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r/forbiddensnacks — the lore, decoded

Things that look like food, taste like temptation, and would probably kill you.

A community of 316,600 debating whether they'd eat things that look like snacks but absolutely aren't. The core ritual: post something that resembles candy or frosting, ask 'would you still eat it,' watch speculation about taste unfold. Expect recurring obsessions (Gushers, Sunny D, Tide Pods, honeycomb) and the eternal tension between 'looks delicious' and 'definitely poison.' Nine years and 156,000 posts of this debate.

Signature lore of r/forbiddensnacks

• Tide Pods: The Original Forbidden Snack
• The "I'd Still Eat It" Declaration Ritual
• "It's Not Forbidden" Gatekeeping Ritual
• Synesthetic Smell Ritual
• Childhood Confession Ritual
• Spaced-Letter Emphasis Format
• The "Took Me Way Too Long" Realization
• Cheetos-Flavored Packing Peanuts
• The Jolly Rancher Legend
• The Gummy Bear Soap Incident
• Lava-as-Dessert Joke

Key moments

• Forbidden Pepsi
• Forbidden baguette
• The cleaning lady took this from the bathroom and put it in the fridge
• Forbidden Cookie 🍪
• My shoe melted in my room in the summer heat and now it looks like caramel
• Forbidden Pâté
• Forbidden Chocolate Pudding
• Forbidden jello