30 Times People Managed To Mess Up Christmas Dinner So Bad, It Had To Be Shared Online
Rockin' around the Christmas tree, let the Christmas spirit ring
Later we'll have some pumpkin pie and we'll do some caroling
That pumpkin pie is all I’ve been thinking about for the past three weeks. Well, the pumpkin pie, the gingerbread cookies, the fancy holiday cheeses, the eggnog, the Christmas roast and the mulled wine. Basically, the food is one of my favorite parts of Christmas!
But when it comes to holiday cooking, many of us tend to get a bit too ambitious. Oh, a new recipe that I’ve never made before with 50 steps? Sounds great for me! (Even though the most cooking I’ve done in the past 2 months was baking brownies from a box mix…)
It’s natural to want to impress our loved ones with holiday treats and to try to go above and beyond with our festive feasts. But it’s always important to know our limitations in life, or we might end up with Santa cookies that look like demons or cheesecake that appears to have been in a nuclear explosion. Down below, we’ve gathered some of the most hilarious and tragic holiday cooking fails from this subreddit dedicated to painful food pics to help you pandas feel a little bit better about your slightly burnt Christmas turkey.
Be sure to upvote the pics that make you want to order takeout next Christmas, and let us know in the comments if you’ve ever experienced any holiday cooking fails that your family will never let you live down. Then, if you’re interested in viewing even more unfortunate fails people have experienced on Christmas, check out this Bored Panda article next!
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I've Been Thinking What To Cook For Christmas This Year???
Getting Ready For Christmas With A Classy Gingerbread House
Nothing like a three dimensional pun. A bread house with a humanoid piece of ginger.
Christmas Sweater Pizza
Why do they keep calling these amazing feats of culinary talent "fails?" BP keeps using that word. I don't think it means what they think it means.
We should allow SOME great ideas so we can COPY them. And frankly I appreciate just LOOKING at great ideas without having to eat or make them.
Load More Replies...I couldn’t figure out why this masterpiece was on a fails list. Then I realised there isn’t any pineapple on it
OMG, I was just gonna add a plain "needs pineapple" because I LIKE pineapple on pizza and because of the P on P thread on a recent BP subject. And you were able to point it out as a "FAIL". LOVE it! BIG fail! I think you're hilarious, too!!
Load More Replies...Well it looks quite cute, but the lack of topping makes me not want to eat it.
My Mom Made Jabba The Ham For Christmas
Well he was killed by Leia in Return of the Jedi so cut him some slack.
Load More Replies...I’d Just Like To Show Off My Christmas Pizza Before It Gets Fucked Up In The Oven 🙃
Christmas "Snowman" Cheeseball, A Holiday Treat That Requires A Little Imagination
Who wants to be the first to dig in and destroy it, though?
Load More Replies...My Daughter Asked For A Pancake Shaped Like A Christmas Stocking. I Very Much Failed
Hilarious actually it’s is she young enough to see this. The younger they are they don’t know what it looks like. A 13 year old is either dying of embarrassment or telling all her friends about the d*ck pancake her parent made.
Load More Replies...Merry Christmas
I Made Christmas Candle Salad For My Family. Because Bananas In Cranberry Jello Stars, Topped With Almonds And Dripping Mayonnaise, Were A Normal Thing In 1958
Why the bleep is mayo a thing with that combo in any era. 🤮. I will never understand.
Should've done powder sugar frosting instead at least then it's edible though I'm not sure in anyone would want to eat it
Load More Replies...I think that some people think that just because some food abomination was in a cookbook, people actually made it. They probably gagged and turned the page, just like we would. Just like today's Pepsi and milk, corporations were always trying to shove they way into holiday traditions. Natural selection choose the culinary survivors of the 40s, 50s, 60s, and 70s. They taste somewhere between delicious and nostalgic and we still eat them today. Green bean casserole, anyone?
Load More Replies...Boyfriend Was Confused Why He Had A Tin Of Pineapple And Candied Cherries In His Stocking But He'd Told Me Once How Much He Likes Both, So For Christmas I Used Them To Make My First Ever Pineapple Upside-Down Cake For Him :)
Persephone, maybe the "fail" is from the anecdote in the title: OP thought boyfriend would be happy/excited about the cherries and pineapple, but instead when he opened his stocking, he was just confused? I don't know. 🤔 Most of these so far are normal or positively delicious looking.
Load More Replies...We'll, "candied cherries" would be a FAIL (the bitter ones you put in fruitcake) and if they're MARASCHINO cherries, she didn't use enough. ANYTHING can be a fail.
Load More Replies...Ahhhhhhhhhh this is scary. Why would BP show a perfectly normal cake like this?
Apricot or pineapple upside down cake was one of mom's culinary specialties. Not necessarily an Christmas dish.
Cheesecake Buttholes For A Christmas Party
No problem what so ever. Make a fruit sauce, or a ganache, and pour it over the little cheesecakes. They will look, and taste great.
Yeah put tiny scoop of cherry pie filling in those buttholes hahaha
Load More Replies...So, fellow baking enthusiasts, what's the fault in this recipe? I'd like to avoid making cheese buttholes in the future.
I'm going to hazard a guess at opening the oven before they were done, and as the middle wasn't cooked, they just collapsed in on themselves. I once made a concave chocolate cake this way - in my defence the oven had a solid door and no glass inner door, so you couldn't see what was going on inside.
Load More Replies...Can't remember the old joke with the word "rekt-um" in it, but the punchline was "WRECKED 'EM, hell, it nearly KILLED 'EM!"
Load More Replies...Uh oh, you opened that oven too early. Add some sauce. No one will notice or care.
My Friend's Mom Made Christmas Bread
I see what you did there🐙 (sorry, couldn't find greyish colored tentacles😂)
Load More Replies...My Mom's Christmas Cookies Didn't Come Out Like She'd Anticipated
When will people figure out that the oval slit shape for any design, food, art, fountain in the town square is always and forever going to look like a bleep.
You can serve these with the Christmas Candle Salad and have a whole theme going ;)
Along with the butt hole cheesecakes 😏
Load More Replies...Happy Holidays
Somehow this cookie reminds me of Moana's grandma.... Anyone else? :)
My 11 Year Old's Christmas Cookie
If its a savoury cheese biscuit or cracker type thing, I think it would taste fine. But maybe not if it's a shortbread or ginger cookie.
.....so. A CHILD willingly made this? Have...have they been okay lately..???
Probably to prank someone else. They never said the kid wanted to eat it.
Load More Replies...you told them to eat their greens, they're just following through!
My Christmas Ham
Oh my god, I’d forgotten all about Enemy Mine, must watch it again!
Enemy Mine, Lou Gossett Jr. One of my mom's favorite movies from when I was a kid that we haven't yet been able to locate on DVD or Blue Ray
Chicken Cutlet Christmas (Xpost From R/Trees)
I Had One Mushroom, Two Pieces Of Salami, Some Dough, Sauce And Cheese. Merry Christmas!
Tim Hortons Special Holiday Polar Bear Dream Donut. Nailed It!
OMG I laughed so hard and long at this reply... I can't even get control 🤣🤣🤣
Load More Replies...Merry Christmas
Serve these alongside the vegetable Santa grinch, the Santa Christmas bread, and the bacon and sausage nativity, and you've got a perfect Christmas buffet.
I was going to say that only an Australian would do this. But then I thought about Germany, Africa, Italy etc. It does look yummy!
Mum Kicked Me Out Of The House This Week And Cancelled Christmas. Here’s My Own Christmas Pavlova After Lamb Shanks At The Hotel I’m Staying
What exactly is a pavlova? I'm not trying to be dumb, but I'm seriously unaware.
A large meringue type of dessert, dinner-plate size and 4+ inches tall. Lightly crisp on the outside, soft and airy marshmallow type inner. Served best slathered in whipped cream and fresh berries.
Load More Replies...Ok, I want the story of why you were kicked out AND your mom felt the need to cancel xmas
Bravo! for making the best of the situation. Wishing better days for you!
I Got A Breakfast Sandwich Maker For Christmas
Take the stickers off before you heat it up or they will never come off.
Load More Replies...We had one at work, i love how the sections slide out to assemble the sandwich! Epic
What's wrong with that? I'd probably start eating breakfast if I had one of these.
Christmas Leftovers - Sous Vide Lamb With Jarlsberg On Hashbrowns
My Mother-In-Law’s Contribution To Christmas Dinner. It Was Supposed To Be A Caramel Cake
At this point you chop it up, top with whip cream and pretend it's a caramel trifle.
I think it looks even tastier than if it WASN'T open so you could see it all!
Load More Replies...I see caramel, I see cake. I'd say she did not fail to make caramel cake.
Apparently, I always use the word "literal" wrong. Can I use it here?
Load More Replies...Only The Fanciest Hors D'oeuvres For Christmas Dinner
That's disgusting. You couldn't have just mashed the yolks with a little mayo, yellow mustard and horseradish and made Deviled Eggs? You're a monster.
Ramen House. Happy Holidays
Somehow I know someone who would really be a happy man when given this as a present 🤔
Voting only for compensating a downvote... the fact that you know someone with such bad taste ("a friend of a friend", I guess) doesn't worth a downvote. If you knew some people I know...
Load More Replies...Who's Ready For Christmas Morning Waffles?
in my house we have a tradition of waffles on xmas morning. my dad accidentally dumped in over 2 cups of cinnamon into the batter (costco cinnamon is huge). he scooped most of it out but you had to drown it in syrup and whipped cream to make it edible. he also burnt the last few XD
Shrimp Christmas Tree
Actually the 60s, having easy access to shrimp, gelatin, and the various staples of weird food of the era gave people a sense of luxury, that’s why there’s so much like this.
Load More Replies...Highlight Of The Christmas Potluck
Stop!! - don't use those sauce packets - you can sell them FB for loadsamoney
It's burger king... Chicken nuggets, onion rings and fries.
Load More Replies...Merry Covid Christmas. Here's My Special Christmas Eve Dinner In Quarantine
My Girlfriend Bought An Xmas Chocolate Raindeer But It's Face Melted Off And Now It Looks Like A Haunted Evil Thing. She Wants To Know If We Should Still Gift It. I Say Yes
Pizza Snowman Holiday Abomination
I Work At One Of The Best Funded Hospitals In The Nation And This Is The Christmas Dinner They Offered To Night Shift. It Tasted Just Like What It Cost
We got cafeteria lasagna! Like a TV dinner. I don't eat cheese. They shut down the cafeteria to do this to us, I mean for us. So I couldn't even buy anything else.
The hospital I work at (in the UK NHS) has several different canteens. The smallest one is in the maternity hospital, and up until recently, they had proper chefs who cooked from fresh every day-they used to do scones every day at 10am, and half the hospital staff would stampede the dining room to get warm crusty scones and butter. Their Christmas Dinner was magnificent-they had to do multiple sittings to accommodate everyone because it was so good. This year, in the interests of finance and budgeting, they made the professional chefs redundant and replaced the fresh food with deep frozen c**p they buy in from outside and microwave, and a row of vending machines. It's revolting, and the dining room is usually 3/4 empty these days. Not sure how that loss of income is helpful in balancing budgets, but I'm obviously not a manager.
Made Some Christmas Cookies Yesterday
A refreshing change from the mechanically perfect ones on the other post
Yes, all cookies are beautiful and valid!
Load More Replies...Delicious Xmas Snack
Yup, remove the candy, and add a little cranberry sauce, and you have a lovely open sandwich.
Load More Replies...I never judge other people's food, unless they are pretentious. I'm still not sure if this is the case.
Happy Holidays And Bone Apple Teeth! "Festive" House Made From Pretzel Bread And Cheese Dip
honestly looks delicious. probably more pleasant to eat than an actual gingerbread house! we should make this a thing!!
This is the witch's house that would get me if I was wandering in the woods alone!
Local Grocery Store Has Some Festive (And Sad) Holiday Breads!
None, that's why they're _taking_ orders.
Load More Replies...This Japanese Make It Yourself Little Food My Sister Got Me For Christmas
OMG I LOVE THESE SO MUCH THEY ARE SO ADORABLE (not very good to eat, but fun nonetheless!)
I actually watched a video where someone made these to show what they were as snacks, and it was awesome. Thank you!
Load More Replies...It may look kinda weird but they are delicious! Especially the pizza one. My husband and I like to make these and the pizza one is so good we had it as lunch on our anniversary!
One Of My Friends Relatives Decided To Go Full Out Jelly For Christmas
Well if you put that in front of me I would eat it, because I was brought up to be polite. But it's setting off meteor showers of "why?" in my head
Whyyyyy!????? I’m so lost why people put food. Not fruit but veggies or meats in gelatin!
Load More Replies...Christmas Schlong (Beef Wellington)
Looks edible, at least, even tasty compared to some of the other entries on this list, just a little misshapened.
Christmas Has Passed, I Still Can't Get This Piece Of Shit Off The Plate, Because Of The Construction Grade Icing
Every kitchen should have at least one thrift store plate (bowl/casserole dish) considered disposable.
Hot water will melt the icing turning it back into sugar. Might take a bit though considering they used a calk gun to do the icing.
Load More Replies...Hotdog Pie At The Office Christmas Party
70s, hell - more like the 50s, the Golden Age of Goddessawful Food
Load More Replies...My Brother Is Eating His New Cereal He Made From Broken Christmas Cookies
I Think I Found A New Christmas Tradition: Tomato Aspic In The Form Of Elmo
Getting Into The Holiday Spirit!
My Schools Free Turkey Lunch For Christmas
I know it's probably not the same but this is what my mom used to call "shīt on a shingle"; she'd definitely eat it.
Is it supposed to be a turkey Manhattan? If it is they forgot the mashed taters.
Reminds me of my school's Christmas dinner, undercooked slimey ham, cranberry sauce slices straight from the can, and cold soggy green beans. They normally served something else like pizza or sandwiches but that day nobody ate the food because there were rumors about some kid getting sick from the ham- oh yeah and we had to pay $2.50 for it. 🤢 (Edit: spelling)
so... who ate it first and who is the poor sap who has to eat it now?
And I thought my school dinners could be bad....... this is a disgrace!
Husband's Xmas Dinner: Frozen Pizza Enhanced With Red And Green
if you wanted to enhance it with green and red, BASIL AND TOMATO/RED PEPPER. OMFG WHAT IS THIS
Drizzled with food coloring I imagine. Probably looked better before cooking though.
Load More Replies...Xmas Snowman Cookie
You Already Know What's Going On Here. Old School Xmas Desserts Are A Total Thing
Two Grown Adults Underestimate The Difficulty Of A Task Designed For Children And Wind Up Raising A Swarm Of Holiday Gremlins. Merry Christmas, Ya Filthy Animals
Chicken Tenderloin Tree, Happy Holidays!
Christmas Dinner Sandwich
My Dad Was So Disappointed That He Burnt The Christmas Ham Until I Showed Him It Belonged Here On R/Shiryfoodporn. He Was Enthralled That There Was A Place For Such Food Misfortunes
The sadness of much slicing to try and find an unburnt bit......
Last Time I Got Tons Of Complaints About Using Too Many Sprinkles.. So I Added More This Time. Try Being Mean, I Dare You. And Yes, That Is Christmas Sprinkles, I Ran Out Of Rainbow
My Mom Wanted Us To Have A Special Dinner For Our Last Day Of Christmas Vacation So We Broke Out The Fancy Glasses
I think it is depucting a pray Mary in a yellow gown. More concerning further up the Dr. Pepper?
Load More Replies...Family Didn’t Show Up For Xmas Dinner So Made Sweet Potato Cream Burned Marshmallow Soup With The Groceries
Made Some Soup From The Xmas Dinner Leftovers, Mostly Brussel Sprouts
Happy Holidays!
Happy Holidays
These come with the design. You slice off cookies and bake them. You only have to bake them. One job.
Load More Replies...I like them a little burnt. I'm so sad though, these were sold out at all the stores near me. I made home made cookies but I really wanted these, lol
Christmas Dinner
Christmas Dinner Poutine At Boston Pizza In Canada
Christmas Eve Feast
This just makes me sad because these folks can't or don't go all out. Maybe Christmas just isn't their thing. But I feel bad for anyone who eats this type of "food". Looks unappetizing and non-nutritious.
The cheese and crackers don’t look so bad. But yeh the vibe is, “I am sorry for you” at least it’s a square meal and I assume will be a hot meal.
Load More Replies...Ngl, I thought the white stuff in the dinner trays was mould...
Refried Black Beans With A Green Sauce And Red Sauce. I Call It Black Christmas
Father In Law's Beef Christmas Day. He Said "It's Perfect"
It's ready for spontaneous combustion at this point.
Load More Replies...Work's Christmas Dinner
Doesn't look half bad, just vey sparse. (That pig in a blanket could use with a bit more cooking, but that might be just personal preference).
They missed an opportunity there with spuds and........
They really tried to go for "elegant portions" just to save money. Looks disgusto.
Xmas Breakfast. Avocado Toast With Poached Eggs, Parmesan, And Beth's Kitchen Salsa Picante. Merry Chrysler!
First Time Baking Merry Christmas
I'll eat it. I'm starving and don't feel up to making- wait. Grilled cheese. I'm having a grilled cheese with mustard, sorted.
Cocktail Weenies Attached To A Styrofoam Christmas Tree With Toothpicks. Served With Barbecue Sauce, Mustard, Rosemary Garnish, And A Cheddar Cheese Star On Top
A Cheesecake I Tried Making For Christmas
Maybe. If they had the oven on broil then it should just be the top layer that's not edible. If the oven wasn't on broil though, I don't think any of it will be edible because it would probably be waaaaay over baked
Load More Replies...Stuffed-Crust Christmas Dinner Pizza
Christmas Morning Feast: Cheese And Olive Balls, Cheese And Sausage Balls, Pigs In Blankets, And Chick-Fil-A Chicken Nuggets
A Christmas Eve Staple At My Friend’s Home
For the sake of humanity can we please just stop the "resurrecting 70s food" thing....
Nope, i will make my stuffed mushrooms until I die.
Load More Replies...this is a typical thing in a lot of standard party spreads wheni was growing up - cheese, either cubed ham or a slice of hotdog, and an olive or pickled onion. xD
I’m Somewhat Known At My Company For Baking Cakes For People. My Boss Asked Me To Make One For The Xmas Party But I’ll Be On Leave. I Still Wanted Him To Know Exactly What I Think Of Him
Gourmet Decorative Tootsie Cabin For The Holidays
Someone Sent A Pancake/Waffle Decorating Kit For The Holidays. The Kids Had Fun
We Have All Types Of Good Stuff For Christmas Breakfast And My Fiancé Chooses To Make A Sandwich With An Old Chicken Cutlet, Onion Ring And Ketchup
On Christmas Day I Always Make My Brother-In-Law A Ramen Omelette. This Yeah The Assorted "Meats" Didn't Fit And Had To Be Served On The Side
Christmas Breakfast Is Always A Special Thing
Christmas Mac & Cheese Anyone?
My 4 year old nephew would love this. He really like colorful pasta; his mom even made him homemade rainbow pasta
My Friend's Christmas Dinner
Tried To Make A Jennie O Turkey Breast. I Didn’t Know Turkey Could Come Out As Goo. 🤔 Replaced It With Chicken Tenders For Xmas Dinner
If you're really curious, read on. If not, the info to follow is not for the squeamish.... One commenter proposed the following~ "Based on the hole and how it is quite deep but also quite defined. Kinda looks like an abscess that popped. I’ve seen them in pork before, thankfully before cooking, and they essentially pop when you cut them. ( Also disgard any meat around it 🤢 when you throw that chunk out.) but it would make sense that it would explode out when roasted, from the pressure of the rest of the bird contracting as it roasted."
Load More Replies...Junk Food On Xmas Party
Cross Section Of Xmas Frosting And Cake
Merry Xmas Reddit! From Our Snowman To Yours
I Made Both Sweet And Savory Jell-O Salads For My Friend's Xmas Party
Raw Beef And Onion Santa From The Holiday Party At A Bar Near My House
Christmas Eve Feast When You're Working Second Shift In A Korean Academy... 😐
is that mac and cheese ramyun!? omg im lactose intolerant but I NEED THIS MIX SOME PAPRIKA INTO IT OMGG
My Christmas Dinner
Christmas Dinner
Christmas Salad By My Mum
And what did YOU prepare for the feast? Ask yourself... if mom did nothing what would the holiday be like?
Merry Christmas From Shinjuku
KFC can actually sell out really quick around christmas in Japan. Some people even order their christmas buckets way in advance.
Load More Replies...Christmas Meat And Cheese Plate + Wine
Saw This While Browsing Twitter. Happy Holidays!
My Grandma Made This Disgusting Scrambled Egg Looking Lemon Cake After Christmas Dinner
not nice, it looks fine other than that random block of other cake in it!
It looks fine, until you realize the yellow bits are actually scrambled eggs surrounding what looks like a pound cake, then the frosting is around the eggs. It's an abomination!
It's not actually scrambled egg though, or not intended to be. I'm guessing it's a lemon curd, but they messed up the egg portion.
Load More Replies...Our Family's Traditional Christmas Breakfast: Pickled Pork, Bread Soaked In Pickled Pork Juice, Oranges, Shot Of Gin
Home Alone Xmas Ribeye. Only Set The Fire Alarm Off Once!
My builder was knd enough not to locate a smoke alarm near the kitchen. All of them are located outside the bedrooms, so I can grill til my smokey heart's content!
Thought You Guys Might Like My Friends Rather "Overdone" Xmas Turkey
Xmas Morning Breakfast!!
I Splurge On Xmas Eve
My Xmas Morn Breakfast: Reheated Frijoles Mixed With Creamy Enchilada Sauce
Looks like something the cat did AFTER breakfast...
Load More Replies...Vegan Holiday Roast
There are way nicer vegan alternatives to whatever the hell this is. I suggest a nut roast, those things are delicious even if you're not vegan/vegetarian. Or if you have nut allergies, plenty of veg to go into a nice pie. ;D
Given that it's vegan I strongly suspect it's not meat.
Load More Replies...I Go Off My Diet Twice A Year. This Christmas, This Sub Gave Me A New Idea
My Christmas Dinner! Good Bread Good Meat. Good God Let’s Eat!
This is a such a cráp, lazy article that doesn't even deliver what it says it will. Most of these are not people "messing up Christmas dinner". Few of them are anything to do with Christmas dinner at all, and many of them aren't even fails. Pathetic, BP, even by your very low standards.
Only maybe half met any reasonable definition of "fail". The others were creative and in a lot of cases pretty cute.
And the ones that didn't meet that definition look edible/delicious anyway!
Load More Replies...Most of this can be summarised by one word: Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! Edit: Of the bad things that is, some are ok
This is a such a cráp, lazy article that doesn't even deliver what it says it will. Most of these are not people "messing up Christmas dinner". Few of them are anything to do with Christmas dinner at all, and many of them aren't even fails. Pathetic, BP, even by your very low standards.
Only maybe half met any reasonable definition of "fail". The others were creative and in a lot of cases pretty cute.
And the ones that didn't meet that definition look edible/delicious anyway!
Load More Replies...Most of this can be summarised by one word: Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! Edit: Of the bad things that is, some are ok
