# @mashable on TikTok

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.tiktok.com/@mashable/video/7553671712181603598
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/34858243-mashable-tiktok
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/a867220cce.jpg
- **Posted:** 2025-09-24T15:04:22.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Mashable (@mashable) — https://gondola.cc/mashable

## Caption

If you want to post mac’n cheese on TikTok, your skin better be as thick as your casserole dish. That’s what Tineke "Tini" Younger learned in 2023 when she shared a three-minute video of her roux-soaked mac recipe. While the video went viral – today it has 101 million views and 9.6 million likes – the comments came in hot as smoked paprika. Some users called the recipe overhyped, and others accused Tini of cultural appropriation. In an interview for The Mashable 101 – our list of genre-breaking content creators, influencers, and culture shapers – Tini tells us "That recipe took me four years to perfect…" “If you go on my TikTok, and if you go all the way down to like 2021 and 2022, I'm making different variations of that mac 'n cheese. I'm experimenting and [asking my then-boyfriend] Antoine, 'Is this the best mac 'n cheese you've ever had?' And he's like, 'not yet.'" She worked on the recipe until she got "Antoine's approval" as the best mac 'n cheese he'd ever had — creamy, cheesy, not too powerful, not too seasoned. She said having Antoine as her taste-tester is key. "I can't get better if I don't get honest feedback." Feedback came in droves after the video spiked. But life has thrown Tini plenty. She confronted a learning disability as a teenager, discovered a love of food while failing high school, and even thrived as a co-host on Gordon Ramsay's YouTube channel. You may not know it, but through challenges, this content creator keeps cooking forward. Head to Mashable.com to learn about Tini’s journey in and out of the kitchen, what Gordon Ramsey smells like, and why we’d likely fail her mac ‘n cheese recipe. You probably would, too. This year, our team pulled together #Mashable101, a list of creators, influencers, and community builders who’ve defined digital culture in 2025. These are the people and personalities entertaining us, shifting culture, and redefining what it means to influence the world. Did your favorite creator make the list? Head to the link in our bio to find out. @Tini👩🏼‍🍳🔥 

## Stats

- **Views:** 378
- **Likes:** 11
- **Shares:** 0
- **Comments:** 0

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