Imagine being a mom who unintentionally makes her kids eat something that tastes like rotten flesh for over a month! This hilarious “mom fail” comes from Emily, who took to social media to share her blunder, and the internet couldn’t help but respond with laughter.
We’ve all been there—forced to eat things our parents insisted were good for us, even if we secretly hated them. Often, when we complained, they just didn’t believe us, thinking we were being picky.
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Moms and dads often doubt their kids when it comes to food, and Emily recently learned this lesson the hard way. She shared her amusing mix-up involving some Halloween-themed candy and her two children.
When you think of candy, who wouldn’t want some? Enter “Zombie Skittles,” a special edition flavor typically released around Halloween. While most people love Skittles, this particular flavor turned out to be a regrettable choice due to its bizarre taste.
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According to Mars Wrigley, the makers of Skittles, these come in a gray package instead of the usual red and contain the regular fruit flavors along with one “zombie” Skittle that tastes like “rotten zombie.” The twist? You won’t know which one is the rotten one until you bite into it!
Reviews online confirm that these Zombie Skittles taste as dreadful as they sound. One Amazon reviewer quipped, “Great if you never want to eat Skittles again!” while another remarked, “These were definitely horrible! Just like they are [supposed] to be…”
Emily initially dismissed her kids’ complaints about the taste. In her now-viral Facebook post, she confessed, “If you’re feeling like a bad mom today, don’t worry — I fed these Skittles to my kids for a solid month not realizing there’s one Skittle in there that tastes like rotting flesh or 54 dirty diapers in the garbage.”
She thought her kids were just being picky and told them they had to eat the Skittles or risk losing out on candy altogether. But as it turned out, they were right, and Emily had been unknowingly making them eat Skittles that tasted like dirty diapers!
Her post has since gone viral, racking up 92,000 shares and 33,000 comments, many from parents who could relate to her experience. Everyone online had a good laugh at the situation.
In Emily’s defense, she had been eating Skittles from the same bag without encountering the rotten flavor. One mom reassured her that it wasn’t her fault, noting that kids sometimes develop sudden dislikes for things they once loved.
Another mom shared her own experience with these candies in an Amazon review: “Well, they’re Skittles, so I thought the kids would like them. But there’s a random Zombie flavor in each bag, so my kids only ate one bag each. It’s some nasty flavor, not fruity. They didn’t want to risk it again.”
Let this story be a reminder to always check limited-edition candies! And speaking of kitchen mishaps, one mom accidentally served her kids penis-shaped mac and cheese for dinner—talk about a total blunder!