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That's not very mature

R a c h e l — Mon, 21 Nov 2016 10:50:07 -0800

The Fondoodler is a "hot glue gun for cheese"

This little piece of unitasking magic might be used to make a chip-by-chip nacho bar or an edible cheesy tortilla bowl. Since the product is licensed by Buzzfeed, Tasty even got into the ideas game with a recipe for fondoodler-filled jalapeno poppers. Previously on mefi: a cheese ball machine gun

By: sexyrobot

sexyrobot — Mon, 21 Nov 2016 10:51:09 -0800

Shut up and take my money.

By: bondcliff

bondcliff — Mon, 21 Nov 2016 10:54:03 -0800

From the makers of The Cornballer, comes...

By: jenjenc

jenjenc — Mon, 21 Nov 2016 10:57:32 -0800

Damnit. I would buy this. Especially if I was in line at Bed, Bath, & Beyond, had an extra coupon, and the video was playing on one of those little displays.

By: quaking fajita

quaking fajita — Mon, 21 Nov 2016 10:58:00 -0800

I love everything about this.

By: poffin boffin

poffin boffin — Mon, 21 Nov 2016 10:58:42 -0800

i was down until i saw them roll up a slice of that individual slice packaged cheese and now i'm angry. why weren't string cheeses good enough for you, cheese gun person.

By: poffin boffin

poffin boffin — Mon, 21 Nov 2016 10:59:12 -0800

why did you fly your cheese wings so close to the sun

By: quaking fajita

quaking fajita — Mon, 21 Nov 2016 11:00:49 -0800

Mmmmm plastic cheese.

By: robocop is bleeding

robocop is bleeding — Mon, 21 Nov 2016 11:02:46 -0800

Pretty sure this is how Chester Cheetah died. They found him in an alley with a bunch of burn marks on his arms and a far away smile on his slack face. Later at his wake, everyone agreed that he was the best seven layer dip ever made.

By: giraffe

giraffe — Mon, 21 Nov 2016 11:03:30 -0800

No "Pepsi Bleu Cheese"? I'm surprised at you, Metafilter.

By: chavenet

chavenet — Mon, 21 Nov 2016 11:04:06 -0800

quaking fajita: "I love everything about this." Eponysterical.

By: aniola

aniola — Mon, 21 Nov 2016 11:04:08 -0800

I am a fan of this gimmick.

By: poffin boffin

poffin boffin — Mon, 21 Nov 2016 11:04:54 -0800

also that lady didn't wear gloves to handle the jalapeno and i'm sad she had to learn that terrible lesson

By: quaking fajita

quaking fajita — Mon, 21 Nov 2016 11:06:16 -0800

I just realized that one the fondoodler website (where you can buy a piece of this gloriousness and don't think that I am not 100% considering it) they have photos of someone building a cheesy house out of crackers, the same way you would with graham crackers in imitation of a gingerbread house. I await the pimiento cheese decorations.

By: Mchelly

Mchelly — Mon, 21 Nov 2016 11:06:28 -0800

A whole page of FAQs, and no mention of whether it also works for chocolate. Chocolate fondoo is the best fondoo

By: chavenet

chavenet — Mon, 21 Nov 2016 11:06:35 -0800

Via Elon Musk? [fake]

By: Foci for Analysis

Foci for Analysis — Mon, 21 Nov 2016 11:07:42 -0800

how hot does the cheese from this wondrous apparatus get? like if an unfortunate soul would accidentally and maybe repeatably drops cheese on their genitals, perhaps whilst changing pants and underwear, would it cause any pain? is it possible to make the cheese REALLY warm? you know for those cold winter nights

By: tommasz

tommasz — Mon, 21 Nov 2016 11:08:18 -0800

This seems like the type of kitchen appliance (is that even the right word?) that is destined to be used once or twice and then put away, like the quesadilla maker we bought.

By: eotvos

eotvos — Mon, 21 Nov 2016 11:09:59 -0800

This is neat. But, it's just close enough to leave us with the taste of 3D printed cheese, but without actually delivering 3D printed cheese, that it feels incomplete.

By: hippybear

hippybear — Mon, 21 Nov 2016 11:10:01 -0800

I like how Foci For Analysis doesn't even go the "asking for a friend" route. Well played!

By: SansPoint

SansPoint — Mon, 21 Nov 2016 11:11:16 -0800

Foci for Analysis: how hot does the cheese from this wondrous artifact get? This is important, because the first thing I want to do with it is just stick the business end in my mouth and consume the gooey cheese goo directly, free from any starchy conveyance mechanisms.

By: hippybear

hippybear — Mon, 21 Nov 2016 11:11:56 -0800

but without actually delivering 3D printed cheese Imagine what truly imaginative users of a Star Trek replicator could achieve as far as food architecture is concerned! I won't even supply examples, because your brain is already running rampant with this idea!

By: stevis23

stevis23 — Mon, 21 Nov 2016 11:14:29 -0800

Who will give me $500 for this sabotage?

By: Johnny Wallflower

Johnny Wallflower — Mon, 21 Nov 2016 11:15:54 -0800

Technology has reached its apex. There is nothing more worth inventing. Human destiny has been fulfilled. Let the waters rise and wash us away.

By: Room 641-A

Room 641-A — Mon, 21 Nov 2016 11:25:40 -0800

Hey if you're my secret quonsar just ignore everything else I wrote on my list. Kiddingnotkidding.

By: parm

parm — Mon, 21 Nov 2016 11:25:42 -0800

They don't ship internationally. Which is probably fortunate, given my instinctive response to this was to throw money at the screen.

By: palomar

palomar — Mon, 21 Nov 2016 11:28:49 -0800

sweet jesus. no, wait. sweet cheese-us.

By: Foci for Analysis

Foci for Analysis — Mon, 21 Nov 2016 11:29:42 -0800

This is important, because the first thing I want to do with it is just stick the business end in my mouth and consume the gooey cheese goo directly, free from any starchy conveyance mechanisms. au yis pleas explanicate mor �

By: Kabanos

Kabanos — Mon, 21 Nov 2016 11:31:11 -0800

Blessed are the cheese gun makers.

By: Room 641-A

Room 641-A — Mon, 21 Nov 2016 11:33:42 -0800

In the video I thought he was going to build a literal nacho bar by gluing the chips together. Que(so) lastima. Also, I have, like, eight glue guns so there goes my Monday night.

By: Kabanos

Kabanos — Mon, 21 Nov 2016 11:42:12 -0800

They don't ship internationally. Which is probably fortunate ..." I'm faced with this hurdle too. Although I now see that you can buy empty caulking tubes on amazon, so there may be an emergency room visit in my future yet.

By: ROU_Xenophobe

ROU_Xenophobe — Mon, 21 Nov 2016 11:44:40 -0800

This is important, because the first thing I want to do with it is just stick the business end in my mouth and consume the gooey cheese goo directly Mouth, hell. Hook it to my veins.

By: robocop is bleeding

robocop is bleeding — Mon, 21 Nov 2016 11:47:49 -0800

Time to bust out the apple corer and some brie.

By: I_Love_Bananas

I_Love_Bananas — Mon, 21 Nov 2016 11:49:25 -0800

This is relevant to my interests.

By: poffin boffin

poffin boffin — Mon, 21 Nov 2016 11:51:53 -0800

i've been arguing with myself over whether or not this would count as an artistic achievement for the human race as a whole and i have come to the conclusion that this is a device that leonardo da vinci himself would have praised so therefore all other considerations aside it irrefutably has merit

By: dlugoczaj

dlugoczaj — Mon, 21 Nov 2016 11:59:28 -0800

Fondoodler = can of squirt cheese - warmth + (expense x 5) + no need to clean device afterwards. You do the math. I'm not impressed.

By: hippybear

hippybear — Mon, 21 Nov 2016 12:01:22 -0800

MetaFilter: I'm not impressed.

By: slogger

slogger — Mon, 21 Nov 2016 12:01:30 -0800

It took only 20 seconds to order that.

By: bondcliff

bondcliff — Mon, 21 Nov 2016 12:05:43 -0800

Fondoodler = can of squirt cheese - warmth + (expense x 5) + no need to clean device afterwards. You do the math. I'm not impressed. This is the cheese dispensing equivalent of the famous "less space than a Nomad. Lame." comment. Personal hot cheese dispensers are the future. Embrace the melty goodness.

By: poffin boffin

poffin boffin — Mon, 21 Nov 2016 12:07:35 -0800

unlike cans of squeez cheez, the device creates no waste.

By: blue_beetle

blue_beetle — Mon, 21 Nov 2016 12:09:33 -0800

Not the melted cheese we want, but the melted-cheese we deserve.

By: dlugoczaj

dlugoczaj — Mon, 21 Nov 2016 12:12:45 -0800

That's a point, poffin boffin, and it does tip the equation slightly.

By: poffin boffin

poffin boffin — Mon, 21 Nov 2016 12:13:45 -0800

also since when does buzzfeed license weird products?

By: msbutah

msbutah — Mon, 21 Nov 2016 12:15:34 -0800

Their demo video shows that it takes string cheese as close to a keurig style cartridge system we could dream of. I want 10.

By: Hypatia

Hypatia — Mon, 21 Nov 2016 12:18:31 -0800

Did anyone else think that "H - E - L" was going for Help me?

By: Multicellular Exothermic

Multicellular Exothermic — Mon, 21 Nov 2016 12:19:46 -0800

What a friend we have in cheeses!

By: caution live frogs

caution live frogs — Mon, 21 Nov 2016 12:20:53 -0800

I just ordered one. In totally unrelated news, I am pretty sure that when my 7-year-old son opens ONE SPECIFIC CHEESY PRESENT this Xmas, my wife will give me the dead-eyed stare and file for divorce. (I plan to package it with the label "from the cats", which I try to do every year with at least one insanely stupid gift that I am sure the wife would disapprove of)

By: sandettie light vessel automatic

sandettie light vessel automatic — Mon, 21 Nov 2016 12:26:25 -0800

cats always gift irresponsibly

By: supercres

supercres — Mon, 21 Nov 2016 12:32:27 -0800

I am NOT okay with how porny the soundtrack is for the tortilla bowl demo.

By: fimbulvetr

fimbulvetr — Mon, 21 Nov 2016 12:40:53 -0800

The only thing stopping this from being under our family Christmas tree this year is the lack of international shipping.

By: I_Love_Bananas

I_Love_Bananas — Mon, 21 Nov 2016 12:43:54 -0800

Yes, Hypatia. I thought exactly that.

By: phunniemee

phunniemee — Mon, 21 Nov 2016 12:46:47 -0800

This is the equivalent device for chocolate. Here's a helpful video of it in action.

By: BentFranklin

BentFranklin — Mon, 21 Nov 2016 12:51:29 -0800

Not to be confused with the Fondiddler.

By: robocop is bleeding

robocop is bleeding — Mon, 21 Nov 2016 12:54:48 -0800

Two Words: Bespoke Combos

By: fraula

fraula — Mon, 21 Nov 2016 12:57:35 -0800

you guys if you don't have money here's a French hack: take knife, heat knife. Cut cheese with hot knife. Eat melting cheese off hot knife. (carefully) Also, here is the recipe for raclette: - raclette cheese - potatoes - cured meats of your choosing Boil potatoes till tender but not mushy. Put slices of cured meat over quartered potatoes. Melt raclette slices over meaty potatoes. Eat. And here is a recipe for tartiflette from my Savoyard mother-in-heart: - bacon bits (preferably raw) - onions, diced - sliced potatoes (like for a gratin) - reblochon (the whole cheese) In a baking dish, place the taters, bacon bits, and onions. Place the cheese, cut into pieces, over all of it. Bake 45 minutes at 220C (convert, you heathens).

By: sparklemotion

sparklemotion — Mon, 21 Nov 2016 12:59:04 -0800

In the video I thought he was going to build a literal nacho bar by gluing the chips together. Que(so) lastima. I can't get over my disappointment at how little advantage these videos took of the structural possibilities of fondoodling. A device to give you a warm version of Easy Cheese and the like is not something the world needs. A device provides a savory edible mortar on the other hand...

By: wenestvedt

wenestvedt — Mon, 21 Nov 2016 13:13:48 -0800

Do you just throw it out when you're done? I washed the chocolate fountain my wife brought home from BB&B, and it went straight back into the box as soon as I finished. It took forever -- all those nooks and crannies. So not worth it. But...cheese gun. Pew, pew, right into my gob. Damn.

By: Halloween Jack

Halloween Jack — Mon, 21 Nov 2016 13:18:53 -0800

Just when I was starting to think that there was not one speck of redeeming value in 2016...

By: Kabanos

Kabanos — Mon, 21 Nov 2016 13:21:18 -0800

macaroni individually injected with cheese

By: Kabanos

Kabanos — Mon, 21 Nov 2016 13:30:31 -0800

I wonder if the tip would be hot enough to cook a beaten egg coming out? Egg strings!

By: phunniemee

phunniemee — Mon, 21 Nov 2016 13:36:54 -0800

This is the equivalent device for eggs. Here's a helpful video of it in action.

By: Room 641-A

Room 641-A — Mon, 21 Nov 2016 13:38:21 -0800

Also, here is the recipe for raclette And here is a recipe for tartiflette from my Savoyard mother-in-heart: We're gonna need a bigger fondoodle.

By: Kabanos

Kabanos — Mon, 21 Nov 2016 13:51:25 -0800

Here's a helpful video of it in action. ⊙_ʘ

By: Pinback

Pinback — Mon, 21 Nov 2016 14:15:10 -0800

My first thought was "I don't care, 2016 - this still doesn't make up for Bowie & Cohen". My second thought was "I bet they don't make a 240V version". My third thought was "But it's just a heater, so you could connect 2 in series …"

By: Greg_Ace

Greg_Ace — Mon, 21 Nov 2016 14:28:32 -0800

Bake 45 minutes at 220C (convert, you heathens). Not in Trump's America!! /hamburger

By: maryr

maryr — Mon, 21 Nov 2016 14:43:52 -0800

Surely they mean Kraft has finally met cheese.

By: blnkfrnk

blnkfrnk — Mon, 21 Nov 2016 16:13:55 -0800

At least it looks like it wouldn't jam as much as a 3Doodler (baseline, normal condition: jammed and not working.)

By: jenjenc

jenjenc — Mon, 21 Nov 2016 16:33:54 -0800

You could drizzle cheddar cheese on potato chips. And then for dessert I bet you could use it to drizzle chocolate on potato chips too.

By: palomar

palomar — Mon, 21 Nov 2016 16:42:38 -0800

Do you just throw it out when you're done? I think upthread it says that the parts that touch cheese can go in the dishwasher.

By: 5_13_23_42_69_666

5_13_23_42_69_666 — Mon, 21 Nov 2016 17:35:41 -0800

I want to get one so I can write very very dirty things on my boyfriend's tacos.

By: telepanda

telepanda — Mon, 21 Nov 2016 18:19:00 -0800

Yes I love the part on the website where it repeatedly mentions the theee parts that are exposed to cheese. Exposed to cheese. Rolls off your tongue, don't it?

By: Gorgik

Gorgik — Mon, 21 Nov 2016 18:30:58 -0800

"CHEESE PROPULSION VALVE" Did NASA also cover this in their article for the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)'s Journal of Propulsion and Power

By: Halloween Jack

Halloween Jack — Tue, 22 Nov 2016 08:35:46 -0800

Imagine what truly imaginative users of a Star Trek replicator could achieve as far as food architecture is concerned! I won't even supply examples, because your brain is already running rampant with this idea! Life-sized cheddar bust of Neelix.

By: SansPoint

SansPoint — Tue, 22 Nov 2016 08:56:29 -0800

Halloween Jack: Life-sized cheddar bust of Neelix. I'm not sure if thinking about this is putting me off of cheese, or if I want to have one of these so I can devour it while getting out my feelings over how annoying Neelix was as a character. (Seriously, I'd rather watch Wesley save the day again.)

By: supermedusa

supermedusa — Tue, 22 Nov 2016 14:16:53 -0800

Exposed to Cheese definitely my next band name

By: numaner

numaner — Tue, 22 Nov 2016 14:32:21 -0800

Also, here is the recipe for raclette: I read this really quickly as "racelette" and thought the french must be really getting impacted from the recent election

By: numaner

numaner — Tue, 22 Nov 2016 14:37:13 -0800

I think I need this, I also think my roommate aka the-master-of-our-kitchen might kill me, but in this brave new world we have to live the way we want.

By: Jilder

Jilder — Tue, 22 Nov 2016 23:26:25 -0800

You can put *any* cheese in this. Any cheese. What a time to be alive.