Gross or genius, you be the judge.

This cheesy chapstick is a result of one of the all-time dumbest policies ever created “no eating in the classroom.”

Sure, no one likes loud chewers or greasy fingerprints on everything — but a hangry pre-teen is not something that anyone wants to deal with.

Don’t even try to deny it — we’ve all tried to sneak that Dorito out of plastic baggie or break off part of that granola bar in your lunch that you swore to your mother you didn’t want.

When I was a kid we had to sneak snacks either between classes or I had one of those desks that you lifted up to not only store your outrageous pencil collection and passed notes but your snacks and homework.

Barbaric elementary school rules are 100 percent to thank for this nine-year-old from Missouri’s creativity. She stuffed cheddar cheese into a chapstick tube and her mom shared it with the world.

My 9-year-old daughter has taken an old lip balm tube and filled it with cheese so she can eat it in class. pic.twitter.com/YEAqZx2wnr

— Valerie Schremp Hahn ? (@valeriehahn) September 17, 2019