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August 8, 2017 8:42 AM

The Optimal Time to Dunk an Oreo, According to Science. Lucas Reilly of Mental Floss brings us a roundup of scientific research of just how long your cookie/biscuit should remain in the milk, including an actual physics equation and a university-approved chart. Hail science!
posted by Etrigan (6 comments total)

Cool post. Love the equation! I'm not a dunker, but now I wanna go home and try out the theory, well, in the name of science!
posted by strelitzia at 9:39 AM on August 8, 2017

I don't know ... three seconds seems at least three seconds too long to me.
posted by Jonathan Livengood at 11:10 AM on August 8, 2017

The optimal time to dunk an oreo is 0 because how the hell are you supposed to separate it and eat the filling first if you've dunked it?
posted by ardgedee at 12:25 PM on August 8, 2017

I don't need this, because I've done a lifetime of experimenting and know the secret is for me to count to 11. 10 is not enough, 12 and it falls apart.

Yes, I time everything.
posted by fiercecupcake at 5:55 PM on August 8, 2017

Dunk it in rhe bin. They're dreadful crap.
posted by GallonOfAlan at 12:26 AM on August 9, 2017 [1 favorite]

For me I don't count the second the cookie is in the milk, I pay more attention to how many air bubbles are still coming out of the cookie. After plenty of practice, I'm pretty good about guessing when to take the cookie out of the milk.
posted by LizBoBiz at 6:33 AM on August 14, 2017 [1 favorite]