A concerned mother is warning parents across the UK after her daughter attempted a TikTok challenge that could have left her scarred for life. Emma-Louise Owen’s 12-year-old daughter, Sophie-Rosie, suffered burn blisters after attempting the ‘tanghulu challenge,’ which involves heating sugar and water to create a syrup that is then glazed over fruit skewers before being dipped in cold water to harden.
Emma, 34, from Cardiff, agreed to let Sophie try the challenge after seeing it herself on social media but warned her daughter to be careful. However, shortly after, she heard a piercing scream from the kitchen. Sophie had heated the syrup in a plastic jug in the microwave, but the boiling hot mixture melted through the container, spilling onto her foot and hand.
