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Goo Goo Gaga Santa Claus, also known as Goo Goo Ga Ga Santa, Googoo Gaga Santa, Gugu Gaga Santa or Goo Goo Gaa Gaa Chocolate Santa, refers to a series of viral videos and memes that depict a misshapen aluminum foil wrapper for a chocolate Santa Claus bar that's typically made to look creepy and unsettling. TikToker marie.stm created the original Goo Goo Gaga Santa in early January 2026.

The memes typically depict the chocolate Santa wrapper contorted to have twisted, slender arms and legs, with it acting like a monster that suddenly crawls up on beds and rushes the camera as a man saying, "Goo goo ga ga," is heard in the background. The creations people made using the candy Santa wrappers continued to get more elaborate as the trend spread on platforms like TikTok and YouTube in January 2026.

Origin

The original Goo Goo Gaga Santa video was posted by TikToker^[1] marie.stm on January 5th, 2026, which depicted a chocolate Santa Claus candy bar wrapper that was twisted and deformed to make skinny arms, making it appear as if it rapidly crawled on all fours up on their bed at night and stopped just before the camera.

The post notably used the "Goo Goo Gaga" sound on TikTok^[2] from user icyjackz and received over 90.2 million views, 11.7 million likes, 85,000 comments and 4.4 million shares in 10 days.

The sound used in the original Goo Goo Ga Ga Santa video, as well as others that followed it, comes from an AI video made using Sora that depicts a night-vision camera of the late NBA star Kobe Bryant sitting in a crib wearing a baby outfit while saying, "Goo goo ga ga," and looking into the camera.

On October 24th, 2025, TikTok^[3] user icyjackz uploaded the AI-generated clip to the site, garnering over 450,000 likes and 7,800 comments in roughly three months.

Spread

As the Goo Goo Gaga Santa video continued to garner attention on TikTok and TikToker^[4] marie.stm posted additional versions with more elaborate chocolate Santa wrapper creatures in early January 2026, it eventually became a trend as others online posted their own creations.

For example, on January 9th, 2026, TikToker^[5] frazix45 uploaded their own version of the trend using a different chocolate Santa Claus aluminum foil wrapper, shot in a similar dark setting, receiving over 2.3 million likes and 17,700 comments in six days.

Also on January 9th, YouTuber^[6] GoLuB uploaded a video titled "Goo Goo Gaga Original vs Meme vs Original Sound" that covered the origins of each element in the viral meme trend, garnering over 272,000 views, 3,600 likes and 130 comments in six days.

On January 11th, 2026, the TikTok^[7] account googoogagasantaclaus, a gimmick account dedicated to the Goo Goo Gaga Santa memes, posted a video featuring a series of the candy-wrapper creatures climbing on someone's bed, receiving over 326,00 likes and 2,900 comments in four days.

That same day, TikToker^[8] monstermystic68 uploaded an AI-generated clip made to look like a horror video game that featured numerous spider-like Goo Goo Gaga Santas, accumulating over 50,700 likes and 670 comments in four days.

On January 12th, 2026, YouTuber^[9] Nazar's Memes uploaded another example of the meme, titled "goo goo gaga santa claus meme," receiving over 131,000 views, 2,600 likes and 80 comments in three days.

Also in mid-January 2026 during the meme's rise, the YouTube^[10] channel The true fry lord created a playlist of 28 videos comprised of Goo Goo Gaga Santa memes, garnering over 39,200 views in six days.

Tutorial Video

On January 14th, 2026, TikToker marie.stm, the original creator of the trend and meme, shared a tutorial or how-to video explaining how they turned the Milka & Daim Chocolate bar into Goo Goo Gaga Santa, receiving roughly 75,000 views, 3,700 likes and 110 comments in a day.

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