Making the latest social media snack sensation in Japan, Dot Butter

High in both cuteness and calories.

The advent of the Internet enabled sharing of strange ways to eat food to a degree never before seen in human history.

Whether it’s putting pudding in ramen , eating ramen in a bathtub , or adding sake to ramen , there’s no shortage of ideas that make you wonder both why they thought of such a thing and why you never thought of such a thing.

The latest such creation is going by the name of “ Dot Butter ” on social media.

It’s both incredibly simple and unheard of at the same time, simply consisting of a piece of butter with sprinkles .

I personally have never felt the urge to eat a spoonful of butter, and I’m not sure sprinkles would sweeten the deal all that much, but one look was enough to give our writer Mai Tsubomi the urge to try some Dot Butter for herself.

She headed to her local supermarket and came home with a pack of sprinkles and some butter .

Mai figured the type of butter sold in pre-cut and individually wrapped squares would work well for this particular snack.

Making Dot Butter is extremely simple.

Just coat the piece of butter in sprinkles and eat.

However, after plopping in her pre-cut butter, Mai noticed a problem.

The piece of butter was a little too small compared to the size of the sprinkles.

Because of this, the sprinkles wouldn’t stick everywhere on the butter, leaving bare patches here and there.

It turned out that this recipe wasn’t quite as easy as it seems.