Nickelodeon's Green Slime Is Almost Unsettlingly Edible

If you grew up watching Nickelodeon, then you know probably know what it means to get slimed. An integral part of the network's competitive show, "Double Dare," where kids competed in a series of obstacles and physical challenges while navigating showers and explosions made of green slime, "getting slimed" is a colloquial term that any good Nickelodeon fan is familiar with.

Since then, green slime has become synonymous with Nickelodeon and, of course, the Kid's Choice Awards. Each year at the ceremony, a handful of unlucky celebs get spewed with the iconic lime green goo. At the most recent Kid's Choice Awards, stars like Halle Bailey, Lil Uzi Vert, and Chris Pine were among the chosen ones to get slimed — a true honor (if you think about it hard enough).

But what exactly is that bizarre green substance made of? It's got to be something toxic, vile, and just plain repulsive, right? Wrong. Turns out Nickelodeon's signature green slime is actually edible. And not only is it edible, but it might also even be crave-worthy.

In an interview with Insider, Mark Summers, the host of "Double Dare," revealed the delectable secret ingredients in Nickelodeon's green slime, and as it turns out, you may already have them in your pantry. According to Summers, the original green slime was a combination of vanilla pudding, apple sauce, oatmeal, and green food coloring. That's right, it's not actually toxic swamp sludge — it's dessert!

Summers told Daily Meal that the slime was made super-sweet not to appease the kids, but rather to avoid a lawsuit. He said, "The insurance company that covered our show said that if it got in kid's mouths it had to taste good and it had to be edible." Fair enough.

Today, Nickelodeon uses a different recipe. But if it's anything like the original one, the stars at the 2023 Kid's Choice Awards were in for a treat. However, writer Jamie Jirak had the opportunity to trial this year's slime during the show's rehearsal and reported to Comicbook that she was, "relieved to discover slime didn't taste like much of anything" — maybe it's a low-calorie version of the original?

The most important takeaway? Nickelodeon slime, despite its unsightly appearance, is not Shrek snot (or toxic waste).