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121 ‘Foods’ That Look Delicious But Are Actually Forbidden (New Pics)

If you’re anything like us, dear Pandas, then you’re very likely also thinking of food at this very moment. Full disclosure, some of us are busy daydreaming about pizza, donuts, and Friday barbeques when we should be writing about our gracious feline overlords and collecting cute dog photos. In fact, we’re so hungry, we’ve started seeing food everywhere we look… though we’re not the only ones!

Our gastronomic geniuses and illusion-lovers here at Bored Panda have cooked up for you this delicious list of photos of various things that look just like food. From soap that looks like chocolate to mushrooms that look like fried eggs (and make us yearn for a good old English breakfast so badly, it’s ridiculous).

Upvote the pics that you personally found to be the tastiest, and let us know which of these you’d love to take a bite out of. Once you’re done, check out our other recent articles about inedible things that look like food for desert right here, here, here, and here!

A small warning though: this list will likely leave you very hungry, so just keep in mind that you shouldn’t eat random things, no matter how tasty they appear. Stick to real food!

#1

Okay, Who Took A Bite Out Of The Forbidden Peanut Butter Brownie?

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#2

This Rock Found In Indiana That Looks Like Fried Chicken

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#3

The Surprising Amount Of Bite Marks On These IKEA Display Apples

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Professor Kang Lee, from the University of Toronto, explained to Bored Panda that our imaginations have a very strong impact on our perception. Our imaginations come from our frontal cortex in our brain, meanwhile, our perception takes place first in the visual cortex, found in the occipital lobe in the back of our head.

One of the more common phenomena that people tend to come across in their daily lives is pareidolia, or rather, seeing faces where there aren’t any. Perhaps you’ve spotted a cloud that looks just like your loved one or you’re looking at the trees and the leaves make them look like a stranger’s staring right back at you.

#4

A Hummingbird Which Looks Like A Jalapeño

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#5

Hospital Staff Gave Me A Snack On The Bed Sheets, Turns Out It’s The Sponge I Need To Use In The Shower Before Surgery

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#6

Frog That Looks Like Cheese On A Burger

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“Pareidolia illustrates the interaction between the visual cortex and the frontal cortex of the human brain. It suggests that our brain is highly sensitive and expecting to encounter and process some special classes of objects in our environment because they are biological and socially important to our adaptions to the environment,” professor Lee told Bored Panda during an earlier interview.

“For example, when you are walking in a dark street in the evening, your brain is on high alert to detect whether any threat will jump out any moment. In this case, you are more likely to have face or human pareidolia because it is important for you to err on the side of caution if you mistake a tree as a human being,” he said.

#7

This Tree Looks Like Broccoli

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#8

Forbidden Milk

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#9

This Coaster

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“However, for some people, their frontal cortex’s expectation for certain objects (e.g., faces) become so high that they see faces in many situations where no faces exist.”

He continued: “Even in this kind of situation, it is normal. There is nothing wrong with these individuals,” he stressed. “Pareidolia is different from paranoia or delusion or abnormal vision of individuals with psychosis. In fact, a recent study shows that those people with pareidolia tend to be more creative. Also, people who are religious may be able to see religious icons in nonface objects as well.”

#10

I Found A Mushroom That Looks Like A Fried Egg

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#11

Someone Left Some Mashed Potatoes In The Car

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#12

One Is Chocolate, One Is For The Dishwasher

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Professor Lee reiterated that our imaginations greatly affect our perceptions. “What we see are not things over there in the world but actually the co-creation of what is out there physically and what is in our mind mentally through our expectations and imaginations,” he said.

“Pareidolia is a broader phenomenon as it extends to touch and sound and other sensory channels. For example, you sometimes sense your phone vibrating when it is not, it is a tactile form of pareidolia. When you hear voices in a noisy environment, it is an auditory form of pareidolia.”

#13

This Kiwi Looks Weird Though

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#14

Would You Be Interested In A Cup Of Latte?

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#15

Forbidden Pasta (Rattle Snake Rattler)

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#16

Forbidden Salami

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#17

Broccoli Birb

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#18

Forbidden Fried Chicken

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#19

Forbidden Ham

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#20

Forbidden Cookie Dough Ice Cream

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#21

Landscaping Stone I Found That Looks Exactly Like A Hunk Of Crab Leg Meat

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#22

Forbidden Loaf Of Bread

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#23

Forbidden Rare Steak

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#24

Forbidden Rice Noodle (The Inside Of My Inflatable Air Mattress)

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#25

Forbidden English Muffin

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#26

Forbidden Ciabatta

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#27

Forbidden Ground Beef

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#28

This Printer At Work Uses Small Colored Balls For Ink, They Look Like Forbidden M&M’s

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#29

This One Rock In The Entryway Of A House

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#30

Forbidden Croissant (Sofa)

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#31

Forbidden Banana

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#32

Forbidden Pez

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#33

Forbidden Cookie Dough. Who Thought This Was A Good Idea?

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#34

Forbidden Seedless Strawberry Jelly (Violin Rosin)

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#35

Forbidden Mushroom Soup (Slugs Attracted With A Bowl Of Beer Overnight)

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#36

Forbidden Potato Chips

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#37

Realgar (An Arsenic Sulfide Mineral) That Burns Bright Blue And Releases Toxic Fumes But Also Forbidden Candy

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#38

Forbidden Cinnamon Sugar Donut Hole

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#39

Forbidden Mango

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#40

Forbidden Oreos (Adhesive Furniture Pads)

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#41

Questioning Why Someone Would Try To Sell These Cheetos At A Garage Sale

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#42

Forbidden Ice Cream Sandwich

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#43

Forbidden Snap Peas (Succulents)

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#44

Forbidden Pringles

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#45

Scent Beads Looking Like A Snack

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#46

Forbidden Orange Juice

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#47

Forbidden Grapes (3D Print That Went Horribly Wrong)

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#48

Forbidden Mints – Wulfenite With Mottramite From Ojuela Mine, Mexico

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#49

Forbidden Bread Buns

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#50

Forbidden Roadside Cheesecake

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#51

Forbidden Gummy Worm

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#52

Forbidden Brownie

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#53

This KitKat Bench

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#54

This Rock My Son Found On Our Hike Looks Like A Potato

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#55

They Repurposed Honey Bottles

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#56

My Roommate Cleaned Some Old Pool Balls And They Came Out Looking Like Jawbreakers

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#57

Forbidden Taters

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#58

Forbidden Dessert Slices

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#59

Forbidden Egg

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#60

Forbidden Gummy Lolly

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#61

Forbidden Roast Beef Is Cooked To Perfection

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#62

Forbidden Meringue

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#63

I Found A Candle That Looks Like A Bowl Of Cereal

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#64

Forbidden Bacon

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#65

How My Beer Matches This Floor Cleaner

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#66

Forbidden Salami

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#67

Forbidden Jam

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#68

Marshmallow Ball Pit

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#69

Mmm, Forbidden Peanut Butter

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#70

Forbidden Lettuce (Copper(II) Chloride Stained Paper Towel)

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#71

Mouse Mat Made With A Delicious Slice Of Bread

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#72

Forbidden Chocolate Frog

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#73

Forbidden Poppy Seeds

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#74

Forbidden Street Apple Juice

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#75

Forbidden Lime Candy (A Rod Of Uranium Glass)

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#76

Only-Kinda-Forbidden Pomegranate (It’s Crab’s Eggs)

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#77

Forbidden Fried Chicken

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#78

Didn’t Realise It Was Forbidden Mints Until It Was In My Mouth

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#79

Forbidden Health Drink

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#80

Forbidden Sushi Rolls

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#81

Forbidden Meatballs

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#82

Forbidden Ketchup

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#83

Forbidden Steak

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#84

I Was Moments Away From Trying This ‘Yoghurt’ And Have A Smooth Organic Diarrhea In The Morning

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#85

Laundry Candies (Aka Gain Scent Boosters)

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#86

Forbidden Chicken (Apricot Agate Stone)

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#87

Forbidden Cola Gummies

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#88

Forbidden Fruit Juices (Embalming Fluids)

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#89

Forbidden Sponge Cake

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#90

Forbidden Strawberry Smoothie (Bone Marrow)

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#91

Forbidden Salmon (Banded Carnelian)

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#92

Forbidden Chocolate

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#93

Forbidden Cheeseburger

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#94

Forbidden Guacamole

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#95

Forbidden Caramels Keep Tempting Me

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#96

Forbidden Scrambled Eggs

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#97

Forbidden Spice Selection

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#98

Forbidden Garlic Bread (Citrine Gemstone)

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#99

Forbidden Whipped Cream

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#100

My Plant Looks Like A Leaf

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#101

Forget Rock Cakes, Try This Crunchy Rock Sandwich I Found On The Beach Earlier

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#102

Forbidden Cookie Crisps

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#103

Went To Make A Margarita Today And The Items On The Stove Made Me Do A Double Take

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#104

I’ll Take One Pulled Pork Sandwich

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#105

Milwaukee-Style Tic-Tacs. They Taste Horrible

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#106

Or Delicious Grapes?

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#107

Forbidden Banana, Freshly Picked

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#108

Forbidden Tiny Carrots

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#109

It Doesn’t Get More “Forbidden” Than This

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#110

Forbidden Muffin

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#111

A Hedgehog Without Quills Looks Like A Potato

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#112

This Table Looks Like A Piece Of Meat

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#113

Forbidden Grapes

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#114

This Japanese Food Truck Made Their Propane Tank Look Like A Big Bottle Of Sriracha

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#115

Forbidden Rice Krispies

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#116

Found Some Forbidden Grapes Growing In The Pet Department At Walmart

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#117

Forbidden Oreo Cake (Dry Cell Lead Acid Battery)

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#118

Forbidden Gecko Gummy

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#119

Forbidden Pork Slices

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#120

Forbidden Hamburger Mince

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#121

Forbidden Gummys

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