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Walmart shopper opens a box of cake poppers and notices something odd inside: 'It tasted really...'

Such products simply should not be sold to customers who could face health complications.
PUBLISHED JUN 24, 2025
The cake poppers and what the consumer found inside (Cover image source: TikTok)
The cake poppers and what the consumer found inside (Cover image source: TikTok)

Retail stores like Walmart have a reputation established over decades, which makes customers expect that the food they buy will at least be fresh and up to quality standards. Walmart does deliver on a lot of occasions, but sometimes, the experience is far from acceptable, and consumers are quick to call it out. Opening up a box of food and finding mold inside is not just problematic, it's horrifying. That’s what TikTok user Andrea N. Toseland (@andreatoseland) faced before sharing her experience on the platform.

She had purchased a box of Lemon Cake Poppers that hadn’t crossed its expiry date yet. She went back home, opened up the box, and took a bite off one of the poppers. It tasted more citrusy than usual, and this planted a seed of doubt in her mind. Toseland then looked down at the popper to see that it was covered with mold on the inside.

“I just got home from Walmart and I picked up these lemon cake poppers,” she said in the video, which has reportedly received over 89,000 views. “It says fresh date 3-15-25, which would be tomorrow. I took the first one out and I took a bite. It tasted really, super lemony. Come to find out, the entire inside is moldy.” Although that was disturbing, there was a worse surprise waiting for her inside the box.

Screenshots showing the box of lemon cake poppers. (Image credit: TikTok | @andreatoseland)
Screenshots showing the box of lemon cake poppers. (Image credit: TikTok | @andreatoseland)

She inspected every single popper in the box, and each of them had mold growing inside. “Be careful with your groceries!” Toseland wrote as the caption to her video. As per a Daily Dot report, several viewers found the discovery disgusting and made their thoughts known in the comments. “I only buy things like trash bags, cereal, chips, and soap at Walmart,” one user commented.

“You people buy food from Walmart, then act surprised,” quipped another. “Police report, pics, documents, Walmart manager & corporate, health dept; FDA, BBB,” a third user commented. “It’s funny how ppl are so disgusted by mold but not by the 50+ artificial ingredients & chemicals in these things,” noted a fourth. It’s safe to say that people were not happy about what they’d seen.

Ingesting moldy food isn’t ideal for anyone, but according to a report in the Cleveland Clinic, it might not be as harmful as everyone may think. “Be mindful of the fact that you ate it,” dietitian Lillian Craggs-Dino, DHA, RDN, LDN, said when asked what one should do if they accidentally ingested moldy food. “And make sure you don’t have any symptoms for the rest of that day. Most likely, you’ll be okay.”



 

However, Dr. Craggs-Dino also warned that it could lead to allergic reactions that may turn serious if not treated with haste. “Allergic reactions can be delayed — or they can be right away,” she explained. “It depends on what kind of mold it was.” Clean storage facilities go a long way in preventing mold from growing on food, and maybe that’s something Walmart could work on for the betterment of their customer experience.

For more of such content, follow @andreatoseland on TikTok

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