21 Halloween Food Fails That Are Guaranteed To Haunt You

These dishes will haunt me.

I love spooky season! The horror movie marathons, the adorable kids in costumes, the haunted houses, and an excuse to dress up — where could it go wrong? Well, the food, apparently.

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Though Halloween 2021 has officially come to an end, a few amateur chefs created terrifying, spooky-inspired dishes that will haunt me for the rest of the year. Here are some of my favorite creepy, gross, and outright lazy designs:

1. These nuggets that add a new meaning to blackened chicken: 

Supermarket thought it was a good idea to make black chicken nuggets for Halloween... (/r/shittyfoodporn) from mistyfront

2. This meatloaf from the beyond: 

I made a human head meatloaf for Halloween from shittyfoodporn

3. This pumpkin stew that I'm still trying to figure out the cooking method behind: 

My pumpkin stew turned out great too guys! from shittyfoodporn

4. This eyeball that's basically just a ball: 

I needed some edible eyeballs for a halloween party snack. These were inside a larger bag. from CrappyDesign

5. This "spooky" fruitcake:

The ghost ring on this fruit cake is supposed to make it Halloween themed I guess? from CrappyDesign

6. These crispy spider crablets that may actually just be burned:

I made these fried "spiders" for Halloween! They're crablets fried in a squid ink tempura batter. Creepy but crunchy and delicious! from shittyfoodporn

7. These hot dogs that aren't scary because they're dark but, rather, because they're licorice:

[WHERE] Can I find these dogs from hot_dog

8. This Papa John's promotion that I refuse to believe is real: 

Papa John’s “Jack o Lantern” pizza. A Halloween tradition my SO introduced me to this year… from shittyfoodporn

9. These _Nightmare Before Christmas–_inspired cookies:

Super festive melted snowman cookies turned out more Halloween than Christmas from cakefails

10. Honestly...I don't know what this is:

Nobody on r/food enjoys bat wings and ecto skewers apparently, so Happy Halloween ! from shittyfoodporn

11. This less-than-scary ramen bowl: 

Happy Halloween! from shittyfoodporn

12. These creepy Olafs that need to be destroyed right now: 

Creepy Olaf lunch at Hong Kong Disneyland. By かなめ＠Siri @sanbusho_cafe on twitter. from shittyfoodporn

13. This second attempt at a mummy meatloaf: 

Mummy meatloaf from shittyfoodporn

14. These buns that ooze regret: 

Nice buns from shittyfoodporn

15. This 8-year-old's cake that'll haunt them until they're 20: 

It was supposed to be a 'normal green face' that turned into a Halloween cake. from cakefails

16. These lovely lumps: 

I tried to make cake pop eyeballs and ended up with cum soaked lumps from shittyfoodporn

17. This scarily underbaked pizza:

My FIL’s Halloween Pizza from shittyfoodporn

18. This pumpkin pancake that has seen better days: 

“Ki-ill m-eee…” from shittyfoodporn

19. These screaming strawberries: 

White chocolate covered strawberries that would like to be put out of their misery. from shittyfoodporn

20. This feetloaf with so much onion, it'll definitely make you cry: 

Yummy feetloaf from shittyfoodporn

21. And finally, this version of Pennywise that more closely resembles Ronald McDonald:

A low carb pennywise pizza, as seen on a culinary Facebook group. Enjoy from shittyfoodporn

What's your go-to Halloween dish? Let us know in the comments.

H/T: r/shittyfoodporn and r/cakefails.