Testing TikTok's Most Viewed Recipes

Overview:

• Testing the top 10 most viewed TikTok recipes.
• Includes diverse recipes from ice cream to mac and cheese.

10. Cotton Candy Ice Cream by Alex Earl (12M views)

• Background: Alex's family owns an ice cream shop.
• Process:
  • Warm heavy cream and milk until small bubbles form.
  • Whisk egg yolks with sugar, temper with warmed milk.
  • Add salt, vanilla, and cotton candy flavoring.
  • Chill the mixture for 2-3 hours, churn in an ice cream maker.
  • Serve with sprinkles.
• Note: Custard base for ice cream.

9. Avocado Pickles (13.6M views)

• Ingredients: Avocado, cucumber, red onion, fresh and dried dill, minced garlic, white vinegar, salt, pepper, ground mustard.
• Unique Steps:
  • Mix avocado with other ingredients.
  • Brush tortillas with maple syrup and sriracha, bake.
  • Spread avocado mix on tortilla as a Mediterranean Asian tostada.
• Feedback: Sweet, salty, sour, and spicy flavors.

8. Viral Pesto (21M views)

• Ingredients: Garlic, Parmesan cheese, pine nuts, lemon juice, basil, olive oil.
• Method:
  • Blend ingredients to make pesto.
  • Toss with pasta and top with more Parmesan and red pepper flakes.
• Note: Uses Graza olive oil, noted for sustainability.

7. Crookie (26.5M views)

• Concept: Croissant filled with chocolate chip cookie dough.
• Steps:
  • Make cookie dough, stuff into croissant.
  • Bake and enjoy the fusion of chocolate croissant and cookie dough.
• Feedback: Decadent, rich, but messy.

6. Salmon Bake by Emily Mariko (30.2M views)

• Ingredients: Garlic, butter, lemon, dill, salmon.
• Method:
  • Brush salmon with lemon-dill butter, bake with broccoli.
• Result: A wholesome one-pan dinner.

5. Cucumber Salad (42.8M views)

• Concept: Tastes like a California roll.
• Ingredients: Cucumber, imitation crab, avocado, Kewpie mayo, whipped cream cheese, soy sauce, sesame seeds.
• Execution:
  • Mix ingredients in a deli container, serve with seaweed.
• Feedback: Needs more acidity.

4. Homemade Capri Sun (50M views)

• Ingredients: Pineapple, pears, oranges, green apple, grapes, cherries.
• Process:
  • Juice the fruits, strain, and pour into drink pouches.
• Result: Surprisingly Capri Sun-like.

3. Viral Breakfast Sandwich (62M views)

• Ingredients: Eggs, bread, cheese, tomato, avocado, lettuce.
• Method:
  • Cook eggs in a skillet with bread slices, flip, add fillings.
• Feedback: Strange to have lettuce in a breakfast sandwich.

2. Viral Mac and Cheese (110M views)

• Ingredients: Cavatappi pasta, mozzarella, Colby Jack, sharp cheddar, spices.
• Method:
  • Make a cheesy sauce and bake with pasta.
• Feedback: Very cheesy, perhaps excessively so.

1. BBQ Crispy Chicken by Zach Choi (156.9M views)

• Process:
  • Chicken seasoned and cooked with its own egg.
  • Coated with crushed BBQ potato chips, deep-fried.
• Feedback: Unique method with popular ASMR elements.

Conclusion:

• Range of creative and viral recipes.
• Not all lived up to the hype but provided interesting culinary experiments.