40 Times Someone Tried To Cook And Chaos Answered
There’s cooking… and then there’s whatever this is. Some people enter the kitchen with confidence, a recipe, and a dream. Others charge in like a culinary tornado, armed with zero experience, too much ambition, and maybe a few expired ingredients. What happens next? Chaos. Glorious, inedible chaos.
Welcome to a collection of 40 food fails, flavor crimes, and kitchen catastrophes that prove not everyone should be left alone with a stove. From meatloaf monstrosities to dessert decisions that should’ve stayed hypothetical, these are the culinary equivalent of “just winging it”—and somehow missing the entire bird. Whether it’s cursed plating, aggressively experimental combinations (looking at you, hot dog Jell-O), or “it said 350° for 20 minutes, not 20° for 350 minutes,” every dish here tells a story. A tragic, hilarious story.
These moments are brought to you by brave souls who either underestimated the recipe or completely ignored it, and then had the audacity to post the results online. We salute them. Mostly because we’re too horrified to look directly at their creations for too long.
Scroll on, if you dare—but maybe don’t do it while you’re eating. You’ve been warned.
#1 Apparently my girlfriend has an issue with my flosser prescription bottle lemon water popsicle
Source: RetardedApe911
#2 My friend’s dinner…
Source: Kefireczek
#3 Friend refuses to eat the chunks of strawberry in his yogurt
Source: JANGOxFETA
#4 I made Pilk with the Minecraft milk
Source: ostrich-party-
#5 I have no idea what that goo is supposed to be.
Source: Huju-ukko
#6 Would you have taken this?? $75 of sushi
Source: TotalEatschips
#7 Costco’s “naked” lobster ad
Source: schumannAminor
#8 Costco’s “naked” lobster ad
Source: The_Carolina_Redhawk
#9 I swear it’s not what it looks like
Source: i-eat-pet-hair
#10 Crappy Ingredients, Crappier Pizza
Source: TuesdayShuffle
#11 This Scooby Doo a*s sandwich
Source: hishat
#12 Am I the only one who microwaves my frozen pizza? 😎
Source: Intelligent-Nebula-3
#13 The chilli cheese glizzard
Source: Jackabing
#14 My gf likes to eat everything with ketchup, she just ate plain rice with ketchup, she also insists that watermelon tastes great with ketchup.
Source: ArwalHassan
#15 My gf likes to eat everything with ketchup, she just ate plain rice with ketchup, she also insists that watermelon tastes great with ketchup.
Source: 10_pounds_of_salt
#16 My husband’s rendition of chicken noodle soup
Source: in_berlin
#17 Fried balonies with chili
Source: Drakullancs666
#18 i don’t even know how this happened man
Source: PerterterhTermertehh
#19 My fucking omelette
Source: MaxAsther4
#20 Hotdog
Source: Eclipsed_Shadow
#21 Easter lunch for me
Source: oldermuscles
#22 Barbecue Dog Rice à la Fromage
Source: Think_Profession2098
#23 Good ole canned chicken and dumplings
Source: Astroboliqul
#24 Tortilla pizza: The orange ones are cheddar ones (I ran out of mozzarella)
Source: GreyDingus
#25 Korean fried chicken, kimchi egg scramble, and blueberry waffles for breakfast. Happy 4/20!
Source: OreoSpeedwaggon
#26 Penne glazed in butter, scrambled eggs and chicken ham as a wrap
Source: LightGoblin84
#27 Looks terrible, tastes like abuela (made it)
Source: Evil_Eukaryote
#28 Caught myself missing my grandma yesterday and treated myself and my roommate to some russian pickle juice soup. The broth looked terrible, the soup looked even worse.
Source: NEON_TYR0N3
#29 This is a pizza I made a year ago.
Source: Plugproject
#30 tteokbokki and (burnt) pan fried tilapia
Source: cgrines011235
#31 Made soup, probably put to much spinach in there
Source: OrangeSummerNoodle
#32 Apparently these aren’t good enough for foodporn I was admittedly more than half drunk but I my kids ate them too, that’s a win for me (street tacos)
Source: TheHumanoidTyphoon69
#33 Peanut butter cheese cake entombed in chocolate
Source: generic_nb_protogen
#34 This trailer girls girl dinner
Source: Leading_Funny5802
#35 Was making nachos at home and thought…”what’s an easier way to spread refried beans onto my nachoes?” A piping bag with a large hole is definitely not IT.
Source: burnyoudown13
#36 My friend’s dinner…
Source: Kefireczek
#37 r/onionlovers did not liked it 🙁
Source: Low_Jacket_3307
#38 Chunky Coffee
Source: WhoHeYeeYee
#39 Frozen Rotini & Broccoli in a cheese sauce with Goldfish crackers
Source: topaz_in_the_rough
#40 Good ole canned chicken and dumplings
Source: Astroboliqul
And there you have it—40 culinary crimes that should probably come with a warning label (and maybe a fire extinguisher). Whether it was a lasagna that looked like a crime scene or a cake that defied all laws of baking and logic, these kitchen fails remind us that not every recipe needs to be followed… or attempted at all.
Cooking is a journey, sure—but sometimes that journey leads straight to chaos, confusion, and a questionable use of mayonnaise. So next time your dinner looks like modern art (in a bad way), just remember: you’re not alone. The internet is full of brave souls who dared to cook… and lived to post the disaster.
Until next time—stay curious, stay chaotic, and maybe just order takeout.
