'Pizza Eggs' Going Viral on TikTok as Delicious, Protein-Packed Dish [VIDEO]

FRI APR 1, 2022 | POSTED IN: FOOD & BEVERAGE | SOURCE

Pizza and eggs are colliding in an unexpected way on TikTok.

Creative foodies have been combining the two together long enough that the hashtag #pizzaeggs has trended enough to rack up more than 1.9 million views on the video-sharing app.

Some of the viral recipe videos on the app stick to eggs and popular pizza toppings like a traditional omelet while others involve actual leftover pizza slices and scrambled eggs.

Content creator Elyse Myers, who has the highest viewed pizza eggs video on TikTok so far, makes her recipe with butter, pre-cooked chicken, pepperoni slices, salt, pepper, red pepper flakes, eggs and cheese.

While Myers isn’t the first to share a pizza-inspired egg recipe, other TikTok users have opted to fry leftover pizza and fresh-cracked eggs in a skillet.

What do food experts think about pizza eggs?

Kimberly Baker, the director of the Clemson Extension Food Systems and Safety Program at Clemson University, told Fox News Digital that "eggs are a good protein source and have a mild flavor" that can "pair well with many other foods."

"Eggs cook quickly with minimal equipment and clean-up, and pizza is a dish that most Americans love and can modify the toppings to their preference," she continued. "Therefore, combining the ease of preparation, flavors that blend well with almost everyone’s taste preference, and a nutritionally dense dish makes it a recipe that many people want to try after seeing how easy they are to make on social media."