First, I’d like to explain what the Tasty Trials are. Being an avid content consumer on major social media platforms, I normally only repost or reblog things that I deem relevant, and not many things make it into that category. On Facebook, for example, I do not repost or reblog something unless it has to do with one of two things: puppies or food. I started to see a rise in posts describing how to create some type of recipe on Facebook from my friends here at Syracuse University, and at universities on the West Coast, where I am originally from. That interested me because I love food, but am afraid to make recipes for fear of failure. It turns out, so do my peers. Not living at home, shopping for ourselves and eventually cooking for ourselves while in college is a daunting task, and these food creation videos that are popping up at all times of the day are incredibly helpful.
After seeing so many different videos about recipes, I noticed that they came from one primary source: Tasty. Tasty is a spin-off of BuzzFeed, where they post all of these delicious videos to explain the creation of a recipe in a quick one-to-three minute video. Their videos range from sweet to savory, and everything in between. The accompanying Twitter page, @BuzzFeedFood, houses more content, including links to BuzzFeed articles about food, the videos shown on the Facebook page, and new images of food with links to the recipes as well. So this got me thinking: can a college student, on a budget of both time and money, successfully make one of these Tasty videos? Hence the creation of the Tasty Trials.
This, ladies and gents, is the #TastyTrials, where everything is delicious and the points don’t matter! For the first edition of the Trials, I made a Tasty video that I saw a month ago, a mouthwatering treat that no college student needs, but every one should want: chocolate and cream cheese filled monkey bread.
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As you can see by the “@BuzzFeedFood it Worked!” at the top left hand corner of the card, I tried the recipe on my own, in my own college student kitchen, with my own college student make-shift utensils, pots and pans, and it actually did work. That, my friends, is the point of the Tasty Trials, to try BuzzFeed’s Tasty recipes and see if I can make them as a college student, on a budget and with little amount of time (or the amount of time it would take to do laundry or write a paper or watch an episode of “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” in one sitting.
The Tasty Trials is a great type of challenge to go “viral” amongst my friends because we are all in college, know what a budget is, and know what it means to go over a budget and cry while our bank account depletes and our parents yell at us to eat better meals. It is my goal to create these Tasty Trial edition cards to not only express my deep gratitude for BuzzFeed and Tasty for their easy videos, but also prove to those around me that making a delicious meal is doable. Also, doesn’t “The Tasty Trials” sound a tad bit like “The Hunger Games”? I plan to promote these edition cards through pins on “The Tasty Trials” Pinterest board, and share that content on my other social media channels. It will be up to my followers to answer polls on Twitter to determine what my next edition will be, and whether it will be sweet or savory.
So college students and random internet people reading my blog, can you survive the #TastyTrials? #NHsmc
That will be the description for this first #TastyTrials card: Will you survive the #TastyTrials? The itemized budget for this particular edition came out to be $56.50, but most of the items had already been purchased before the Trial and card began or was created.
You can also download my five-page editorial calendar for the first #chocomonkeybread edition of the Tasty Trials by clicking here or the image below!
Happy eating, and good luck in your own Tasty Trials.
C
First of all, I would just like to I am obsessed with Buzzfeed’s food trial videos. Buzzeed food tutorials are perfect for college students who need a quick and easy way to make delicious food, in a short period of time. I loved this idea, and how you mixed both digital pictures and your own handwriting onto the card. There is something about your handwritten recipes that make your meme more personalized and differentiates your card from the others. I think it’s really interesting how you actually tried this out for yourself. Although I have watched millions of buzzed tutorials, I have never seen a before and after video indicating that the food hack actually worked. I did try out one dessert, and lets just say that it did not go as soothly as the buzzed video. Additionally, your post is very well written. Great job!