Unexplained Food Anomalies That Customers Found This Year

You've heard of two peas in a pod, but what about three bananas in a peel? This fruit lover hit the potassium jackpot with this triple-nana, though from here on out, every banana with just one inside is going to be a disappointment.

Nowadays, everything is going seedless — even the one fruit known for its gigantic seed. So when you shop for an avocado expecting to see a giant seed, be prepared for more avocado instead. Surely, millennials everywhere will be pleased with this most gracious gift from the avocado Gods.

This ice cream's label said, "extra chocolate chip," but we didn't think "chip" was another word for "boulder." Not the worst mistake ever, though; they could've mistakenly put giant raisins in instead. Then you'd really be mad.

School cafeteria food is notoriously mediocre, but for every burnt slice of pizza and flavorless chicken nugget, there's the Mega Fry. Legend has it that whoever eats this extra-long spud grows a full six inches taller!

Ostrich Egg Journal Entry #9: "I'm finally out, laying low with the other eggs. They haven't figured out what I really am, but boy are they in for a surprise!"

Remember the days when everyone had a Blackberry device on hand? Well, this isn’t it, but maybe they can pass this one off as the new "vegan model," though let's just hope it gets better service than the original.

This ridiculously long Cheerio is clearly an anomaly, but it shouldn't be. Could you imagine if every bowl of cereal had a perfectly matched straw for sucking up all the milk at the end? We'd be one step closer to achieving world peace.

Garlic is a key ingredient in Italian cuisine, but this gargantuan clove is enough to feed half of Italy. Maybe this is how Italian grandmothers always get their pasta sauce to taste so good.

This lucky snacker found the golden gummi wizard in a bag of gummi bears. The wizard might've been thinking, "You shall not pass!!", but it's more like "You shall not have clean teeth!" Either way, no magic spell can stop a sweet tooth's wrath.

Though far from the nightmares of Freddy Kreuger, this man is pretty horrifying to look at with those mutated carrots he's showing off. At the very least, he'll definitely scare all the kids who hate their vegetables.

To clarify, this is indeed a grape. Not a finger, not a suffocated carrot, nor a mini breakfast sausage — just an absurdly long grape. If your goal was to make the longest fruit salad on Earth, this would be a good place to start.

Now this might look like an alien mothership, but it's actually a batch of carrots gone horribly wrong. Or, perhaps that's just what the aliens want us to think?! Whatever you do, don't let that thing latch onto your face!

This kid means business; he has a long squash, and he is not afraid to use it! As an extension of his already long arms, he is on a mission to squash all the bad guys. Plus, if he's ever hungry, all he needs is a little olive oil and seasoning.

Sometimes, good things happen to good people. This hardworking student was given the surprise of a lifetime when they discovered not one, but two Fruit By The Foots in one pack! That's almost like winning the lottery... almost.

After the endless Italian cooking for the whole family, you can finally enjoy some delicious penne pasta. A lone bike-shaped noodle reminds you of childhood, but rather than hold onto it, you cram that delicious memory right into your mouth!

Clementine Oranges are super easy for anyone to eat, but when you've just discovered what looks like a baby orange snuggled up between its parents, you might think twice about eating one. The dad is probably telling his kid, "'Orange' you glad we're a family?" Put the kid out of his misery...please.

Sure this large leaf might be shocking to see, but the couple looks so proud of their giant crop. It looks like it could be featured in Jack and the Bean Stalk, but fortunately, there don't seem to be any giants around to spoil the fun. It looks like this couple will be eating good for weeks!

Somehow, one smaller hamburger bun was baked on top of a larger one without the baker realizing. On a positive note, they say that extra carbs are the key to longevity. Spread some butter and jam and you have yourself a little appetizer!

This is what happens when an entire bag of Hot Cheetos dust clumps together. We'd say it's the ultimate weapon against your enemies, but even they probably don't deserve this thrown in their face. Settle for a glitter bomb instead.

This restaurant-goer was enjoying a delectable plate of oysters, when suddenly something hard caught in their mouth. It could have been a piece of shell, or bone from another fish, but no, it was an actual pearl! That's some incredible luck, and definitely worth the broken tooth.

Perhaps you thought of them growing in clusters, maybe on a bush, who knows. But asparagus grows straight up from the soil, looking just as it does next to your steak and garlic mashed potatoes — or like a bunch of green fingers reaching up to grab you. Not terrifying at all.

You likely don't think of dates as tropical fruits, but they are, and they grow in clusters on enormous palm trees! The clusters of fruit hang underneath the tree's green fronds, though from this angle, we wouldn't fault you for mistaking them for bunches of buzzing bees.

Is that some kind of alien egg pod? Believe it or not, cashews grow inside protective shells from the bottom of what are called cashew apples (which grow on trees). The "apple" itself is often used to make jellies and curries, though we're still convinced this is something out of a sci-fi movie.

Chocoholics know all about cacao, but did you ever think it looked so creepy? The seeds reside inside football-shaped pods, or fruit, that grow on the Theobroma cacao tree. From there, the seeds are roasted and fermented to make chocolate. Makes you think twice about your next Hershey bar, huh?

Quinoa this, quinoa that, we get it. It's an "anti-aging supergrain" that actually isn't a grain at all! Trader Joe's is all over it, but where does it come from? Well, inside these dull, mauve-hued flowers are seeds, AKA quinoa. Time to rub your new knowledge in all your hipster friends' faces!

Before a kiwi becomes a fuzzy fruit with sweet green flesh, there's a whole process that occurs on woody vines, native to China. Since some vines grow male flowers and some grow female flowers, vines of each sex are planted close to each other, then pollination must take place (often via bees) for kiwi to grow.

You've seen the Ocean Spray commercials depicting those guys standing thigh-high in cranberry bogs, but it was never quite clear how the cranberries got there, floating at the water's surface. Well, cranberries grow on low-to-the-earth vines, and cranberry farmers flood the bogs prior to using a mechanism that shakes the berries off the vine.

They look like coconuts all the way up there, don't they? Yup, papayas grow on trees that can reach anywhere from eight to 30 feet tall and are native to Mexico and northern South America.

Toss these mini cabbages in salt, pepper, garlic, and a bit of olive oil, and then pop 'em in the oven at 400 degrees for twenty minutes. Trust us, they're great veggies that happen to grow in clusters along a vertical stalk. From afar, they look like alien grapes!

So apparently artichokes are actually quite pretty! Who woulda thunk it. The next time you enjoy some spinach artichoke dip, remember that you're eating the bud of a flower before it bloomed.

Ah, avocados, our lord and savior fatty fruit. These (expensive) babies are great in salads, Mexican food, smoothies, and even in cookies, but where do they come from? 'Cados grow on trees that are endemic to South America.

The next time you eat a PB&J sandwich, remember that peanuts grow underground, attached to the root of a dainty yellow flowering plant. Inside the outer shell are those crunchy, buttery nuts we love so much.

You likely have kitschy ceramic salt and pepper shakers on your kitchen table right now, but did you know that pepper comes from the fruit, AKA peppercorn, of a flowering vine? Peppercorn fruit (those little ball-like things) are then dried and ground to make one of our favorite spices.

Arugula is a peppery, somewhat spicy leafy green that is perfect for any salad. While some of the other foods on this list go through several processes before becoming what we know them to be, arugula, just like asparagus, grows out of the ground as is!

It's used in a ton of rice dishes, and saffron is also the world's most expensive spice. We get the crimson spice by drying the stigmas of the saffron crocus, which is a gorgeous purple flowering plant.

Chinese food wouldn't be the same without delicious sesame chicken. These little seeds come from the native African Sesamum Indicum plant, which produces seed pods. Once said pods possess a brownish hue and begin to pop open, sesame seeds are ready to be harvested!

Ugh, the Starbucks Cinnamon Dolce Latte is just to die for. Cinnamon finds itself in a slew of desserts, so it's kind of strange to think it comes from dried inner tree bark. Fun fact: cinnamon is native to Sri Lanka!

Who doesn't love hummus and crackers? Just like regular ol' peas, chickpeas live in pods, but unlike regular ol' peas, these fuzzy pods, which grow on bushy plants, only hold about two peas.

Whether you love or hate these tiny trees, you were probably forced to eat them at some point. Believe it or not, broccoli is in the cabbage family, and the flowering head of the plant is what we eat!

Almond butter, almond milk, Almond Joy — this "nut," which is actually a seed, is pretty popular, but most people don't know how it grows. Almonds grow on stunning flowering trees, which bloom in the spring. The trees are coated in leaves in the summer, and produce "drupes," AKA the almond fruit, in the fall. Inside the fruit is the seed, which we eat!