Objects That Aren’t Food, But They Could’ve Fooled Us

Anything is edible if you're willing to put it in your mouth and eat it, but we should all know by now that that doesn't mean that everything is actually meant to be eaten.

Nature likes to play tricks on us, creating objects that look enticing enough to make us consider eating them—until we discover that potato is actually a rock and won't make for very good french fries.

You'll Only Have Gums Left After Eating These

fruit gummies that are rocks
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The only thing you're going to be chewing on is a mouth full of teeth if you pop one of these rocks into your mouth thinking they're a fruit gummy.

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Turkey Bacon Doesn't Grow On Flowers, You Know

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flower that looks like turkey bacon
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For all those times that you tried to convince your wife that bacon was actually good for you, now you can show her this bacon-growing flower as proof that bacon is healthy.

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Fry It Up In A Pan

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rock that looks like bacon
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Either we didn't drink enough water while we were hiking and we're hallucinating, or we're living through Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, because that's definitely a piece of bacon sitting on the ground.

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Let Your Worries Melt Away While You Sleep

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mattress that resembles ice cream
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You always made it a habit not to eat in bed because you hate getting crumbs in the sheets, but how can you resist when your mattress looks like a giant ice cream sandwich?

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You Want Me To Wash My Hands...With Meat?

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peppermint swirl soap raw meat
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You thought you were going to be so cute and crafty by attempting to make your own peppermint swirl soap over the holidays, but instead, you ended up with soap that looks like chunks of beef.

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Donut Take A Bite Out Of This

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mushroom in forest that looks like donut
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You've spent the last hour of your hike dreaming of some delicious food and deeply regretting eating all the chocolate out of your trail mix first. To make matters worse, you stumble upon a mushroom that you could've sworn was a chocolate donut.

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Who Left The Chicken In The Grass?

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rotisserie chicken dog
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When you told your husband to take the chicken out of the freezer to thaw before dinner, you didn't think he would put it in the center of the front lawn...wait, is that the dog?

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Talk About Overcooked

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steak like sand paper
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You like to think that you're a Top Chef–worthy grill master who could beat Bobby Flay with the best of them, but if this sandpaper steak has anything to say about it, you'll be left hungry tonight.

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It's Finger-Lickin' Good

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fried chicken puppy look alike
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You can sit there and tell us that you didn't think this pile of puppies was actually a plate of fried chicken, but we know you're lying. For a split second, you could see the fried chicken.

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Office Supplies Or Pasta?

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bags of elastic badns that look like pasta
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For the life of you, you could not figure out why your wife was so upset at you for bringing home the bag of pasta like she asked...until you realized this was a bag of elastic bands, not noodles.

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Does That Help The Ball Go Farther?

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broken golfball looks like meat
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If you've ever wondered what they put on the inside of golf balls, this broken one is telling us that they're filled with lunch meat. We have a lot of questions and very few answers.

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Feeling Rock Solid

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rock that looks just like a potato
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You're going to have to pick out your sharpest knife from the drawer if you're going to have any luck cutting through this impostor potato that's actually a rock your kid brought inside.

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Is This The Hershey Factory?

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hershey chocolate bar garage door
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When your parents said they bought a new garage door you were excited to see what they'd purchased, but now it looks like they're living in Willy Wonka's chocolate factory and you don't know how to tell them.

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We'd Like S'More

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mushroom fungus looks like smore
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Don't worry, your kid didn't drop their s'more all over the ground just seconds after you handed it to them; this is just some fungus playing a trick on your mind.

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Now We're Hallucinating Slabs Of Meat

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cliff that looks like meat
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You see it too, right? You've been trying to cut back on your red meat consumption per your doctor's recommendation, and you were doing well until this cliff morphed into a juicy steak.

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Just The Tip Of The Iceberg

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ice berg that resembles candy
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When you decided to go whale watching, you didn't think that part of your experience would also include looking at a giant piece of candy floating in the water, but here we are.

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Gotta Keep That Island Life Vibe Alive

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trees that look like pineapples
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Your wife said she wanted you to pick some plants for the garden that had a more "tropical" theme to fit her new patio furniture, but she didn't want literal pineapple trees.

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You Can't Outrun Your Vegetables

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tree shaped like broccoli
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Your mom always said you couldn't leave the table until you finished eating all your vegetables, and now it's following you. You can't escape your vegetables. You're going to have to suck it up and eat the broccoli.

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A Post-Cleaning Snack

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mop that looks like cheetohs
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You were already not thrilled about the fact that your wife was forcing you to clean the house on a Sunday afternoon, and the fact that the mop looks like a bag of Cheetos makes you want to sit on the couch even more.

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Nothing Mouthwatering About This Watermelon

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bowling ball watermelon lookalike
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We love watermelon as much as the next person. It's the perfect summer fruit and there's never a bad time to eat watermelon, but this is not a melon you want to take a bite out of.

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So This Is Where Candy Corn Comes From!

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candy corn growing plant
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No one really knows why candy corn exists, and the jury is still out on whether or not it's actually worth eating, but at least you can tell yourself it's healthy because it grows on plants.

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A Shrimp Out Of Water

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chewed pinecone that looks liek shrimp
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You're strolling along, minding your own business and being careful not to step on sidewalk cracks, when you stumble across a coconut shrimp that's escaped from the sea (or from someone's takeout bag!)

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Puff Puff Pastry

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snow that resembles a pop tart
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If you were to look out your window one morning and see what appears to be a giant toaster strudel sitting on your patio table, you'd probably be pretty confused, right?

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These Ravioli Have Some Kick To 'Em

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baby stingrays that look like ravioli
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Maybe we're just overly hungry or we're seeing things, but these baby stingrays look a whole lot like a serving of mini ravioli, and you can't convince us of otherwise.

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A Dozen Ways To Break A Tooth

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rocks that resemble eggs
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For some unknown reason, one woman thought it was a good idea to collect rocks that look like eggs, and also store them like you would eggs, to further confuse everyone.

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Forbidden Forest Snacks

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forest mold that looks like pretzels
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You were already regretting not bringing enough snacks with you on your hike today, and now, to add insult to injury, you have to come across slime that looks like perfect pretzels.

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That's A Lot Of Bread

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rock formations that look like bread
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You might be wondering what exactly you're looking at and why any one person would have made this many trays of bread in one day. Not to worry, it's just a rock formation.

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Misleading Mold

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egg-shaped mould on piece of bread
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This is a moment where science decided to really mess with the human race by allowing mold to grow in a way that looks exactly like a fried egg on a piece of bread would.

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They Seem Easy Enough To Lift

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m & ms chocolate hand weights
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We'd be willing to work out if your dumbbells looked like M&M's, but we'd much rather sit back with our feet up munching on some 10-pound chocolate candies and skip the workout altogether.

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Let's Get This Bread

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microwaved bread soap
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Note to self: if you're going to microwave a bar of soap, it might turn out looking like a loaf of crusty bread. The reasoning behind microwaving soap in the first place is unknown, but all that matters now is the bread.