3 Viral TikTok Desserts and 1 Imposter (Autumn 2025)

by Barry Lewis

Ingredients Method

Ingredients

Chocolate & Nut “Chips” with Fruit Salsa

150–200 g good quality chocolate (milk or dark)
50–70 g chopped nuts (almonds, hazelnuts, pecans etc.)
Pinch of sea salt (optional)
250 g strawberries
1 kiwi
½ mango
Juice of ½ lime
Zest of ½ lime
1 tsp honey or agave (optional)

Stretchy Yogurt

120 g Greek yogurt
120 ml milk
30 g tapioca starch
25 g sugar (optional)
Toppings or food powders of your choice (fruit, matcha, cocoa etc.)

Gooey Nutella Lava Cookies

125 g unsalted butter, softened
150 g caster sugar
1 large egg
1 tsp vanilla extract
25 g cocoa powder
200 g plain flour
½ tsp bicarbonate of soda
Pinch of salt
100 g chocolate chips (plus extra to stud on top before baking)
8–10 tsp Nutella (frozen into blobs)

Salmon Candy Bites

300–400 g salmon fillet, skin removed
3 tbsp soy sauce
2 tbsp mirin
2 tbsp brown sugar
1 tsp grated fresh ginger (or ½ tsp ground ginger)
1–2 tsp barbecue rub (plus extra for sprinkling)
1 tsp sesame seeds

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3 Viral TikTok Desserts and 1 Imposter (Autumn 2025)

Every few months, I dive back into the bottomless pit of viral TikTok dessert recipes to see which ones are actually worth making. This time, it’s three sweet show-offs and one curveball calling itself “candy” – which turned out to be my favourite of the lot.

Below are my notes from the kitchen chaos, with methods mixed in so you can give them a go yourself (ingredients are listed separately on the site if you fancy making them).

Chocolate & Nut “Chips” with Fruit Salsa

Inspired by @fitfoodieselma on TikTok, this was one of those ideas that shouldn’t work but totally does. You melt chocolate, stir in chopped nuts, and drop spoonfuls onto baking paper to make glossy “chips”. While they set in the fridge, chop up a mix of fruit – strawberries, kiwi, mango – squeeze over lime juice and a drizzle of honey.

The trick is not to get too precious with the chopping; I got bored halfway through and just hacked everything up. Didn’t make a difference. A bit of lime zest lifted everything, but don’t add chocolate chips like I did – it made it too chunky. Pineapple and peaches are on my list for next time.

Stretchy Yogurt

This one looked mesmerising on TikTok, so I had to try it. Mix Greek yogurt, milk, tapioca starch and a bit of sugar, cover, microwave, stir – and you get something that stretches like mozzarella on a hot day.

It was bizarrely impressive to watch… and slightly unpleasant to eat. The texture was pure PVA glue. It works, but it desperately needs sugar – maybe a good drizzle of honey on top next time to make it more than a science experiment.

Gooey Lava Cookies

Straight from @croatian.inspiration (Baka’s Kitchen), these were hands-down phenomenal. The dough’s rich with cocoa and loaded with chocolate chips, and I tucked a frozen blob of Nutella inside each one before baking.

I tested two versions – with extra chips pressed on top before baking, and after. Definitely do it before. They catch just enough heat to look shiny and taste ridiculous. Soft, fudgy middles, crisp edges – easily the star dessert of the bunch.

Salmon Candy – The Imposter

The wild card from @maxthemeatguy. Thin strips of salmon marinated in soy sauce, mirin, brown sugar, ginger and barbecue rub, then dusted with sesame seeds and baked until sticky.

I know – salmon in a dessert video. But honestly, it was unreal. Sweet, smoky, savoury, shiny – it completely stole the show. My accidental hack was lining the tray with cling film before seasoning; when it finished marinating, I could just lift the mess away cleanly. Result.

Final thoughts

The cookies were the best. The fruit salsa was a close second. The stretchy yogurt wins “weirdest achievement”, and the salmon candy… well, that one’s proof that TikTok will forever keep us guessing.

If you enjoyed this round, you can watch it all unfold in the full video here on YouTube and check out my last batch of viral TikTok recipes tested (spring–summer 2025) while you’re at it.

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