One of the very first things I pinned on Pinterest many moons ago was this:
Here was the (FALSE) description:
strawberries dried in the oven. taste like candy but are healthy & natural. 3 hrs at 210 degrees……might be better than Twizzlers
So after having intended to make these for a year or two, I finally got around to trying them last night. After more than two hours of baking, I opened my oven to find this.
Those look almost the same, don’t you think?
They taste worse than they look.
I don’t know why I was surprised – the description should have tipped me off. Better than Twizzlers? There is no such thing.
We really need to start a pinterest fail tumblr!! I wish damnyoupinterest.com wasn’t already taken.
Ummm, super glad you tried this for me!! Sorry for the waste of time, but you saved me!
There isn’t much funnier than pinterest lies/fails. this needs to become a regular topic on here. I feel like decoding the false from the true promises/descriptions on pinterest is a subtle artform… and if not learned from others, you must learn those lessons the hard way yourself. I’ve had a few lessons myself, ahem.
Can I just say that out of about 20 recipes I’ve tried from Pinterest pins only ONE was edible? The rest were just plain hot messes.
I dried figs in the oven once, and they actually worked. I would think strawberries would be too juicy. A fruit dryer is what you must have to do this…and doesn’t everyone need a fruit dryer? NOT!
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I did the same thing! I could not even get mine off the cookie sheet! :o)
Made this because of Pinterest and they were NASTY! Good to know I am not alone in pinterest fails.