There are many reasons one would film oneself while baking, cooking, or concocting something in the kitchen. Maybe you are going to send the video to your best friend from college who lives all the way on the other side of the lower 48, because she swears she followed your mom’s peppermint-cookie recipe but it keeps turning out as piles of mush. Or possibly you are branching out with a new take on an old dish and you want to remember what you did later, on the off chance it’s a huge hit with your guests. Whatever the reason for filming yourself while cooking in the confines of your humble abode, you probably wouldn’t waste your time uploading, editing, and publishing a failed pan of whatchamacallit unless there were either a cash prize or world record on the line, right? Thank God the following crazy cooks have no shame, for without their fails, what would we laugh at?Sweet PopcornMany questions come to mind here: Why are we putting food coloring into hot oil (let alone popcorn)? Where did you hear this would work? Why did you think this would work? And why are we secretly hoping the whole thing catches on fire?Cookie PucksBesides being totally annoyed that you have to watch FOUR VIDEOS to get to the end of this cookie failure, you may actually get a kick out of watching these two siblings ruin quite possibly the easiest baking recipe ever known to mankind.Microwave Chocolate CakeOn more than a few occasions, I have made this, friends have made this, you’ve probably even made this. The whole point of the microwave chocolate cake is that you can’t ruin it. Or so we thought . . .Pirate’s BootyWe’re not talking about the delicious snack treat from Trader Joe’s here. We’re talking about a cake that actually looks like booty. These parents have a great sense of humor, until tomorrow morning when they realize they have nothing to serve their kid and 25 screaming friends at the birthday party.Not So Mashed PotatoesHonestly, this just looks like a pot full of glue with chunks of butter floating in it. These sad spuds just want to be put into the trash and out of their misery.Meatloaf GravesiteThis just proves that everyone makes mistakes–funnily enough, in this instance we’re not talking about Sandra’s usual “Shirt matches my apron, window treatment, potholders, oven mitts, tablescape, and cocktail” fiasco. Everything about this “meatloaf” reminds me of those owl pellets we used to dissect in junior-high biology: It’s lumpy, brown, and there’s some stuff oozing out of it you really don’t want to touch.Sock OmeletWithout even mentioning the confusion around this self-proclaimed Drag King’s screen name, there is a LOT to see in this failed sidewalk breakfast. Let’s pick one question (so our head doesn’t explode): Why are you cracking an egg and squeezing it through a sock? Cracking an egg has got to be one of the five basic tasks any self-respecting cook can accomplish–without the use of footwear.Aunt Rose’s ChickenIf I slapped my aunt’s name on a video where I wear a chicken suit, ruin her namesake, and find a commercial-grade staple in my Chinese food all within the span of six hours, she’d be super-p.o.’d! Maybe Aunt Rose heard her chicken recipe was being defaced across town and secretly sabotaged the Chinese food as payback. No?Flambe RocksI think this is/was supposed to be meat at one point, but seriously, you see rocks on fire too, right? I can tell you one thing–you’re not gonna be able to figure out if the alcohol burns off if you can’t eat whatever you cooked!