Maybe you want to make up to your partner for something stupid you've done or maybe you're bored. It doesn't matter, you've found the perfect recipe and you're willing to commit the whole evening to making it a reality. Problem is, nothing is as deceiving as a recipe. Not even those icebergs that threatened the Titanic. I mean, that lasagna may look pretty in the pictures and the steps may sound so simple, anyone could do it but it couldn't be further from the truth. That, however, was enough to fool you and now you're as oblivious as the ship's captain, heading towards a disaster. A kitchen disaster.
Bored Panda has collected some of the funniest examples of food expectations vs. reality to make you feel like an iron chef. After all, we all need some encouragement. From stained glass cookies that look like they've just committed suicide to a rice bear that is more mummy than bear, these dishes make you wonder if someone was brave enough to eat them. Scroll down to take a look why sometimes it's better to simply order a pizza and vote for your funniest entries.
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Was Asked To Make Food Network's Brown Sugar Pecan Bears
Adorable Rice Bear
Chocolate Hedgehog Cake
It's A Good Thing Cats Don't Care About Cake
My Wife Made Croissants For Breakfast. Nailed It!
Not So Much ‘Arrrrah, How Cute’ And More ‘Arrrrraahhh What The F*** Is That?'
Spongebob And Patrick Have Seen Things
I'm No Cook But I Didn't Expect To Screw Up A Baked Potato
I Don’t Think This Project Could Have Been Saved
So Close...
I Made A Santa Shaped Bread From A Recipe I Found, It Turned Out A Bit Different From The Picture
Elmo Fail
Please Kill Me
My Wife Made A Dragon Cake For Her Mother's Birthday
Blueberry-Splosion
My Dad Said He'd Made Macarons. Expectation Vs. Reality. Still Tasted Divine Though
Stained Glass Cookies
They Are Very Yummy Cupcakes That Are Decorated In A Scarier Than Intended Manner
This Makes Me Laugh So Much Every Time I See It That Maybe It Was Worth The Fail
I'm not a fan of apples with marshmallows anyways. But it looks really good
Ordered Cake On Left, Received Cake On Right
Merry Christmas Everyone
Homemade Smiley Face Fries
Ordered A Birthday Cake For My Niece
Olaf Quesadillas
Chocolate Covered Banana Penguins
Bunny Rolls
Rainbow Heart Cookies Surprise
Girlfriend's Halloween Themed Cupcakes
Grooms Cake Disaster, What We Wanted Vs. What We Got
There Are No Words. My Sister Asked For A Peppa Pig Cake. This Is What I Made
Expectations Vs. Reality: Cake Edition
Apparently I’m Still In A Halloween Mindset
My Birthday Cake Attempt. To Be Fair I Had Quite A Few Drinks Beforehand And Not The Right Cooking Utensils
The Force Is Weak With This One
We Tried To Be Creative This Christmas. It Didn't Work Out So Well
I'm Not Good At Frosting
I Would Never Attempt This Again
Friend Ordered Guitar Cake. Cake Maker Said She Could Make An Exact Replica
Devilled Egg Chicks
Paint Splatter Cake
Using frosting v fondant was mistake #1. Looks as if the cake was too hot as well.
I Saw A Thing. I Tried To Make A Thing. I Shouldn't Try To Make Things
Nailed It!
My Sister And I Attempted To Make A Kinder Egg Cake For My Nephew
Unicorn Of The Sea
Pinterest Finger Cookie Failure My Friend Did. They Were Still Delicious
Dinosaur Cake
Matcha Cake Did Not Matcha Expectations
Spinach Cups For Dinner Tonight
I Made A Mistake Early In The Process And That's Why This Is An Exorcist Swan
My First Attempt At Decorating A Nice Birthday Cake. (I Apologized Profusely To My Mom As I Gave It To Her.)
Again hot cake. Bad. Frosting/icing v. fondant. No way to get as clean a cake with icing. Though fondant tastes awful
Cinna-Meh Turkeys
These Were Supposed To Be A Cute Halloween Surprise For The Grandkids
My Panda Bread Did Not Turn Out As Expected
My Panda Cupcakes Turned Out Looking Rather Unfortunate With Each One Sporting A Grimace Worse Than The Next
My Aunt Ordered This Cute Monster Cake For Her Son's Birthday And This Is What They Gave Her
Thanks Pinterest!
My Lol Themed Birthday Cake. The Baker Actually Thought He Could Free-Hand It
Snow White Cake
Mug Cake
Nailed This Minifigure Cake
I Made This For My Son’s 2nd Birthday Party. My Timings Were Slightly Off And I Only Had Ten Minutes To Ice The Cake
Duck Cake
This Was For A Work Party, We Thought The Beaver Cupcakes Would Be Hilarious. And It Was, Hilariously Awful
I Should Have Known Once They Came Out With Cankles
"It Looks Like An Elf Exploded Over Your Cookies."
Candy Cane Cookies?
My Brother Was Tasked With Making The Cookies For His Daughters Second Birthday
My Friend Plays The Guitar
Anime Cake Fail
Nailed It
Hubby's Cake - Did I Nail It? Or Did I Nail It?
Was Appointed To Make A Crepe Cake For An Office Birthday. The Result... A Load Of Crepes
Made My Wife A Caramel Cake For Her Birthday
I Still Ate Them
My Friend Made A Cake. Nailed It
Japanese Cheesecake
My Toddler Daughter Couldn’t Figure Out What It Was Supposed To Be
I'm Sorry Stitch
This Was A Surprise For My Wife For When She Woke Up On Valentine’s Day
It Looked Super Easy And Really Delicious So I Thought It Would Be The Perfect Thing For A Low-Key Morning. After This, I Just Had Mimosas For Breakfast
Drunken Cookie Monster Cocktail? Nailed It
Our Stab At A Crescent Roll Christmas Tree. Pretty Sure It Looks Like A Dinosaur
Vegan Breakfast, Banana Crepes And Cashew Cream With Blueberry Sauce. I Think I Should Stick To Singing
The Only Way This Cake Can Be Saved Is To Be Eaten. Quickly
My Daughter Attempted To Make Peanut Butter Cookies In The Shapes Of Cute Little Bears To Sell At The School Bake Sale. She Nailed It
Can We Fix It? Nope
Can you see that the original is decorated completely using a small star tip, not a putty knife? No wonder it failed.
Halloween Pretzels (With The Help Of A 5 Year Old)
Bb-8 Cake
My 4 Year-Olds Wanted An Airplane Cookie To Decorate. Welp...
Avengers Pancakes
Wife Tried To Make Mozzarella Sticks From An Online Recipe, I'd Say She Nailed It
Gingerbread House Village. Everything Tastes Great Though
Yogurt Covered Berries
I Thought It Would Be Sweet To Make Teabag Shortbread Cookies For My Friend For Her Wedding Shower
Next Time I Will Change Nothing Because I Will Not Be Attempting This One Again
Blueberry Pie Fudge
These Panda Rice Balls Are Hard To Bear
My Cousin Made These For Work
Pinterest Fail
This Is Why I'm Not An Artist
Pretzel Kiss Candy Treat
Pinterest Vs. Reality
Expectations Vs. Reality
My Wife Bought Me Cat Face Egg Moulds
Mother In Law Used The Picture On The Left For Reference... Nailed It
Super Delicious, But Fail
Fondant Fire Truck Cake
Ordered The Cake On The Left, Got The One On The Right
My Christmas Is Ruined
Checkered Cake
I'm Crossposting This From R/funny Since People Are Saying I Should. Ordered The Cake On The Right, For The Cake On The Left
My Sister In Law's Chocolate Chip Pie
M&M Cookies
Well Here Is My Fail For Tonight
The Marshmallows Caught On Fire In The Oven
Salted Pretzel Caramel Brownies
I Can Now Be A Part From Those "Expectations Vs. Reality" Pictures Compilation
Apple Pie Fries
Nailed It
Simone's Vegan Hamantaschen Fail
Fail With Frankenstein’s Monster Cupcakes
Left Shark Cookie
You need to use piped frosting on this type of cookie, not a putty knife.
It Was Suppose To Be Pretty, But It Turned Out Anything But...
Wife Made Me A Birthday Cake. Nailed It
Favorite Cookie Of The Holiday Season
Rainbow Drink: Nailed It
What I Did? I Don’t Know! But It’s Nowhere Near The Expectations
My Attempt To Roast Shrimps In The Oven
Wookiee Cookies
Nemo Cupcakes
Poinsettia Cookies
Commodores Christmas Tradition
Watermellon Jello
I Tried
Chevron Cake Roll
Cinnamon Twists. Unashamed, My Family And I Still Ate Them. They Tasted Like Butter
Lemon Meringue Cupcakes. Will Take Some Time Before I Can Take Orders
Mint Chocolate Cupcakes
Cinnamon Rope. Nailed It
We Saw These Cute Cookies And Thought They Would Be Fun To Make
Rainbow Cake
Princess Dress Made From Cupcakes
Chocolate Pretzel Bites
Monkey Cake Pops
Rainbow Hamantaschen
Happy Birthday To Elmo's Biggest Fan Turning Two (Halloween Elmo)
Expectation Vs. Reality Pancake Edition
Christmas Cookies
Cookie Monster Bark That I Attempted
I Tried To Make A Recipe From Reddit And I'm Not Sure I Converted Metric To American Correctly
Caramel-Banana Upside Down Cake
My Mother's Snowman Cookies
Little Did I Know Every Single One Of My Cute Xmas Trees Would Crack Into Some Kind Of Green Monstrosity
Make Cloud Eggs They Said, Its Easy They Said. Above Is How My Cloud Eggs Should Have Looked. Below Is How They Turned Out. Still Tasted Good Though
Oh Nice Cookie Dice
This Experience Was A Learning Curve For My Friend And I
If You Could Get Past The Initial Impression That You Were About To Eat Meatloaf For Dessert, You Were In For A Treat Because It Tasted Great
Waffle Iron Omelette
Sugar Cookies
Throwback To My First Attempt At Blackforest Cake
Turned The Whole Patriotic Cake Into A Soggy Mess
Apple Rose Tarts
I Tried To Impress My Girlfriend With Some Simple Baking. Instructions Unclear
I Didn’t “Allow Macarons To Air Out For At Least 1 Hour, And Up To 2 Hours.” This Is What Happened
Instead Of A Salted Caramel Sauce, I Ended Up With Salted Caramel Hard Candy
I Don’t Know How To Bake, If That Wasn’t Already Evident
Jamie Oliver's Vegan M'hanncha (Snake) And Our Slug. It Was Still Delicious, If Not Beautiful To Look At
Most Of The Recipes Classify Themselves As “Easy” But This Was A Disaster! As The Falafel Patties Cooked In The Oil, They Disintegrated Before Our Eyes
Peppermint Christmas
American Flag Cake
Minecraft Cupcakes
Lightning Mcqueen Cars Cupcakes
Who Knew You Could Fail This Badly At Making French Macarons?
Expectation Vs. Reality
So Me And Jacqueline Decided To Make This Nutella Christmas Tree. I Think It Went Well
My Wife Says She Followed The Instructions
Fail: Crispy Baked Spring Rolls
Pepperoni Football Cheeseball
Hot Chocolate Ornaments
Deviled Eggs
Eggspectation Vs. Reality
Sheep Cupcakes
Peeps Cake With A Surprise
I Love Blueberry Muffins So I Decided To Give It A Try
I Thought I Read The Directions Correctly, But Apparently I Skipped Step 2 And Froze The Cookie Dough Without Molding It First. Oops
Attempted "Low Cal Chocolate Muffins". Got Rickety Cricket Energy Balls
Brie And Cranberry Pinwheels. I Followed All The Directions
Strawberry Shame. Just Bought Strawberries, Tossed Them In The Oven, Remembered Them 4 Hours Later
Hedgehog Cookies
Horror Cupcakes
Roomie Tried To Make Peach Sangria From Pinterest. Nailed It
Cake With Polka Dots? Polka Not
Oreo Truffles
I Have No Idea Where It Went Wrong
Everything Was Going Perfectly – Melted Chocolate And Little Cake Balls. But When Dipped In Chocolate, The Sticks Fell Completely Out And The Balls Fell Apart
Raspberry Chocolate Vegan Cupcakes
Cookie Monster Cupcakes
Reindeer Cookies
Pinata Cookies
Jalapeno Popper Dogs
Moral Of It All: Never Try To Wing A Recipe You’ve Never Tried Before
These Were Supposed To Be A “Last Day Of Work” Easter Treat. Looks Like I’ll Be Running To The Store In The Morning Instead
These Cookies Were Going To Look As If They Were Bought From A Bakery When We Were Done. Or So We Thought
We Tried To Make These Cute Pumpkin Treats, But It Was A Disaster
At Least These Peeps Weren’t Too Pretty To Eat
Melted Yarn Cookies
This is why you have to follow the directions exactly, including the correct ingredients. "Winging it" while baking never turns out well.
This is why you have to follow the directions exactly, including the correct ingredients. "Winging it" while baking never turns out well.