# Reddi-Wip or Cool Whip? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 16, 2015, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reddi-wip-or-cool-whip/720171 "2015-05-16T13:27:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2015, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reddi-wip-or-cool-whip/720171/21 "2015-05-17T14:02:22Z")
Reddi-Whip in the blue can. The extra creamy one. Yum. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2015, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reddi-wip-or-cool-whip/720171/22 "2015-05-17T14:19:52Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > While I would love it if Cool Whip came out of a spray can, taste-wise, it wins, hands down. > > Unfortunately, I can no longer eat either one. Cool Whip may say it’s non-dairy, but it contains my body’s sworn enemy, sodium caesinate. Cool Whip DOES come in cans now. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2015, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reddi-wip-or-cool-whip/720171/23 "2015-05-17T15:38:15Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Confession: I like to eat Cool Whip straight from the tub like ice cream. In fact, I like it better than ice cream. I have been known to fill a bowl with Reddi-wip and eat the entire thing… ---
**Author:** ![Peanuthead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peanuthead/32/360_2.png) [@Peanuthead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanuthead)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2015, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reddi-wip-or-cool-whip/720171/24 "2015-05-17T21:13:53Z")
Neither one of those repulsive food like products will be seen in my refrigerator. If I want whipped cream I’ll make my own. As far as these other concoctions are concerned, just take a look at the ingredients as per **Finagles** post. Reddiwip starts with some cream and goes downhill from there with corn syrup and other adulterants till it no longer even resembles whipped cream. And Cool whip. Fuggetaboutit! No one even knows what it _is_!\* Non-dairy whipped topping \*they call it. Okay, so what the hell is that? Well, it’s non-dairy so we know what it isn’t. And it’s whipped. Hmmm…what did they whip? Why _topping_ of course! Now, if we only knew what the hell topping was we’d know what is in that nifty plastic container. Don’t get me started on Breyer’s conning people into thinking they’re getting ice cream when, in inconspicuous print, they are selling you “Frozen Dairy Desert”. ---
**Author:** ![Deeg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/deeg/32/2955_2.png) [@Deeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deeg)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2015, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reddi-wip-or-cool-whip/720171/25 "2015-05-18T02:14:25Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > If I want whipped cream then I’d go with the Reddi but Cool Whip is fine for plenty of purposes. You, sir (ma’am?), are a Philistine and have the taste buds of a cement mixer, unless by “plenty of purposes” you mean “flushing down the toilet”. I’m with Octarine, though. I don’t think people realize how easy it is to make your own whipped cream. ---
**Author:** ![Jamicat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c67d28/32.png) [@Jamicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jamicat)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2015, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reddi-wip-or-cool-whip/720171/26 "2015-05-18T03:03:38Z")
Readiwhip for topping, like in coffee or a fudge sundae. Coolwhip for dipping, like for strawberries or peaches. I wouldn’t turn either down on warm apple pie. I knew I shouldn’t have thought too much into this. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2015, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reddi-wip-or-cool-whip/720171/27 "2015-05-18T06:01:23Z")
The only time I ever use something like that is in a dessert recipe as an ingredient (we never ever use either as a topping) and those recipes always call for Cool Whip. ---
**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:** [May 18, 2015, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reddi-wip-or-cool-whip/720171/28 "2015-05-18T06:53:32Z")
Why is everyone pronouncing it weird, with all that emphasis on the “h”? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![california\_jobcase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@california\_jobcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/california_jobcase)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2015, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reddi-wip-or-cool-whip/720171/29 "2015-05-18T14:47:39Z")
Dream Whip, of course. ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2015, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reddi-wip-or-cool-whip/720171/30 "2015-05-18T15:10:00Z")
> [@gigi](#): > > Reddi-Whip, since it’s easier to spray directly into one’s gaping maw. Or the dog’s, which has proven to be highly entertaining. > [@Rhiannon8404](#): > > Reddi-Wip, because Cool Whip is disgusting. Yes. I’m pretty sure Cool Whip is the spooge of Satan. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2015, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reddi-wip-or-cool-whip/720171/31 "2015-05-18T17:06:48Z")
I like Reddi-Whip because it’s fun to shoot a bit into the dog’s mouth whenever I use it. We used to get a brand called Lucky Whip but you don’t see it anymore. Cool Whip is fine, but it’s hard to get it the right consistency. Either it’s too hard from the freezer or too watery. ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2015, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reddi-wip-or-cool-whip/720171/32 "2015-05-18T18:28:16Z")
> [@Queen\_Tonya](#): > > jello salad. So many kinds of wrong here. But it does go with Cool Whip as things that go straight into the garbage. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2015, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reddi-wip-or-cool-whip/720171/33 "2015-05-18T18:45:53Z")
> [@Finagle](#): > > … From Wikipedia: “Cool Whip Original is made of water, hydrogenated vegetable oil (including coconut and palm oils), high fructose corn syrup, corn syrup, skimmed milk, light cream, and less than 2% sodium caseinate (a milk derivative), natural and artificial flavor, xanthan and guar gums, polysorbate 60, sorbitan monostearate, and beta carotene (as a coloring)”… _minor hijack_: How the fuck does beta carotene (“a [strongly-colored red-orange](http://www.foodcolor.com/beta-carotene-color)pigment”) get used to color a snow-white item? 😕 > [@Quimby](#): > > I have been known to fill a bowl with Reddi-wip and eat the entire thing… Why on earth would you bother dirtying a bowl? Pretentious enough that you’re using a spoon. > [@terentii](#): > > Why is everyone pronouncing it weird, with all that emphasis on the “h”? :dubious: Well played. [Bravo](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=757014). > [@BobLibDem](#): > > I like Reddi-Whip because it’s fun to shoot a bit into the dog’s mouth whenever I use it. We used to get a brand called Lucky Whip but you don’t see it anymore. Cool Whip is fine, but it’s hard to get it the right consistency. Either it’s too hard from the freezer or too watery. Note to self: get a dog! I’ve never had it get watery, though. 😕 Just gets a greenish fuzzy mold, because all those artificial non-food ingredients in Cool Whip apparently can’t be broken down for sustenance by any living organisms. ---
**Author:** ![Phedre\_no\_Delaunay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/839c29/32.png) [@Phedre\_no\_Delaunay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phedre_no_Delaunay)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2015, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reddi-wip-or-cool-whip/720171/34 "2015-05-18T19:18:23Z")
> [@Octarine](#): > > Reddi-Whip, because it’s the closest to being real food. But when I want whipped cream, I just buy heavy cream and, you know, whip it. With a sprinkle of sugar, it tastes exponentially better than either one. This. Except I use a drop or two of liquid sucralose instead of sugar because my husband has diabetes. ---
**Author:** ![funky\_little\_lee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e95f7d/32.png) [@funky\_little\_lee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/funky_little_lee)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2015, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reddi-wip-or-cool-whip/720171/35 "2015-05-23T01:37:16Z")
Cool Whip on a Jell-o poke cake: light, refreshing, delicious! Reddi-Whip: a nasty, chemmed-up version of real whipped cream (which I can easily make myself). No contest. ---
**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:** [May 23, 2015, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reddi-wip-or-cool-whip/720171/36 "2015-05-23T05:26:17Z")
Reddi-Whip, duh. The only downside is when it starts to run-out, so does the nitrous oxide, and it comes out in a slurpy liquid. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reddi-wip-or-cool-whip/720171.md?page=1)