People Are Proposing Using Avocados Because We've Reached Peak Millennial

Just when you think we’ve reached peak avocado, the green fruit surprises us all with a crazy twist.

We’ve had avocado carving, avocado injuries and all-avocado restaurants.

Now avocado proposals are a thing.

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People are using the smooth, tasty flesh of avocados as ring boxes, opening them to their potential fiancées just as if they’d open a small velvet box.

The trend started on Instagram, because of course it did. The account for Amsterdam-based FoodDeco, which frequently features photos of avocados served in innovative ways, appears to have been the first to post about the concept.

A few days before Valentine’s Day, they posted a photo of an engagement ring nestled snugly in the flesh of an opened avocado, placed in the centre, where the pit used to be.

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The trend appears to have started spreading like avocado on hot toast, with people around the world jumping on the band wagon.

We’re fascinated with how those using the technique keep their avocados so green, and how they get the ring inside without their partners noticing.

Would you propose using an avocado?

About the author

Alice Johnston

Food Editor

Alice is always planning her next meal. She studied English at the University of Bristol before getting her Master’s in newspaper journalism from City University London. She worked on Femail at Mail Online for 18 months writing about lifestyle and food and has also worked at Metro.co.uk, The Guardian, Mumsnet and The Sun. After starting at Culture Trip as a Social Content Producer writing travel and lifestyle stories, she was promoted to the role of Food Editor and now specialises in culinary culture, trends and social issues around food. When she’s not writing, eating or travelling, she can be found cooking overly elaborate dinners, reading cookbooks in bed or playing with her cat, Orlando. Her favourite foods include fishfinger sandwiches, burnt caramel panna cotta, Flamin’ Hot Cheetos and oysters.