Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
From time to time, you send me a batch of viral kitchen recipes that are doing the rounds on TikTok and Instagram, so I bundle a few together and put them properly to the test.
In this video, I try four viral kitchen recipes to see which ones are actually worth making at home. There’s deep fried pickles wrapped in wonton pastry (with some unexpected cheese drama), the controversial viral egg fry that sparked a lot of debate, the brilliantly fun masher turtles made using a potato masher, and a classic hot toddy drink — including one version that honestly tasted like a shoe.
Rather than just recreating these for the visuals, I wanted to see how practical they are, how they actually taste, and whether you’d ever bother making them again once the novelty wears off.
More videos like this on the Barry tries playlist youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfItiEY3o1msmCdkx49hQcmgh39L02lf5
Full blog post: barrylewis.net/recipe/viral-kitchen-recipes-tested-2025
I upload food experiments, recipes and kitchen testing videos twice a week. Expect honest results, curiosity-led cooking and the occasional “why did I do this?” moment.
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00:00 Intro – testing viral kitchen recipes
00:20 Deep fried pickles, cheese & mars bars!
05:07 Turtle toast ... and an explosive alternative
08:34 Egg fry with breakfast bonus
12:29 Hot toddy - to tea or not to tea?
#ViralRecipes #tiktokrecipes #BarryLewis
From time to time, you send me a batch of viral kitchen recipes that are doing the rounds on TikTok and Instagram, so I bundle a few together and put them properly to the test.
In this video, I try four viral kitchen recipes to see which ones are actually worth making at home. There’s deep fried pickles wrapped in wonton pastry (with some unexpected cheese drama), the controversial viral egg fry that sparked a lot of debate, the brilliantly fun masher turtles made using a potato masher, and a classic hot toddy drink — including one version that honestly tasted like a shoe.
Rather than just recreating these for the visuals, I wanted to see how practical they are, how they actually taste, and whether you’d ever bother making them again once the novelty wears off.
More videos like this on the Barry tries playlist youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfItiEY3o1msmCdkx49hQcmgh39L02lf5
Full blog post: barrylewis.net/recipe/viral-kitchen-recipes-tested-2025
I upload food experiments, recipes and kitchen testing videos twice a week. Expect honest results, curiosity-led cooking and the occasional “why did I do this?” moment.
Subscribe if you enjoy food experiments, viral recipes, kitchen gadgets and trying things so you don’t have to.
Subscribe here: youtube.com/@mrbarrylewis?sub_confirmation=1
More links here: https://linktr.ee/barrylewis
Thanks to my Patreon supporters for helping make these videos possible by supporting the running costs of the channel.
00:00 Intro – testing viral kitchen recipes
00:20 Deep fried pickles, cheese & mars bars!
05:07 Turtle toast ... and an explosive alternative
08:34 Egg fry with breakfast bonus
12:29 Hot toddy - to tea or not to tea?
#ViralRecipes #tiktokrecipes #BarryLewis
