TikTok trend is sending kids home sick across US. What is the 'One Chip Challenge?’


School officials and medical professionals urge parents to monitor their children when it comes to trends and challenges such as the One Chip Challenge, and have a conversation about the consequences. — Photo by Solen Feyissa on Unsplash

A single chip is wreaking havoc in school districts across the country, sending children home sick and sometimes even to a hospital. The “One Chip Challenge,” which has over 850 million views on TikTok, is making a bold return with kids back in class.

The One Chip Challenge, invented by the chip company Paqui, dares people to buy a single “eye-watering, curse-inducing chip made with the hottest peppers on the planet” that comes in a coffin-shaped box, Paqui’s website says.

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