11 Awesome Math Foods

The Möbius bagel isn't the only edible expression of human genius to grace the Internet. And thank goodness.

1. Venn diagram pizza

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The left circle: bacon and mushroom.

The right circle: red pepper.

The intersection: flavor explosion.

2. Venn diagram quiche

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(made in a custom Venn diagram quiche pan)

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3. Menger sponge cake

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The Menger sponge: Cubes cut from cubes cut from cubes.

4. Sierpinski carpet cookies

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The Sierpinski carpet is similar to the Menger sponge, wherein a square is cut into subsquares, but it is not three dimensional (even though these cookies technically are).

5. Sierpinski candy corn triangle

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The Sierpinski triangle is a self-repeating fractal made from one equilateral triangle that breaks down into smaller equilateral triangles.

6. Sierpinski Hamantaschen triangle (the Sierpinskitaschen)

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7. Polyhedra pumpkins

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Leonardo da Vinci loved the polyhedra because you can see the front and back edge of a solid at the same time.

8. Dodecahedron apples

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A polygon with 12 flat faces. Excitement!

9. Pythagorean crackers

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10. Pythagorean cheez-its

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OMG the total number of crackers in the two smaller squares equals the total number of crackers in the larger square!

11. And of course, the Möbius bagel

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