This Hack Will Quickly Save Your 'Sad' Strawberries And It Couldn’t Be Easier (2024)

We've all been there: You dig into a perfectly bright container of strawberries, only to pick off the top layer of perfect berries and see...wrinkly and spotty little fiends that don't exactly look appetizing. Thankfully, one Facebook user has shared a hack for making those little strawberries look as good as new.

Facebook user Brittany King shared this hack (though she noted we should actually be praising her friend Lilly!) that only involves a bucket of ice water. You're probably pretty familiar with this trick that can revive things like wilted greens, but it turns out it works with wilted strawberries too.

All you have to do is pop these "sad" strawberries into a bucket of ice water for 20 minutes and boom! They're back to being bright red and perfectly juicy again. As Totallythebomb.com noted, this isn't going to work with strawberries that have actually gone bad (please don't pop moldy strawberries into an ice bath and eat them!!!) but if they have a few imperfections, this should do the trick.

Brittany's post has been shared more than 200,000 times, which certainly makes me feel a little bit better because I am apparently not the only one unaware of this super simple trick! You can also keep your strawberries fresh by waiting to wash them before you use them, popping a paper towel in the bottom of your container to absorb moisture, or just by eating them the same day you get them from the store! That last hack isn't the most practical, but let's face it, strawberries never last too long in my home.