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This is the cookie-dunking invention we never knew we needed

This is the cookie-dunking invention we never knew we needed
Ben Bowman

Ben Bowman

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Technology can solve virtually any problem. Seriously, we’ve got nearly everything covered with an app these days.

Dunking Buddy

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We’ve got apps to help us track nutrition, track our time, and make us laugh. We’ve got apps to keep us organized, make our lives simpler, and deliver food.

But occasionally, we face a problem we can’t solve with a quick download. We’re about to show you something that will blow your mind. Buckle up, friends. This is the Dunking Buddy:

Dunking your cookie in milk is a time-honored tradition riddled with problems.

  • Dunk the cookie too quickly and you don’t get maximum milk saturation.
  • Dunk the cookie too long and it could break apart and sink to the bottom of your glass.
  • If you want the whole cookie dunked, you’re going to get your fingers covered in milk.
  • Sometimes that milk is too cold and it hurts your precious fingers to try to withstand the freezing temperatures for maximum dunkage!

That’s where the Dunking Buddy comes in. This ingenious gadget uses magnets to create a tiny elevator on either side of your cup. Insert your cookie, slide down the handle on the outside of the cup and your cookie begins its luxurious milk bath. When you’ve achieved maximum saturation, raise the cookie and enjoy.

Just the little cookie elevator itself will cost you $6.95. They’ll throw in a color-changing cup for another $3. If you want to go nuts, you can get 12 of the cup-and-elevator combos for $82.50. So, yeah, kind of expensive for a couple of magnets and plastic, but if you’re a cookie-dunking fiend, this could be a real game-changer.

We do need to mention that the Dunking Buddy appears to max out with an Oreo-sized cookie. Anything beyond that and the cookie will be too big for the little tray. It’s also not dishwasher safe.

Is this thing brilliant? Stupid? A little of both? Perhaps. It’s certainly better than the robot that stabs you for ignoring your WhatsApp notifications.

Ben Bowman

Ben Bowman

Ben Bowman is an Emmy Award-winning journalist who led Softonic.com's editorial team in 2018 and 2019. Before joining Softonic, he was the Head of Content for Curiosity.com and a news producer for NBC, Fox, and CBS. He is an award-winning filmmaker and director of sketch and improv comedy, and a contributing writer for the Pitch comedy app.

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