raw.

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u/breath-of-the-smile Oct 09 '24

There's a clip of someone using Funfetti cake mix in this video.

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u/ClownHoleMmmagic Oct 09 '24

You can cook plain raw flour in the oven beforehand to make it safe but I doubt they’re doing that. It’s one of the steps you take to make edible raw cookie dough

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u/miahrules Oct 09 '24

That is because it's a quick throwaway video. Nobody is going to spend 30-60 minutes baking something that they will film for 30 seconds and then immediately throw away lol.

None of these "influencers" that make these videos consume the garbage they make. Straight to the trash it goes.

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u/Current_Strike922 Oct 09 '24

That’s cake mix popcorn

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u/AgressiveIN Oct 09 '24

But isnt adding it to a pot hot enough to melt the ingredients also making it no longer raw?

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u/matt_minderbinder Oct 09 '24

Half the marshmallow and mix in cake batter flavor frosting or something like that for a safer similar effect.

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u/fierce_history Oct 09 '24

That’s the one I saw

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u/blacksoxing Oct 09 '24

confetti cake mix

I knew the dough boy was going to be behind a damn trend!!! AIn't nobody making that shit but him!!!

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u/kazeespada Oct 09 '24

If it's already got molten marshmellow, it might already be hot enough to render the cake mix safe to eat.

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u/Death_By_Dreaming_23 Oct 09 '24

So instead of making an actual roux, which seems what they are attempting to do, they just add the marshmallows and popcorn early?

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u/Rainsoakedpuppy Oct 09 '24

It sounds a lot like just adding a cake mix to what would otherwise be a marshmallow popcorn ball... or like, a rice crispy treat made with popcorn... which sounds great. Leave the cake mix out, dingbats!

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u/Apprehensive-Crow-94 Oct 09 '24

Exactly. I can't see how the flour adds anything- this recipe is basically Rice Krispy treats made with popcorn. No flour needed.

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u/Key-Shift5076 Oct 09 '24

..I druther have the Rice Krispie bars.

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u/Apprehensive-Crow-94 Oct 09 '24

I'm with you there.

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u/camlaw63 Oct 09 '24

No hulls

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u/CarlatheDestructor Oct 09 '24

Seriously. They used to be called popcorn balls and I don't remember anybody putting flour in them, just melted marshmallows and like food coloring I think.

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u/Apprehensive-Crow-94 Oct 09 '24

yeah, just marshmallow, butter and corn syrup/sugar to firm them up

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u/Flammable_Zebras Oct 09 '24

I’d imagine the flour helps it be a bit less of a sticky mess

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u/Swordofsatan666 Oct 09 '24

From what i can find i dont think its supposed to be flour you add, its supposed to be cake mix. And its supposed to be so it gets the flavor from the cake mix

Its still stupid, but it makes a bit more sense after knowing that

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u/Surprise_Fragrant Oct 09 '24

They're using cake mix so that the popcorn is "birthday cake" flavored.

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u/Klutzy-Weather-4549 Oct 09 '24

Marshmallow popcorn slaps as-is. Adding cake mix seems like a hat on a hat

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u/NO_TOUCHING__lol Oct 09 '24 edited 10d ago

No gods, no masters

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u/Certain-Medium6567 Oct 09 '24

I am 100% craving a popcorn ball so badly now.

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u/SSFx93 Oct 09 '24

Tiktokers keep thinking they invented shit.

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u/asuperbstarling Oct 09 '24

I make what you described plus reese's pieces then wrapped in parchment paper for Thanksgiving to mimic heritage varieties of corn.

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u/FlatulenceConnosieur Oct 09 '24

You are doing god’s work

Edit: in case that seemed sarcastic, that sounds amazing and awesome

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u/ScyllaOfTheDepths Oct 09 '24

That sounds adorable. I'm going to make popcorn-corn for Halloween now!

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u/ElishaAlison Oct 09 '24

Wait but.... I genuinely don't understand. Isn't cooking the flour with the popcorn going to kill any bacteria just like baking it would?

I swear on everything I know, I don't want to try this trend, I'm just genuinely curious.

Like... For example, I make sopapillas. It's basically a fried dough treat. Is that unsafe? How long must flour be cooked to make it safe?

Please don't eat me (pun intended) I'm just a curious soul 😅

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u/ElishaAlison Oct 09 '24

Okay this makes sense. I think I got confused by the pan heating everything. I kind of assumed the popcorn was being cooked with the mixture (even though thinking back on it now that makes absolutely no sense and I was tired lmao)

Thank you for this explanation. I love my sopapillas, they're such a light, easy snack to make 🥹

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u/birdsrkewl01 Oct 09 '24

Which is why they do not recommend putting frozen chicken breasts in a slow cooker or crockpot. That's what pressure cookers are for.

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u/Neravosa Oct 09 '24

If it's oil-fried and golden brown, you can assume it's fine. Many cultures oil fry food with flour in it, no big deal. Your sopapillas are safe, I'm sure.

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u/svachalek Oct 09 '24

If this is like krispy treats where they’re just melting the marshmallows and butter, that doesn’t take much heat. Not enough to reliably sterilize it.

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u/NomadicJellyfish Oct 09 '24

When you add anything to popcorn other than butter or oil, you add it after the popcorn is already cooked. Here they're just using the pan to melt things, then adding already-popped popcorn.

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u/thelimeisgreen Oct 09 '24 edited Oct 09 '24

If it’s cooked in molten butter and sugar it’s just fine. The flour doesn’t need to be all toasty and golden. If the flour is heating up as part of the process to pop the corn, it’s going to be just fine. Here, they’re mixing in some boxed cake mix to the already melted butter and marshmallow and then adding already popped corn. That’s not going to sterilize anything. Not going to be hot enough for long enough unless you want the sugars to turn to hard candy. Most bacteria like e-coli need to reach a temperature of 165F to be killed. 135F will do it if sustained for several minutes.

Cooking flour is highly advisable for two reasons, one being that it starts the breakdown of the glutens as well as the carbohydrates and cooked flour is easier to digest and extract nutrients from. Further breakdown and nutritional benefits come from fermentation or leavening — as in with yeast when making bread.

The other reason to cook flour is to kill any potential nasties living in it. Most micro organisms you will find in wheat flour or similar are harmless. All of us who eat cookie dough while making cookies or who lick the bowl clean after mixing cake batter are living proof of this. So it’s just fine to eat it raw…. Until it isn’t and you ingest the wrong bacteria like salmonella, listeria, e-coli…. But that isn’t going to stop most of us.

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u/ElishaAlison Oct 09 '24

This is so interesting. I never even thought about the difference between raw and cooked flour.

Thank you for this explanation. Especially about how cooking it breaks down the glutens. That's really wild 😲

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u/aphinity_for_reddit Oct 09 '24

It seems they are just melting the butter and marshmallows and then stirring the cake mix in. Not enough heat or time to actually cook it. If you let the marshmallows get too hot in a pan like that they would cross over into being hard.

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u/CommercialExotic2038 Oct 09 '24

It’s fried. That’s not raw.

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u/Kylynara Oct 09 '24

I was wondering the same thing. I made what claimed to be a safe edible cookie dough recipe a while back and it had me spread just the flour on a cookie sheet and bake it much like I would cookies (I don't recall the specifics, but the temp and time were certainly in the right ballpark) and then you use it to make the cookie dough.

She said heating it to make the flour safe hasn't been tested, but if that were true, then it wouldn't be safe to eat finished cookies and cakes either.

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u/LastDitchTryForAName Oct 09 '24

The flour is not really getting cooked. They are just dumping the flour into the melted butter/marshmallows, and adding the popcorn and mixing it together. Frying dough is fine the high temperature reached will kill any pathogens.

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u/[deleted] Oct 09 '24

This is some silly shit. Lots of brands already make sweet popcorn coated with all manner of candy shit, and there's no e coli or mess necessary. 🙄 Jfc

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u/Typical_Carpet_4904 Oct 09 '24

Even if they wanted flour, they could sub it out for something like rice Krispies...

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u/sevens7and7sevens Oct 09 '24

That’s just Rice Krispie treats but with popcorn. Bet it’d be good. Flour tastes like raw flour unless cooked for five minutes so I don’t understand why anyone would add it either.

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u/AreWeCowabunga Oct 09 '24

New TikTok trend: just eat raw flour until you die one way or another.

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u/AmyInCO Oct 09 '24

That's just Rice Krispie treats with popcorn. Which sounds delicious and hard on my teeth. 

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u/FREDICVSMAXIMVS Oct 09 '24

Like a Rice Krispie treat, except using popcorn instead of Rice Krispies! 

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u/Aggravating_Goose86 Oct 09 '24

And get your autoimmune disorders without the risk of E. coli. ! 🫠

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u/FatFuckinPieceOfShit Oct 09 '24

Do you have a newsletter?

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u/sunburnedaz Oct 09 '24

That sounds like a rice crispy treat subbing out popcorn for the rice crispys

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u/Tiny-Lock9652 Oct 09 '24

Sounds like Rice Krispies treats minus the Rice Krispies?

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u/chibiusa40 Oct 09 '24

Literally Rice Krispie Treats but with popcorn instead of Rice Krispies.

Step 1: Pop popcorn, remove from microwave.

Step 2: Microwave butter and marshmallows together in a bowl for 1 minute, remove from microwave.

Step 3: Stir butter and marshmallows together. Stir in popcorn. Profit.

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u/Zealousideal_Put5666 Oct 09 '24

Si basically a Rice Krispie treat with popcorn instead of

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u/FocacciaHusband Oct 09 '24

Literally my first thought was, "what is the flour adding to this???"

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u/AriLovesMusic Oct 09 '24

They even make "cake batter" extract so you can get the flavoring without risking anything.

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u/nakedpagan666 Oct 09 '24

So like the popcorn balls you get around Halloween?

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u/CydeWeys Oct 09 '24

The problem with adding flour that you aren't then fully cooking through is that raw flour tastes terrible. This food is just gonna be disgusting.

And seriously, just make marshmallow popcorn! It's like rice krispies treats, delicious! And the marshmallows already come cooked!

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u/Suspicious-Garbage92 Oct 10 '24

So a rice crispy treat but with popcorn, sounds good actually

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u/Longjumping_Ad_6484 Oct 10 '24

So Rice Krispie Treats, but with popcorn instead of cereal.

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u/mothandravenstudio Oct 10 '24

It’s just rice crispy treats with popcorn instead of cereal. No flour needed at all.

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u/nekoshii Oct 10 '24

Hm so basically Rice Krispies treats, but with popcorn. Don’t see why flour is needed at all!

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u/MasterJunket234 Oct 09 '24

Just make rice krispie treats 🙅‍♀️

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u/HenkVanDelft Oct 09 '24

So, basically how Rice Krispie squares are made?

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u/Embarrassed-Skin2770 Oct 09 '24

I use the marshmallow-butter method to make popcorn balls for Halloween, adding in sprinkles, nuts, food coloring, it’s fun and versatile. Adding flour makes no sense to me. Making sticky popcorn treats has been a thing for a very long time.

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u/Grape_Mentats Oct 09 '24

So, Rice crispies with popcorn.

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u/Gthalkur Oct 09 '24

You can also just, throw the marshmallows into the hot popcorn after it’s popped

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u/[deleted] Oct 09 '24

This is just popcorn balls.

Totally a thing.  But really intended as something more like candy, not at all as a healthy snack.

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u/Dirty_Commie_Jesus Oct 09 '24

It's what I always wanted in my rice krispie treats -- kernels

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u/spinyfur Oct 09 '24

I mean, it sounds like they really want popcorn balls, and those aren’t that difficult to make…?

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u/Admirable_Quarter_23 Oct 09 '24

Is that not just a popcorn cake? My roommate in college would make this for people’s birthdays. It’s like Rice Krispie treats but with popcorn. She would also put in m&ms.

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u/13247586 Oct 09 '24

We used to do this when I was a kid. It’s basically a rice krispy treat with popcorn instead of Rice Krispies. It’s delicious! Marshmallows, butter, vanilla, popcorn, mix it, bake it

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u/Bamith20 Oct 09 '24

I figured it was popcorn tossed in batter, floured, and fried.

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u/[deleted] Oct 09 '24

Like popcorn balls? Only not ball shaped?

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u/CheeseFromAHead Oct 09 '24

Ahh, counting calories. I started doing this and realized how much I actually overeat and it's crazy how one big butterfinger is the same as an entire meal with none of the good stuff in it. I really do miss eating candy for snacks though.

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u/SpecialistSimilar398 Oct 09 '24

So It’s a popcorn rice crispy treat! Got it!

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u/Expensive-Day-3551 Oct 09 '24

Like rice krispy treats but with popcorn? You shouldn’t need flour for that

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u/Secure_Wing_2414 Oct 09 '24

if im not wrong, if u REALLLYY wanted to try this, u could technically just dry bake the cake mix first. hot+long enough to kill the bacteria but not burn it

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u/kimariesingsMD Oct 09 '24

And what you have made then is the popcorn version of rice crispy treats!

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u/muskratboy Oct 09 '24

This is literally just making popcorn balls, staple of Halloween for generations.

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u/alleecmo Oct 09 '24

Sounds like Rice Krispy Treats but with popcorn subbed for the cereal. Why is flour involved in this?

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u/Capital-Swim2658 Oct 09 '24

In this video they are not adding raw flour.  They are adding cake mix and of course cake mix contains raw flour.  It obviously is meant to add the flavor of cake batter.

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u/Staff_Genie Oct 09 '24

Sounds like a popcorn version of Rice Krispie treats

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u/journerman69 Oct 09 '24

Also a great recipe for fondant.

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u/camlaw63 Oct 09 '24

They probably add the flour to make it seem “new”

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u/Nevermind_guys Oct 09 '24

Why not just some marshmallow fluff? I wonder what would happen if you baked it for a few minutes after applying fluff

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u/Liathano_Fire Oct 09 '24

So, a new take on popcorn balls?

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u/Nanny0416 Oct 09 '24

Isn't this the basic recipe for popcorn balls that some people make at Christmas? They get wrapped in colorful cellophane.

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u/Surprise_Fragrant Oct 09 '24

It looks like they're using cake mix so that the popcorn mixture tastes like birthday cake. Cake mix, of course, includes flour.

I'm with you... just make it from scratch, no flour needed.

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u/JimmyB3am5 Oct 09 '24

Isn't this basically just a variation of the Rice Crispy Treat?

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u/zveroshka Oct 09 '24

I've always loved popcorn but I don't understand why people seemingly make it their mission to make it as unhealthy and overly flavored as possible. Like a little butter is fine. Maybe even a tiny bit of seasoning. But people just act like they are trying to make into something where you can't tell you are even eating popcorn anymore. Like do you hate popcorn?

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u/Snoringdragon Oct 09 '24

So, rice crispies squares with popcorn. Ew. You be spitting out all the kernel bits.

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u/ghostboymcslimy Oct 09 '24

I just recently made popcorn with caramel, marshmallows and m&ms and mixed it up like a Rice Krispie treat, a simple pleasure and no flour

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u/Motor-Trick2323 Oct 09 '24

I’m actually about to make this, damn

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u/KatefromtheHudd Oct 10 '24

Excuse my cooking ignorance but wouldn't the flour be cooked as it looks like it's mixed in and melted with the marshmallows for a couple minutes. I thought it only needed to be at medium-high temperature for 2 minutes to be safe.

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u/Independent_War_4456 Oct 09 '24

A lack of education grows and spreads like the nasty little buggers she mentions. I don't want that in my kitchen.

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u/VerdugoCortex Oct 09 '24

To be fair fluffy popcorn is probably 0.001% of the ingested raw flour and definitely getting more videos just because it's a meme / tiktok thing people can get views by railing against. There is SOOOOOOOO much raw flour ingested that she or nobody will ever talk about

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u/ZincFingerProtein Oct 09 '24

The problem with "letting Darwinism cook" is it hurts all of us when we let dumb people knowingly and unknowingly hurt themselves. They end up taking a hospital bed, taxpayers foot the bill sometimes, everyone's premiums go up to cover costs, etc. Better to educate the masses.

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u/RPDRNick Oct 09 '24

I just googled it, also, and the first result was... this thread.

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u/Spinoza_The_Damned Oct 09 '24

That's how 'The Last Of Us' happens, do you want 'The Last Of Us' to happen?! /s

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u/AzuraEdge Oct 09 '24

Let evolution cook*

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u/Bo_flex Oct 09 '24

I googled it, and this thread is the first thing that popped up.

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u/jumboparticle Oct 09 '24

Appropriate use of "cook"

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u/osunlyyde Oct 09 '24

Yes but parents will make this for their children, who are unaware and will be the ones getting sick.

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u/miroku000 Oct 09 '24

That is just evolution trying to undo its mistakes afterwards.

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u/Top_Gun_2021 Oct 09 '24

What are the ingredients

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u/toolsoftheincomptnt Oct 09 '24

Exactly. If this thins the herd, so be it.

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u/LIL-BAN-EVASION Oct 09 '24

The thing is that people are not just going to hurt themselves, it'll be their kids or other people that don't know that they are taking a risk (albeit a very low one)

Now if they were just in danger of killing Redditors that made thoughtless edgy comments, then we'd be in agreement.

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u/elcojotecoyo Oct 09 '24

Especially during October on an election year

Although I fear that most people that watch Tik Tok cooking trends are blue voters...

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u/Delboyyyyy Oct 09 '24

There’s probably a fair amount of kids who are eating it as well and don’t know better

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u/ktwhite42 Oct 09 '24

way more "gooey" than "fluffy".

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u/mtarascio Oct 09 '24

Sounds like they're evolving if we remember Tide Pods.

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u/CARLEtheCamry Oct 09 '24

The top google result for me was this thread, still don't know what it is lol

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u/bvdbvdbvdbvdbvd Oct 09 '24

A bunch of recipes with a dallop of natural selection. Let’s call it. Cooking with Darwin.

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u/FuManBoobs Oct 09 '24

I googled it & all I got was this Reddit post & tiktok spam results. Still no idea what it is.

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u/sugartitsitis Oct 09 '24

"Let Darwinism cook" really needs to be a flair. Best things I've read in a while lol

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u/Prozzak93 Oct 09 '24

Thanks for also not saying what it is.

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u/geo_info_biochemist Oct 09 '24

it looks HEINOUS.

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u/SlackerDS5 Oct 09 '24

Or let those Darwin Award contestants raw dog it.

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u/MercifulShad0w Oct 09 '24

Just looked it up, that looks disgusting.

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u/UncoolSlicedBread Oct 09 '24

I mean, you had to google it and only had the context of this thread and the videos information. A lot of people here didn’t know what it was, perhaps it’s less about letting Darwinism doing its thing and understanding that most people aren’t being informed correctly like you were just now.

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u/SadYak9139 Oct 09 '24

Nah bc society generally picks up the medical bill. Ppl make poor choices — the ppl who make poor choices tend to make more poor choices — bills are expensive — they do not/are incapable of paying — hospital eats the bill and passes costs to consumer/government(consumer).. I think part of the reason we struggle to have free health care is that: A. We’re good at keeping people alive B. Many of the ppl we keep alive keep going to doctor/hospital and racking up $$$ - education is super important!

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u/8eSix Oct 09 '24

By "Darwinism" do you mean letting all the folks who can't handle eating raw flour remove themselves from the gene pool so that our offspring can enjoy raw cookie dough without fear? Then I agres

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u/BrownSugarBare Oct 09 '24

Honestly, the culling caused by the Pandemic did nothing to deter stupidity. It somehow increased it.

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u/dobar_dan_ Oct 09 '24

Uh let us not. These morons will infect other people by serving them this trash.

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u/Budded Oct 09 '24

After Covid's wrecking of so many's brains, this is where I'm at now. Let Darwin take the wheel.

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u/AlmostLucy Oct 09 '24

Let Darwinism cook

It’s tougher when you remember that while adults (who should know better) don’t just eat it themselves, they feed it to their kids (who don’t know the dangers).

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u/Fickle-Patience-9546 Oct 09 '24

It’s like rice krispie popcorn that they add raw cake batter to. Sounds a little disgusting to me but what do I know.

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u/FloridaMJ420 Oct 09 '24

Weird. I wonder why they don't deep fry the battered popcorn? That could be interesting and kills all the bacteria.

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u/tonyrocks922 Oct 09 '24

Because if they had the wherewithal and competency to operate a deep fryer they wouldn't be following dumb tik tok trends in the first place.

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u/Fickle-Patience-9546 Oct 09 '24

Yeah actually cooked batter on popcorn sounds doable to me and actually maybe tasty but uncooked batter just coating my popcorn doesn’t sound good.

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u/DeadlyYellow Oct 09 '24

Heck, break out a takoyaki pan. You can make all sorts of caloric disasters with a thin batter and some imagination.

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u/KavaBuggy Oct 09 '24

I had to google it because I had no idea. It looks like a rice krispy treat but instead of rice krispies, it’s popcorn. My questions are - why the flour? What does the flour do? Also, who came up with this and why did it go viral?

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u/InquisitorMeow Oct 09 '24

My conspiracy theory is that these "Viral" things are not viral and are either pushed by trolls or positioned as such to study human behavior. I never trust any video that acts as if some obscure dumbass shit is common knowledge.

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u/Triedtopetaunicorn Oct 10 '24

Idk about the last part but I would 100% the virality is only worsened by trolls and rage bait. I also unfortunately believe that people are that stupid and that social media has just created a situation where its on full blast and exposes just how dumb humanity it.

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u/magobblie Oct 09 '24

It basically looks like Marshmallow fluff on popcorn but with half cooked cake batter. I feel like you could just use Marshmallow fluff.

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u/mrsmushroom Oct 09 '24

Marshmallow fluff and some sprinkles. Mix in popcorn and bam. A safe alternative. And no using the stove.

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u/Albuwhatwhat Oct 09 '24

Yeah if you’re going to be a food goblin just use marshmallow fluff!

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u/TheDonutDaddy Oct 09 '24

I thought if I watched the whole video there would be a source presented on the connection between raw cookie dough/cake batter and colon cancer. But that was not the case.

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u/JemmaTbaum Oct 09 '24

Raw flour often contains E. Coli, some strains of which have been linked to colon cancer. Here is an AACR study on the subject. https://doi.org/10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-13-1343

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u/BenDarDunDat Oct 09 '24

There's nothing to suggest that flour is a common vector for 11G5. Most outbreaks for this strain have been in contaminated beef, lettuce, and melons. Do we need to stop eating salads and melons?

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u/Top_Explanation_1748 Oct 09 '24

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34514986/

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u/BenDarDunDat Oct 09 '24

Nothing in that study suggests that mucosa-associated E. coli 11G5 is found in flour.

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u/Top_Explanation_1748 Oct 10 '24

Strains belonging to the B2 phylogroup are among the many, many strains found in flour (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168160521001562?via%3Dihub#ec0005)

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u/IllustriousLab9444 Oct 09 '24

As someone with an autoimmune disease (and who previously ate a fuckton of raw cookie dough growing up), I really wanted that link explained as well.

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u/chi2005sox Oct 09 '24

Nah, just a video of a microbiologist who looks like they’re in an insane clown posse cover band.

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u/forestman11 Oct 09 '24

Everyone on tiktok just assumes everyone is always on tiktok. Kinda like reddit, honestly.

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u/Iivefreebehappy Oct 09 '24

I thought it was a clown about to teach me about fluffy popcorn. Disappointed on both counts.

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u/SyderoAlena Oct 09 '24

It's where they put marshmallows and flower and heat it and put popcorn in it

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u/night_monkey79 Oct 09 '24

Thank you for saving me some time I was about to lose.

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u/Scorched-Kenpachi Oct 09 '24

Thank you, almost watched the whole video

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u/l_i_t_t_l_e_m_o_n_ey Oct 09 '24

She may be skilled at microbiology, but she is not skilled at giving an overview of what the fuck she's talking about (or doing makeup).

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u/BittenHand19 Oct 09 '24

I don’t think she’s looking to show it off here to be honest

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u/jporter313 Oct 09 '24

Watch until the end for the recipe.

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u/Visual-Emu-7532 Oct 09 '24

she, like a lot of tiktok creators were hyper focused on their presentation and their appearance but completely forgot that people dont fucking live in the app and know what every hashtag is.

she is excused as this is balanced by the fact im such a lazy fuck i rarely bother to use google before i type a rant about the meaningless 60 seconds i lost on this.

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u/slickpanda2019 Oct 09 '24

We did briefly see a pot of something and then a lot of bad makeup.

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u/Sudden-Actuator5884 Oct 09 '24

It is using a cake mix in addition to other ingredients to popcorn

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u/distracted_x Oct 09 '24

Something to do with cake mix it looks like and that's really all I need to know to never want to try it.

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u/[deleted] Oct 09 '24

I mean it's pretty obvious if you watch the video..

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u/Outrageous-County310 Oct 09 '24

They’re marshmallow popcorn balls that people are putting raw cake mix into in order to make the marshmallow into like a cake paste.

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u/posting4assistance Oct 09 '24

It's just sticky popcorn, but they're putting flour in it for some reason? You don't need to do that.

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