TikTok's latest annoying trend is spamming the comments with a brownie recipe

Anyway, here's the recipe...
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Tim Marcin
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screenshots of tiktok comments of brownie recipe
OK, but how long do you cook it? Credit: Screenshots: TikTok

A strange, recent side effect of spending too much time on TikTok: Learning how to make brownies. That's because users are spamming comment sections on videos with a brownie recipe. And the thing is, it's not exactly clear why people are doing, just that they are.

Sometimes trends are trends just copycatting, and that seems to be what we're working with here. It's just annoying to do, so people are doing it. Things can be that simple.

Anyway here's the recipe, or, more exactly, the ingredients:


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  • 1/2 cup butter

  • 2 eggs

  • 1 cup sugar

  • 1/3 cup cocoa powder

  • 2 teaspoon vanilla extract

  • 1/2 cup flour

It's almost always presented as some form of "anyway, here's my recipe for brownies." Here's some screenshots of examples I saw on TikTok.

screenshots of comments with brownie recipe
Anyway, here's the recipe for brownies. Credit: Screenshots: TikTok

It is truly impossible to avoid this brownie recipe, which frustratingly includes no directions for actually cooking the dessert. Scroll through your For You Page and check for yourself. Pretty much any TikTok with any semblance of virality has been thoroughly spammed. Funnily enough, it's actually really pissing people off. Some have taken to responding with things like "here's the recipe for stfu."

So, sure, there doesn't appear to be any rhyme or reason beyond the TikTok trend beyond being annoying, spammy copypasta. But it's definitely working in that regard.

Anyway, here's a real, and actually good recipe for air fryer chicken wings.

Topics TikTok

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Tim Marcin
Associate Editor, Culture

Tim Marcin is an Associate Editor on the culture team at Mashable, where he mostly digs into the weird parts of the internet. You'll also see some coverage of memes, tech, sports, trends, and the occasional hot take. You can find him on Bluesky (sometimes), Instagram (infrequently), or eating Buffalo wings (as often as possible).

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