Kaleidoscope 2024: 6 Foods That Go Viral On Social Media, From Tanghulu To Dubai Chocolate

Logan Cucumber salad (TikTok/loganm)

JAKARTA - Throughout 2024, there are several foods that have gone viral on social media and have become the talks of netizens. This is a list of foods that went viral throughout 2024, which was reported by The National News, on Friday, December 27, 2024.

Tanghulu is a snack from China that has a sweet taste and dire texture. Tanghulu is made using fruits coated with candied from liquid sugar which is then frozen. This food is viral with many social media users doing ASMR while eating it.

Tanghulu (Pexels)

Cromboloni merupakan makanan gabungan antara komissant dan bomboloni. Cromboloni menjadi salah satu makanan yang viral di tahun ini di media sosia, bahkan membuat orang-orang bersedia mengejar untuk membeli dan mencobanya.

Cromboloni (Unsplash)

One of the foods that went viral on social media, especially TikTok, was Logan's salad grandson. This food creation is popularized by Canadian content creator Logan Moffitt. The video of making his cucumber salad has been watched more than 30 million times and inspires many people who want to diet and like salads to try to make it.

Dubai chocolate, which is in the form of bars, filled with pistachio beans and nougat, has gone viral on social media in the second half of 2024. This popularity of chocolate has even made many people buy it directly to Dubai, or use deposit services (jastip). Not only that, various food creations that use Dubai chocolate also appear, one of which is martabak.

Chocolate Dubai (Pexels)

Milk bunches or milk bread from Thailand also went viral on social media in 2024. Many went to buy directly to Thailand or used a deposit service (jastip), even until the excise production of Indonesia was carried out allegedly due to large shipments and had not yet obtained a distribution permit from BPOM.

Milk bun Thailand (Instagram/afteryoudessertcafe)

This typical Japanese snack is also viral and is widely discussed on social media throughout 2024, with a larger size than traditional mochi daifuku in general. This food contains red peanut paste, cream, and fresh fruit pieces in it.

Daifuku mochi (Pexels)