Introduction

The Cookies Guide meme humorously illustrates common mistakes made in baking cookies through a series of edited images.

Background

Also known as 'Oops! You Added Too Much', the Cookies Guide meme features an image of six cookies, each depicting a different baking error. It gained popularity in various meme communities on Reddit, particularly after edited versions began circulating in early 2019.

How It Began

The meme originated on May 7th, 2018, when the Instagram account sunspirechocolate shared a post showcasing common baking mistakes. The original post received over 8,700 likes and has been reposted multiple times since.

Online Popularity

The meme saw its first major edit on October 13th, 2018, when Instagram user cube.lad shared a version replacing the sixth cookie with a pile of dirt, garnering over 23,000 likes in three months. Subsequently, Redditor drewth12 altered the image to include beans, which received over 1,100 upvotes. On January 13th, 2019, Redditor ZhaoGao posted a variation with an East Asian dragon on the /r/HistoryMemes subreddit, earning 17,100 upvotes in just two days. The template was later uploaded to /r/MemeEconomy, leading to further edits primarily within /r/dankmemes.