These Starbucks Cake Pops Are Going Viral Because They Are NOT Supposed To Be Disgruntled Cats

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30 May 2024 at 3:00 pm·2-min read

Well, my life is different now.

A person in a casual outfit is enthusiastically gesturing while a caption reads, "I need peace in my heart, I need it now." — Fox

If you've been to a Starbucks in the past few years, chances are you've come across this cake pop:

they want that cookie so effing bad fr https://t.co/GONlIAG8vQ pic.twitter.com/QRcr5fO5PP
— whats a challenger ? (@didujustatme) May 27, 2024

Twitter: @didujustatme

I, like probably everyone else, thought it was some sort of tiger or disgruntled cat.

A chocolate chip cookie is displayed on the left, and two yellow bear-shaped cake pops with facial expressions are on the right in a pastry case — Twitter: @didujustatme

I didn't think much of it until it was brought to my attention that it is not an anxious tiger.

Is the @starbucks cake pop tiger okay? pic.twitter.com/8xJKKZ4S93
— Phil McTimoney (@PhilMctimoney) July 28, 2023

Twitter: @PhilMctimoney

They are smiling bees.

i only JUST realized they are smiling bees, not very concerned tigers going 😧 https://t.co/evec3NC5Uu
— eric 🍋 (@violet_by_hole) May 29, 2024

Twitter: @violet_by_hole

People have been having this revelation for years

I don’t get how this is a bumblebee cake pop. It looks like neither the transformer nor an actual bumblebee. It looks like a yellow striped cat. pic.twitter.com/evvZSk4LIP
— Rob Emmer- The Boba Fett of Impractical Jokers (@TheRealFatCrow) July 19, 2023

Twitter: @TheRealFatCrow

"Some people might see a happy little Starbucks cake pop, but I see an anxious tiger face," this person said.

Some people might see a happpy little @Starbucks bumblebee cake pop, but I see the cake pop as an anxious tiger face. Is it just me?! pic.twitter.com/WV3DIzp07Q
— Rusty Kugler (@rustykugler) May 14, 2023

Twitter: @rustykugler

"Apparently this Starbucks cake pop is supposed to be a bumblebee and not a disgruntled cat," another person said.

apparently this starbucks cake pop is supposed to be a bumblebee and not a disgruntled cat pic.twitter.com/Us8bySzmEt
— kim wexler app (@wexlervgoodman) May 13, 2023

Twitter: @wexlervgoodman

Basically, I'll never look at those overpriced cake pops the same way ever again.

i got a bumblebee cake pop solely so i could show @TristenTyler6 how horrifying it is pic.twitter.com/w3gzgz2GVL
— via (@atrophicbtrfly) May 27, 2023

Twitter: @atrophicbtrfly

Do what you want with this information and have a great day!

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