28 Times People Have Actually Cried Because Of Food

    "Somebody else was eating macaroni and cheese. I wasn't eating macaroni and cheese. I wanted macaroni and cheese."

    Carolyn Kylstra
    by Carolyn Kylstra

    BuzzFeed Staff

    We recently asked members of the BuzzFeed Community to share the silliest and most embarrassing things that have ever made them cry.

    And a LOT of people admitted to crying because of food.

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    That's legit, though: Food is a truly moving and emotional thing.

    Especially these foods, which are but a small sampling of all the foods that have made people break down and lose it. Try to contain yourself.

    1. Waffles

    cookieandkate.com

    I was having a bad week and I went to get a waffle out of my freezer. The box was empty but someone had eaten all the waffles and put the box back. I threw the box in the floor and cried for 10 minutes.

    — sydneys4b009a67c

    2. Chocolate bunny

    Bhofack2 / Thinkstock / Getty Images

    Last Easter I ate a chocolate bunny and started bawling because I thought it was a solid bunny not a hollow one. I'm 21.

    — lexit4570f1f23

    3. Toast

    Macey Foronda / BuzzFeed / Via buzzfeed.com

    I smelt toast once at school and started crying because it reminded me of my breakfast and how good it was.

    — alexr4e2d4fc73

    4. Macaroni and cheese

    seasonsandsuppers.ca

    Somebody else was eating macaroni and cheese. I wasn't eating macaroni and cheese. I wanted macaroni and cheese.

    — Kirby Harris, Facebook

    5. Buffalo Wild Wings

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    One time my boyfriend told me he and his friends were going to Buffalo Wild Wings and he invited me, I started crying because I was so excited to eat wings because I had wanted wings for months before that.

    — Hannah Suchomel, Facebook

    6. Prego sauce

    William Frankhouser / Creative Commons / Via Flickr: wilzdezign

    I once cried over a jar of Prego sauce because the wrapper fell off and I thought how "cold" the jar would be without it's little wrapper jacket.

    — deejuju

    7. KFC

    Michael Saechang / Creative Commons / Via Flickr: saechang

    I once burst into tears for about a half hour over KFC being closed for the night. I don't even particularly like KFC.

    — Clara Luna Dahl, Facebook

    8. Nutella

    ^Thais^ / Creative Commons / Via Flickr: everyme-everyyou

    I've cried when getting a jar of Nutella as a birthday gift

    — christinan447b95d0e

    9. Snowman pizza

    funfamilycrafts.com

    I not once, not twice, but five times have cried over this picture of a snowman pizza.

    — abbyflinchbaugh

    10. Quesadillas

    closetcooking.com

    There was a period of about 3 months where I was unreasonably emotional. I was on buzzfeed one night and saw an article that listed recipes for the best quesadillas to make. I thought they looked so good, I was overcome, and started to cry.

    — Valerie Bitterman, Facebook

    11. Bagel with cream cheese

    Kathleen Franklin / Creative Commons / Via Flickr: kathycsus

    I was eating a bagel and cream cheese and started crying when I realized I couldn't finish the other half, and I would never be able to make the bagel understand that it was just because I was full and NOT because I didn't want to eat it. (birth control, amiright?)

    — lalafulton

    12. Nutella, again

    jamieanne / Creative Commons / Via Flickr: jamieanne

    Nutella.. I was eating it out of the jar with apples, when out of nowhere, I burst into legitimate tears asking "why is it so good!?!". While my sister laughed and proceeded to take many snapchats of me…

    — Lola2323

    13. Uncertainty

    The CW / Via allthesupernaturalgifs.tumblr.com

    My mom asked what I wanted for dinner, but I didn't know so naturally I started crying.

    — arielw47388603c

    14. Southern food

    Mike Mozart / Creative Commons / Via Flickr: jeepersmedia

    I cried and sobbed "PASTURIZED CHEESE PRODUCT" in a diner upon finding a Kraft single on my omlette. I was not acclimating well to the south's lack of good brunch after a recent move from Massachusetts. My boyfriend still won't let me live it down.

    — karissag

    15. Northern food

    dessertfortwo.com

    I am from the South. When I moved away for college all I wanted was some fried chicken and sweet tea. My boyfriend drove me around all night looking for fried chicken and after the third restaurant we went too only had grilled chicken and generic sweet tea I cried for an hour. I'm single now.

    — TheoneandonlyT

    16. Chocolate cake

    Lauren Zaser / BuzzFeed / Via buzzfeed.com

    I was taking these new birth control pills that made me emotional as hell AND I was on my period. My mom brought home a chocolate cake from her job and I was cutting the cake and then I burst into tears thinking about how the person who baked this cake went to cooking school for years and graduated and now they're living their dreams making cakes for people just like me. I was VERY appreciative. LMAO

    — Ashley Sy, Facebook

    17. Exploding eggs

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    I told my boyfriend about that thing where if you squeeze an egg in your palm, it won't break. He tried it and it exploded and got all over me. I sobbed.

    — Emily Cummings, Facebook

    18. Red velvet cake

    Dean Shareski / Creative Commons / Via Flickr: shareski

    I cried one time because someone said something about red velvet cake and I love red velvet cake and cried because I hadn't had it in a while.

    — avazolfo

    19. Red velvet cupcakes

    feli* / Creative Commons / Via Flickr: absolut_feli

    One morning my mom came from the store with a 4 pack box of huge red velvet cupcakes, I couldn't wait to eat them when I got home from school. When I got home later that day, I was relieved to see there was 1 left. I was struggling to get it out of the box and when I succeeded, the cupcake fell with the frosting on the floor. I just gasped in horror when I saw that my cupcake was ruined. I just thought about how I thought about eating this cupcake all day just to have to throw it away. That's when I bawled for about 10 minutes

    — Carmen Garcia, Facebook

    20. Cheeseburger

    Scott Olson / Getty Images

    I once cried for like a straight half hour because earlier that day I had gotten a cheeseburger (my favorite food) and not been able to finish it and then I got hungry again.

    — Yzabeaux Feather, Facebook

    21. Salsa

    Molly Ⓥ / Creative Commons / Via Flickr: veganflower

    I had a really bad day and when I got home all I wanted was some chips and salsa. I couldn't get the salsa jar open, I tried all those trucks like hot water and gripping it with a towel and it wouldn't budge. I ended up holding the jar of salsa on the floor while I sobbed.

    — kaitlinh4daa77462

    22. Stuffed zucchini

    J. Hendron / Creative Commons / Via Flickr: biberfan

    I was making stuffed zucchini for dinner one time, and when I cut it in half it didn't quite end up in two perfect halves, resulting in an instant flood of tears of course

    — polinadmitrievnal

    23. Ramune

    Nicole Lee / Creative Commons / Via Flickr: nicolelee

    I had just started a new medicine that altered the way things taste. My husband and I were shopping in a mall, and he got me a Ramune. In the middle of the mall, I started sobbing uncontrollably because it tasted wrong.

    — chantalc2

    24. Leftover pizza

    rob_rob2001 / Creative Commons / Via Flickr: 59247791@N08

    I had two slices of leftover pizza that I was stoked to eat after a long day of work. Came home and they were MIA. Turns out, my little brother ate my pizza. I closed myself in my bedroom and cried for an hour. He felt awful.

    — Carly Bass, Facebook

    25. Messy Mexican food

    jeffreyw / Creative Commons / Via Flickr: jeffreyww

    Once my family ordered Mexican for dinner, and I have a very specific method of preparing my food before eating it (first the sour cream on it, then the guac, etc) and just when I had made it perfect my dad realized we had each other's food, and made me switch. His was a big ol' mess and there was no way to fix it. I cried inconsolably for about fifteen minutes. I was 18.

    — skyew4d1e8e70d

    26. Someone else eating a sandwich

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    Saw an old man sitting all alone eating a sandwich and the tears just wouldn't stop

    — monab495890fe7

    27. Ice cream

    Mor / Creative Commons / Via Flickr: mmoorr

    My boyfriend took too big of a bite of my ice cream..It resulted in the biggest fight my boyfriend and I have ever had. That was two years ago, were still together and find the whole thing hilarious now. #hangry

    — rachaelb4a2e7d1d3

    28. A chip

    Robyn Lee / Creative Commons / Via Flickr: roboppy

    Ate a chip. Didn't like it. Cried.

    — Laura Haniford, Facebook

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    The quote in #10 about quesadillas was submitted via Facebook by Valerie Bitterman. A previous version of this post misattributed the quote to someone else. Sorry about that, Valerie!