Throughout 2024, new trends have brought more popularity to certain grocery items. Arising trends include cucumber salad, tanghulu, Dubai chocolate, and hwachae. TikTok has different genres for all types of interests, with cooking/recipes in the top 5 most popular. 

Hailey Cahill, a senior at Foran High School shares her experience with the latest trend, cucumber salad. “I loved this recipe, it was a simple and healthy snack to make for my day-to-day.” she expresses. This recent trend was made by the TikTok creator @Logagm. He creates different cucumber salad recipes close to every day. One of which is listed below.

Cucumber salad recipe: 

One cucumber sliced,

One tbsp sour cream or Greek yogurt, 

Two tbsp cream cheese, 

Everything bagel seasoning, 

Pinch of salt

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Tanghulu, a classic Chinese street food consisting of skewered fruit covered in hardened sugar syrup. This is a very quick snack to make, as it consists of only three to four ingredients.

A senior at Foran, Skylar Hacker states, “I made this over the summer, it was the perfect recipe because of how hot it was.” 

Tanghulu recipe: 

Melt one cup sugar in ½ cup water over medium heat until boiling, 

Place strawberries, grapes, or orange slices on a stick,

Coat the fruit in the sugar, take it out, and let it harden.

Dubai chocolate recipe: 

Melt chocolate into a mold, 

Add eight oz kataifi pastry and 1 tbsp butter into a pan until golden, 

Two tbsp tahini,

 ½ cup pistachio cream onto the chocolate mold, then cover with the rest of the chocolate.

Hwachae recipe:

Add one cup of ice into a bowl,

Cut six cups of fruit of your choice 

Suggested: watermelon, strawberries, banana, blueberries, raspberries, blackberries

½ cup jello or popping boba

¼ cup sweetened condensed milk

add two cups of strawberry milk and/or Sprite.