33 Extremely Weird And Gross Food You Can Actually Buy But Probably Shouldn't

Updated: Jul 04 2023
33 Extremely Weird And Gross Food You Can Actually Buy But Probably Shouldn't
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If you've ever eaten something so profoundly foul that you wanted to take a second bite just to make sure it was that bad, this list of weird and gross food you can actually buy but probably shouldn't is for you. This goes so far beyond your average weird stuff like Rocky Mountain Oysters and haggis (though those are both here) and starts to get really funky. There are the basics like freeze-dried candy and insects flavored with salt and vinegar. But then there are weird gifts and disgusting gifts for your friends holding out for a new season of Fear Factor like preserved duck eggs and Durian fruit candy. Your pals that are looking for more off-the-wall and playful food gifts might like things like pizza ice cream or an icon of the spirit world: Jeppsen's Malort. Fortune favors the bold, give any or all of these a try today.

Cheeseburger in a Tube

Picture it, Soviet Russia, circa the 1960s. You're about to go into space and some guy named Yuri hands you this tube. Does it contain toothpaste? No, it contains a paste version of a cheeseburger. The depths of space would not be far enough away from the liquefied sandwich.
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Earthworm Jerky

Remember picking worms up off the sidewalk when it rained when you were a kid? Well, this is what happens if you leave them out to dry instead of putting them back on the earth. Your mom always told you not to eat them, but this bag of earthworm jerky makes it OK.
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Edible Chocolate Anus

OK, so these edible chocolate anuses aren't gross from a flavor perspective, but from an image perspective, they're pretty nasty. Enjoy some puckered rectums in dark chocolate, milk chocolate, or white chocolate. You might even want to share them with a friend, they're pretty delicious.
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A Whole Alligator with Head and Feet

Why would you serve just part of the alligator when you can serve the entire thing? Scare the crap out of everyone at the barbecue by tossing this whole alligator, complete with head and feet onto the grill. You'll love its gamey taste and lean meat.
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Exotic Meats Beef Jerky

Boring meat has met its match and his exotic jerky sticks. Made with game like alligator, kangaroo, elk, and bowler, the delicious protein-packed snacks will help you build muscle and expand your palette.
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Stang! The World's Most Sour Soda

You seen those videos of babies trying lemons for the first time, right? That'll be you when you try the world's most sour soda. Warheads candy can't hold a candle to just how pucker-inducing this blue beverage is.
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Swedish Fish Oreos

If ever there was a book entitled "how to lose friends and alienate people" getting them Swedish Fish Oreos would be at the top of the list. It's hard to describe the flavor of these red and black cookies, other than "sadness embodied."
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Edible Dehydrated Zebra Tarantulas

This might look like one of those prank tarantulas you can use to scare your mom who's desperately afraid of spiders, but it's actually something much worse. It's a dehydrated zebra tarantula which, believe it or not, is edible. And, you'll enjoy the texture of the little hairs on its legs.
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Strange Flavored Soda

Are these sodas with strange flavors or a Midwestern backyard barbecue? It's hard to tell the difference, except you eat one and drink the other. See which is better by sampling the five flavors versus the food you make at home.
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Brach’s Turkey Dinner Candy Corn

If you think regular candy corn is gross, you really need to try this turkey dinner candy corn, it makes the orange and yellow stuff seem gourmet. Each differently colored candy but it really does taste like green beans, roasted turkey, cranberry sauce, or stuffing. Try all four at once if you're brave.
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Poop Like a Champion Cereal

After a bowl of Poop Like a Champion, you might want to make sure you're around a toilet bowl because that sh*t's gonna come out of you fast and furious. With over half your daily serving of fiber, the cereal all but guarantees you take a dump of a lifetime after breakfast.
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Salt And Vinegar Grasshoppers

These usually noisy insects won't be bothering on your summer nights. They might however, get stuck in your teeth, their legs are kind of tiny. The grasshoppers had been flavored with salt and vinegar to give them some seaside flare.
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Edible Survival Tablets

While not technically food, these survival tablets are technically edible. They contain all the nutrients, electrolytes, and calories that you need to continue living when the absolute worst happens. Although, if you're stuck in the woods with only these and nothing else, you might start eating bark off of trees.
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Preserved Duck Eggs

A delicacy in many Asian countries, preserved duck eggs are one of the foods that make Americans balk. Give it a try though, to see if it would actually be among your favorites. Inside this box, you'll find a green preserved duck egg ready for eating.
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Canned Haggis

There are a lot of people in Great Britain who consider haggis a great delicacy, but in the United States, our opinions tend to differ slightly. If you're interested in trying it, you're better off making it fresh than eating it from a can, but this does take a lot of work out of making the meal.
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Jelly Belly Extreme BeanBoozled Gift Box

These are the jellybeans you want to use if you want to make your own homegrown game of Fear Factor with your friends. With flavors like a booger, vomit, and rotten egg, if you can eat one from each compartment, you either have no taste buds or you have a stomach of steel.
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Taco Truck Jelly Beans

Enjoy your favorite midnight taco and a whole new way with jellybeans. That's right, the Easter candy has gained a new life as strangely flavored morsels. Inside the bag, you'll find margarita, churro, salsa, guacamole, beef taco, and Horchata. Muy delicioso.
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Prickly Pear Cactus Candy

The coolest part of this prickly pear cactus candy is the box, which has some awesome retro vibes that you really don't see in packaging anymore. Inside you'll find a unique treat, which is handcrafted from an actual cactus.
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Cotton Candy Balls

Cotton candy balls isn't an affliction that gentleman get when they're not able to "take care of things" it's something much different. It's a bowl of popcorn accented with bright blue cotton candy-flavored spray. It's sweet, and crunchy, and will make your teeth rot out of your head.
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Roadkill Sausage

They call it roadkill sausage because it's made from a blend of things that the road typically kills. Inside the log, you'll find a mix of wild boar, elk, venison, pheasant, and pork that actually taste pretty good, especially when mixed with cheese.
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Aunty's Spotted Dick

Those who live across the pond might actually be fans of this delicacy, but anyone who lives in the continental United States just get a kick out of the fact that they can say "spotted dick" without getting in trouble. Give Aunty's a try, and see what you think of the pudding filled with sultanas and raisins.
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Durian Fruit Candy

Durian is that true that they don't let you bring on airplanes because it smells so bad that they wouldn't be able to take off if you accidentally opened it. How would it taste as candy? Probably just as foul, but you'll only know if you try these sweets.
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Edible Black Forest Scorpion

On the list of things you can do, eating a black forest scorpion is there. On the list of things you should do, eating a black forest scorpion has an asterisk next to it. If you're curious about what this usually poisonous insect might taste and have a texture like, open this bag and find out.
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Cod Jerky

Oh my cod, did we really need to turn the white fish into jerky? In the Nordic region of the world, this is actually a pretty popular snack. It's very salty, making it a great post-workout treat, and as for the taste, only you can decide if it's for you.
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Shiitake Mushroom Candy Canes

Go ahead and tell your mom that you're doing shrooms when you're chowing down on these candy canes, her reaction will be quite fun to watch. That's only if you can manage to keep the candy in your mouth for an extended period of time because the shiitake mushroom candy canes are pretty disgusting.
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Pickled Pig's Feet

There are some places in the world where feet are a real treat and if you've ever wondered what that's like, cracking open this jar is the move for you. Inside you'll find pickled pig's feet, which can be eaten right out of the jar.
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Fruity Crisp Oreos

With flavor best described as Windex crossed with graham crackers, these fruity crisp Oreos will make you question every decision you made in life that led up to the point of purchasing them. That said, you haven't lived until you've tried them, because you haven't truly appreciated life without them.
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A Bag of Rocky Mountain Oysters

If you watch Top Chef or similar shows, you've probably seen the chefs there challenged with cooking up Rocky Mountain oysters. They're not oysters, they're not even from the Rocky Mountains, they're straight from the underside of a bull (aka its testicles). Hope you like nuts.
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Zombie Beef Jerky

If you like green eggs and ham, Sam I Am, then this zombie beef jerky is for you. It's green, but that's about all it's weird and it ends. It really is beef jerky flavored with a bit of teriyaki and will delight your taste buds.
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Sour Patch Kids Cereal

With flavor best described as "god's mistake" this Sour Patch Kids Cereal won't remind you of anything good about Saturday mornings as akid. It'll remind you of the day that the cable was out and you couldn't watch your cartoons. If you like things that are sour, you still might not like the cereal.
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Crickettes Sampler Pack

Make sure when you try insects for the first time you're getting a well-rounded experience of their flavor with the crickettes sampler pack. The three-pack includes sour cream and onion, salt and vinegar, and bacon and cheese for your eating delight.
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Kopi Luwak Coffee

You may have heard of a coffee made from poop. This is in fact that coffee. The beans are eaten by a small creature that cannot fully digest them and therefore craps them out shortly after eating. But went roasted and brewed, you'd never know that they were made from tiny pieces of shit.
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Salted Egg Potato Chips

If you haven't quite got the stones to try a real salted egg, potato chips are the next best thing. Besides, how bad can potatoes really be? Do you want to eat a few of these to fully experience the eggy, yolky, salty flavor dusted atop each chip.
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Sour Warheads Soda

Your mouth and your butt hole will be equally puckered when this sour Warheads soda goes in and comes out. If you thought the taste of Red Bull was offensive, you should really try this fizzy beverage. It won't make your mouth water, but it will make your eyes water and your back sweat.
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Bacon Candy Canes

As candy canes go, these ones will be bacon you crazy. Why is that? They might look like the peppermint sticks that you're accustomed to but they're infused with salty, fatty, rich delicious bacon instead. They're also infused with a bit of smoke flavor which may or may not add to their questionable flavor.
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Ghost Pepper Popcorn

They call it ghost pepper popcorn because it feels like your spirit leaves your body for a minute when you take your first bite. If you like spontaneous combustion in strange places, this popcorn is for you. As soon as you got a kernel between your teeth it'll feel like you've burned a hole straight through your cheek.
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Vegemite

Just as people who do or do not like pineapple on their pizza, people either love or hate Vegemite. If you've never tried the yeast spread, that was as good a time as any. You might want to have something sweet standing by in case you taste it and hate it.
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Jalapeno Spam

This Spam will get jalapeno business with a subtle spicy flavor that can't be beat. The canned meat is infused with Scovilles from the traditional green chili that gives it a unique twist on its usually bland flavor and makes it ideal for use in tacos.
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Pizza Flavored Candy

Give these to your friends with no context and they might expect a flavor like strawberry banana. But they would be wrong. Very, very wrong. Instead, the bright red and yellow candies taste like pizza.
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Vegetarian Steak in a Can

There's a lot going on here in this tiny can. First, it's a steak, and a can, which is kind of weird. Second, it's vegetarian, which means it's not actually a steak, it's just really weird. If you've got balls of steel put it on the grill and see what you're in for.
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Tuna Jerky

You can tuna piano but you can't tuna jerky! OK, that was a pretty bad joke, but what's not bad is this jerky. Experience is a unique taste in flavors of the Sriracha, teriyaki, original, and barbecue in this multi-pack of fishy jerky.
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Grass Soda

Were you a kid that ate grass or were you normal? If you were the latter, it's never too late to take a bite out of the lawn. Do it with class by sipping from this bottle of grass soda. It's got a sort of earthy flavor that you'll never forget.
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Vanilla Corn Drink

Combining chocolate and milk seemed like a far more logical choice than combining vanilla and corn, but here we are. Give the odd yellow drink a try and judge its strange earthy sweetness for yourself. It tastes a little like cornbread and a lot like your taste buds will be confused.
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Sparkle Maple Syrup

Make your morning extra magical with maple syrup infused with tiny sparkles. The sweet treat is made with 100% authentic maple syrup and the glitter inside is food safe. You can also use it as a mixer for cocktails.
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Gouda in a Can Army Rations

If your granddad was one of those guys who was always spouting stories about being in the war, see what it was like to live a slice of his life with Gouda in a can. Crack it open and marvel at the shelf-stable cheese, which has a slightly smoky aroma.
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Spicy Dill Pickle Popcorn

You better be really careful not to burn this spicy dill pickle popcorn in the office microwave, you might cause the building to be evacuated. There's a lot of spice in the instant popcorn, which will set your mouth ablaze but also make it happy with a delightful salty and vinegar taste.
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Black Licorice Popcorn

Black licorice is for the brave among us. It's got a very distinctive taste that tends to choke out all other flavors in something. If caramel corn is too sweet for you, you might want to try this very distinct popcorn covered with black licorice flavoring.
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Dried Cuttlefish

Should you try a cuttlefish as part of your dinner before you try it as a snack? No, that would mean you have to wait even longer to try something so salty, so fishy, and so strange that you might develop FOMO. And that's no good.
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Sweet and Spicy Ketchup Chips

Miss Vickie's are a little bit sweet, a little bit spicy, and surprisingly delicious. The potato chips are infused with a little chili and a lot of ketchup, which results in a tangy tomato-y flavor that tastes that much better when paired with hot dogs.
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Salty Herring Candy

The good news is, these salty fish only look like herring. The bad news is the actual flavor is black licorice. If you've got an enemy that you'd like to treat to a sweet snack, this European dessert might be a perfect fit.
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Mushy Peas

England is famous for its mushy peas, why though, no one will ever know. Isn't it technically just baby food if it's mushy? Find out what the big deal is by cracking open this can in sampling the liquidy green peas for yourself.
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Prawn Snack Biscuits

You've chowed down on prawns and shrimp cocktail parties, but have you ever tried them in snack biscuit form? These savory Asian treats will make for an interesting foray into the world of salty snacks. You might find that you like their crunchiness and saltiness and they could become a favorite.
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Pickled Quail Eggs

Plenty of people who have tried canning things never stopped to ask just because they could can something should they canned something. They definitely didn't ask that question for quail eggs, which come in three pickled varieties including jalapeño, mild, and Caju
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Pickled Herring

Long a favorite of those in a Scandinavian region of the world, pickled herring is available for you to try. The pickled fish are stored in oil for preservation purposes, which only adds to their rather unique flavor.
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Ranch Potato Chips

If you're from one of the states that calls itself part of the Midwest, we were great to inform you that if you sample these ranch potato chips and don't like them your Midwesterner card will be revoked. The kettle-cooked chips are extra crispy and extra tangy thanks to their salad dressing powder.
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Kimchi Mayo Sushi Sauce

Turn your BBQ night into Korean barbecue night by drizzling kimchi mayo sauce onto your food. It also tastes great when the top of elote or sushi and can be used in all kinds of fusion cuisine.
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