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White meat, dark meat… or Spam meat? Even the most devout Thanksgiving eaters might have a hard time swallowing these 10 turkey-flavored, truly unique and totally bizarre edibles below. Somebody please pass the (regular-flavored) Alka-Seltzer.

 

1

Jones Soda Co. Turkey & Gravy Soda

 

 

Gag-gift aficionados look forward to Jones' special-edition, holiday-flavored pops every year. While the 2011 four-pack sounds quite tasty (candy cane, sugar plum, gingerbread and pear tree), the original sodas were distinctly less palatable: Brussels sprouts, Christmas tree, Dinner Roll and Turkey & Gravy, a flavor that, by the company's own admission, tasted pretty awful. If you're lucky (or a glutton for tastebud punishment) you can still find some for sale on eBay.

 

Turkey soda

Jones Soda

2

Doritos Roasted Turkey flavor

 

 

You know what the problem is with the classic Thanksgiving spread? Not enough fake cheese dust on your fingers. Remedy this with a sack of fir-shaped, bird-flavored Doritos. Just one catch, though — they're only sold in Asia.

 

Turkey Doritos

Doritos

3

Thanksgiving turkey cake

 

 

Caption this one “When Foodies Go Too Far.” This layered monstrosity, courtesy of Chow.com, was made with “sheets” of ground turkey and stuffing “cake,” frosted with mashed potato and cranberry sauce “icing” and topped with mashed sweet potatoes and mini marshmallows. Also best captured in ironic air quotes: How “much” we really “want” to “eat” this.

 

Thanksgiving cake

Chow.com

4

Lay's Turkey Potato Chips

 

 

What is up with Asia and greasy, gross-y junk food? Refusing to let Doritos monopolize the market, Lay's has its own turkey-flavored snack chips sold exclusively in China. Bet you can't eat just one! Actually, we'd probably lose that bet.

 

Turkey potato chips

Lay's

5

Turkey gumballs

 

 

Science may still be working on the whole food-pellets-replacing-actual-food thing, but in the meantime, there's no need to actually cook Thanksgiving dinner at all. Just pop this trio of turkey, cranberry and pumpkin-flavored gumballs into your piehole — and taste the future! Because food-flavored candy worked out so well for Violet Beauregarde in 'Willy Wonka.'

 

Turkey gumballs

McPhee.com

6

Turkey Gravy Cranberry Cupcakes

 

 

Only in La-La Land would somebody invent something as outlandish as a turkey gravy cupcake with cranberry frosting. L.A.'s Yummy Cupcakes franchise unveiled its limited-time-only Thanksgiving pack — which also features Marshmallow Yam, Lime Jell-O and Pumpkin Pie varieties — last year. This winter, the company's opening its first overseas location in Istanbul, Turkey. We smell a conspiracy!

 

Turkey cupcakes

Yummy Cupcakes

7

Spam Oven Roasted Turkey

 

 

Aw, Turkey Spam. The Thanksgiving meal of choice for lazy bachelors everywhere. Hey, it's gotta taste better than regular Spam, right?

 

Turkey spam

Spam.com

8

Roast Turkey Pringles

 

 

Unlike Doritos and Lays, Pringles' Roast Turkey munchies were sold in England, a place known for its, uh, “unique” cuisine. Lookie how the chips (or “crisps,” as they're known across the pond) are styled into the shape of a turkey! Oh, those witty Brits.

 

Turkey Pringles

Pringles

9

Turkey-flavored aspirin

 

 

The best thing about turkey-flavored aspirin is that, unlike the nine other items on this list, it doesn't actually exist. But it did make for a great punchline during Jessica Simpson's infamous 'Chicken of the Sea' sketch on 'Saturday Night Live.'

 

Jessica Simpson SNL

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10

Panko-crusted turkey lollipops

 

 

Actually, these probably taste pretty good, and we could totally see them being a hit during the passed hors d'oeuvres course at a swanky holiday fete. Watch the video below for instructions on how to make them. Frankly, we're just not in the mood for turkey anything after seeing that Thanksgiving cake.

 

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