What are the worst cookies you have ever made or eaten?

[LuvOrlando]

Another thread got me to thinking of a batch of what could possibly be the worst cookies I have ever come across (I really hope this cook is not from The Dis).

I made Taste of Home's 'Maine Mud Cookies' last year and they were awful, made with that Hershey's chocolate in a canister so the taste dominated the cookies, they had a bland snackwell sort of vibe... only worse. I won't even go into saying what they looked like on the counter. Lets just say my whole family came home from school/work, caught sight of them and looked like this The 'smile to every face' the recipe creator talks about in the snippet is probably because the faces can't believe what they look like

To take things a step worse, I left them on the counter for a few days in case someone liked them and they turned green and fuzzy un-naturally fast. Ewwww and YIKES! My family still busts my chops over it.

Anyone else have a good story?

 

[MushyMushy]

My daughter wanted to make corn bread, so I told her to use the non-stick square baking pan. I don't know what she thought I said, because she used a cookie sheet and dropped them on the pan like cookies!

They were pretty dry, hard and gross.

 

[AmongMadPeople]

I made my great-grandma's chocolate cookie recipe a few years back. It wasn't bad, but it wasn't good. I think it's a pretty bad mark for a cookie if it's sitting in my house and I don't even want to eat it. Not sure if someone remembered her recipes incorrectly, or if maybe tastes or ingredients are different, but several of her recipes I've tried didn't turn out well. Well, maybe I'm also a bad baker

 

[fairygirl]

Unfortunately, I cannot get even get the classics right...let alone trying anything new! I made Oatmeal Raisin last year at Christmas...pretty basic, right? HA! Not for me apparently...they were awful! To this day, I have no idea what I did wrong. I also hosted a cookie decorating party at my house...I made the sugar cookie dough right before everyone came over because I had not read the recipe ahead of time to know you have to refrigerate it for several hours. Fortunately, my family was very kind about it and we ran to the store to get the refrigerated dough. This year, I just bought the stupid dough but didn't read how thick I was supposed to cut them and did it way too thick so the cookies ran together to make one big cookie....arg! What is wrong with me???

 

[Robinrs]

Made... a bunch of cookies I made with salt instead of sugar.. .. I was TEN!

Tasted... a coworker brought him some chocolate chip cookies last month... NOT GOOD!!!

 

[nmmom95]

One time my mom made chocolate chips and mixed up her measuring scoops, the amounts of sugar and flour were wrong. We still laugh about theM! They were like little hockey pucks. My son banged them on the table and they made a loud noise...not a good characteristic in a cookie...

 

[DisneyBamaFan]

Vienna Fingers with chocolate creme filling - disgusting

 

[indimom]

( Just last week) Lemon Bars. I hadn't made them in a decade and sort of missed the part where you turn the oven down by 100 degrees for the second layer. I thought I could salvage the center that didn't "look" burnt. Nope the burn flavor was all the way through. YUM!

 

[Juliegirl1]

My dad used to have an open house once a year where busloads of people would come to see his model railroad. My mom would bake tons of cookies for this event and one year she forgot to put the sugar in the cookies! Us kids were forbidden to eat any until the last busload left. She didn't realize she forgot the sugar until the open house was over and then let us taste the leftover cookies. They were awful but the people that came ate them anyway. I can't believe no one said a word to her.

 

[cm8]

Another thread got me to thinking of a batch of what could possibly be the worst cookies I have ever come across (I really hope this cook is not from The Dis).

I made Taste of Home's 'Maine Mud Cookies' last year and they were awful, made with that Hershey's chocolate in a canister so the taste dominated the cookies, they had a bland snackwell sort of vibe... only worse. I won't even go into saying what they looked like on the counter. Lets just say my whole family came home from school/work, caught sight of them and looked like this The 'smile to every face' the recipe creator talks about in the snippet is probably because the faces can't believe what they look like

To take things a step worse, I left them on the counter for a few days in case someone liked them and they turned green and fuzzy un-naturally fast. Ewwww and YIKES! My family still busts my chops over it.

Anyone else have a good story?

The worst cookies I have ever eaten where made my by MIL, it also sent me to the hospital because I'm allergic to artificial sweetener and she used Splenda to make it. Can I add that she KNOWS I'm allergic to it. I think she was trying to "off" me,

 

[lspst8]

Tasted -- One of my friend's is law school gave out tins of homemade cookies for Christmas gifts. They looked like normal cookies, but they tasted so bad. They were really almost too hard to even bite into.Everyone kept telling her how great the cookies were, but I'm pretty sure everyone was just being polite. I threw mine away.

Made -- Not cookies, but last year for Christmas I made a pecan pie for the first time because my husband said his family always had pecan pie for the holidays. I couldn't find my pie pan, so I ended up baking it in a cake pan. I don't know if that caused the disaster, but it was awful. I didn't look right when it came out of the oven, and nobody ate more than a bite or two of their slice. I'm usually a really good baker, so I was so embarassed. We had lots of Christmas cookies, so dessert wasn't totally ruined but I felt terrible. I haven't decided if I'm going to try again this year, but if I do, I will be using a pie pan and a new recipe.

 

[Toad_Passenger]

I attempted Peppermint Meringues one Christmas, and they were awful. Followed the recipe to a "T" and the peppermint was so overpowering it gave you a headache.

 

[maslex]

O M G !!!

This brings back memories of EVERY Christmas past....My mother used to always make these cookies that she called "butternut balls". They were like little round balls of chalk. LOL

I'm sure they also called something else. They're really a dry cookie with nuts in them, rolled into balls then rolled in powered sugar.

My brother, sister and I finally told her a few years back that they were horrible. She still likes them, but nobody else does.

 

[mhsjax]

I can bake, never ruined anything in my life. People seem to love my cookies and goodies. However, I tried to make Snickerdoodles last year for my kids, I don't like them, they were horrible.

I was talking to a friend of mine and complaining to her, she refused to believe me. She thought I was being over critical. Her son happened to be over and she said give him one, he will eat anything. He took one bite grabbed the phone and said, "mom, these cookies suck." I laughed, he was telling the truth.

So if anyone has a great Snickerdoodle recipe, I would love it. Maybe I just had a bad recipe.

 

[monkeybug]

Oreo balls!! I'm sorry. I know tons of people love the heck out of those suckers, but they are just sickeningly sweet to me.

 

[MomofKatie]

Tasted- My mom, who is a fabulous baker, makes traditional Italian cookies that I hate. They are flavored with anise seed, so they taste like black jellybeans. For some reason, even though most of her cookies are great, these are always really dry and tough. She LOVES them, but I don't know of anyone else who can stand them.

Made- Not cookies, but Red Velvet Cake. DH loved his grandma's homemade red velvet cake, so I asked for her recipe. She told me it was printed in her church cookbook, so I tried it. The amount of red food coloring was misprinted- it was supposed to be 1 oz, but it was printed 12 oz! I added 12 1 oz bottles of red food coloring to the batter- when that cake came out of the oven, it looked like a round flat scab and smelled like chemicals (all that red dye!) Gross! Grandma still laughs with me about that cake, 19 years later.

 

[nmmom95]

Tasted- My mom, who is a fabulous baker, makes traditional Italian cookies that I hate. They are flavored with anise seed, so they taste like black jellybeans. For some reason, even though most of her cookies are great, these are always really dry and tough. She LOVES them, but I don't know of anyone else who can stand them.

My mom makes those! I love them!!!

 

[momof1princess]

i made a loaf of banana nut bread a couple months ago, and accidentally put in baking powder instead of baking soda....ewwww....it was AWFUL. i wouldn't even feed it to the dog (who LOVES anything that's "people food") it tasted so bad.

 

[Pigeon]

My MIL once visited from out of town, bringing a gigantic dress box of Christmas cookies. She is a terrible cook and a worse baker, and these were all burned on the bottom, as is every single baked good she has ever produced.

What made them exceptional is that she had the bright idea to use "fat free shortening" (an oxymoron if ever there was one) and Splenda in them to make them healthier.

We donated them to the National Hockey League, were they are still in service as pucks.

If you aren't going to use decent ingredients, just skip the cookies and serve some fresh fruit.

 

[Mandychelle79]

Tasted- My mom, who is a fabulous baker, makes traditional Italian cookies that I hate. They are flavored with anise seed, so they taste like black jellybeans. For some reason, even though most of her cookies are great, these are always really dry and tough. She LOVES them, but I don't know of anyone else who can stand them.

Made- Not cookies, but Red Velvet Cake. DH loved his grandma's homemade red velvet cake, so I asked for her recipe. She told me it was printed in her church cookbook, so I tried it. The amount of red food coloring was misprinted- it was supposed to be 1 oz, but it was printed 12 oz! I added 12 1 oz bottles of red food coloring to the batter- when that cake came out of the oven, it looked like a round flat scab and smelled like chemicals (all that red dye!) Gross! Grandma still laughs with me about that cake, 19 years later.

Pizelles? I love them and usually hate the anise flavor. I do like the vanilla ones better though