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Nothing is Safe from Gen Z’s Spicy Bowls on The Viral List

Gen Z’s spicy bowls, emotional college mascot reveals, and Pine-Sol’s sold-out meme-inspired products are all going viral…

Written and Edited by the YPulse Editorial Team
KEY TAKEAWAYS
  • Black Gen Z is turning “spicy bowls” into viral mukbangs, food experiments, and tons of social content
  • Gen Z’s favorite graduation tradition is back: mascot reveal videos
  • Meme marketing sells! Pine-Sol’s meme-inspired cleaning products sold out TikTok Shop in a day
Spicy food bowls are TikTok’s latest food obsession   There’s another food trend bubbling up (pun intended) on TikTok: spicy bowls. The base of the dish is essentially a spicy, pickled mashup: meats, eggs, seafood, vegetables, and other add-ins soaked in heavily seasoned brine and usually eaten with Ruffles potato chips scooping everything up. But much like dirty sodas were already huge in parts of the Midwest long before the internet caught on, spicy bowls have long existed as a Southern snack before becoming a viral food obsession. In fact, this isn’t even the first time they’ve gone viral; it’s trended...

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