Nauheed Cyrusi has tested the viral rice cracker tiramisu trend, but the actress was far from impressed with the final taste.
Social media has once again found a way to reinvent a familiar dessert. This time, the internet’s attention is on rice cracker tiramisu, an unconventional take on the classic Italian treat that replaces traditional ladyfingers with rice crackers.
Actress Nauheed Cyrusi decided to give the viral recipe a try and documented the experiment for her followers. While the finished dessert looked appealing, her reaction after the first bite was considerably less enthusiastic.
Nauheed Cyrusi gives the viral dessert a try
Nauheed began by preparing coffee for the recipe. She added a spoonful of coffee to a bowl and mixed it with cold water before dipping a rice cracker into the liquid.
The first cracker did not survive the experiment for long. It quickly absorbed the liquid, sank into the bowl and broke apart.
She tried again with another rice cracker. This time, it became soft almost immediately but remained intact enough to continue with the recipe.
The actress repeated the process until she had three coffee-soaked rice crackers ready for assembly.
How Nauheed made the rice cracker tiramisu
For the creamy layer, Nauheed used a combination of hung curd and honey.
She placed one soaked rice cracker on a plate and spread the hung curd-and-honey mixture over it. She then added a dusting of hot chocolate using a mesh strainer.
The same layers were repeated until the dessert formed a small stack of coffee-soaked rice crackers, creamy hung curd and chocolate.
The result looked surprisingly close to the layered appearance associated with tiramisu.
Before tasting it, Nauheed appeared cautiously optimistic about the presentation.
“It looks kaafi cute, but rice paper raani kabhi jhooth nahi bolti,” she said, referring humorously to the rice cracker before trying the dessert.
‘Really wanted to like this’: Nauheed’s verdict
The appearance, however, did not translate into the taste she was hoping for.
After taking a bite, Nauheed admitted that she had genuinely wanted the viral recipe to work.
“Really wanted to like this,” she said.
She then identified what she believed was missing from the dessert.
“It needs sugar. If I added sugar to my coffee, it would have been better; it’s a fail,” the actress concluded.
Her verdict offers a reminder that replacing traditional dessert ingredients with supposedly lighter alternatives does not necessarily recreate the same flavour profile.
Why rice cracker tiramisu is going viral
Rice cracker tiramisu has attracted attention because it offers a very different approach to the traditional Italian dessert.
Instead of ladyfingers soaked in coffee, the viral version uses rice crackers. Depending on the recipe, creators pair them with ingredients such as yoghurt or hung curd, sweeteners and cocoa or chocolate powder.
The appeal is partly visual and partly experimental. Rice crackers absorb liquid quickly, creating a soft texture while retaining some of their original structure.
That texture, however, is also one of the reasons the trend has divided food enthusiasts.
Some people are intrigued by the combination and see it as a lighter or more convenient alternative to conventional tiramisu. Others argue that the savoury character of rice crackers clashes with the creamy, sweet and coffee-forward flavour expected from the Italian dessert.
A viral food trend with mixed reviews
Nauheed’s experiment highlights the unpredictable nature of viral recipes.
A dish can look convincing on camera but still fail to deliver the flavour or texture expected when someone actually tastes it. In the case of rice cracker tiramisu, the success may depend heavily on how much sweetness is added to balance the coffee and the relatively neutral or savoury notes of the crackers.
For those curious enough to try the trend, Nauheed’s experience provides one useful takeaway: the coffee mixture may need additional sweetness if the final dessert is intended to resemble traditional tiramisu more closely.
For now, the rice cracker version remains another example of how social media continues to transform familiar dishes into experimental food trends.
And based on Nauheed Cyrusi’s verdict, this particular viral dessert may need a little more work before it wins everyone over.
