Hilariously Confusing Illusions That Look Like Food But Definitely Aren't

How many times has this happened to you: it's late, you haven't eaten all day, and you suddenly find yourself hallucinating that your friend is a succulent, mouth-watering roasted chicken? Okay, hopefully not too often, though it doesn't always take hunger pangs to get us to mistake things for food when they definitely aren't. While these objects may seem like they were meant to be eaten, one bite of these "forbidden foods" and you're guaranteed to lose a tooth — or even your life!

Good enough to eat

There's nothing like a nice piece of pound cake to start your morning off right — if only that's what this actually was. Just before this Redditor was about to sink their teeth into this sweet treat, they realized it was a medical sponge to be used before surgery!

World's largest broccoli

Either we've been shrunken down to the size of ants, or that's the biggest piece of broccoli we've ever seen! As it turns out, that's just an ordinary tree... a tree we'd like to smother in cheese and gobble down in one bite!

Sunny side up

Who ordered the fried egg? Mother Nature must have a good bit of experience cooking up breakfast, because this mushroom looks like it belongs on a bagel with some cheese and few slices of bacon. Unfortunately, we'd bet that this funny looking fungus probably isn't safe to eat.

In need of fiber

Need more fiber in your diet? The unfortunate hotel guest who took a bite out of this coaster thinking it was a digestive sure did. Frankly, we don't blame them for doing so — most "superfood" options out there taste like cork anyway.