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How to Keep Avocados Fresh for Days, According to This Viral Instagram Hack

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By Lindsay Parrill

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Published on Nov. 07, 2025 Save Saved Saving

A viral Instagram video promises to keep avocados fresh for days. I tested it and was shocked to find it actually works.

Avocados have the emotional range of a toddler: perfectly fine one minute, total meltdown the next. Blink, and that deliciously creamy green turns sad and brown. They’ll break your heart by giving you about five minutes of perfect ripeness before collapsing into mush, and no amount of plastic wrap ever seems to help at all.

So when a viral Instagram reel promised to

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