5 Food Combinations We Wish Weren't Invented

Unusual and rare food combos have become more popular, as companies and brands try to capture the changing tastes and catch attentions of consumers. But not every flavor innovation is going to reach the heights of the cronut, the croissant/donut mashup. Some food revolutions won’t catch on, and some ideas will be just plain disgusting. Below are 5 that fall into the latter category—gross combinations the world would be better off without and we wish weren't invented.

Bacon Toothpaste

We’re not saying bacon isn’t delicious—it is. But we are saying that bacon toothpaste is not the way we want to have that “delicious” experience. If thats not enough, true die-hard bacon lovers may be pleased the company also offers bacon floss, so that your entire oral care routine can incorporate bacon! Reviews of the product suggest that it is mainly purchased as a gag gift, and seems to serve that purpose pretty well, though some people seem to find the smell and taste too bacon-y, while others wish it was even stronger.

Seafood Ice Cream

While some of the bounty of Japan’s over $11 billion/year fishing industry finds its way into the country’s famed sushi restaurants and other traditional seafood dishes, some of it ends up in ice cream options that sound, at best…unusual. Flavours include squid, shrimp, salt fish, and shark’s fin.

Bubble-Gum Flavored String Cheese

Cheese is pretty delicious as it is. Does cheese really need any more “innovations” to become more appealing? Some people seem to think so. The company who created this cheese produced string cheese in a range of revolting-sounding flavors, including green apple, banana, cotton candy, and bubble gum.

Fried Chicken Nail Polish

Yes, this is a thing. No, we can’t believe it either. Apparently, seeking to underscore how “finger-lickin’ good” the company’s fried chicken is, KFC’s Hong Kong operation launched nail polish that tastes like KFC chicken. Let’s all let this one sink in for a minute. Somehow, somewhere, marketing people out there thought, “Hey, you know what will get people to buy our chicken? Nail polish that tastes like our chicken!” And no one stood up and said “No!” or “Eww!” or even “Maybe let’s just try giving out some samples of the chicken first?”

Chocolate Covered Squid

Hey, I love chocolate as much as anyone (probably more). But it does seem like this idea for dipping everything and anything in chocolate is getting a little out of control. Technically, the product, which is offered by some of Hawaii’s biggest candy stores isn’t actually squid. Don’t breathe a sigh of relief just yet, though. It’s actually ika, a local Hawaiian snack of dried, seasoned cuttlefish strips (basically, really stinky squid jerky), which the company’s employees coat with chocolate. Yum…

Thanks for reading this article! I hope you now know some of the weirdest yet, innovative food creations!