TikTok Is Back With Another Bizarre Recipe: Cottage Cheese Ice Cream
With summer right around the corner, that means humid summers and heat waves are upon us. It's also a good excuse for ice cream. While a pint of ice cream at the grocery store or from the neighborhood ice cream truck is sufficient for some, one homemade ice cream is gaining attention from foodies on TikTok.
TikTok has once again turned an ordinary grocery item into an overnight viral sensation. Last summer, caviar bumps, and butter boards were all the rage. This year, it's all about a hot cottage cheese ice cream summer. Yup, you read that right. Cottage cheese is already making a comeback. But now it's being revamped into a surprisingly tasty dessert. In fact, there are over 230 million accumulated views on hundreds of videos of people making and test-tasting cottage cheese ice cream.
Luckily, making cottage cheese ice cream is seemingly effortless. In many TikTok videos, creators are blending tubs of cottage cheese and a few simple ingredients, like fruits and sweeteners. The cottage cheese mixture is then frozen into ice cream. And just like actual ice cream, the flavors and ingredients are limitless and can be tailored to your liking. Here's how you can whip up your own cottage cheese ice cream.
Cottage cheese ice cream can be as simple as three ingredients
Like a majority of food trends, it's difficult to pin down the origin of the trend. However, there are a bunch of viral TikTok videos to help you get started in making your own cottage cheese ice cream. One TikTok creator's viral strawberry cheesecake cottage cheese ice cream video has received 1.2 million views and more than 100,000 likes. The recipe calls for a tub of whole-fat cottage cheese, strawberries, your choice of sweetener, and crushed graham crackers. The mixture is then blended with an immersion blender. Once blended, the concoction is placed in the cottage cheese container to be frozen. After a few hours, the cottage cheese ice cream comes out looking just like the frozen dessert.
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Another viral recipe comes from Paige Lindgren. The TikTok user demonstrates making a banana cream pie version using cottage cheese, one banana, two tablespoons of maple syrup, and a splash of vanilla extract. All ingredients are then placed in a food processor. Once blended, the mixture is poured into a baking pan and thrown into the freezer. After one to two hours, you will get scoopable banana cream pie cottage cheese ice cream. "No ice cream maker required," Lindgren exclaimed via TikTok.
Cottage cheese is partially viral for its health benefits
Not only is the cottage cheese ice cream going viral for its simplicity, but many are praising it for being a healthy alternative to the standard dairy ice cream. TikTok user Lainiecooks claims the strawberry cheesecake cottage cheese ice cream almost has a whopping 60 grams of protein.
Indeed, cottage cheese has been touted for its nutritional value. After all, a half-cup of low-fat cottage cheese typically is jam-packed with 14 grams of protein and high amounts of vitamins B12 and riboflavin. It is also a good source of calcium.
When making cottage cheese ice cream, the possibilities of ingredients are endless. In other words, you can incorporate other nourishing ingredients into your cottage cheese ice cream mix to get an extra boost of nutrients. With that being said, try making it your own by adding your favorite fruits, candies, syrups, or sweetener.