Mindy Kaling played Kelly Kapoor across 157 episodes of The Office's nine-season run. Image Press Agency

Mindy Kaling finally tries Kelly Kapoor's favorite cocktail from 'The Office'

By Megan Armstrong | Last updated Nov 19, 2021 6:05 PM ET

Kelly Kapoor swore by her "seven-and-seven" cocktail in the 2006 episode of The Office titled "Casino Night," and more than 15 years later, we finally know what it actually tastes like.

Kaling played Kelly across 157 episodes of The Office's nine-season run—she also served as a producer and writer on the acclaimed comedy series—but she had never tried Kelly's favorite drink until visiting The Kelly Clarkson Show this week:

The verdict?

Kaling noted that sipping the sugary drink was "just giving me diabetes" but also "tastes delicious," while Clarkson likened it to a snow cone or slushy.

Kaling also discussed her new HBO Max show The Sex Lives of College Girls, which premiered its first two episodes Thursday, and how attracted she used to be to Chandler (Matthew Perry) and Joey (Matt LeBlanc) on Friends. Watch below.

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Megan Armstrong (@megankarmstrong) is a writer whose work has appeared in places such as Billboard, GQ, Esquire, Bleacher Report, Uproxx, and others. Megan has also produced various podcasts and hosted a daily radio show at Mizzou. She grew up obsessed with sports — impressing adults by memorizing NFL statistics as a kindergartner — and grew into an obsession with music

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