Posted on Feb 7, 2024

20 Screenshots Of The Most Unhinged 1-Star Recipe Reviews That People Had The Audacity To Write

"I don't like peaches, so I substituted carrots."

by Claudia Santos

BuzzFeed Staff

Someone giving a peanut butter cookie recipe a bad review because it omitted chocolate chips because they thought it was a chocolate chip recipe

A chaotic review from someone who tried to make caramel and melted a plastic spoon into the caramel in the recipe in the process

A review from someone saying they don't like peaches so they substituted carrots, but it wasn't very good — "it needs more sweetness"

A review of an egg custard tart recipe from someone who is vegan, gluten-free, and non-GMO, so they replaced eggs with banana and are surprised it didn't come out well because it wouldn't "set"

Someone giving a 1-star review of a Mexican crema/sour cream recipe because they mistakenly thought it was a creamed corn recipe

A review for homemade churros in which the reviewer admits/brags they don't have to make it because they can just get theirs from a kiosk where they live in Spain, where "a lovely man makes fresh churros every morning"

A wordy review of a waffle recipe where someone says they would never make the recipe since they are gluten-free and on a weight loss journey

A 1-star review of a brownie recipe where the reviewer repeatedly mentions that they followed the recipe "exactly" except they replaced oil with applesauce and are complaining that the "consistency is neither brownie like nor cake like"

A 1-star review where someone replaced orange juice with orange soda and proceeded to say it was "way too sweet for Bob"

A negative review from someone who accidentally used apple cider vinegar rather than apple cider in a recipe

A 2-star review for a French toast recipe where the reviewer says that they used tortillas instead of brioche or other bread, aquafaba from a can of garbanzo beans instead of eggs, and cumin instead of nutmeg

Someone gave a recipe 1 star and called it "dangerous" because their son was heating the oil in a pan with a lid and it caused a fire and melted the hood on the stove

A negative review for a dish claiming it was too spicy from someone who used 2½ cups of chili paste

A 1-star review for cookies that melted in the oven into one huge rectangular cookie, where the reviewer admits to using rice flour and an egg replacer

A 1-star review from someone that reads, "Not everyone likes bacon or ranch! Those are my two most hated flavors"

A recipe reviewer asking where and when to add the black beans in a brownie recipe

A 2-star recipe review for a pie where the review mentions they used sour cream instead of heavy cream and complained about the flavor

A 1-star review from someone stating that their frosting didn't thicken, with a reply from someone stating that it is a pudding recipe, not frosting

Someone angrily asking what it means when recipe calls for "1 cup flour," writing in all caps "Do I really need to go to the store and purchase cake flour in a major storm?"

Someone rating a recipe 3 stars and writing "i haven't made it yet"

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