# Ways to eat Cool Whip **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 30, 2019, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ways-to-eat-cool-whip/834782 "2019-05-30T16:19:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2019, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ways-to-eat-cool-whip/834782/1 "2019-05-30T16:19:34Z")
I picked up a tub of Cool Whip and it has a new design for the cardboard on top. It shows six different things to do with Cool Whip. One of then shows a heaping spoonful and declares, “Eat like ice cream”. My life has been vindicated. [https://harvestimefoods.com/cool-whip-original-whipped-topping-8-oz-8-oz-043000009536/](https://harvestimefoods.com/cool-whip-original-whipped-topping-8-oz-8-oz-043000009536/) Dennis ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2019, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ways-to-eat-cool-whip/834782/2 "2019-05-30T17:06:09Z")
I endorse this event or product. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2019, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ways-to-eat-cool-whip/834782/3 "2019-05-30T17:14:49Z")
In her cookbook Alice (Remember Alice? Arlo wrote a song about Alice) states that anything topped with whipped cream will be a hit.\* \*I know some people who would end whipped cream with a spoon. ---
**Author:** ![amaguri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@amaguri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amaguri)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2019, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ways-to-eat-cool-whip/834782/4 "2019-05-30T18:11:16Z")
I think a distinction must be made between Cool Whip™ brand non-dairy topping and whipped cream. Even though they are often used interchangeably, they barely exist in the same universe. ---
**Author:** ![Rough\_Draft](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/76d3ee/32.png) [@Rough\_Draft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rough_Draft)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2019, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ways-to-eat-cool-whip/834782/5 "2019-05-30T18:17:48Z")
If Reddi-Wip ever puts suggestions like that on their packaging, I hope they have the nerve to make #1 “Wrap lips around nozzle and spray directly into mouth”. Anything else would just be dishonest. ---
**Author:** ![txjim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f07891/32.png) [@txjim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/txjim)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2019, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ways-to-eat-cool-whip/834782/6 "2019-05-30T19:29:08Z")
Frozen spoonfuls of Cool Whip between graham crackers, yum! My wife used to keep fat free Cool Whip in the freezer. I accidentally left it on the counter one day and noticed that it retained it’s structure even after warming up. I contend it uses polystyrene as a stabilizer ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2019, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ways-to-eat-cool-whip/834782/7 "2019-05-30T19:44:42Z")
A spoon is traditional. While still cold a fork works ok. Other ways to eat it? I dunno, maybe with your hands, or when it’s melted enough with a straw. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2019, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ways-to-eat-cool-whip/834782/8 "2019-05-30T19:49:36Z")
I saw a recipe (together with photograph) once in one of Mom’s magazines: **Our Favorite Dessert** 1 biscuit 1 strawberry 1 blueberry 1 cherry 43 cans Redi-Whip ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2019, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ways-to-eat-cool-whip/834782/9 "2019-05-30T19:58:05Z")
Cool-Whip on Jello was a childhood favorite of mine. But no, it ain’t whipped cream. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2019, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ways-to-eat-cool-whip/834782/10 "2019-05-30T20:19:58Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > A spoon is traditional. While still cold a fork works ok. Other ways to eat it? I dunno, maybe with your hands, or when it’s melted enough with a straw. Not your hands. Just a finger. Because you’re only having one little taste. Or maybe two. It’s been three seconds, you can open up the fridge and get another little taste. . . OK, two little tastes. How 'bout a couple more little finger tastes. Let’s go back and have one more. . . Hey! Who ate all the Cool Whip? ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2019, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ways-to-eat-cool-whip/834782/11 "2019-05-30T20:23:53Z")
> [@mixdenny](#): > > I picked up a tub of Cool Whip and it has a new design for the cardboard on top. It shows six different things to do with Cool Whip. One of then shows a heaping spoonful and declares, “Eat like ice cream”. My life has been vindicated. > > [https://harvestimefoods.com/cool-whip-original-whipped-topping-8-oz-8-oz-043000009536/](https://harvestimefoods.com/cool-whip-original-whipped-topping-8-oz-8-oz-043000009536/) > > Dennis > [@Quimby](#): > > I endorse this event or product. Ditto. I like the taste (not to mention the oddly rubbery consistency when it’s still “frozen”) of Cool Whip better than ice cream or whipped cream. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2019, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ways-to-eat-cool-whip/834782/12 "2019-05-30T20:28:09Z")
My wife’s family has a traditional side dish that they make for pretty much every family gathering, which they call “fluffy Jell-O.” It consists of: - A box of Jell-O - A container of Cool Whip - A container of small curd cottage cheese - A can of fruit (typically pineapple chunks) There’s no real prep involved – one just mixes the ingredients together. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2019, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ways-to-eat-cool-whip/834782/13 "2019-05-31T00:58:52Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > My wife’s family has a traditional side dish that they make for pretty much every family gathering, which they call “fluffy Jell-O.” It consists of: > > - A box of Jell-O > > - A container of Cool Whip > > - A container of small curd cottage cheese > > - A can of fruit (typically pineapple chunks) > > There’s no real prep involved – one just mixes the ingredients together. Surely the Jell-O is prepared before mixing with the other ingredients (before the Jell-O has a chance to set up). ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2019, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ways-to-eat-cool-whip/834782/14 "2019-05-31T01:06:50Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > My wife’s family has a traditional side dish that they make for pretty much every family gathering, which they call “fluffy Jell-O.” It consists of: > > - A box of Jell-O > - A container of Cool Whip > - A container of small curd cottage cheese > - A can of fruit (typically pineapple chunks) > > There’s no real prep involved – one just mixes the ingredients together. I make that with lime jello. My kids called it ‘green slime’ The jello powder is just stirred in the cool whip and cottage cheese ---
**Author:** ![Daylate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9dc877/32.png) [@Daylate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daylate)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2019, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ways-to-eat-cool-whip/834782/15 "2019-05-31T02:49:58Z")
> [@](#): > > #12 > Old Today, 03:28 PM > kenobi 65’s Avatar > kenobi 65 kenobi 65 is offline > Corellian Nerfherder > > Join Date: May 2000 > Location: Brookfield, IL > Posts: 14,675 > My wife’s family has a traditional side dish that they make for pretty much every family gathering, which they call “fluffy Jell-O.” It consists of: > > - A box of Jell-O > - A container of Cool Whip > - A container of small curd cottage cheese > - A can of fruit (typically pineapple chunks) > > There’s no real prep involved – one just mixes the ingredients together. Your family is Lutheran, and is from Minnesota. Right? ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2019, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ways-to-eat-cool-whip/834782/16 "2019-05-31T02:52:49Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > My wife’s family has a traditional side dish that they make for pretty much every family gathering, which they call “fluffy Jell-O.” It consists of: > > - A box of Jell-O > - A container of Cool Whip > - A container of small curd cottage cheese > - A can of fruit (typically pineapple chunks) > > There’s no real prep involved – one just mixes the ingredients together. I made something like this (actually a [Watergate Salad](https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/13811/watergate-salad/)) on a lark to take to a potluck at work. Even though we’re in the heart of its Midwestern origins, no one got the joke and it sat untouched until I took it home. Where I ate it with no qualms. Jerks. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2019, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ways-to-eat-cool-whip/834782/17 "2019-05-31T02:57:17Z")
Speaking of Jello, Cool Whip is a great icing for Jello cakes, where you mix the prepared-but-unset gelatin mix with the batter of a cake mix. It’s one of my favorite kinds of cake that is made with a standard mix. Strawberry or cherry tend to work best, in my opinion. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2019, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ways-to-eat-cool-whip/834782/18 "2019-05-31T03:01:27Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > Surely the Jell-O is prepared before mixing with the other ingredients (before the Jell-O has a chance to set up). As Beck notes, no, you don’t actually make the Jell-O – I just asked my wife for the instructions, to be certain of this. She says: “You pour the powdered Jell-O onto the cottage cheese, and mix it in. You then add in the fruit, once you drain it, because you don’t want the water from the fruit in there. Finally, you fold in the Cool Whip.” > [@Daylate](#): > > Your family is Lutheran, and is from Minnesota. Right? Well, it’s my wife’s family. Yes to Lutheran, no to Minnesota (they’re from Chicago). My wife tells me that they first found the recipe in a cookbook which their Lutheran church (here in suburban Chicago) published, decades ago, with a collection of recipes from members of the congregation. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2019, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ways-to-eat-cool-whip/834782/19 "2019-05-31T03:10:47Z")
before they made chocolate cool whip a kid i knew would take a can of hersheys …dump it in and mix it up and eat it straight from the container ---
**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 31, 2019, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ways-to-eat-cool-whip/834782/20 "2019-05-31T06:49:19Z")
Are we suggesting non-spoon ways to eat Cool Whip? Cuz I like it dolloped onto toasted (frozen) waffles, so it melts into the squares. Then I just eat the rest of the damn tub. Don’t judge me. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ways-to-eat-cool-whip/834782.md?page=2)