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Toddler Demands Mickey D's Chips in Car, How Mom Cools Down Goes Viral
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A mom's quick-thinking hack to cool down piping-hot French fries is going viral.
In a clip on TikTok (@elllieekate), Ellie Blaisdell captured the all-too-relatable chaos of parenting in a McDonald's drive-thru moment. The text overlay reads: "POV [point of view]: Your toddler is screaming for 'treats' in the back seat and McDonald's chose today to serve the hottest french fries ever."
Blaisdell's toddler, in full meltdown mode, was demanding her "treats"—a term that clearly meant the just-purchased McDonald's fries—but there was one major obstacle: the fries were practically molten.
That is when Blaisdell had a stroke of genius.
Instead of handing back the scalding snack or suffering through another 10 minutes of crying, Blaisdell took the fries and placed them directly in her car's air-conditioning vent.
The forced cold air helped cool them down faster, making them toddler-ready in record time.
Blaisdell captioned the clip: "Mother's in stem."
TikTok users couldn't get enough of the mom's clever fix. The clip has amassed over 621,000 views and a further 46,000 likes.
Hundreds commented on the clip, with one user even calling it the "most relatable" thing they had seen on TikTok all day.
"Gotta do this next time, so smart," one user wrote.
"So real. Anytime we get my son food he ALWAYS get fresh fries. I'm like, but I get old ones," another commented.
"I got one fry stuck in my air vent from doing this and can't reach it with anything so it just lives there now," a third added.
Many other commenters posted about how they manage with hungry toddlers.
"Sometimes I stick the Dunkin' Donuts hashbrown bag out the window and let nature help us out," one user said.
"I hold the box out the window while I drive," another wrote.
"I hold the fry out the window of my moving car while my 18 month old is crashing out in the backseat like she's gonna starve," added a third.
Some users were concerned about what may stick to the French fry, such as dust, when it comes out of the air vent.
Blaisdell replied: "Literally what dust? Are we not cleaning our cars and changing our air filters?!? Also he licks his shoes so."
File photo: A young Asian girl cries and screams in a car.
File photo: A young Asian girl cries and screams in a car.
Gins Wang
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