After a long day of parenting and a trip to the doctor’s, mum Rebecca thought she’d finally earned a bit of peace, and a bite of the viral mango ice cream that had just landed in New Zealand. But her moment of zen was short-lived, thanks to her chocolate-smeared toddler and a camera-ready meltdown.

Inspired by TikTok’s fruit-flavoured dessert taste tests, Rebecca picked up the mango one, no chunky bits, but still looked lush. Her son had already scoffed his chocolate ice cream on the walk back from the dairy, so she figured she’d film a little taste test in the car. Classic mum content.

But just as she lifted the mango treat to her lips, her son clocked it and kicked off a proper, full-on tantrum. “Don’t eat it!” he wailed, begging to “share” despite having already demolished his own. Rebecca, clearly fed up but holding firm, refused to give up a single bite and let him scream while she savoured every mouthful.

The video, posted to TikTok, has since racked up 27.3 million views, with parents calling it “the most relatable parenting clip ever.”

This video was inspired by the taste tests videos on TikTok trying the fruit flavoured desserts. It originated in the USA but as soon as they arrived to NZ, where the video is recorded, I decided to give it a go! After a long parenting day and a doctor appointment for my son we decided to reward ourselves with ice-creams. I did offer to my son to try one of the fruit flavoured ones but he decided to go for a chocolate one. I picked the mango one, which looked nice. Walking back from the dairy to the car i suggest my son to have a video together while we both eat our ice-creams, he cannot wait and eats his while walking back. Once in the car I proceed to eat mine in front of the camera and trying to emulate the viral taste tests video. My son who still had his mouth covered in chocolate starts to want to eat my icecream too! I absolutely did not want to share because it was my one. His reactions are very strong like full on tantrums and begging to “share together” and saying also “don’t eat it”. This has sparked such a laugh all over the internet with plenty of parents resonating with me for not sharing a single bite with him and letting him scream and cry while I finish my own ice cream.