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1. A one-liter electric kettle so you can boil water for tea, pour-over coffee, hot chocolate, oatmeal, ramen, and more all in the comfort of your own room.
2. A countertop toaster oven for whipping up your favorite treats, like frozen chicken nuggs, DIY pizza bagels, cinnamon rolls, or anything else you'd heat up in a traditional oven.
3. A sleek toaster with extra-wide slots to accommodate bagels, baguettes, and other delicious carbs ideal for late-night snacking.
4. A six-pack of reusable toaster bags to achieve a no-mess grilled cheese in a regular ole toaster. College is stressful; making sure you're fed shouldn't be.
5. Or a nonstick panini maker that'll whip up cheesy, melty goodness in minutes — perfect for when you're up at 2 am and feeling like toast yourself.
6. An egg cooker to make whipping up nutritious soft-, medium-, and hardboiled eggs less...well...hard. Taking protein-packed snacks on the go just got easier.
7. A compact George Foreman griller so you can pretend it's backyard cookout season, even when it's snowing and you're in the middle of finals.
8. A 13-piece slicing and chopping set to prep alllll your ingredients, because you don't have the time, energy, or space for chopping on a cutting board.
9. A *no-drip* waffle iron that'll help you live your best brunchy life right in your dorm kitchen — without having to clean up any messy batter.
10. And a box of Krusteaz Belgian waffle mix for light, fluffy, crispy results so you can impress any overnight guests... or just yourself. All you need to add is oil and eggs.
11. A rotating pizza cooker that'll evenly crisp up frozen *and* fresh crusts, plus any other snack you're craving (looking at you, chicken strips and mozzarella fingers).
12. Double-handled mugs bowls for heating up all your leftovers, soup, or microwave meals... without burning your fingers.
13. A single-serve Ninja blender that'll double as a to-go mug, because the fewer steps to prepare your breakfast before your 9am bio class, the better.
14. A surprisingly spacious mini fridge so you can store fresh groceries (and have to make last-minute fast food runs way less).
15. A rolling kitchen island cart to store your shelf-stable pantry items and give you extra "counter space" for chopping and prepwork.
16. A microwave ricer cooker to prep up to six cups at once without even touching a stove. Dinner is set for the WHOLE week!
17. An easy-match Rubbermaid storage container set with stackable lids that attach right to the container bottoms, because digging around your mess looking for the right lid is not a cute look.
18. A mini slow cooker (it's 1.5 quarts!) for set-it-and-forget it meals without having leftovers for two full weeks.
19. An 83-piece kitchen essentials set, because shopping for college is hard enough without having to pick out plates, cutlery, knives, pots, and pans individually.
20. An air fryer for making super crispy wings, chicken fingers, and fries. And thanks to its ~circulating air technology~, you get all the crunchy bits without having to actually deep fry something.
21. A breakfast sandwich maker that'll fix your hungover weekend mornings once and for all. This baby'll cook everything you want in your sandwich (eggs, cheese, breakfast meats, veggies, etc.) and toast your English muffin all at the same time.
22. A 16-inch electric skillet, because even though you don't have access to a full kitchen, that doesn't mean you shouldn't be able to make a delish & nutrish meal.
23. Or an electric multi-cooker you can use to make one-pot dinners, boil pasta, roast meat, and steam veggies and protein with the included basket.
24. A jar (or a stash of jars) of Rao's tomato sauce for those nights you're craving Italian takeout, but simply can't afford it.
25. Orrrr a bag of *fully cooked* pasta when you can't wait the 15 minutes for your water to boil and your rotini to cook. We've all been there.
26. A pack of super-absorbent dishcloths to sop up all your major spills — while being more cost-efficient and eco-friendly than regular old paper towels.
27. An eight-inch quesadilla maker so you can satisfy your late-night cravings without having to leave your room.
28. A petite microwave that won't take up too much of your precious space.
29. And a rapid ramen cooker to whip up your favorite instant noods without a pot — and so you can zhuzh it up with all your favorite gourmet ingredients (scallions, anyone?).
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