--- title: Raccoon Steals From Doughnut Shop: Viral Video description: You'll notice this creatures makes pretty much no effort to be stealthy and just totally goes for it. canonical: https://time.com/4164154/raccoon-steals-doughnut/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-12-30T16:20:04.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:47:46.664Z og:title: Bold Raccoon Emerges From Ceiling, Helps Himself to a Doughnut og:description: Somewhere, Ariana Grande's heart is swelling with pride og:url: https://time.com/4164154/raccoon-steals-doughnut/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Bold Raccoon Emerges From Ceiling, Helps Himself to a Doughnut twitter:description: Somewhere, Ariana Grande's heart is swelling with pride twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Bold Raccoon Emerges From Ceiling, Helps Himself to a Doughnut ## Video: 5 Elements of A Viral Video [Watch (HLS stream): 5 Elements of A Viral Video](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/vgQtqA8c.m3u8) (1:31)  _Published 2015-06-22. 5 Elements of A Viral Video_ by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Dec 30, 2015 4:20 PM UTC by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Dec 30, 2015 4:20 PM UTC If [Noted Doughnut Licker](http://time.com/3956709/ariana-grande-charges-licking-donut-doughnut/) Ariana Grande and [Noted Internet Hero](http://time.com/4043383/rat-pizza-slice-subway/) Pizza Rat had a baby, it would be this raccoon. He popped out of the ceiling at a doughnut shop, and surveyed the delicious pastries before carefully lowering himself onto the shelves. Behold: You’ll notice this creatures makes pretty much no effort to be stealthy and just totally goes for it. You’ll also notice that the people filming this event — most likely employees — are utterly delighted by this. “He is doing it. Yes! This is incredible,” they say. They’re rooting for the raccoon, giggling with delight and cheering him on as he manages to get an entire doughnut into his little mouth. Stay tuned just in case the raccoon pulls an Ariana Grande and posts [an apology video](http://time.com/3952415/ariana-grande-apologizes-licking-donuts/) on YouTube. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4164154/raccoon-steals-doughnut/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4164154/raccoon-steals-doughnut/"},"headline":"Bold Raccoon Emerges From Ceiling, Helps Himself to a Doughnut","datePublished":"2015-12-30T16:20:04.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:47:46.664Z","description":"Somewhere, Ariana Grande's heart is swelling with pride","url":"https://time.com/4164154/raccoon-steals-doughnut/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4164154/raccoon-steals-doughnut/","name":"Bold Raccoon Emerges From Ceiling, Helps Himself to a Doughnut"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"5 Elements of A Viral Video","description":"5 Elements of A Viral Video","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/vgQtqA8c/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-06-22T13:42:30.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/vgQtqA8c.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4164154/raccoon-steals-doughnut/","duration":"PT1M31S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4164154/raccoon-steals-doughnut/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```