Miracle Fruit Fans

What is a Flavor Tripping Party?

It’s a gathering where you consume a berry known as miracle fruit. The berry coats your tongue in such a way that foods taste differently. The miracle fruit has rewired your taste buds so that sour foods taste sweet. A lemon suddenly tastes like a lemon drop, goat cheese tastes like cream cheese frosting, and vinegar tastes like apple juice.

How long does the effect last? 

The effect can last somewhere between 15 minutes to 2 hours.
You too can host your very own flavor tripping party with little effort and cost.  Just acquire some miracle fruit (approximately $2-5 each) and set out a wide array of things to try.

These are crowd-pleasers from past flavor tripping parties:

• Mustard
• Vinegars
• Pickles
• Lemons
• Limes
• Grapefruits
• Brussels sprouts
• Strawberries
• Chevre (goat cheese)
• Bleu Cheese
• Olives
• Guinness
• Lemonade made with no sugar
• Sour cupcakes with goat cheese frosting
• Cheap tequila (which some swear turns into top-shelf Patrón)

Definitely not your standard cocktails and hors d’oeuvres, but loads of fun!

Before tasting the miracle fruit, sample all of these foods. Otherwise, you won’t know just how much of a difference the miracle fruit makes.

The Cupcake Project’s chef Stef created grapefruit lime cupcakes with goat cheese icing made with no sugar or sugar substitutes at all – sounds disgusting, right? Eaten on its own, perhaps. Eaten after you’ve swirled around the miracle fruit … well, it’s surprisingly delicious. Try Stef’s recipe and let us know what you think.

Get the recipe, but heed the “Warning: Only Eat This Cupcake With Miracle Fruit“.