‘I Tried the Viral TikTok Vegan Mozzarella’

Vegan content creator Merle O’Neal tried a viral TikTok vegan mozzarella recipe from Vegan Scratch Kitchen. The recipe, which includes tahini, boiled cashews, coconut cream, nutritional yeast, and various spices, aims to replicate the unique texture and flavor of mozzarella cheese without dairy. O’Neal followed the recipe, shaping the mozzarella using a glass and letting it set in the fridge before trying it raw and cooked on a pizza.

After testing the cheese herself, O’Neal found it to have a creamy texture with a faint coconut flavor and a subtle aftertaste. While her friends had mixed reactions to the cheese, agreeing that it didn’t completely replicate traditional mozzarella, they found the flavor enjoyable when cooked on a pizza. O’Neal suggested that increasing the salt content could further enhance the taste of the vegan mozzarella.