diff --git a/code/modules/reagents/reagent_containers/food.dm b/code/modules/reagents/reagent_containers/food.dm
index e2d009f545b..7a3caa515e8 100644
--- a/code/modules/reagents/reagent_containers/food.dm
+++ b/code/modules/reagents/reagent_containers/food.dm
@@ -33,13 +33,16 @@
 		else
 			target.visible_message("<b>[target]</b> finishes [is_liquid ? "drinking" : "eating"] \the [src].", SPAN_NOTICE("You finish [is_liquid ? "drinking" : "eating"] \the [src]."))
 		if(trash)
+			// get or create the trash item
+			var/obj/item/trash_item = trash
+			if(ispath(trash_item))
+				trash_item = new trash_item()
+			// and put it in active hand, or on the floor
 			if(slot)
-				user.drop_from_inventory(src)	//so trash actually stays in the active hand.
-				var/obj/item/TrashItem = new trash(user)
-				user.put_in_hands(TrashItem)
+				user.drop_from_inventory(src)
+				user.put_in_hands(trash_item)
 			else
-				var/obj/item/TrashItem = new trash(user)
-				TrashItem.forceMove(get_turf(src))
+				trash_item.forceMove(get_turf(src))
 		if(istype(loc, /obj/item/reagent_containers/bowl/plate))
 			var/obj/item/reagent_containers/bowl/plate/P = loc
 			if(P.holding == src)
diff --git a/html/changelogs/DreamySkrell-fortune-cookie-fix.yml b/html/changelogs/DreamySkrell-fortune-cookie-fix.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b19f8607830
--- /dev/null
+++ b/html/changelogs/DreamySkrell-fortune-cookie-fix.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+
+author: DreamySkrell
+
+delete-after: True
+
+changes:
+  - bugfix: "Fortune cookie fix."