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There inevitably comes a time in your life when you want to spice up your usual meals and challenge yourself with an interesting new recipe.

You open a big, glossy cookbook or find a promising food blog, gather all the ingredients, and devote hours to bringing your culinary masterpiece to life. Unfortunately, all that effort doesn’t guarantee the final result will look anything like the mouthwatering picture you were trying to recreate.

Below, we’ve rounded up some hilarious cooking disasters from people who got a little too ambitious in the kitchen and failed spectacularly. Well, at least their attempts made for some pretty funny photos. Scroll down to see them!

#1

Intricate fruit platter shaped like a dragon vs uneven fruit dragon platter on plates

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Becky Samuel
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38 minutes ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The mistake here is thinking that you can make a real platter that looks like the ai-generated image.

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    #2

    Cute Pikachu bento versus poorly made Pikachu rice shape cooking fail

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    Hippopotamuses
    Community Member
    1 hour ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A masterclass in to terrorise the little ones.

    #3

    Moldy or poorly decorated cupcake showcasing a cooking fail

    My failed flower turned into a pretty decent cabbage

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    #4

    Failed brie and tomato tart cooked in oven turned into mess

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    #5

    Delicious cooked food with sesame seeds on green beans and rice

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    Jenka666
    Community Member
    1 hour ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You might be missing an ingredient or two there, mate

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    #6

    Perfect strawberry cake with white frosting and well-arranged strawberries

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    Hippopotamuses
    Community Member
    1 hour ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Most of these mistakes are probably edible, but probably not this one. I'm gagging just looking at it.

    #7

    Poorly made strawberry cake with uneven whipped cream and strawberries

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    #9

    Failed cooking attempt of messy green tree-shaped cake with sprinkles

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    #10

    Perfectly stacked Christmas tree cookie with green icing and sprinkles

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    #11

    Vegetable platter attempt mimicking scary face with cauliflower and peppers

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    #12

    Kitchen fire hazard with oven door and range hood damaged

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    Hippopotamuses
    Community Member
    54 minutes ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My mother hated pressure cookers. Now I can see why.

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    #14

    Baked bear-shaped bread rolls that showcase cooking attempts gone wrong

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    Hippopotamuses
    Community Member
    1 hour ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ripped teddies. They're actually pretty good.

    #15

    Unsuccessful cooking drinks topped with whipped cream and unusual layering

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    #16

    Failed cooking attempts showing burnt and unappetizing pies with onions and fruits

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    #18

    Strawberry tart attempt looks messy and unappetizing

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    #19

    Uncooked meat pieces in a frying pan showing failed cooking attempt

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    #20

    Person holding burnt brownies made from brownie mix in kitchen

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    #21

    Recipe mug dessert versus overflown mug cake cooking disaster

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    #22

    Well-cooked spaghetti bolognese versus spilled dry spaghetti mess in kitchen

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    #23

    Creative rabbit snack platter with crackers and fruits vs failed reindeer snack tray

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    #24

    Frosted yeti cookie with sprinkles versus messy yeti cookie with sugar crystals

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    #26

    Cat cupcake with sprinkles versus poorly decorated failed cupcakes

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    #28

    Well-decorated SpongeBob cupcakes with frosting and sprinkles

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    Hippopotamuses
    Community Member
    51 minutes ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't know what these things on the right are, but I've made them myself. Though my source material may have been different.

    #30

    Overcooked and burnt fries on baking tray cooking disaster

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    #31

    Poorly assembled broken sushi roll cooking fail

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    #32

    Messy melted ice cream dessert on paper plate cooking fail

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    Hippopotamuses
    Community Member
    53 minutes ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can't tell whether this is bananas and chocolate, tripe and liver, or neither.

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    #33

    Overly flour-covered broken cake cooking fail

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    #34

    Unappetizing grayish crepe pile cooking fail

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    Hippopotamuses
    Community Member
    49 minutes ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I guessing that this is tripe, because it doesn't look like anything else which a caring god would allow to be created.

    #35

    Homemade bacon pizzas with uneven toppings resembling a failed cooking attempt

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    Hippopotamuses
    Community Member
    56 minutes ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'd happily eat that. A Chewy Chewy.

    #36

    Upside-down banana cake attempt looks burnt and ruined

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    Becky Samuel
    Community Member
    34 minutes ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Again, trying to reproduce something that's clearly ai. If a recipe can't evèn be bothered to show me an image of real food, I'm definitely not going to trust it enough to waste my time trying to cook it.

    #37

    Cooking fails with overcooked brussels sprouts and unevenly cooked eggs

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    #38

    Homemade sushi rolls poorly made and falling apart

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    #39

    Perfect Pikachu cupcake versus poorly executed Pikachu cupcakes cooking fail

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    #40

    Colorful stained glass star cookies versus burnt and misshapen star cookies cooking fail

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    #41

    Blue cake with white cloud decorations and imperfect homemade blue cloud cake side by side

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    #42

    Cookie Monster cake versus a messy cake fail from attempted baking

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    #43

    Cute snowman dessert with candy scarves and smiles

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    #44

    Comparison of perfect versus failed pretzels showing cooking fails

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    #45

    Poorly executed dessert with messy icing and candy eyes

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    Hippopotamuses
    Community Member
    51 minutes ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Patrick is looking pretty good: Spongebob, not so much.

    #46

    Bunny-shaped cookies spreading and melting unevenly on baking trays

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    #47

    Fried eggs covered with excessive black pepper in pan

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    #48

    Microwave disaster with overflowing coffee cup and burnt food mess

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    #49

    Broken pot with pasta spilled over stove after cooking mishap

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    #50

    Overcooked and burnt fries and potatoes on baking tray

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    Hippopotamuses
    Community Member
    45 minutes ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Remember not to cook when you're cooked.

    #51

    Lumpy homemade carrot cake with frosting and walnut pieces

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    #52

    Unsuccessful macaron baking with cracked shells on black plate

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    #53

    Poorly cooked eggs and bread in a pan

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    #54

    Failed chocolate cake disastrously spilling from pan cooking fail

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    #56

    Burnt cookies on a baking tray showing cooking failure

    Three hours in the 500°f oven

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    Hippopotamuses
    Community Member
    43 minutes ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Fahrenheit, celcius, it makes no difference when you've reached this level.

    #57

    Messy and failed cooking of a SpongeBob cake attempt

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    #58

    Failed cooking attempt with poorly cut fish on wooden board

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    #59

    Failed cooking attempt with burnt orange patties on baking tray

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