This 2-Ingredient Snack Recipe Has Taken TikTok by Storm & the Star Ingredient Comes From Aldi
Making a filling and delicious snack has never been easier thanks to a new viral recipe on TikTok. People are loving this two-ingredient savory snack, featuring an ingredient from Aldi.
TikToker Courtney Cook (@courtneylcook) shared the video for her “easy teacher lunch,” which has 8.6 million views. She starts with a sweet potato then adds some cheese from Aldi. But not just any cheese, the Original Butterkase Cheese.
“So what I do, just get a warm potato,” she explains, as she turns the baked sweet potato to one side, with the top cut open. “Shove your cheese in, and by the time you get to that section of the potato, it’s gonna be softened. That’s the goal anyway.”
Next, she takes a bite out of it like it’s a hot dog. And that’s it! To make it into a whole meal, she eats it with cottage cheese, a spring onion, and pickled onions. She adds that you could also put turkey or chicken inside, for a type of sweet potato “sandwich.”
The comments were divided. “I have never in my 46 years eaten a sweet potato with cheese,” one person wrote. Another said, “I have NEVER in my life seen someone eat a sweet potato this way. Imma try it.”
Still others wrote, “she grew up in an ingredient household fur sure” and “Someone said you were a bunny in a past life and I can’t unsee it.”
“I’ve never seen someone eat a potato like a burrito…. Or do any of these things ????” another said. Hey, to each their own, but this actually looks really good to us (minus the pickled onions, because I can’t get past that).
The Butterkase cheese comes in a 6-ounce package for $3.85 at Aldi. It features a “smooth texture and mild, buttery flavor,” so it’s no wonder it tastes so good melted on a sweet potato.
She’s shared another video of the sweet potato and cheese recipe — with the same Aldi cheese! —which has people commenting how much they love it. “I know this wasnt really your intention, but you have me eating a sweet potato and cheese every dang day and it keeps me so full and cuts out so much food noise!!” one person wrote. “so not only have I added more fiber, im eating way less junk. so thank you!”
Someone else joked, “it’s a TERRIBLE time to hate sweet potatoes.”
If you need a quick and easy snack or lunch idea, this recipe is beloved. And since TikTok is responsible for the sourdough craze and many other yummy finds, you know this will be good too!
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