A mom-of-12 has divided her followers after revealing that she makes a giant portion of nachos inside a kiddy pool for her children.
Alicia Dougherty, 42, from Pittsford, New York, regularly shares details of her family life - which includes four children of her own and eight she has adopted - on social media, where she has over 6.2 million followers on TikTok.
She's known for making 'snackerty boards' for her children, but took things to the extreme by showing how she makes a humungous load of nachos for her large family.
Alicia began the clip by tempting out several bags of chips into a plastic children's pool, before coating them in ground meat, cheese sauce, salsa, grated cheese, vegetables, and finally soured cream.
Her kids were then seen tucking into the feast in the next clip - and while they seemed pleased with themselves, people in the comments were not sure about the meal she'd created.
They wrote: "My anxiety could never all of the hands and the double dipping", and: "at what point do we start to think 'this is insane'? cause I think you are beyond that point."
Others added: "It annoyed me that they didnt layer the chips so the bottom is gonna all be just plain chips," and: "I feel like that’s enough food for 30 adults not 12 kids and 2 adults."
Some were concerned about how wasteful the portion seemed, as it appeared to be far too much food for the family, commenting: "and how much of that did go to waste?"
One questioned: "not sure the pool is food safe but yolo," while others compared it to animal feeders, adding: "That's a fancy trough really," and: "Why is it like a dog bowl for multiple people."
Another simply said: "yeaaaah that's gonna be a no."
Despite a lot of people not loving the concept, some were keen on having their own nacho pool, writing: "The way I would literally DIVE into those nachos."
Others added: "People these days are so critical! I think that looks so fun!", and: "Why is everyone so mad I think it looks so good!"
One was on the fence, adding: "that definitely needed to be layered, but looks yummy."
I'm just seriously hoping that that was a brand new kiddy pool and not one all 12 kids had previously taken a dip in...
Alicia and her husband Josh, 44, are parents to 12 kids between the ages of four and 17, and to be fair, all of them looked like they were enjoying the nacho pool.
The family has grown steadily since Alicia and Josh adopted in 2011, having had their own biological children in between fostering and adopting the rest of their brood.
The couple told People in 2018 that six of their adopted children had Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) and had behavioral issues.
Alicia explained: "We became known as the parents who could handle the difficult behaviors."
Josh, who is an elementary school special education teacher, added: "We figured if we're already doing this for one kid, what difference will another one make?"
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