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I feel like kitchen disasters tend to happen more than we'd like to admit at times, so please feel free to share your funniest or worst attempts at cooking or baking.
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#1
Plot Twist To The Post! This Isn’t Backed Nor A Fail! Just A Cute Cat To Brighten Your Day. He Very Chonky
Final score:
131points
the one panda _ 3 years ago
Why is this a cooking mistake! It's a cooking miracle! :D "the living oreo"
HanglyHam (Submission author) 3 years ago
Sorry about the blurry picture I had to take the picture in a rush while he was still like that. He is extremely obese…..he currently weighs 26 pounds… to put that in comparison we could split him in half and get two adult cats plus a kitten
Clover 3 years ago
I'd love to tickle that fuzzy tummy, but then those cute feet would probably scratch the heck out of me. I had a kitty that looked much like this. ❤️
HanglyHam (Submission author) 3 years ago (edited)
Nope not a chance he won’t hurt a soul trust me
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#2
I Tried To Make Caramel With Left Over Sweetened Condensed Milk
Final score:
74points
K 3 years ago
I remember Ann Reardon addressing this "hack" in a video. She sacrificed a microwave to teach us it can't work and to never do it.
Bunzilla 3 years ago
It can actually work, and she shows how... but it's a terrible method and apparently doesn't even taste good for all the effort. What you do is heat for 30 seconds in a big bowl, take the stuff out of the microwave, whisk, then back in... again and again and again. Debunking didn't destroy the microwave, but it caused one heck of a cleanup. That poor debunking microwave. (The video is 'Debunking Fake Cooking Videos 2020' - How to Cook That) You can make Dulce de leche by opening the can of sweetened condensed milk, cover the top with foil, put that in a water bath, and heat it - make sure you keep the water topped up. She discusses this in 'NEW Debunking Exposing Fake Viral Videos 2020'. I think you can also stir it in a pot on the cooktop? Ann Reardon's videos are great, highly recommended. She shows how deceptive and dangerous some of those 'hacks' are.
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Raena Celis 3 years ago
I've been so tempted to try the cooking hacks on 5 Minute Crafts. Thank God I ran into Ann Reardon on YouTube!
Charles Chamiux 3 years ago
Caramel is best made in a pressure cooker (like instant pot) or, if you've got the tile (4 hours) on the stove. But I'm up voting this for the cook's effort, even if it's lacking in technical understanding. I'm impressed.
#4
First Attempt To Make Cinnamon Rolls…
Final score:
61points
voice of reason 3 years ago
With enough butter and sugar cinnamon even the evil face of Horg can be tasty.
#5
When In Doubt Decorate It Out!
Final score:
58points
Jo Johannsen 3 years ago
Taste is the important thing...oh, and warning people to watch for the toothpicks you tried to hold it together with.
Monika Jabłońska 3 years ago
I would love to have a całe like that. I am an offroad fan. I go anytime I can. Maybe I will try to make something like that for my birthday.
#6
Youtube Souffle Pancakes
Final score:
51points
voice of reason 3 years ago
YouTube is really not a cooking show. Ann Reardon has made that clear. Cook at your own risk and use your brains.
Bunzilla 3 years ago
She shows how you can actually make the fluffy pancakes ('Fluffy Jiggly Japanese Pancake Recipe DEBUNKING Tasty' - How to Cook That) I think the 'magic' ingredient was egg white powder, and she suggest to do it in the oven instead.
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Suzanne Haigh 3 years ago
I made these often when I was young, not difficult so not sure why any problems?
#7
Mom Joked She Wanted A Wedding Cake For Her B-Day. So I Made One!
Final score:
51points
LW (Submission author) 3 years ago (edited)
It's not a fail. Maybe I misunderstood. I thought it said post your best or failed baking or cooking. This was my first attempt at making anything like this and it came out surprisingly well. Others posted what looks like their best baking/cooking on this. If we're wrong, then they need to rethink how they word these things. Edited to add: The cake is actually kind of crooked. Can't see it that well from picture angle, so I guess you can count that as a fail.
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Gina N Petolicchio 3 years ago
I love how pretty it looks "if" I ever get married one day they can make my cake
#8
Tried To Make A Lemon Cream Cake Like Olive Garden
Final score:
46points
Never Jeleniewicz 3 years ago
To be honest, in my opinion it's not a fail as long as it tastes good (unless you're taking it somewhere). If it's for you at home, it's fine for a cake to be mush if it's a delicious mush!
#9
If You Can’t Tell They’re Blueberry Scones
Final score:
44points
Charles Chamiux 3 years ago
1st of all, this is a freaking fail, so why all the down votes? Secondly, my oven has 2 temps (0 and 220C) after being modified from gas to butane, so unless I'm roasting meat, all of my baking looks like this.
#10
Self Cutting Cake
Final score:
43points
Sarah Rose Johnstone 3 years ago
Years ago I had a similar thing, but it was more like collapse. Literally no place to put frosting, just chunks.
#11
You Can Cook An Egg By Microwaving It, Some How I Messed It Up
Final score:
34points
Lora Barajas 3 years ago
Actually, this will very often end in explosion and severe burns! Never microwave an egg!
Travis Fox 3 years ago
Never microwave an egg in its shell. Otherwise it can be cooked easily and quickly in a microwave. Crack, beat and microwave uncovered for approximately 2 mins for a two egg sandwich.
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Taylor Carroll 3 years ago (edited)
Why the hell would you not break it?!?! THAT'S why it exploded!!! You can scramble an egg in a microwave IF YOU BREAK IT INTO A MUG.
Mikawa 3 years ago
Yup, I always used to make "scrambled" eggs like that in the microwave by breaking them... when I was a kid. How do these adults not know better?? 😂 (assuming they are adults)
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Chloe 3 years ago
I've actually done this before. But I see the shell? That's not a good idea.
*Displayname*=idk 3 years ago
Yeah, you've got to crack it or the pressure will make it go boom like in the picture.
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Ducky McBurger 3 years ago
You gotta put a whole in the shell so the pressure doesn't build up
Charles Chamiux 3 years ago
So, no coffee and eggs at the same time? ✔️ I just got my 1st microwave oven (2nd hand, so no instructions), and you're waaaaay ahead of me on how it works. So far, it just looks nice in my kitchen.
Terry Butler 3 years ago
Well, this is probably the only thing you didn't Google before cooking. 😉
Terry Butler 3 years ago
If you were alive when microwaves first came out, you couldn't have missed the warnings about cooking eggs in the shell.
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Joseph Bresett 3 years ago
I once boiled 5 eggs in the microwave had no problems but when I realized I was short on the eggs needed tried to boil just 1 and it sounded like a shotgun went off in my microwave and made one hell of a mess
Riley Hudson 3 years ago
You have to take it out of the shell and add a tablespoon of water per egg or it will explode.
#12
My “Beautiful” Chocolate Chip Cookies
Final score:
34points
Angeline Shalyn (Submission author) 3 years ago
I actually think my butter was too melted bahahah
Ugh_What_Now 3 years ago
Yep. Definitely could have been. I usually refrigerate my dough after making it and in between batches to make sure it doesn't spread to much.
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*Displayname*=idk 3 years ago
Don't worry, mine would look like legit bubbles. It just took a few times.
#13
I Tried Making Cupcakes For My Own Birthday And They Tasted Great!
Final score:
32points
Charles Chamiux 3 years ago
If I had known it was your birthday, I'd have made some for you. These look delicious, and I hope you had a wonderful birthday!
#14
I Made Tortillas For Halloween With Cookie Cutters. The Masa Was Expired...
Final score:
28points
Lupita Gutierrez Reyes 3 years ago
I thought they were cookies up until I read the caption ;-;
#15
Chicken Fried Bacon It Sounded Good But The Bacon Ended Up Not Cooked On The Inside
Final score:
25points
Sharon 3 years ago
par fry the bacon to just before where you like it then chicken fry it. I was looking for chicken and was wondering what the heck kind of chicken you were using then remembered, you southerners call anything dipped in flour and deep fried chicken fried. now I'm going to have to try that myself. being canadian we never had anything chicken fried when a kid but chicken.
#17
Tried Cooking An Egg. (I Think We Were Poaching It, I Forget.) Bird Still In Egg. (In Bowl) Was One Of Our Hens Eggs
Final score:
22points
Izabela Wilson 3 years ago
Oh poor thing! Please check the eggs (your cellphone light can do it) before harvesting 😟
Phoenix (Submission author) 3 years ago
Haha one about chickens massive accidentally laid it outside. We live nearby a farm that has runaway chickens.
Load More Replies... Phoenix (Submission author) 3 years ago (edited)
We showed this to a vietnamese family who owns a restaurant and they said they do something similar to this in their culture. (We are friends with them.)
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Phoenix (Submission author) 3 years ago
Well yeah we found it outside. Might have been fertilized accident by a neighboring chickens.
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Lady Z Azrael 3 years ago
Went to breakfast at my universe College cafeteria one time and got Hard boiled egg. Cracked it open to find a fully formed chick in it. I almost vomited right there. Have not ate eggs since... that was nearly 20 years ago.
JustCallMeAcorn 3 years ago
There's a food in the Philippines that is actually similar to this! I'm pretty sure it's called Balut? My grandma loves it but still doesn't like the idea of a baby bird in a boiled egg. So she has to ignore it.
#19
B For Bad, Not For Bear
Final score:
21points
Karla Svensson 3 years ago
I think it’s totally cute, would be stoked to receive one of these!!!
#20
Tried To Bake Chocolate Cupcakes…
Final score:
21points
Amy Stone-Chandler 3 years ago
Weird piping them into cupcake tins(changes batter). Would like to see the after pic
DD 3 years ago
Yeah, it's not a fail if it isn't even baked yet! Plenty of foods look like poo prior to cooking. 😜 This BP topic is more of a mess than these pre-cupcakes!
Load More Replies... GW 3 years ago (edited)
Especially for chocolate cupcakes. Usually it has to be thin because cocoa powder sucks up moisture, resulting in using more wet ingredients. Sorry if I just explained something you already know, I tend to do that
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#21
Hunter Safety Orange, Enough Said
Final score:
19points
#22
May I Add, My Sons Pizza? He Forgot It In The Oven For Approximately 5 Hours.
Final score:
18points
Anaïs Grobin 3 years ago
Well that solves that question. Now I know what happens when you forget the pizza.
#23
I Tried To Make Pavlova. Tasted Good, But It Dhattered Lol
Final score:
16points
Marilyn Russell 3 years ago
What is dhattered? I read the dictionary for fun as a child and I don’t remember that word. I also read the set of encyclopedias my dad got us A-Z. And I’ve read the Bible cover-to-cover. But not War and Peace.
Regina McLeron (Submission author) 3 years ago
Nah, the meringue cracked while cooling. Lol. I just put the fruit and filling into the gaps 🤣🤣🤣
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Cooking Project For School. It Caught On Fire, My Group Screamed While The Teacher Put Out Fire
Final score:
16points
*Displayname*=idk 3 years ago
Don't feel bad, if I had a picture I would share, but once my sister tried making pickle cookies(ew) and showed it in the microwave for a long time. It burnt through the plate. Let us mention that my mom was not home. It was fun.
Marilyn Russell 3 years ago
They probably turned the grill on instead of bake. Been there done that. Didn’t need to scream though.
wilburmorte 3 years ago
My small oven, like this one, recommends NOT using parchment for this reason.
Anaïs Grobin 3 years ago (edited)
I've burned my fair share of parchment paper, and that's NOT parchment paper. It actually appears to be copy paper/printer paper, you can tell by the way it burned at the edge closest to the heat source, as well as the way it burned. It could also be freezer paper, or low end wax paper, but my money's on non-food paper
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Roasted Red Potatoes- With A Surprise In The Middle
Final score:
15points
#26
Attempted To Make My Sister One Of Those Popular Frog Cakes
Final score:
13points
Kimberley Gayle Thomas 3 years ago
I need to see the actual picture. I see cute want to be cemetery headstones.
#27
Had To Make This For Math Class. Looked Terrible But Probably One Of The Best Cakes I Have Ever Made
Final score:
11points
Daniella Jensen 3 years ago
Aw yes, the quadratic formula. X equals negative b plus or minus the square root of b squared minus four ac all over two a
Hannah Hyde 3 years ago
From my experience, chocolate frosting with black food coloring. If you use white frosting it turns green.
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I Choose The Rejects
Final score:
11points
Marilyn Russell 3 years ago
At my supermarket you can buy the imperfect fruits and veggies for a cheaper price. I will say sometimes the weird carrots are annoying to peel.
#29
Came Home From Work On My Birthday,only To Find My Children Made Me A Mac(And Cheese) 🍰🍰
Final score:
11points
#30
My Thanksgiving Pumpkin Pie From 2020
Final score:
10points
Charles Chamiux 3 years ago
This is epic fail if we could believe that you weren't just pouring fluid into a prebaked pie crust.
Nagisa11 (Submission author) 3 years ago
To anyone doubting if this is real. I followed a recipe out of Cook's illustrated for the crust and the filling. The idea was that the filling avoid using eggs by using flavorless gelatin to well solidify the pie. In theory when it cooled down it was supposed to firm up, it did not
Load More Replies... Nagisa11 (Submission author) 3 years ago
That's exactly what we did, it was fully cooked and it tasted very good. We served it in bowls everyone got a piece of crust with some soup on top and a dollop of whipped cream
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Homemade Potato Chips (Some Too Thick/Burnt)
Final score:
9points
Tara fenimore 3 years ago
Another learning experience! You can learn from your mistakes. Keep trying and they'll end up perfect in no time!
#32
Plan And Result... Pommes Duchesse, Never Again
Final score:
9points
#33
Took Forever To Make A Homemade Blueberry Strawberry Smoothie. It Was So Clumpy I Eventually Just Threw In A Bunch Of Milk. You Can See It Stuck In The Straw...
Final score:
8points
Kitten 3 years ago
I've had this happen. Try turning the berries into a coulis before adding them, or blending and straining out any seeds/stems. Add the milk first, and add in fruit bit by bit. Too much fruit at first just gums up the blades and fails from the get go. Now, if this happens again, mix in the milk, and freeze 😁 Flake it up with a fork every so often (15-20 mins?), and make yourself a nice treat!
*Displayname*=idk (Submission author) 3 years ago
Will do! Thanks so much!
Load More Replies... Keisha 3 years ago
You need smoothie straws. They are significantly larger than regular straws for this exact reason.
*Displayname*=idk (Submission author) 3 years ago
That's a thing? I knew boba straws, but smoothie?
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Issey 3 years ago
No problem! Add a bit of whipped cream to make it smooth, put in the freezer and BAM! Icecream.
*Displayname*=idk (Submission author) 3 years ago
That actually sounds really good! I will put that in my list of ideas to try notebook!
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Francisco Manuel Teruel Gutiérrez 3 years ago
I would drink that without the straw... zero problems.
*Displayname*=idk (Submission author) 3 years ago
I ended up doing that in the end...
Load More Replies... *Displayname*=idk (Submission author) 3 years ago
Um... like enough to the fill line. So maybe 1/4 cup?
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Not Mine, But My So Made Us A Lovely Wok Dinner While Kiddo And I Were Asleep. Need I Say We Ordered Takeout?
Final score:
8points
#35
First Attempt To Make Pizza , It Was Super Delicious! 😋🤤
Final score:
7points
#36
Beef Burger With Sausage Alfredo Pasta
Final score:
7points
Sharon 3 years ago
lol took me 3 moments but I got it. the meat and the pasta had to be cooked. still, it looks delicious to me.
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#37
I Had To Eat This For A Spanish Project And It Earned Me A B- For “Not Making It Right.” How My Spanish Teacher Came To That Conclusion Is Unknown.
Final score:
7points
#38
Freakin' Chicken....
Final score:
6points
#39
Got Inspired By A Cooking Rat, Go Figure
Final score:
6points
#40
Somehow I Managed To Drop It...
Final score:
5points
#41
Not Fails, Just Peculiar Vegetables
Final score:
4points
#42
I Forgot To Put In Some Salt, When You Are Following Up A Favorite TV 📺 Program While You Are In The Kitchen😂
Final score:
4points
#43
Mix With Perfection Drink Responsibly
Final score:
3points
#44
Messed Up When I Mixed Bottles, By Putting Kerosene Instead Of Cooking Oil 🛢
Final score:
2points
Kylie Mountain 3 years ago
My dad will never live down the time he was making soup and Crystal Light at the same time and ended up putting the drink powder in the soup.
Mari Bryant 3 years ago
Kerosene wouldn't be in a bottle like oil, and they look nothing alike. Plus, like someone else said, the fumes.
Marilyn Russell 3 years ago
People in other countries use kerosene to fuel their cooking stoves. They may have transferred some into a smaller container like a old cooking oil bottle for easier use. Not sure why they couldn’t smell it once opened.
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Corndog Balls Ftw In France As An Apéro For Adults And Just A Snack For My Kids
Final score:
2points
#46
When You Haven't Quite Got The Hang Of Metrics And Baking. At Least It Tasted Good!
Final score:
2points
#47
Pepper Jack. Guacamole. Feta-Stuffed Olives. Roma Tomato. Brioche. Fat Kobe Patty.
Final score:
0points
#48
Just 7up, A Slice Of Confidence And Some Ice And Mint And You're Done!
Final score:
0points
#49
This Isn't A Cooking Fail, But It Is A Failed Attempt At Being Ugly For These Cats
Final score:
-1point
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Dalton McCord 3 years ago
I came here to say I have started 3 microwaves. No microwaves were hurt
Dalton McCord 3 years ago
I came here to say I have started 3 microwaves. No microwaves were hurt
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