Top 20 Junk Food and Drink FAILS

sadly not all snacks are created equal welcome to watchmojo.com beverages that made us question our dietary choices while we make all these fails we acknowledge that when it comes to snack foods morbid curiosity means that they still hold some appeal but whether it's boneheaded marketing failed attempt to cash in on a fad or even an intentionally odd treat that simply went one step too far these snacks all feel ill-conceived how do you even drink that because it's delicious what number 20 Pringles restaurant cravers mozzarella sticks and marinara we love a good serving of mozzarella sticks and marinara sauce as much as the next person but did we really need them in the form of a potato chip fringle certainly thought so the chip brand once launched a line of flavors dubbed restaurant cravers focusing on classic entrees and appetizers like onion blossom and Mexican layered dip unfortunately mozzarella sticks and marinara doesn't translate nearly as well to chip form the joy of mozzarella sticks is rooted in texture why disrespect the cheesy gooey nature of this timeless appetizer by turning it into a powder coated chip that's just blasphemy number 19 Pepsi am when it comes to revolutionising the concept of the morning beverage there have been more than a few spectacularly bad ideas lots of people struggle to face the day without a morning dose of caffeine hoping to cash in on this demand and maybe even convert some coffee drinkers Pepsi unveiled pepsi a.m. in 1989 to be clear this wasn't some revolutionary new type of beverage it was good old-fashioned Pepsi Cola with the caffeine level jacked way up you're all hopped up on the caffeine I feel like I'm talking a little faster but it's very hard to tell if your stomach is churning at the thought of starting your day with soda you are not alone it was discontinued just one year later number eighteen Lay's Wow chips it's amazing how far some companies will go just so they can plaster their food with healthy phrases like sugar free or zero calories you know the factory only had the calories holy unfortunately changing a tried-and-true recipe is risky business as frito-lay learns the hard way with their wowed ships lineup in 1998 frito-lay made special bags of Lay's Doritos and ruffles that were fat-free but this supposed benefit came at an immense cost since the chips were made with olestra instead of regular cooking oil customers not only digested fewer calories than regular Lay's they also began suffering from stomach cramps and diarrhea around 2004 frito-lay renamed the lineup as light with a slightly new formula number 17 hubba bubba bubble jug Wow the hubba bubba brand has certainly put out some strange products beyond their standard gum some have really resonated with consumers like bubble tape but the hubba bubba bubble jug not so much these miniature containers housed a powder that would turn into gum when chewed in other words it was kind of like a Frankenstein Pixy Stix what makes the product off-putting is that you're basically chewing pure sugar to the point where it becomes a homogenous chewy substance and while the gum that you wind up with is basically the same old hubba bubba that initial mouthful of chunky powder is a serious turn-off number 16 Budweiser extra can't we just keep it to one vice at a time in the early 2000s when energy drinks were all the rage the quote-unquote king of beers decided to jump on the bandwagon by pumping a variation of their ever popular beer full of caffeine boasting 6.6 percent alcohol and a hearty dose of caffeine the beverage was certainly sending your body mixed messages leaving aside the fact that numerous studies have proven caffeinated alcoholic beverages to be incredibly dangerous this brew was just downright disgusting oh they also like to refer to it as Budweiser be to the eat like someone's deeply uncool uncle you know just to make you cringe twice as hard while drinking it number 15 kid cuisine don't get us wrong we can enjoy a frozen TV dinner every now and again but kid cuisine has always been a guessing game when it comes to meals as if the serving size isn't enough to give you buyer's remorse a common problem with the meals was the fact that the food so often ended up leaving their designated areas show of hands how often did you find part of your melted brownie mix with your corn or macaroni and cheese the commercials may have shown steamy sizable meals but what we actually got were poorly packaged products that were often ruined before we got to the microwave gooey Shrek shaped mac and cheese and buggy swamp pudding number fourteen True Blood for starters can you say false advertising this carbonated beverage is not in fact blood human or otherwise it is however a tie-in to the hit HBO series True Blood and the blood beverage that the vamps in the show consumed to quench their insatiable thirst for diehard fans of the series this remarkably accurate looking replica is sure to get their hearts pounding unfortunately the marketing department decided to treat this beverage as more of a collector's item than a viable product slapping on a hefty price tag that scared away many would-be fove am Pires know and did we mention that most blood suckers in the show couldn't stand the stuff not exactly a great endorsement number 13 Kato milk chocolate bars how do you like your chocolate bars you like I'm loaded with peanuts or crispy rice drizzled in caramel coating cookie bits well then Kato milk chocolate bars are not the decadent Suite you've been searching for while most chocolate companies offer a variety of products in which chocolate is combined with peanut butter wafers or other candy tato chooses to load its chocolate bars with its own cheese and onion crisps we're no stranger to sweet and savory treats like Ben & Jerry's late-night snack ice cream but chocolate with chips that taste like cheese and onions count us out number 12 Maxwell ready to drink coffee introducing a beverage that nobody needed making coffee simple add hot water to ground coffee beans and a filter and voila alternatively stop at a drive-thru on your way to work if you're really pressed for time and don't care about quality or taste whatsoever instant coffee can be made well instantly with these options available taking coffee and putting it in a cardboard carton to then be poured out into mugs and reheated in the microwave had no justifiable reason to exist in the end it wasn't quicker or more convenient and it certainly did not deliver a superior taste to a fresh brewed pot you know secret to my cappuccinos muchachas know what 100% goat milk number 11 Jimmy Dean pancakes and sausage on a stick we all have our own way to start the day some do it with a hearty helping of bacon eggs and french toast some a simple cup of coffee and others something in between but have you ever wished your sausage were wrapped in a big fluffy pancake No well Jimmy Dean went ahead and fulfilled that dream anyway with their pancake and sausage on a stick lineup we don't have as much of a problem with the concept as we do with some of the flavors it carries french toast is okay but blueberry seems like a bit much as for chocolate hash tag keep those sweets away from our meats number 10 vo it was only a matter of time before the leading soft drink manufacturer made an appearance bo is a flavored carbonated milk beverage which the coca-cola company introduced to American markets in 2009 to the shock of nobody who wasn't working for coca-cola it was deemed a failure and soon pulled from production in their defense such beverages do succeed elsewhere in the world in Japan they're actually quite common this is simply a case of trying to push a market way outside of its comfort zone that being said an updated vo has since been introduced in India in 2016 where the product has seemingly fared better number nine teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles PI's the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles have had their faces slapped on a wealth of food products over the years from cereal to cookies and even Chef Boyardee marketing efforts seem to suggest that the iconic Turtles are fond of more than just pizza however not every TMNT endorsed product is created equal with one of the worst offenders being hostesses Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle pies while the vanilla pudding filling is enough to sell any kid one look at the pie outside of the packaging will make you question what exactly you're putting in your mouth they couldn't just make them turtle shaped cupcakes huh number eight coca-cola black how do you connect with trendy young adults how about making a mysterious black addition of your Cola sure that's great and all but if you really want to get the people talking you better drop a letter and randomly capitalize the K silly branding aside coca-cola black just didn't work why it's coca-cola and something called coffee essence because its whole gimmick was that it was coffee flavored consider it Coca Cola's own attempt to capture the coffee drinking market it kind of reminds me of to the poor they gave it a sophisticated looking bottle that screamed flavored coffee and hoped to connect with the masses connect they did not it errand a few devotees but mostly people prefer to keep their coffee and colas separate it only lasted two years number seven the Thanksgiving dinner holiday pack Jones soda has managed to coexist with the heavy weights by carving out a niche for themselves with their unique photography based bottle designs and willingness to embrace odd flavors yes they offer up standards like root beer and cream soda but they also do unusual flavors like peanut butter and jelly chocolate and fufu berry it's the specialty in holiday releases where things get really odd he 2007 gingerbread man flavor that we can get behind this Thanksgiving sampler not so much the 2005 national pack comes with the following flavors turkey and gravy Brussels sprouts with prosciutto cranberry wild herbs stuffing in pumpkin pie the 2006 variety added an antacid flavor yikes not exactly refreshing number six ghostbusters key lime slime Twinkies speaking of hostess the company behind Twinkies has gone through some bizarre flavors over the past decades especially when it comes to cross promotional products we can tolerate flavors like orange cream Pop peppermint and even pumpkin spice but there was something about their ghostbusters Twinkies that really threw us off in addition to a white fudge marshmallow flavor hostess put out key lime slime Twinkies as a promotional deal for the 2016 Ghostbusters reboot we suppose the key lime flavor fits with Twinkies cakey nature but something about that green filling made these snacks seriously unappealing and oddly familiar it just looks wrong where's the cream filling number five Orbitz generally speaking feeling a solid object hitting your lips while you're drinking is cause for alarm is it a bug did someone mistake your beer for an empty and put their cigarette butt in there with Orbitz there was no mistake apart from it generally being a bad idea produced by the clearly food and beverage company of Canada this unique non car non alcoholic drink was advertised as a quote texturally enhanced alternative beverage released in 1997 and disappearing soon after because apparently people don't like to find jelly balls in their drink it remains a novel albeit misguided footnote in the history of beverages this wallet [Music] number four Ranch Dressing soda Lake Jones Luster's fixins is known for taking soda pops a strange and often exciting new places this soda is without a doubt meant as a novelty but it makes you stop and wonder how far is too far that's some straight-up puke some of their concoctions are bizarre but nonetheless inspired a desire to give them a try take bacon PB&J and pumpkin pie ranch flavor on the other hand the mere thought of it makes your stomach do somersaults based on their advertising weird is clearly the angle they were going for Lester let loose on this one with this particular flavor we wish they hadn't been so successful in achieving that goal the smell is apparently repulsive and the flavor has been described as at best unremarkable number three easy squirt ketchup most people agree that ketchup is already perfect in its own right whether you're using it for your fries burgers or a massive plate of crispy tater tots ketchup arguably makes everything taste better but what happens when you decide to mess with an already winning formula you wind up with the sort of failed product line that Heinz had on their hands with the easy squirt ketchup in the early 2000s for a limited time kids could drizzle a rainbow of ketchup on their food unfortunately the color just made the food look less appetizing to adults at least yeah we still ketchup but its appearance did not sit well with customers you eat some funny stuff it's just green number two Shrek Twinkies yep we knew something felt off about those Ghostbusters Twinkies and this was the reason in 2001 dozens of food companies had their own cross-promotional deal to make disgusting Shrek themed products but of them all Shrek Twinkies were arguably the worst they stank yes nope oh they make you cry no oh you leave them out in the Sun they get all brown start sprouting little white hairs no for starters the green filling was unsettling and it didn't help at the front of the box proudly advertised ogre green creamy filling if you were one of the poor unfortunate souls who bought a package you probably realized your mistake after opening one of these foul sweets and discovered the Twinkie looked worse than what was on the box and to think they brought it back to promote Shrek 2 before we continue be sure to subscribe to our Channel and ring the bell to get notified about our latest videos you have the option to be notified for occasional videos or all of them if you're on your phone make sure you go into your settings and switch on notifications number one cocaine this drink promised serious levels of energy and was not afraid to invoke highly addictive illicit drugs to make that clear the can even featured a font that looked like bumpy lines of white powder the marketing was so problematic the FDA actually had it banned on the grounds that redox beverages was quote illegally marketing the drink as both a street drug alternative and a dietary supplement to take this drink off their shield they compromised and rebranded it as no name before eventually reverting back to the original name branding aside this drink is also a bad idea for consumers the caffeine and taurine levels are drastically higher than the competition so much so that doctors have publicly warned against drinking it do you agree with our picks check out this other recent clip from WatchMojo and be sure to subscribe and ring the bell to be notified about our latest videos [Music]

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Length: 15min 13sec (913 seconds)

Published: Fri Jul 24 2020