11 Unexpected Ways To Use Ketchup And Make Life Epic

It's time to take your love of ketchup to the next level. Step it up a notch with a savoury bag of Doritos Ketchup Chips.

1. Use it as a marinade.

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Forget steak sauce — if you love ketchup, you will love using it as a marinade for your meats! Try this ketchup marinade for steak or chicken.

2. Put ketchup on your popcorn.

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Mixing savoury and sweet will make your life complete.

3. Conquer the art of communication with fancy ketchup art!

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Ketchup already makes you smile, so imagine what a ketchup smiley face can do!

4. Make your own BBQ sauce.

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OK, so, like, nothing will ever come close to ketchup, but when you need some twang, try out this delicious BBQ sauce recipe!

5. Three words: ketchup fondue fountain.

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Dragging through ketchup is for plebeians. Just douse and devour!

6. Mix it up!

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With just a few ingredients you can take plain ketchup to another level. Try these recipes for teriyaki ketchup, curry ketchup, garlic ketchup — and more.

7. Freeze ketchup packets for boo-boos.

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If you or your youngin' gets a boo-boo, a frozen ketchup packet is great to alleviate the pain!

8. Use your old ketchup bottles to dispense pancake batter.

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Now you can master the art of pancake faces and become the ruler of the kitchen.

9. Whip up a quick dressing.

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Skip the bottled stuff and make your own salad dressing. Ketchup is the start of this easy homemade french dressing recipe.

10. Dip bananas in ketchup.

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OK, so you actually have to PEEL the banana and dip into ketchup, but the results are a sweet and savoury flavour explosion! Also, we heard that one pop ~queen~ loves this snack, so there's that...

11. Make "take-out" at home.

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Fake your favorite take-out recipes — like this pad thai — at home with everyone's favorite secret ingredient.

Devour Doritos Ketchup chips.

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