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Honeycomb and Aloe Vera

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Some mukbang foods that were very popular in the past are honeycomb and aloe vera. In 2018 lots of people were trying to get their hands on honeycomb, even Bretman Rock (a celebrity known for being a beauty influencer and posting humorous vlogs) posted a honeycomb-tasting mukbang on YouTube. Although it is essentially honey in a beeswax vessel, many people are drawn to the aesthetics of eating them vs using honey from a bottle. If you get the right type of honeycomb they can actually taste sweeter than store-bought honey and many people prefer this taste. I noticed that people tend to dislike the darker colored honeycombs because they tend to be drier, have a harder wax texture, and a less sweet flavor. I assume that honeycomb would be available at Wholefoods supermarket but if not they are usually always available at farmers markets. If you are going to try honeycomb I personally don’t eat the wax but it is edible. There are also a lot of videos of people eating the aloe vera gel stra
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Korean Corn Dogs

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Korean corn dogs are a very popular food in both mukbangs and the general public. They are different than the typical American corn dogs. Korean corn dogs consist of either sausage, mozzarella cheese, or a combination of the 2 that is skewered, dipped in batter, and deep-fried. After the corn dog is fried, it is usually coated with sugar and paired with a variety of sauces. There are interesting versions of Korean corn dogs such as the addition of squid ink, potato chunks, and even a Hot Cheeto coating. I feel that most mukbangers are drawn to this food because of the insane cheese pull it has. I have tried this dish and in my opinion, it is way better than any American corn dog I have ever had. The batter has a different flavor and texture and it pairs so well with the mozzarella cheese inside. I highly recommend anyone with a love for cheese to try this. I usually order mine with half cheese, half sausage. I have also tried the Hot Cheeto version but I prefer the original sausage and
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Kyoho Grape Jelly

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Kyoho grape jellies are a food I’ve noticed in a good amount of mukbangs. Japan is known for its Kyoho grapes which are very carefully farmed and considered a luxury. The Kyoho grape jelly incorporates the succulent flavor of these grapes into a jelly-textured dessert. There is a rubber packaging around each individual jelly that you have to pop or cut open which looks similar to grape skin and adds to the experience of eating them. According to my research, the jellies are only available in Japan. I was not even able to find a website containing them and all my information about them had to be collected from mukbangs. Due to the inaccessibility of the jellies, I have not yet been able to get my hands on them. I have however tried the Kyoho grapes before and it is unlike any other grape I’ve ever had. The flavor is so different than the typical green or red grapes I have gotten from Costco. I have never had a concord grape before but I have read that the flavor is similar to that. In m
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Fire noodles

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  Fire noodles are one of the most frequently featured foods in mukbang videos. The term “fire noodles” refers to the Samyang instant spicy chicken ramen and they taste just as they sound. They have a delicious chicken flavor followed by 4,400 scovilles of pain. There are different versions of the fire noodles including carbonara, cheese, 2x spicy and even a 4x spicy version. The heat of this dish has caused a lot of people to make challenges out of finishing a pack of this ramen. Mukbangers also frequently add mozzarella cheese to this dish and eat it with tteokbokki (mentioned in the 4th blog post) which helps to tone down the heat a bit and allow the dish to be more enjoyable. I have tried fire noodles and have gotten my friends and family obsessed with them. I don't dare to eat the 2x spicy one as the original fire noodles pack more than enough heat for me. Some mukbangers have an incredible tolerance for spicy foods and eating the fire noodles seems like no challenge to them.
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Bloveslife channel and the Seafood sauce debate

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  The main feature of Bloveslife Youtube channel is seafood boil mukbangs using her special “Smackalicious” seafood sauce. “Blove” also known as Bethany, is known as the queen of seafood boils. She posts seafood boil mukbangs almost every day and her Smackalicious sauce is what attracts millions of people to her videos. The sauce contains a variety of herbs, and spices, as well as onions, garlic, and a whole lot of butter. She was actually able to produce and market a dry mix to her sauce on Amazon however, it is hard to get because it sells out almost immediately. I was actually able to buy a bag before it sold out and I prepared a king crab seafood boil for the occasion. I don't like butter on my seafood but her mukbangs made the Smackalicious sauce look so amazingly delicious that I had to try it.  The bag of dry seasoning itself was about $25 at the time I bought it and the recipe required 4 sticks of butter and a lot of other unique ingredients like coca cola and pickled ginge
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SAS-ASMR channel

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SAS-ASMR is one of my favorite YouTube channels for watching mukbangs. Her channel features foods from a wide variety of cultures as well as the typical, trending mukbang foods but the thing that sets her apart from other mukbangers is her focus on Thai cuisine. She often travels to Thailand to visit her family and while she is there she makes sure to vlog all the yummy food she eats. She also incorporates ASMR into her videos, but if you prefer watching mukbangs without ASMR she has a vlog channel called SASVlogs where she talks at a normal volume and gives more commentary about the food.  On her vlog channel, she shares her mom's seafood sauce recipe and I have personally tried it and my family and I have become obsessed. The sauce contains ingredients such as lime juice, fish sauce, cilantro, garlic, and chili peppers making it the perfect refreshing sauce with a little added kick. I prefer to eat it with shrimp and crab but I'm sure you could use it on any type of seafood.
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Tteokbokki

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A food that is featured a lot in mukbangs is tteokbokki. Tteokbokki is a Korean street food that is basically spicy rice cakes. It can also include things like fish cakes, cabbage, eggs, and as featured in the mukbang community, lots and lots of cheese. If ramen is added to the dish it becomes “rabokki”. This is personally one of my favorite Korean dishes and I actually eat it pretty frequently. It is very easy to make or if you would like to buy it premade, it is commonly on the menu of most Korean restaurants. If you live on Oahu and are interested in trying tteokbokki, I usually get mine pre-made at Palama Supermarket, or from Ireh (Korean Restaurant). I recommend trying it with the cheese. Here is a mukbang featuring rabokki (tteokbokki with ramen): https://youtu.be/fKycp70n7EY
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