Welcome to TikTok Taste Test, where every week national writer Allison Reinhardt spotlights a trending TikTok recipe so you can know the latest and greatest viral food trends worth checking out.
Fruit salad may be as basic as a recipe gets in terms of technique, but that doesn’t mean it can’t be elevated into something artful and original. As part of her life-changing salads series, Danielle Brown (@healthygirlkitchen on TikTok) has mastered the art of the viral salad, and her colorful fruit salad has garnered over 4M views as of Apr. 4. How does she make such a simple dish rack up comments, views, and likes?
It’s all about presentation. Danielle advises cutting the fruit into tiny cubes in order to make different fruits look more uniform. What really got TikTok talking though, is the fruit rainbow Danielle creates. Adding strawberries, then watermelon, then oranges, then mango, then green apples, then kiwi, then blueberries, then grapes, and finally dragonfruit, Danielle makes a fruit salad so aesthetically pleasing that you just can’t help but pause the video to take it in. While Danielle mentions that you can use whatever fruit you like and is accessible to you, you just can’t help but want to recreate Danielle’s gorgeous assortment.
To top it all off, Danielle adds some fresh chopped mint and a squeeze of lime juice to marry all of the flavors of the fruit together. She finishes by mixing it all up, creating the most stunning salad that will surely become a new summer staple for many.
We would love to see your own take on the TikTok famous rainbow fruit salad! Tag us on TikTok or Instagram (#spoonfeed!), and tune in next week for the newest TikTok trending recipe!