Trying cursed foods from Reddit

If you’ve spent any time on Reddit, you’ll know there are entire communities dedicated to “cursed foods” – dishes so strange, confusing, or downright horrifying you can’t help but stare. I stumbled across a batch of them recently and thought, well, why not actually try a few?

2 cursed foods I avoided!

Now, I did skip the two obvious health hazards: Vaseline on crackers (not food) and a raw mince meat Pop-Tart lasagne (definitely not safe). Everything else I cooked or cobbled together, and here’s how it went.

Let’s give theses cursed foods a try!

The infamous saltine cracker sandwich was first up. My American crackers didn’t arrive in time, so I tested it with a UK cream cracker instead – bone-dry, as you’d imagine. When the saltines did land the next day, it actually worked better: flakier, lighter, still bizarre but edible. Buttering the bread lifted it even further, though whether that counts as cursed is debatable.

Next came the Pringles pizza. The first attempt was with the wrong flavour, and honestly, a pineapple chunk perched on a crisp looked like a tiny cowboy hat. When I retried with actual pizza-flavoured Pringles the next day, the flavour combo was… strange. Crunchy, salty, fruity – and absolutely cursed.

The sweetcorn with jam, however, was brilliant. Sweet on sweet, and it just worked. I’d genuinely eat it again. Even better was cacio e pepe with grapes – or cacio e “grepe” as I started calling it. The grapes added sweetness without overpowering the pepper and cheese. I wouldn’t try it with something sharp like orange, but soft, squidgy grapes? Surprisingly good.

Not everything landed. Greek yoghurt with caviar and chia seeds was the low point: imagine drinking a milkshake made of seawater and sand. That’s how cursed it felt.

The Cheerios with hot dogs and cheese slice sounded like chaos in a bowl, yet turned out bizarrely sweet. The cereal milk soaked into the hot dog, muting any savoury edge, while the retro cheese slice just acted like rubbery garnish. Against all odds, it was oddly nice.

The Hot Durger (a burger bun topped with hot dog coins and ketchup) was simple but brilliant. It looked ridiculous, but it tasted like, well, hot dogs in a bun – no complaints there.

Finally, the blue ramen. Standard instant noodles, but cursed with food dye. The first liquid colour only dyed the broth. The gel dye helped, but brushing it directly onto the noodles made them neon, like bleach or toilet cleaner. It looked spectacular on camera, but after that much dye, the taste was gone. Definitely food jail.

More links and bits!

So that’s my cursed Reddit feast. Some of them were fun surprises, some will haunt me forever. If you want to see the full reactions, you can watch the video above or here on YouTube if you prefer.

And if this kind of chaos is your thing, I’ve got plenty more taste tests lined up – check out my full Taste Test playlist