Some people are born with a great talent for cooking; others, well, they're glad about the invention of pre-made meals. Even those who are clearly not meant to be five-star home chefs try their hand at cooking at least once in a while. While their attempts make them wish for pizza delivery, their cooking fails surely to make us laugh.
So you are a disaster in the kitchen? Well, don't worry, because you're probably not as bad as you think. Check out this hilarious list of hilarious cooking fails, for example. Compiled by Bored Panda, it's sure to make you feel much better about your own home cooking inadequacies. Some of these kitchen fails are minor, some are major, and some are downright dangerous; from messed up cakes to Pinterest recipe disasters, we've gathered them all. Don't forget to vote for the funniest, and feel free to add to the list with your own culinary nightmares!
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Bread's Curse
So A Friend Of My Girlfriend Made A Cake For Her Daughters Birthday Party. One Of The Kids Started Crying Because It Was So Ugly
Pressure Cooker Nightmare
What Are the Common Mistakes to Avoid in the Kitchen?
While we all agree that these cooking fails in our article are beyond hilarious, sometimes (well, most of the time), we’d wish to avoid them when preparing a nice dinner for ourselves. Surely, these funny cooking fails are also partly magic and are not influenced by any reasonable actions, but we found some tips on how to avoid the common mistakes in the kitchen that might be useful to you:
Read the recipe thoroughly. This might sound like something Captain Obvious would advise, but admit it: There probably have been instances when you neglected to read the full instructions and ended up with a bona fide cooking fails.
Don’t overcrowd the pan. Striving to cook everything all at once might seem like a stellar idea, but overcrowding might lead to some pieces burning and others staying pretty much raw.
Try to find the balance in seasonings. Underseasoning might be the lesser evil here since you can season a bit more once you’re done, but overseasoning might ruin the beautiful taste you were hoping for. Again, reading the recipe might help here!
Avoid opening the oven door too often. We get it—it’s beautiful to watch a cake bake or the cheese on the pizza melt and bubble. However, opening the oven door too often might cause the temperature inside to fluctuate, which might affect the cooking process. This, in turn, might be responsible for some pretty hilarious cooking fails.
Of course, there are plenty more useful things to know before you start cooking your delectable meal, but these are a good starting point. For now, though, let’s go back to our selection of cooking fails and memes to satiate our need for laughter!
Oh God, Please Kill Me
My Eggs With Rice This Morning
I Forgot I Was Making Caramel At Work. It's A Tad Overcooked
I love how you aren't even concerned about the fact that you HARNESSED THE F*CKING SUN
Baker Lost Something. Wonder If He Noticed Or Not
Monkey Business
They're only one.... they'll never notice. Next year we try making cookies instead
Wife Came Home To This
Pizza Fail
Tried To Make Chocolate-covered Bananas
This Is What Defeat Looks Like
Meatloaf Baby From Your Nightmares
Brownie Out Of A Cup - Level: Hiroshima
Got Drunk, Got Hungry, Fell Asleep
We Ran Out Of Cooking Chocolate For The Cake For Mother's Day, We Improvised, I Felt Like A Monster
The Snowman Came Out A Little Differently Then Expected
Slight Kitchen Mishap
Nuclear Lunch Detected
A Friend Of Mine Made This. The Eyes Slid Mid-Way Through Cooking The Thing
Pancake Goals
Maybe We Should Buy A Rice Cooker
Sushi Chef Level: Beginner
Cthulhu Pie Crust. Nailed It
This Is Why I Don't Cook
Happy Birthday
My Lasaga
I Thought It Was Glass
You shouldn't even be in the kitchen if you can't tell glass from plastic lol
How I Know My Girlfriend Was Cooking Today
A Great Way To Start The Day
Cooking Level: Broke But Creative
Cookie Monster Cupcakes Gone Wrong
First Time Trying To Fry Buffalo Wings. I Think It Went Pretty Well
Cutting Skills
It's An Electric Kettle, ELECTRIC
My Wife Steamed Hotdogs
Pro Tip: When Cooking, Don't Remove All The Spice Lids At The Same Time
This Is Fine
Gluten Free Skeleton
Spinach Baby
Melted Minon
Poor Ariel
One Of My Roommates Tried To Make Pasta One Night
My Son Refused To Eat It And Said, 'Why Is The Plane Broken?'
I Got A Bread Maker For Christmas. This Is How My First Loaf Came Out
Hopefully These Deviled Egg Chicks Have Had Better Days
Expectations Vs. Reality
Note To Self... Don't Cook When Drunk
Artisan Creates Bold Re-Imagining Of Classic Book Cover
I Cooked The Sh*t Out Of These Sweet Potatoes
Cooking In College
Panda Zombie Cupcake
Friend's Mom Made A Chocolate Cake
I'm A Currently A Culinary Student, And Last Night I Asked A Lady Friend To Help Me With Dinner. All I Asked Her To Do Was Peel Half The Potatoes In The Bag
Intent: Yin Yang Bread. Result: Boob Job Gone Wrong
Strawberry Snowmen Fail
I Guess I Should've Used A Butter Knife
A Friend Tried To Make M&M Hot Chocolate By Melting M&Ms In Hot Water
I Should Probably Read The Labels On Things
After A Long Shift At Work, I'm So Blessed To Be Able To Come Home To My Wife's Baking Talents
Shark Cupcake Fail
My Little Pony Disaster
Mickey Mouse Pancake
Zombie Penguin Cupcakes
Ghost Cupcake
Boyfriend Had Big Deadline. I Tried To Help. I Failed
Rainbow Jello Attempt
Cabinet Fail
Christmas Cookies For Naughty Kids
In Case There Is Any Doubt - It's Pasta
I Think That's Supposed To Be A Cat
He Didn't Know He Was Supposed To Remove The Cookie Cutters Before Baking
Girlfriend Sent Me A Pic Of Her Family's Dinner- Rainbow Mac And Cheese
Chocolate Kiwi Nightmares
Angry Bird Cake Pop Poops
Note To Self : Don't Leave Utensils In The Beef Strudel
So My Friend Put His Pizza In The Oven. But Forgot The Cuttingboard
Life Hack My Fu***ng Ass
What Happens When I Try To Cook
The Guacamole Was Too Yellow, So I Added Food Coloring To Enhance The Presentation
So I Asked My Girlfriend To Cook Macaroni And Cheese Last Night
Banana Ghosts
tip for future fruit dipping, freeze it first before dipping in melted chocolate.
Cookie Dough
Mozzarella Disaster
Beerbread Tried To Escape The Oven
I Suck At Cooking. How Is This Even Possible
The lid was bigger than the pan and glass was touching the metal rim. I know cause I once did the same.
When You're Cooking And Accidentally Pea All Over The Floor
Chocolate, Metal Top, Microwave....
Rainbow Cake In A Jar Fail
Don't Judge
Bunny Rolls Except The Bunnies
I Tried To Make Rice… This Happened
lol. as an Indonesian I know many kind of rice crackers. if it salty we call it Rengginang, if it sweet we call it Teng-teng or another one is Berondong.
Doctor Who Tardis Cake
So I Tried Cooking Dinner Last Night
Nightmare Before Christmas
Bad Luck
Boyfriend Tried Cooking, Came Home To This
Why I'll Never Become A Cooking Pro
This Cake Fail
Trainwreck Cake
Go Home Chef, You Are Drunk
Roommate Got Drunk Last Night And I Woke Up To This In The Kitchen This Morning
Cookie Bowls
Perfect Cupcake
A "prolapsed rainbow" ? Still edible, my kids would gobble these up! Are the liners rainbow too??? Love it!
Oops
My Friends First Attempt At Making Chocolate Chip Cookies From Scratch. She's 23. Looks Like A Monkey Sh*t In A Pan
Graduation Cake Went Wrong
How To Cook Eggs In College Dorms
We Accidentally Dropped Dry Ice In The Sink
My Wife's Attempt At A Scooby Doo Cake
It actually doesn't look terrible. Most edible looking thing on this thread
My Mom's Cooking Is The Bomb
My Pinterest Fail Mothers Day Cake For My Momma... His Face Totally Slid Off
Tried To Make "Self Freezing Slushies". Heard A Loud 'bang' In The Kitchen And Came To Find This
Sad Little Ninjas
Upside Down Pizza Failure
Walked Into The Kitchen At Work Today And Saw This
That cafe looks so grotty it must have been shut down after having both Salmonella and E-Colli Outbreaks simultaneously!
I Made Some Caramel But Didn't Know What To Do With It So I Made A Cake To Put The Caramel On But The Cake Was Too Warm And The Caramel Melted Off And Also Caramel And Cake Don't Go Together At All
Rice Krispie Reindeer Fail
I Can’t Even Use A Microwave Properly
Drunk Me Thought I Was Onto Something
My Drunk Roommate Left Food Cooking In Oven Overnight
Hamburgers At My Dad's House
Deconstructed English Breakfast, Served On A Bed Of Linoleum. With Sock On The Side
It's Risky To Travel With Smoothies, Because They Continue To Ferment When Not Refrigerated
Frozen Birthday Cake
We Failed Relatively Hard
Next time, apply the icing and the decoration after the cookies are baked and have cooled down SMH
These Chicken Nuggets Chilling In The Oven
Spooky Skeleton Egg
My Sweet Potato Soufflé After I Set The Marshmallows On Fire
Had A Plan To Start Cooking At Home More. I Think It's Going Well
How To Get Out Of Cooking Dinner
Muffin Fail
Beaver Cupcake
Halloween Cookie Goals
Anned Refried Bean Stack Avec Tacobell Fire Reduction, Fresh Summer Dwarf Basil Greens
My 21 Year Old Boyfriend Made His First Pot Of Coffee This Morning
I Made A Bet With My Boyfriend That I Can Grill. I Am Failure
This Toastie Fail
Well Crap... That Didn't Go As Planned
S’mores Cookies
Global Warming Punch
Pumpkin Cake
Today We Are Going Out For Dinner
Long Hair And Mixers Mix Well
Cake-Like Dish Made From Pasta Left In The Pot Overnight
You can actually turn it into a good meal. Add some sauce and mozarella, and put it into the oven.
Tried My Hand At 3D Printing A Cookie Cutter. The Cutter Came Out Much Better Than The Cookies
Homemade Soup In A Bread Bowl
The Front Of Our Oven Shattered This Morning After Cooking At 400 Degrees For Only 15 Minutes
Roommate Made This Mysterious "Casserole" Last Night
I Have Never Known Anger Like This
Spider Man Candy Apples
Hairless Chewbacca Pancake
A Wiggly Bowl Of Worm Fail
Pinwheel Cookies Attempt
Never Use The Heart-Shaped Cookie Press Shape, Unless It’s For A Bachelorette Party
Mom Tried To Make Peeps S'mores Dip
Have No Idea What I'm Doing
Cooking Level: Not Getting The Security Deposit Back
The hazards of renting, and even if you have never used the damned thing once.
It's Still A Rainbow Heart
Corn Dog Mini Muffins Went Wrong
Witchy Fingers
How On Earth Did This Happen
Eggs With A Side Of Broken Plate, Served On Floor
Cake Tasted Spectacular, But Was A Huge Fail In The Looks Department
In German thats called "Baumkuchen" (treecake) It is called the king of all cakes here.
I May Need To Rethink My Spaghetti Squash Cooking Method
Baking Disaster
Reanimated Cheese Pumpkins
Happy Easter Everyone! I Hope Your Eggs Don't Turn Out Like Mine
Pikachu Cupcakes
Lego Cake
So I Tried My Hand At Cooking Today
Who Wants Some Chai-Spiced Honey Almond Cookies? Anyone?
Hogwarts Not-So-Vertical Layer Cake
This is why you wait for the cake to cool before doing anything with it!
Nightmares Of Muffins
What I Tried To Make Vs. What Actually Happened
How Not To Make Waffle Cookies
Put Dried Oak Chips Directly On The Elements Of Your Electric Oven To Give Chicken And Other Meats A Delicious Smokey Flavor While They Cook
Scrambled Pancakes. They Are Impossible To Flip No Matter How Non-Stick The Pan
Strawberry Lemonade Cupcakes Fail
So The Baking Paper Caught On Fire In The Oven
Raw Ground Beef, Infused With Frozen Champagne And Shards
Interesting combination you've chosen this evening. And what did you prepare for the side dish? How's dessert looking? Just as crunchy?
Cooking Level: College
Nailed It
Leaving The Spoon In The Nutribullet When You Turn It On
Supposed To Be Easter Flower Cookies
Checkerboard Cake Troubles
My Flatmate, The Champion Of Cooking
My Boyfriend Isn't Allowed To Make Cupcakes Anymore
Rainbow Cake
Drunk Cooking
It looks like a bowl of worms ... I can almost see them wriggle ... Eeeewwww!
My Dad's Cooking Skills Are Truly Shown For My Mom's Birthday
The Battle Of Donut Hole Snowmen
This Is My Absolute Failed Attempt At Nori Rolls
Sorry, We Do Not Have A Microwave Available To Guests
4th Of July Flag Cake Fail
I think they did a god job compared to the other cakes, this is also a hard cake to make
Chocolate Cake
Anyone who tries to bake a cake in a microwave is pretty much asking for this.
So My Friend Did A Real Dumb Thing Today
I Tried To Steam Eggs In The Microwave
Scrambled Pancakes Beautifully Burnt To A Crisp
My Wife Was Cooking Bacon In The Microwave When
Quick And Easy Way To Make Noodles For All You College Students
seriously, how are young adults supposed to learn to cook without simple equipment?
Pancake Fail Pooh. Keeps Reminding Me Of Shukaku
My son keeps demanding car shaped pancakes every time. This ish is hard!
So...the Kids Made Some Awesome Cake Pops....
Man Created Takeaways For A Reason
"you Are So Brave To Bring That" Cake
Dinner Is Ready
Is this what you people do? Take a photo and then put out the fire?
Drunk Me Tried Making Ravioli Last Night
Melting Snowmen Oreo Balls
Cooking Disaster
they arent done yet, you need to use a spoon to break the burned layer away.
Curried Carrot Soup Meets Vitamix Malfunction
When You're Making Breakfast At 2am A Little Drunk
And Then This Happened
Yeah...when you feel like you forgot something, and then the answer splats in your face. XD
All Of The Things I Cooked On My Stove Tonight
Onesie Cake With A Very Full Diaper
I Had A Crack At The Owl Egg Today For Breakfast... Expectation Vs Reality
I Was Making Pizza
Green Waffles Explosion
Better than blue waffles. Sorry but I know that's what a bunch of you were thinking!
Blueberry Cheesecake Popsicles
My Cooking Skills Turned Out Too Hot For My Oven
This is not a kitchen but clearly an engineering test site, you have to lose some before you get some...
Not Looking Forward To Cleaning That Up
My Kcup Exploded For Some Reason.
Poopy Pretzels Anyone?
A Surprise Salad For My Husband's Birthday Party Which Turned Out To Be A Shocker
Drank Wine... Made This... (thought I) Nailed It!
Shape Is Good But....
I Had One Job... Hold The Cupcakes...
Cooking Skills Level: Expert
Friend On Facebook Was Extremely Proud Of How Creative She Was This Morning
I do this all the time for my kids. It makes the food fun and they're more inclined to eat it
It Isn't Like I Had Anything Better To Do
I'll Just Sit Down For A Few Mins To Check Email. And I'm Starving Again
What My School Advertised As "Mac And Cheese" Tonight In The Dining Hall
Cheesey Peas
Rainbow Waffle
Crummy Cookie Cake
Brussel Sprouts Disaster
RIP Toaster
Was So Excited For Nachos And Cheese. Grated Butter, For Like A Minute. That Is Butter
Slow Cook It On A Grill They Said, It's Easy They Said
Don't Put Plastic Microwaveable Containers In The Oven.
My Hot Dogs.
I Was Cooking Dinner When Suddenly This Happened
Could have been worse. That might have been the toilet on the top floor.
Falafel Disaster
Gummy Bear Avalanche Cake
Glass Cookware Explosion In My Sink
I Guess There Is Still Room For Improvement
My Mom Tried To Bring Me Soup Because My Son Was Sick
Hibachi Anyone?
I Made A Shooter Sandwich And Got Lazy Waiting For It To Flatten Under Boxes For Hours. Placed It Under A Board And Drove Over It With My Car To Speed Up The Process. It Didn't Go As Planned
Bad Cake Day
By the looks of the oven bottom I think you have had a few disasters before
Cheesy Quesadilla
woooow! At least it didn't burn or explode. But it is hilarious!!! Please, put it in the oven (safely, that is)
Definitely, Not Chickpeas Day
Perfect Pizza
Easter Bunny. Or Not.
Um... Croissants. The Result Of Interpreting "freezer" As "fridge". Shame. Shame.
Tried To Make A Floating Candy Cake
Sad Chocolate Chips Cookies Attempt
Microwave The Spaghetti Squash, They Said...
Directions people, directions. They are there for a reason. Just saying...
Reindeer Crispie Cake Fail.
Pyrex Explosion..dinner Is Served
I Wanted To Finally Impress My Mom With My Baking Skills, Besides I Am More Of A Dog Person Anyways
This exact picture is somewhere closer to the beginning, with a different caption.
How To Understand When Food Is Ready? According To My Boyfriend, When It Explodes!
Nailed It!
New England Style Clam Chowder
Whatsapp ? Dry Grape Cake 😆
Accidently Left Grill On N Set Oven On Fire
Strawberry Cake Balls Looking Oddly Perky. :/
When The Dips (diligently Inspiring Positive Spirit) Team Relies On Pinterest For Their Company-wide Thanksgiving Meal Place Settings.
When You Forget That Your Oven Is Doubling As Storage Space For The Electric Grill
at least I'm glad you took a picture AFTER you took care of the actual burning part.
Used Glass Cuttingboard To Protect Back Burner, Then Turned It On Instead Of The Oven!! Yes, I Was In The Room At The Time.
Mom Tried To Make Santa's Cookies... She Ended Up Making Satan's Cookies
Snapchat Anyone???!
I Tried To Make It Pretty.
it is pretty compared to what happened when I tried to bake a month ago... there was strawberry filling and that SPLATTERED everywhere
Pinterest Fail
lol i know what's wrong - add some white frosting on the sides of the cupcake, and then stick the candy into the frosting.
Camping Cooking Gone Wrong..#neverallowedtocookbreakfastinthecamperagain
The Cauliflower Brownie Turned Out Little Crappy...
Cauliflower and brownie should never become one thing anyway. Good luck with that, lol.
I love how many of these there are, makes me feel so much better about my kitchen fails!
For me it's the opposite. They make me sad because I know how much time and effort you put into.... A failure..... TT_TT
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I don't really cook myself. The biggest fail that ever happened to me was when I made eggs with sugar instead of salt
Look, I don't care that the instructions for the frozen pizza says to put it directly on the rack. PUT IT IN A PAN OR ON A COOKIE SHEET! The instructions are stupid. You wouldn't have a mess in your oven if you had just put it on a cookie sheet at the very least!
reminds me of the time I was looking through the bad reviews (dont ask, its something i do {after i make it ;)} and someone gave this cinnamon roll recipe i had made 6 times (it was amazing btw) a 1-star review because.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... get this: their oven set on fire..........................................like, um i think thats ur fault not the recipe
If you substitute ingredients or don't use them at all, what do you expect? C'mon, short cuts and hacks don't always work. Also, I agree, no under the influence cooking...er, burning.
Okay, I may be easily amused, but I laughed way too hard at some of these. If you get as far as number 35, I actually have a houseguest do that to me one time. You think the cord would've been a dead giveaway...
Too many folks use the wrong ingredients for all those failed cake pictures--using squeeze tube "frosting" instead of the stiffer stuff from the cans. Or using frosting instead of fondant. Using cheap readi-whip instead of whipped cream. etc.
I kinda regret not taking pictures of my kitchen fails. the most spectacular was when I forgot to put the sieve inside an old-school espressomaker. the kitchen was freshly renovated - which we were celebrating with dinner. And then with a lengthy clean of the coffee covered kitchen. I still remember my friend shaking the stuff out of her hair...
Do any of these people actually bother reading the recipe or the instructions on the cooking equipment?
I love how many of these there are, makes me feel so much better about my kitchen fails!
For me it's the opposite. They make me sad because I know how much time and effort you put into.... A failure..... TT_TT
Load More Replies... I don't really cook myself. The biggest fail that ever happened to me was when I made eggs with sugar instead of salt
Look, I don't care that the instructions for the frozen pizza says to put it directly on the rack. PUT IT IN A PAN OR ON A COOKIE SHEET! The instructions are stupid. You wouldn't have a mess in your oven if you had just put it on a cookie sheet at the very least!
reminds me of the time I was looking through the bad reviews (dont ask, its something i do {after i make it ;)} and someone gave this cinnamon roll recipe i had made 6 times (it was amazing btw) a 1-star review because.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... get this: their oven set on fire..........................................like, um i think thats ur fault not the recipe
If you substitute ingredients or don't use them at all, what do you expect? C'mon, short cuts and hacks don't always work. Also, I agree, no under the influence cooking...er, burning.
Okay, I may be easily amused, but I laughed way too hard at some of these. If you get as far as number 35, I actually have a houseguest do that to me one time. You think the cord would've been a dead giveaway...
Too many folks use the wrong ingredients for all those failed cake pictures--using squeeze tube "frosting" instead of the stiffer stuff from the cans. Or using frosting instead of fondant. Using cheap readi-whip instead of whipped cream. etc.
I kinda regret not taking pictures of my kitchen fails. the most spectacular was when I forgot to put the sieve inside an old-school espressomaker. the kitchen was freshly renovated - which we were celebrating with dinner. And then with a lengthy clean of the coffee covered kitchen. I still remember my friend shaking the stuff out of her hair...
Do any of these people actually bother reading the recipe or the instructions on the cooking equipment?
