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TikTok is known for sparking some seriously creative trends, but this one might take the cake – or in this case, the cheese and pickle.
What happens when you take two staple foods entirely delicious on their own, like cheese and pickles, and put them together? Apparently, you get an easy and trend-worthy snack. That’s why TikTokers are loving the new viral treat, affectionately called a pickle in a blanket.
The viral snack craze began last month when TikTok user Claire – who goes by @clurmurr on the app – let her followers in on her guilty pleasure snack. In the video, which has since been viewed 13 million times, Claire admitted that her husband finds her cheese and pickle snack gross, but she knew that at least one person on the app would support her creative concoction.
“So, I had the sudden urge to share my guilty pleasure snack on here because my husband said it’s gross but I think I can find someone else out there who either makes this or will enjoy this,” she began the clip.
Then, Claire gave instructions on how to make the fried cheese and pickle wrap. First, Claire starts with some cooking spray or a little oil in a heated pan. She then takes a slice of cheese – preferably provolone or mozzarella – and lets it melt on the pan. When it starts to develop a crust on the bottom, Claire grabs a full pickle from the pickle jar and places it directly onto the melting slice of cheese.
As the crust starts to harden, she wraps the sides of the cheese onto the pickle like a blanket. Once the cheesy becomes crispy, Claire sets the pickle wrap onto a towel to drip off some of the excess oil.
“There you have it,” she said, showing off her finished product. “So beautiful, so good. I don’t know what to call it. I don’t care if anyone says this is gross. It’s amazing.”
Unsurprisingly, Claire’s guilty pleasure snack…
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