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Presenting The "Top" 5 Holiday Themed Junk Food Abominations

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Nell Casey

Published Nov 22, 2012

Modified Nov 22, 2012

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Gingerbread Men and Reindeer Chocolate Mousse Peeps: Let's be honest, Peeps are the filler candy of the Easter Basket. It's bad enough we have to deal with these saccharine monstrosities for most of Spring, but now they're coming to invade our Christmas stockings, too? Quite frankly those Gingerbread men look like some creepy Hansel & Gretel nightmare just waiting for you to fall asleep so they can take a butcher knife to your throat then ride away on their satanic chocolate marshmellow reindeer. Horrifying.

 

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Published Nov 22, 2012

Modified Nov 22, 2012

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Did you drool over those Cinnabon Candy Canes? Are you a sucker for junk food promotional holiday tie-ins? Are you just not sure how you'll ever gain that Holiday Heft in time for your New Year's purge? If you answered yes to any of those questions—or just really like to gag over gross Frankenfood creations—here are five different holiday themed foodstuffs that should never have passed the testing phase.

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