# How do you eat a cupcake? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 17, 2014, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-eat-a-cupcake/701590 "2014-10-17T15:43:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2014, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-eat-a-cupcake/701590/21 "2014-10-17T19:54:13Z")
I eat the bottom part first. Then the top is small enough to fit my mouth around. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2014, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-eat-a-cupcake/701590/22 "2014-10-17T20:04:48Z")
Huh. I never really thought about it. I just eat it. I’m trying to imagine it now, and it seems I come down from the top at about a 45 degree angle, take a bite, then take a bite from the bottom to even out the cupcake. Or I just try to cram the whole thing in my mouth in a single bite. ---
**Author:** ![dataguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/eada6e/32.png) [@dataguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dataguy)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2014, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-eat-a-cupcake/701590/23 "2014-10-17T20:37:01Z")
Of course, there’s a [Proper Way](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjM9tR42Szo)to eat a cupcake. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2014, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-eat-a-cupcake/701590/24 "2014-10-17T20:38:58Z")
1. Lick off the **FROSTING** (not icing) 2. Eat the part that protrudes beyond the wrapper 3. ??? 4. PROFIT!!! 5. Peel the wrapper and eat what’s left I’d much rather have real cake than a cupcake, though. Boy will it be nice when the stupid cupcake fad ends ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2014, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-eat-a-cupcake/701590/25 "2014-10-17T20:39:19Z")
Regular homemade cupcakes, I just peel and eat. Those $3 pro cupcakes with the mountain of buttercream on top, I lick them like an ice cream cone until there’s about 1/4 inch of frosting left, then peel and eat. ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2014, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-eat-a-cupcake/701590/26 "2014-10-17T22:14:34Z")
I also hadn’t thought of it until now. I peel the wrapper off and try to take a bite out of it all, including frosting/icing. Maybe I have a big mouth? ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2014, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-eat-a-cupcake/701590/27 "2014-10-17T23:21:53Z")
Peel and eat, from the top down. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2014, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-eat-a-cupcake/701590/28 "2014-10-17T23:27:49Z")
Dammit. Now I want cupcakes. I haven’t had a cupcake since that “hack” made the rounds. I shall try it tonight. After I make cupcakes. Dammit. ---
**Author:** ![jabiru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@jabiru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jabiru)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2014, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-eat-a-cupcake/701590/29 "2014-10-17T23:44:45Z")
Rip of the paper and break off the stump. Eat. Eat the top with the icing last. Damn. Now I’m craving a cupcake. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2014, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-eat-a-cupcake/701590/30 "2014-10-18T00:11:59Z")
Milk. Gotta have milk to eat cupcakes! :o ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2014, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-eat-a-cupcake/701590/31 "2014-10-18T01:29:32Z")
The answer has been found. [This is how you eat a cupcake.](https://www.flickr.com/photos/9460062@N07/15536242046/) Er…cupcakes…uh, cupcake tops. Or, if you’re a [traditionalist](https://www.flickr.com/photos/9460062@N07/15536242866/in/photostream/)…just chomp. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![diggerwam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/919ad9/32.png) [@diggerwam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/diggerwam)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2014, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-eat-a-cupcake/701590/32 "2014-10-18T01:30:29Z")
With a spoon. In a bowl. ---
**Author:** ![tenacious\_j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/439d5e/32.png) [@tenacious\_j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tenacious_j)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2014, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-eat-a-cupcake/701590/33 "2014-10-18T01:39:18Z")
> [@diggerwam](#): > > With a spoon. In a bowl. IRL, I cringe every time I watch him do this. Only animals eat with utensils. 😉 I am of the school that tears off the stump and suffers through it, knowing I, too, shall be rewarded with the lovely top half. Still hoping my better half will learn from me, but not yet, not in 25 years.:rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2014, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-eat-a-cupcake/701590/34 "2014-10-18T03:35:54Z")
Either pull off the bottom, and eat that part first, (saving the yummy, yummy icing for last), or go with the sandwich method. ---
**Author:** ![Sarabellum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarabellum/32/3492_2.png) [@Sarabellum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarabellum)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2014, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-eat-a-cupcake/701590/35 "2014-10-18T04:46:14Z")
I like a taste of frosting, but I don’t like it when there’s an inch or more of icing on top. More like 1/4" is just right for me, unless it’s something unusually light and fluffy. I don’t like that greasy mouth-feel that you get from a bite of frosting on its own. Similarly, I usually don’t like it when the inside of the cupcake has been hollowed out to accommodate some… whatever… that’s piped in there. More frosting, usually. It lowers the cupcake’s hull integrity. And it’s too much frosting in one bite. I usually scrape most of the frosting off, leaving a nice smudge for flavor. Quickly apologize to the frosting-junkies that are staring at me with raised eyebrows. Then, I peel the wrapper off, and have a nice bite. I probably eat a standard cupcake in 5 or 6 bites. MMmm… cupcakes. ---
**Author:** ![Cayuga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@Cayuga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cayuga)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2014, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-eat-a-cupcake/701590/36 "2014-10-18T15:06:48Z")
> [@Lukeinva](#): > > Open wide and chomp! What else. > You might get icing on your face but that’s the risk of cupcake eating. This. > [@Darth\_Panda](#): > > You, sir, have the boorish manners of a Yalie! Yeah, I went to Yale. Wanna make something of it? To be a bit more specific: (I think this is what I do, anyway.) Open wide. Hook your top front teeth into the top of the cupcake near an edge. Rotate the bottom of the cupcake toward your face while pushing upward (i.e. toward the top of the cupcake) in order to compress it. When the bottom rim clears your lower front teeth, bite down. > [@TBG](#): > > I’d much rather have real cake than a cupcake, though. Boy will it be nice when the stupid cupcake fad ends Ain’t it the truth? > [@Osiris\_the\_1st](#): > > 1. Scrape off 90-95% of icing. > 2. Place cupcake in bowl. > 3. Scoop ice cream into bowl with cake. > 4. Eat with spoon. Needless to say, this is sheer genius, and I’ll be trying it the next time I find myself in possession of a cupcake. But I think I’ll scrape off and eat all the icing and then put the rest in the bowl. Because one of the few things better than icing is cake and ice cream in the same bite. I’ve had sex that wasn’t as good as cake and ice cream in the same bite. ---
**Author:** ![zweisamkeit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zweisamkeit/32/4360_2.png) [@zweisamkeit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zweisamkeit)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2014, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-eat-a-cupcake/701590/37 "2014-10-18T15:25:43Z")
> [@dataguy](#): > > Of course, there’s a [Proper Way](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjM9tR42Szo)to eat a cupcake. That looks shockingly like what the very first reply mentioned. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![zweisamkeit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zweisamkeit/32/4360_2.png) [@zweisamkeit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zweisamkeit)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2014, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-eat-a-cupcake/701590/38 "2014-10-18T15:27:33Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > Same way I eat muffins. Rip the bottom off and suffer through it. Reward self with top half. Rebecca: Are you the ones leaveing the muffin pieces behind our shelter? Elaine: You been enjoying them? Rebecca: They’re just stumps. Elaine: Well they’re perfectly edible. Rebecca: Oh, so you just assume that the homeless will eat them, they’ll eat anything? Mr. Lippman: No no, we just thought… Rebecca: I know what you thought. They don’t have homes, they don’t have jobs, what do they need the top of a muffin for? They’re lucky to get the stumps. ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2014, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-eat-a-cupcake/701590/39 "2014-10-20T13:59:38Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > Same way I eat muffins. Rip the bottom off and suffer through it. Reward self with top half. Repeat 6 times. Spend rest of evening crying and clutching college jeans. LOL, It’s like I’m reading my own post before I’ve written it! 🙂 Except since I’m 50, college was way to long ago to cry over. This is by far the easiest, most mess-free way to eat muffins and cupcakes. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2014, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-eat-a-cupcake/701590/40 "2014-10-20T17:24:25Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Huh. I never really thought about it. I just eat it. I’m trying to imagine it now, and it seems I come down from the top at about a 45 degree angle, take a bite, then take a bite from the bottom to even out the cupcake. Or I just try to cram the whole thing in my mouth in a single bite. I was about to post this, almost word for word. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-eat-a-cupcake/701590.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-eat-a-cupcake/701590.md?page=3)