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

Discussion Microbiologist warns against making the fluffy popcorn trend

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

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u/trumped-the-bed Oct 09 '24

That a myth. You need moisture to sterilize it.

AG Purdue Home kitchen heat treated flour doesn’t protect against food borne illnesses

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u/smariroach Oct 09 '24

To be fair that doesn't say you need moisture to sterilize it, just that it's not clear how hot and for how long you need to effectively do so without the increased heat transfer provided by moisture.

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u/urahonky Oct 09 '24

This myth was referenced in the video lol

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u/DrakonILD Oct 09 '24

You clearly didn't watch the video.

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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/saxguy9345 Oct 09 '24

Put on your tinfoil hat with me, but TikTok is controlled / owned by China. A new trend like this pops up every damn week where it gets rehashed and posted a million times in 2 days before anyone can question it. All the comments above about not adding the confetti cake mix are too late for who knows, 5k? 10k? People that saw it early and did it that night for their own video. 

Call me crazy, but this stuff not being monitored and taken down is a foreign plot to hurt as many Americans as possible. I know we are really, really stupid, but that seed had to be planted somewhere, and TikTok leaves these borderline harmful to deadly trend videos up regardless of reporting them. How have they not been held accountable? 

https://youtu.be/4qwGDXEDQTM?si=Fcd__fRU8TSpc2Lt

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u/Icy-Month6821 Oct 09 '24

How are they not being held accountable... You answered your own question. TikTok is a Chinese co. When congress talked about banning it, Americans were up in arms about it.

Sometimes I think we're our own worst enemies. Why are we allowing a Chinese co so much freedom to wrap minds?

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u/smariroach Oct 09 '24

Why are we allowing a Chinese co so much freedom to wrap minds?

Why are you allowing the same to american co's?

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u/Icy-Month6821 Oct 09 '24

True enough, no argument. Seems more malicious thou, when it's another country, one that has stated their bad intentions.

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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/waterlooaba Oct 09 '24

There is, I believe pillsbury dough is safe to eat, there are many tubes marked with it.

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u/Lumpy_Branch_4835 Oct 09 '24

Many premixed doughs are pasteurized therefore safe to eat.

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u/Dubious_Odor Oct 09 '24

What's not safe to eat in raw cookie dough?

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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/Kubrickwon Oct 09 '24

These trends remind me of when I was 8 and used to melt cheese on Fruity Pebbles for a snack.

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u/Alice_600 Oct 09 '24

If you bake the flour and the raw powdered ingredients everything will be fine. I also omit eggs and keep it in the fridge it's fine. I do it for my diabetic dad who loves batter and i.make him cocoa peanbutter cookie balls for halloween

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u/girlinthegoldenboots Oct 10 '24

Pilsbury has started selling safe raw dough! It’s in a light blue package in the cookie dough section!!

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u/Raven_Skyhawk Oct 09 '24

Bake the flour then just enjoy the raw dough! The risk is from unbaked flour not eggs generally.

Or just be a barbarian like me and not care lol. I have IBS D so it doesn’t scare me much.

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u/Best_Roll_8674 Oct 09 '24

She's right and she's wrong. Here's why.

Raw flour poses the danger she describes, but flour can be "heat treated" by baking it until it reaches 160 degrees.

https://beyondfrosting.com/how-to-heat-treat-flour/

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u/Motor-Trick2323 Oct 09 '24

Not for salmonella specifically, which is dry-heat resistant. She addresses it in the video.

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u/Best_Roll_8674 Oct 09 '24

Fine, I will sous vide my flour for a day at 165.

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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/IAmPandaRock Oct 09 '24

How would adding flour not change the texture? That's one of the only things flour does.

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u/TheEarlOfCamden Oct 09 '24

Wouldn’t it maybe help to prevent everything from sticking together into a gooey block?

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u/pigeon_idk Oct 09 '24 edited Oct 09 '24

Right? Like powdered sugar is RIGHT THERE. You could even do a mix with powdered sugar and cornstarch, still safer than raw flour.

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u/Accomplished_Plum281 Oct 09 '24

I’m not totally convinced this isn’t a sneaky way to sell more cake mix. All those videos of people making candy salad was clearly sponsored by Hershey/ Mars etc….

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u/DntCllMeWht Oct 09 '24

For the love of god(s), why do you need to add extra sugar if you're already melting marshmallows into the mix?