Salt, Sugar and Water = Snow

About

Salt, Sugar and Water = Snow refers to a viral video on TikTok that falsely claims you can make fake snow by mixing salt, sugar and water together. The video went viral in early 2022 and inspired people to try it for themselves, only to find it doesn't work. The person in the original video is purportedly pouring water on instant snow, which comes as a white powder.

Origin

On January 22nd, 2022, TikToker^[4] @itsavage posted a video claiming that adding water to salt and sugar creates fake snow. In the video, he pours water on a mixture that appears to be salt and sugar, seeming to create snow, gaining over 21.4 million views in two months (shown below).

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Debunked

On January 25th, 2022, TikToker^[1] @tyshonlawrence posted a video responding to @itsavage's video. Tyshon tries to recreate the video only to find it doesn't work, admitting, "I look like a dumbass, don't I?" after trying to make the fake snow a second time (shown below). The video gained over 43 million views in two months.

On January 26th, TikToker^[2] @wasildaoud posted a similar response to @itsavage, suggesting that he used instant snow instead of sugar and salt as the two look similar. He demonstrates how this works in the video before yelling "stop the cap," gaining over 947,000 views in two months (shown below). On January 27th, YouTuber^[3] Cam Casey posted a Short coming to the same conclusion, gaining over 8.4 million views in a similar span of time.

Continued Spread

Some TikTokers continued to spread the hoax despite it being debunked. For example, on March 4th, 2022, TikTokers^[5] @twinsstylee posted a video where they make it seem as if mixing salt and sugar creates fake snow, gaining over 2.7 million views in just under two weeks (shown below).

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