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Breanna Stark gives her pumpkin-shaped PB&J a jack-o'-lantern grin

A Halloween lunchbox Short draws more than 400,000 views in fifteen hours, with a viewer's turnip fact supplying the final ingredient.

Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 524,065 views a day, 7 times a normal first day on this channel (75,080).

I have a burning desire to carve a turnip… let’s pack a Jack-o-Lantern lunch! 🎃I have a burning desire to carve a turnip… let’s pack a Jack-o-Lantern lunch! 🎃

The pumpkin is made of white bread, and the face goes on with an edible ink marker. Breanna Stark's latest school lunch turns peanut butter and strawberry jelly into a smiling jack-o'-lantern, with a sandwich crimper doing the shaping.

Her running goal is an attempt at a "Pinterest-worthy lunch," but the commentary leaves room for the less polished parts of packing it. Baby carrots get sorted into imaginary life stages. A missing lunchbox magnet prompts a switch to green checks and a quick declaration: "I blame my husband."

The Short has reached roughly 412,000 views in fifteen hours, an unusually fast start for Stark's lunchbox series. Its comments have already passed several times her usual full-day total. Viewers are talking about the cheerful sandwich, the carrot routine and whether carving a turnip is much harder than carving a pumpkin.

That last subject comes from the note she tucks into the bag. Stark uses a viewer-submitted fact about turnip jack-o'-lanterns in Ireland, then announces a desire to try carving one herself. No turnip gets carved in this video: the actual knife work includes a bat-shaped piece of salami, packed beside folded slices and plastic eyeball picks.

After the mummy-themed pasta lunch featured in her previous upload, this box gives the sandwich the costume. The turnip remains a separate kitchen ambition.

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What viewers say

  • The sandwich looks so happy to be there
    @mariannagregorio2905See it on YouTube
  • This is the aunt you hope is cooking for the holidays
    @algebrasoupkoriSee it on YouTube
  • WARNING:
    if you try to carve a turnip its much harder than a pumpkin I’m irish and me and my family carve both and personal opinion they are much harder than pumpkins
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The facts
Subscribers
1,300,000 ▲ 20,000 this week
Channel views, last 7 days
18,434,783
Channel views, pace per day
2,342,454 (on a normal day: 2,964,870)
Video published
October 22, 2026
Video views so far
411,746 (less than a day online)
Video views, pace per day
524,065

The numbers

The jack-o'-lantern Short is drawing views much faster than Stark's usual Shorts start, with an especially busy comment section.

the video's first day
usual first day here
75,080
this video
524,065
subscribers
1,300,000
▲ 20,000 in the last 7 days
total views
788,247,058
views per day
2,342,454
typical day: 2,964,870
the video
views
411,746
likes
35,108
comments
460
days online
1
subscribers: this channel and similar channels
Jimi Jackson
1,340,000
Breanna Stark
1,300,000
Louis Howard
1,280,000
The Grumps
1,270,000
Ethan Rode
1,270,000
As of October 23, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube
Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.
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