Fastest Way to Ripen Avocados - 5 Hacks Tested & Reviewed

Have you ever wondered what the best way is to ripen an avocado? In this video, Julia tries a number of different techniques from across the web to find out which ones work, which ones don't and which one is the best. If you like our videos it really helps us if you like/comment/subscribe.
Avocados never seem to be ripe when you need them. Today, I've got 5 really green avocados and am going to find out the fastest way to ripen them. First, I'm going to place an avocado in a windowsill. Second, I'm placing an avocado in a brown paper bag with an apple and banana, then placing it on a windowsill. Third, I'm placing an avocado in a paper bag with a 1/2 cup of flower, then on a windowsill. Fourth, I'm wrapping an avocado in tinfoil and heating it up in an oven. Fifth, I'm wrapping an avocado in tinfoil and heating it up with a hairdryer. Which one will work and which one will fail? Watch to find out.
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[@lemonade2473]

I need to ripen an avocado in a few minutes 😭 if i had one wish, i would wish groceries sold ripened avocados

[@redbudmenorca]

An no brainier for markets, 50 cents unripe, $1+ ripe

[@gennadysimanovsky7726]

groceries can't do it because they get avocado in very different conditions, mostly unripe. Why? Because it is necessary condition for transportation.

[@aaliyahakak9694]

Avocados do not ripen even after staying on the tree for 18 months as long as they are attached to the tree stalk. I think that is the reason why its so difficult to find ripe avocados. All the ripe ones that we find are ripened during transportation or in stores

[@hadiyamohammed6333]

I know this is late but you can use your microwave - heat it for 30 secs on and off

[@Gozoman24]

Sometimes they sell only a bunch of avocados that are OVERripe! I hate that much worse than underripe ones!

[@hammsuke3981]

That banana and apple looks like they transfered their life for the avocado.

[@HonestHotelReviews]

Beethoven lol 😂. Totally. When 2 become 1.

[@sumit6190p]

Haha they sold their soul for the fancy avacado.

[@martinmdoma8115]

😂😂😂give me your soulllllll

[@DinodogJr]

Thanks for making this video. So useful to understand this complicated ripe condition of avocado.

[@tfoster32]

This was solo wanted. THANK YOU

[@5lig4tlyD3mo21c]

Thanks for the informative video, I think I'm going to try one of the paper bag methods.

[@richardliew8315]

Thank you very much for the techniques. 👏👏👏👏

[@anfalalsowaileh]

Wow! Amazing, it works well for me (the flour technique). Thanks a lot dear❤️

[@jennie20able]

Loved this experiment... thanks for sharing:)

[@HonestHotelReviews]

Thank you so much for watching!!!

[@jimbojet8728]

Keeping the Avo in the dark, is what works! I just select mine slightly under ripe, take them home put them in a drawer in my kitchen. Following day, or day after, ripe and ready to eat. No fuss, simples! Thanks

[@cherylharris2895]

Thanks for that, it helps

[@jayklink851]

I have several avocado trees, this time of year we get a lot of them, but they take ages to ripe. What I found to work is rather simple, and quite fast. 1) Cut avocado in half ( 2 pieces). 2) Wrap each half in several layers of saran wrap, make sure it's water tight. 3) Put both (half) pieces into the microwave, microwave them for 2 minutes standard power. 4) Put the avocado, still wrapped, into a bowl of cold, even ice, water. Let sit, than enjoy! Takes less than 5 mins.

[@Iris-mj1gn]

I’ve had mine in a paper bag and dark place for 2 days and it’s still hard as a rock

[@righteousiron8216]

Nice Presentation! Thanks! 👍

[@ghazalehbaghaie2328]

Thank you! It was so helpful😍

[@bradleywinans5684]

You rock sista! Thanks for taking the time to share this with the whole world :)

[@sphinxman90]

Thanks for the video, I always wondered about the foil in the oven method!

[@HonestHotelReviews]

Thanks so much for watching! Some people (in the other comments) claim that I need to lower the temp...but I feel like it would have taken way too long. I could see how it might work if your avocado was a day away from being perfectly ripe...but not with the ones I experimented with 😝

[@madison3012]

sphinxman90 its supposed to be at a lower heat

[@Bozcat2000]

@@madison3012 yep 200 degrees for ten minutes then straight to the refrigerator for twenty minutes works perfectly

[@rolandbeckles-lamazon5680]

i really needed this video...thx

[@Kimberly.Williamsxo]

Your expression from the avocado from the oven made my day 😂! Thank you for this video. I’m trying to ripen avocados within a few days!

[@HonestHotelReviews]

Lol thank you! If you don’t have a paper bag, a plastic bag works just as well. Good luck 👍

[@praveenv8733]

Super explanation

[@lauramack3654]

Wow!!! Thanks for sharing this info! I will never use the oven or microwave!! Haha 😂👍🏻

[@HonestHotelReviews]

Laura Mack, you’d better not! It’s disgusting, 🤢. Thanks for checking out the video 😊

[@dansutherland6482]

Awesome,,thank you very much 🤗 you are awesome 👌

[@maryloudelossantos1624]

Thank you!

[@one5643]

Wrap them in a plastic/paper bag, put that bag in a bowl, and put that bowl in a place that gets no sunlight, like a cupboard. Two nights, and mine went from green and hard to ripe and ready. Also, when you’re pressing an avocado to see whether it’s soft, press near the top so you’re not squishing the nice part

[@RubenWhitter]

Loving the music!

[@michaelcoogan1654]

I like the look of your baked chestnuts!

[@MommyFiras]

Warm greetings from Indonesia Thanks for sharing this video to worldwide. It is so meaningful Wish you always healthy and happy,Sista God bless you and your family

[@mae8861]

Who in their right mind is going to stand there with a hair dryer for 10-15 minutes, not me.

[@user-me4wx4wn5o]

I was... thinking about doin it...

[@scottvan1898]

I ‘ll have ice creams than put some king of the avocado 🥑 favorite in it’s ! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I will more pleased 😃 than spend 15 minutes holding the h dryer, don’t want to pay 10c more in the electric bill. 😜😜

[@edwardspearing5148]

What would a "starve the barber" like me be doin with a hairdryer... Hair is overrated anyway... Avocados too. Life is so complex.. Think I'm gonna have a teenage nervous breakdown.. What... Already..

[@kennycampbelljr5896]

I was thinking the same thing. The hair dryer technique doesn't make sense and the oven just bakes it.

[@thimaithanhdao7500]

I baked my avocado and it turned out FINE! It was soft, the flavor was not so different from the natural riped one. (of course not as yummy as usual but i dont have high expectation :))) Try bake it at low heat, 100-105*C for 15-45 minute (after 15 minute, check it whether it'll need more time).

[@lolosof7478]

Thank you You're great

[@teresaglover969]

On the tin foil method, heat at only 200F for 10 minutes. Allow to cool completely. Perfect.

[@HonestHotelReviews]

Teresa Glover we will retry this for the sequel. ‘The Ripenator Returns’

[@Infinity-hw7vl]

Honest Hotel Reviews did you ever try it?

[@Only1MrsPerry]

I tried this.. didn’t work for me 🤷🏽‍♀️

[@Bozcat2000]

yep I pop them in the fridge for twenty minutes .....perfect everytime

[@kind1900]

traditionally we ripen raw and hard fruits such as custard apple by keeping them in flour bucket or jar and take them out in 2 to 3 days. Never thought of trying avocado though, will definitely give it a shot.

[@robertsam2188]

here in the Philippines,we put avocado into rice,and ready after 2-3 days

[@ummidavis5557]

Very cool thank a bunch.

[@HonestHotelReviews]

No problem, Ummi. Thanks for watching!

[@siddharthasarkar1021]

Nice one thanks

[@lornahaynes7886]

I usually keep avacados in my kitchen 😍 and the warmth ripens it the way l like it l am from the Caribbean

[@SimoneRollock]

Yass!! Thanks for telling the truth ❤. Especially the one that came from oven and it was not tasty that way lol. I’m definitely going use the paper bag method. 🎉

[@verryberry4928]

thank you

[@karenoconnor4180]

Sorry but 4 days later?? ... eeeerrm an un-ripe avocado in my experience left out would ripen by itself anyway 🤔😳

[@HonestHotelReviews]

I know, right?!?! I put one avocado out on it's own and it would have been perfectly ripe in 5 days (they were REALLY green) but it was still lovely to eat after 4. It seemed like both methods with the paper bags helped shave a day off the ripening time, but it was no 'miracle hack' that's for sure. Someone has mentioned putting an avocado in a plastic bag, so maybe I'll give that a try next. Thanks for your comment :)

[@omgfinally4340]

Karen O'Connor it's true but here weren't regular in ripe avocados... They were freaking GREEN. Even in the grocery store, they're at least normal color. Mine never take more than 2 days in the bag with an apple or banana. Usually they're ready the next day but I forget

[@omgfinally4340]

Konkin Can hers were also GMO avocados probably lol so huge. But yeah even regular green doesn't take THAT long. I can't buy food 4 days in advance. Wouldn't happen

[@emgisvlogs6970]

That’s why she did multiple methods🙄

[@youssefgmail7]

The avocados on the bag ripened faster than the others.

[@doreenpowers2176]

Red skin apple, avocado in brown paper bag always worked for me. 🥑🍎

[@Stov96]

Thanks, I just leave mine on counter too. Works every time. :)

[@New-mg4zp]

Thank you

[@armywife2248]

You look like my Contracts instructor! She's cool! Thanks for sharing!

[@HonestHotelReviews]

Jessica Williams so we are both cool I guess? 😉

[@armywife2248]

@@HonestHotelReviews Yes!! She is the best!! Lol!

[@peleensway4645]

Oh thank you

[@amohsinradhi]

I was here to know about the avocado. Then found out you have nice 2 avocados. 😍

[@amohsinradhi]

Forgot to say they are big avocados

[@Angelotvkool]

Lol what a perv

[@ConspirHerSee]

so basically there is no fast way to ripen an avacado

[@kingbeetv5647]

Boil it

[@ConspirHerSee]

@@kingbeetv5647 but wouldn't that make it mushy?

[@debbiesroommate]

4 days later. 😂

[@PaigeDWinter]

​@@kingbeetv5647that only cooks it

[@Nobody-vj7mj]

Hi there, so happy we found your channel! This is great, I can never find a ripe avocado for eating the same day as purchase! Big Thumbs Up from the Us Out Loud Family

[@HonestHotelReviews]

Us Out Loud hey!!! Thanks for finding our other channel guys! We’re the same ppl as Geeked Out Getaways. We subbed you from this channel too! Thanks for checking it out!

[@Nobody-vj7mj]

Konkin Can Do awesome! Double bonus!

[@elsea8901]

Just a Paper bag always works great for me...usually by next day.👍

[@tedsmith4887]

Thank you Queen.. You helped alot, im so hungry and wanted an avocado with my food.. deep story.. THANK YOU CUZ THAT THING WAS BOUT TO GO IN OVEN

[@peternicholls6532]

I put green bananas ( green bananas ripen by the peel giving off Ethylene gas) at the bottom of a fruit bowl and my avocado's on top for a steady supply through the week, you could also cover the bowl to speed up the process

[@MelissaJackson83]

I can usually find ripe avocados at the store but today all I found were green hard underripe ones. I’ve been searching for something that works less than a day. Everything (besides cooking them) takes way longer. On a hunch I left the avocados in the plastic bag you put them in for purchase at the store and set it outside in the sun. Twisted bag closed. It’s high 80s here today. After several hours they are nice and soft. Making guacamole tonight. Glad I tried my own theory.

[@kayoxford7442]

OMG, I have the same orange tupperware measuring cup!

[@tpt213]

Gracias. 🇲🇽

[@carmz714]

Thank you for the tips🤪

[@m.p.3460]

Omg Thank You

[@csgollum]

I just bought an avocado fruit for the first time in my life. I've had avocado shakes before in restaurants but never bought the fruit myself. So, this video has been quite helpful. Just FYI, I am wrapping mine in a paper bag and leaving it near the window and will report how it goes after 3-4 days (hopefully, I will remember to do so).

[@daddysgon9705]

Progress?

[@csgollum]

@@daddysgon9705 Unfortunately, cloudy weather for the past couple of days... not much change...

[@kashlegend5476]

@@csgollumI been waiting 1 year for your progress, how’s your avocado doing? is it still hard?

[@csgollum]

@@kashlegend5476 LOL! It's been a year! I think I ate some of it, but had to throw away the rest after I refrigerated and forgot all about it until too late.

[@kashlegend5476]

@@csgollum thanks for the update 😁

[@skylark304]

YOU ARE A NUTS , REAL CRAZY BUT HILARIOUS !!! YOUR FAMILY DO NOT NEED A TV , YOU ALONE ARE GOOD ENTERTAINMENT !

[@xo.lexxie]

I need a ripened avocado tonight and my Walmart delivery gave me a hard ass avocado lol

[@wiggleandworm]

THIS IS LITERALLY ME LIKE RIGHT NOW. WALMART DELIVERY AND EVERYTHING

[@xo.lexxie]

@@wiggleandworm forreal!! Ugh LOL!! damn Walmart delivery. The other day I ordered a step stool and they substituted it with a damn toddler potty seat 😒🙄

[@Rambleon444]

Nuke it for a min or so.

[@MrsYMD]

This is me right now, hence how I was lead to this video 😂 Walmart sucks

[@Los4488]

God bless u for reals. I saw the tin foil and oven and he couldn't even scoop the avocado. Got mad. Could find again to call him a liar and found this. I needed peace. You explained it. Avocados don't ripen fast. Find them or just accept life lol. Or put flour and have a window and wish. 💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼

[@colindante5164]

thankyou.))

[@vidaripollen]

That banana looks perfect.not gross.

[@ZE308AC]

Yes

[@teddypgray]

Exactly

[@armywife2248]

vidaripollen Right!!! Perfect for banana bread like that!

[@natepoodle9132]

Correct! That is the way a banana should look when ready to eat.

[@LovelyBaseballStadium-ct3oi]

I also gonna try the paper back

[@shraddhashetty55555]

Just did the flour technique...hope it works

[@itsriri3565]

Another hack would be to wrap the avocado in a newspaper speeds up the process as well.

[@AmikYoungDon]

You should try to leave it around rice grains, it will ripe faster and taste much better. My mom and grandma has been doing that for years

[@tinkershell1856]

Interesting ideas. I live in California. I just leave them on my kitchen counter and they’re ripe by morning, lol!

[@Brian-rs4ug]

I have been eating an avocado a day for years. I usually buy several at a time and set them out to ripen. I have come to realize I just need to plan on ripening them for up to five days. (Depending on their condition) Putting them in a dark cub bard or refrigerator seems to speed up the process a little bit.

[@vickiefisher6587]

When I place mine in the Fridge here on the West Coast (they’re CA Avocados thick skinned darker color) it slows down the ripening. I put one in my Vegetable Crisper Bin next to 2 Apples. I just did this (I got a whole bag of hard Avocados from Costco) and I will see what happens in the fridge in the bins no bags involved but placed between 2 apples. Experimenting is fun😄

[@alaa88888]

Thanx for this video 😅 i thought i could buy them ripe from the supermarket, i ditched buying a few yesterday because they were so hard.. 🥑🥑

[@maximuszone8721]

The best way is to put in brown paper bag without anything added, and leave it for 3-4 days. Doesn't matter where you put the bag. It works for me evertime

[@Nothing-vu4wj]

It’s because an avocado literally ripens in 3-4 days already

[@nolynoe5796]

I’m a Puerto Rican that eats advocate with every dinner. All I do is place it in a dark cabinet no more than a day and a half and it’s perfect to eat. I don’t think I ever waited 4 days for one to be ready.

[@jeffreyandrews7960]

Cnvnt tt scuffled cook

[@nhlaposbu]

6 days for me in South Africa🇿🇦

[@adrianbanyamin9980]

At 3:00 on the right you can see a smiley face on the avocado 😂

[@carlsalazar4490]

My grocery store always seems to have ripe avocados. I’ve gone to the same grocery store for years and was able get a ripe avocado the day I needed it.

[@daveborchard2019]

Try modifying your flour method. Put a much larger amount of flour in a plastic container. Next, put the avocado in the flour, totally imbedding the avocado, totally surrounded by the flour. The totally hard avocado might totally ripen in 24 hours. Your paper bag method does have enough flour to totally surround the avocado with the flour.

[@rottweilerfun9520]

Thanks for the tip , I'm going to use your method.

[@ikhsan2720]

I'd like technique when avocado put in together in bag with ripe banana and ripe apple because they make etilen gas, and make avocado fast riping

[@Pisces1416]

Hello, You can easily ripen an avocado by putting it into uncooked rice for a few days or can use a brown paper bag to ripen in a few days should be perfect! I always let the avocados I pick from our tree ripen by itself on kitchen counter top with no direct sun and in about 3 to 4 days the avocados are rip. I like eating avocados on the firm side vs soft, hate soft avocados!

[@HonestHotelReviews]

Peggy Pirtle good advice. We will put this one the list for a follow up video.

[@kirannathani9079]

If u have used only half then how do u store the remaining half?

[@Pisces1416]

The avocados from our tree take 5 to 6 days to ripen & they are large avocados unlike the small green ones you can buy in market & heavy in weight. Taste like butter almost with a bit of sweetness and taste like an avocado should, yummy! I wish you folks could try them, you would absolutely love them.

[@HonestHotelReviews]

Peggy Pirtle we would love to try yours. What climate do you live in. We also would love to grow our own. We get hot weather May thru Sept but have a good 3 months of freezing weather that I don’t think they would like.

[@madhuram8005]

Lucky you!!!

[@irenelugenbeel196]

Thanks. I just bought 10 avocados for $10 but they are really hard. Going to put some in paper bag with apple and put in window. Others just in window .

[@donnahsexciiswaggahcallawa3190]

You can also put the same ratio of an unripe bananas 2 avocados in a plastic grocery bag the same ones you put your tomatoes or onions in, close it tightly and leave out on ur counter 4 a day and when you see the condensation in the clear grocery bag your avocado should be tender and your banana should be ripened as well. You should be able to squeeze the avocado to see if it has softened before opening the bag if not let sit another day! I hope it works for you like it has for me...

[@toniomiklo2406]

Great video! I bought a ripe avocado yesterday and I had to throw it away because I smelled mold. Too bad.

[@lezzzd6137]

what i’ve learnt from experience is that heating an avocado significantly worsens the taste 🤧🤧

[@velandravargas6501]

Wrap it in a paper bag or newspaper (if you can still find any), then put it in a drawer or in a closet!

[@rogerchuakt]

Hi, any suggestion on how to deal with underripe avocado that was cut open? it's hard & crunchy & not as yummy as ripe... in fact, do not really taste good.

[@Babs.K]

Close it up. Wrap it in newspaper and leave it in the sun for a day or 2. Will be fine

[@JD-mm7ur]

I just ate an unripe avocado before I watch this video. It didn't taste different much but gave me a scratchy throat. It was just really hard to bite and chew.

[@vanlali6057]

🤣🤣 same here

[@Amira-vu7mk]

It tastes like straight up grass

[@w4rr.]

@@Amira-vu7mk what’s wrong with grass? Plant hater

[@hitachi4264]

@@w4rr. bro you eat grass

[@katirib]

Nice kitchen. I would prob break open part of that wall by the entry way to make it more open but other than that..not bad.

[@HonestHotelReviews]

Ha ha, thank you for the suggestion! We definitely want to revamp our kitchen at some point...but we settled for just painting the cabinets for now.

[@aawoo5957]

Put it in the uncooked rice storage 👌😊 and wait it for 2 to 3 days

[@deborahjiggens7199]

Love your kitchen... I agree the bag. I put my ripe ones in a bag and chill. it lasts longer days in fridge. I get so angry when I see people squeeze avacodos at the store. and that people remove the brown cap 😞

[@HonestHotelReviews]

Deborah Jiggens thanks for the compliments on the kitchen. Good advice for the avocados.

[@IceESole]

Ehh.. that's a way to feel it's riped..majority people especially Latin and follow Islands we do this..🙄🤦🏽‍♂️

[@humphreycrichlow3132]

Question, what did you do with flour afterwards?

[@KayXoXo4]

I cut mine in half, the side that doesn't have the pit I wrap it in plastic wrap, put in the microwave for 2 minutes. Then put it in a bowl of ice water until its completely cold and no longer cooking. If you need the whole avocado 🥑 pull the pit out of the other side and do the same thing.

[@Rohanmoktan14]

We practice it by wrapping the Avocado in newpapers and sub merging it in a sack of rice after two days its good to eat.

[@gizmokitty1004]

the one with the foil and putting it in the oven is really shocking to me that it actually worked!

[@HonestHotelReviews]

gizmokitty100 it didn’t really but based on comments we cooked the avocado for too long.

[@lisaaghdami3806]

The oven works if the temp. is pre-heated to 200 f ( NOT 400 f, that cooks it)---15 to 25 min depending on the size of the fruit...don't take off the foil until it is totally cooled (this is where the gas in the avocado does the work to ripen it)...works best on darker fruit that is still VERY hard ...take care...thanks for your video.

[@martinez-nairfamily939]

they said that you had let the avocado get cool after taking out of the oven but I will try it now cause i have to do sushi lol / but living in the islands it is common that leaving the avocado out on the table for 4 days it will get ripe- but i learned a lot through your experiment- thank you

[@esthercarlos6271]

For me the fastest way is to use salt, just put or sprinkle salt to the avocados, wrap them in a basket or paper bag, and wait for 2 days.. 2 or 3 days.. We use this method in ever since... I dunno for some.. It REALLY WORKS!!!👍😉

[@cgspirit17]

how long u cooked it in the oven? thanks!

[@mrrabbit6680]

That scientific method though >_

[@glenn2595]

My issue is I'll buy it green and in 4 days or so they get black but never soft. So I give it a few more days, and still rock hard. Then when I open them up they are brown inside, rotten, still hard and taste terrible. I had tried the window sill, the brown bag and window sill but without luck. So my method was if they turn black and soft, I enjoy, as they are usually great. If they get black and still hard I cook right away, no extra time. I agree they are not great that way, but I'm not throwing them out as they get rotten. After your video though I am going to try the brown bag with the flour. I hope it works, thanks.

[@426superbee4]

I just tried making them softer! To make Guacamole. How i done it was? Put them into the micro wave 2 min. If its not soft. Put back another 2 min. I got tried of every day squeezing them roll them around and trying to bruise them.. Hey it worked! The guacamole was darker green >> but hey it worked

[@Slave2thaGrind]

Kayshia told me to!!!

[@RobertMBGH]

How long did it take for the avocado to Rippen in the paper bag with the apple and banana. Over night or days?

[@samarthgarg1092]

Nice, I guess wrapping the avocado in a newspaper is also a good option.

[@maliaevonne196]

How long do you put in in the oven?

[@sarahblanchestites7339]

I'm new at buying and eating Avocados. 1. How is taste ripe vs not ripe ? And 2. What's all the brown spots ?

[@saywhaat8933]

I watched this on my window sill

[@mhanker]

How long did you put it in the oven