Top Viral Recipes of 2025 You Need to Try Right Now
If there’s one thing that always brings people together worldwide, it’s the love for trying out viral recipes. Ever since the COVID-19 pandemic, these food trends have become the thing everyone’s obsessed with! Back in the day, there wasn’t really a platform to share the hype around a trending recipe — but post-COVID social media changed that completely.
Just as in the past few years, 2025 maintained the momentum with a mix of old favorites and brand-new creations. This year felt especially global, with innovative recipes emerging from Dubai, India, and Turkey — each adding its own unique twist to the viral food scene.
One standout trend worth mentioning is the “Dubai chocolate,” which became so viral that it inspired actual flavors for major chocolate and ice cream brands.
Now that we are headed towards a new year, let’s review the top viral recipes of 2025!
1. Viral Dubai Veggie Smash Burger
The viral Dubai Smash Burger reinvented the classic smashed burger by swapping out regular buns for buttery lacha parathas. The burger typically features either beef or chicken patties, melted cheese, caramelized onions, and a signature sauce, creating a bold East-meets-West fusion.
The trend first gained traction at Klay by Karak House in Dubai, and has since inspired burger joints and delis worldwide to experiment with their own versions. Patel Brothers recreated this viral favorite with an easier and quicker hack by using frozen parathas and veggie patties for an easy, vegetarian-friendly version of the smash sensation.
2. Chai Maska-The Viral Chai-Soaked Sandwich
Indians have long enjoyed the simple pleasure of dipping biscuits into chai. Traditionally, bun maska is eaten with chai on the side. The viral version, however, takes this comfort pairing to the next level by turning it into a chai-soaked cream sandwich that’s dunked directly into hot chai.
The result may be messy and far from picture-perfect, but fans describe it as pure indulgence — “a warm hug in every bite.”
3. Date Bark
If you’ve got a sweet tooth but want something healthy and guilt-free, the viral Date Bark is the perfect treat to satisfy your cravings. This quick, no-bake dessert starts with soft Medjool dates pressed flat on parchment paper. A layer of creamy peanut butter is spread on top, followed by a drizzle of melted chocolate.
Finally, it’s topped with chopped nuts, sea salt, and dried rose petals, then chilled in the freezer for about an hour. The result is a crunchy, chewy, and chocolatey delight that tastes surprisingly like a homemade Snickers bar.
4. Viral Anna Paul’s Turkish Pasta
This viral Turkish Pasta, made famous by TikTok creator Anna Paul, is a deconstructed take on the traditional Turkish dumpling dish, Mantı. Instead of dumplings, it uses pasta as the base.
To make it, ground meat is cooked with onion, tomato paste, and spices like sweet paprika, curry powder, onion powder, and salt until fully browned — no oil is needed, as the meat naturally releases its own.
In a separate pan, butter is infused with sweet paprika to create a rich, aromatic drizzle. The dish is then layered: first pasta, then a generous amount of garlic Greek yogurt, followed by the spiced meat, and finally the paprika butter sauce. Finally, it is topped with fresh parsley and chopped tomatoes.
For a vegetarian-friendly twist, swap the ground meat with crumbled tofu. It is equally rich in flavor and delicious.
5. Viral Carrot Ribbon Salad
Last year, TikTok went crazy for Logan Moffitt’s viral cucumber salad — and this year, the spotlight is on Cassie Yeung’s viral carrot ribbon salad. This quick recipe comes together in minutes: shred your carrots into thin ribbons and then toss them with green onions, grated garlic, soy sauce, rice wine vinegar, sesame oil, and chili crisp. Gently mix by hand.
The result is a fresh, spicy, and nutritious salad that’s as good for you as it looks. Since carrots are rich in antioxidants and great for skin health, Cassie calls it “eating your skincare.”
Like past years, 2025 has also proven that food trends are all about creative reinvention. This year’s viral recipes blend comfort, nostalgia, and innovation — taking traditional dishes and giving them bold, modern twists, making them crave-worthy.
Each dish tells a story, connects people across globally, and reminds us that the simplest ideas can become global sensations.
Here’s to more being innovative and experimenting in the kitchen — because the next viral recipe might just be one you create.
