Gross viral food trend is baffling but it makes Gen Z swoon: Im impressed

Another day, another food trend.TikTok has birthed a new, bizarre snack fad that might make your stomach churn.Dried yogurt — which entails removing the liquid out of regular yogurt, resulting in a firmer, more powdery product — has taken over the internet, as well as people’s refrigerators.On TikTok, the hashtag for #dryyogurt has been used on hundreds of posts, in which creators use food dye to make their dried yogurt vibrant colors or repurpose cookie cutters to make their dried yogurt into different shapes.“I don’t know if I like the thickness,” influencer Michelle Brown proclaimed in a viral TikTok video of her experiment with dried yogurt, with her series of clips racking up millions of views online.She likened the consistency to frosting, saying that the yogurt “sticks to every part of your mouth.”The concoction — inspired by the Middle Eastern spread called labneh — is made by putting a desired amount of plain yogurt into cheesecloth or a paper towel, pressing out the moisture and placing it in the fridge for 48 hours.While TikTokkers argued they’d “hate the texture” and called the “gross” creation “dehydrated slime,” other foodies were pleasantly surprised by the taste.“I’m impressed,” creator Kelita Rosita said in a video.“The texture is literally like softened butter,” described one creator named Linda.“It’s really good,” said another user named Kyle Ciaruri, who topped his bowl of dried yogurt with fruit, chocolate and a wafer, likening it to the texture of cream cheese.This isn’t the first time social media has spurred a controversial food fad.Earlier this year, TikTokkers slathered Kit Kat bars in ketchup, created cucumber concoctions, consumed deep-fried toothpicks and chowed down on ice cream drizzled with olive oil....