2. Spaghetti doughnuts
Sushi doughnuts aren’t the only doughnut mashup going viral. When the Smorgasburg open-air market reopened in Brooklyn, N.Y., this month, all eyes were on Pop Pasta’s Spaghetti Doughnuts. The item combines pasta with eggs and cheese in a round doughnut-shaped mold before baking. The portable snack comes in five flavors, including Aglio E Olio Pop, featuring spaghetti, Parmigiano, eggs, olive oil, garlic, red pepper, black pepper and salt, and Carbonara Pop, featuring spaghetti, Parmigiano, eggs, bacon, black pepper and salt. Pop Pasta founder Luigi Fiorentino told Food & Wine that he was inspired “to take a tradition and part with it in order to create something innovative.” In this case, it’s a spaghetti pie with a doughnut twist that’s caught the attention of news outlets from Today to Fox News.