People Do Not Give An Eff About This Cookie Dough Warning (But You Prob Should)

Give us a bowl of raw cookie dough and our heart is yours. We get it — raw cookie dough can make you sick, but come on! It tastes so good. Even though the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a formal warning about consuming cookie dough, people don’t give an eff. They can take our lives, but they can never take our freedom.

According to a December 3rd CDC feature, raw cookie dough could contain several types of bacteria that can cause sickness. The CDC warns that uncooked flour could potentially contain E. coli and raw eggs could contain Salmonella — both of which are germs that could mess our stomachs up pretty badly.

“Do not taste or eat any raw dough or batter, whether for cookies, tortillas, pizza, biscuits, pancakes, or crafts made with raw flour, such as homemade play dough or holiday ornaments,” the CDC writes. “Bake or cook raw dough and batter, such as cookie dough and cake mix, before eating.”

Yeah, but what’s one little spoonful of cookie dough really going to do? You have to see if you made the recipe correctly before you bake, right? “Steer clear of this temptation,” the CDC adds. We guess they’re not messing around here.

However, the people of the internet have chosen to turn a blind eye to this warning.

Live free or die. https://t.co/LaYlVwv8CU

— kaitlin (@thefactualprep) December 9, 2018

pry it from my cold dead hands https://t.co/tp1M5D3XmG

— ⋆ 𝕾𝖆𝖙𝖆𝖓𝖎𝖈 𝕻𝖆𝖓𝖊𝖐 ⋆ (@gaypanek) December 10, 2018

Listen, CDC, we know you’re trying to do us a favor, but you may have overstepped your bounds on this one. We understand the dangers of raw cookie dough, we really do. But we also understand that sometimes you have to live dangerously. Now let us lick the GD spoon.