11 TikTok Recipes You’ll Actually Want to Make on Repeat
As a Gen Zer, I feel qualified to speak about all things TikTok. As I write this, my eyes are riddled with dark eye bags, a direct cause from what must have been three hours of late-night TikTok scrolling. What content is on my For You Page, you ask? Kpop dance routines, Pedro Pascal edits, knitting tutorials, and lots and lots of food videos.
TikTok has captured the attention of home cooks and professional chefs alike, with its viral trends setting a new standard for recipes that innovate, impress, spark the Pavlovian responses, or, at the very least, get people talking. The social media app is a great place to find inspiration when you want to try something new in the kitchen. Naturally, not everything is bound to stick, and we should be the first to know — trying TikTok trends for the betterment of you, our beloved readers, is one of our specialties. “Healthy coke”? Vinegar should not cosplay as soda. Skip the poppy seed noodles, and make muffins instead. Avocadon’t try the avocado bread.
These recipes straight from our test kitchen are inspired only by the greatest viral food trends we’ve tried in the last few years. We’re talking baked feta pasta, baked oats, butter boards, and blueberry cookies. With each recipe, you can bet we combined the uniquely flavorful, technically creative DNA of the original dish with exact measurements, because sometimes precise guidance is what you need in order to get cooking. Let’s scroll through the list of TikTok recipes that are actually worth your time and energy.