As we thought about some frequently made mac and cheese mistakes last week, we came across a startling number of outright mac and cheese disasters. When done correctly, macaroni and cheese is probably one of the most comforting dishes on earth. Pasta, bathed it butter, with a blanket of cheese. Perfectly warming, perfectly homey.

When done wrong, mac and cheese turns into some of the most revolting messes we’ve ever witnessed. From soup, to mush, to complicated melanges of out-of-place ingredients that make us need a hug. We have done some terrible things to mac and cheese on this planet, and it’s time to repent.

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  • Thank You For The Mac And Cheese

    Do you think next time it could be served in something besides a bedpan?

  • This Is The Saddest

    Ugh. The color. The unquestionable mushiness of the noodles. The time it spent re-steaming itself under that plastic lid and immeasurable weight. The decision to post it to the internet. So many things.

  • Shrimp Mac And Cheese

    Hey. This is a gross combination. It just doesn’t ever taste right. Let’s not anymore.

  • Mac And Cheese Omelette

    Sounds so good in theory, but we don’t ever want to meet one in practice.

  • I Think You Cooked It Too Much

  • It’s Not Supposed To Be Soup!

  • Is This The Before, Or The After?

    “Mac and cheese with tuna and corn in a potato salad container….”

  • Mac And Oh-Whatever-Forget-It

    “What my school advertised as “mac and cheese” tonight in the dining hall,” said the original poster of this atrocity.

  • SHRIMP AGAIN?

    The dry noodles. The out of place shrimp. The shredded, cold cheese. We can’t.

  • So Much Is Wrong Here

    “A nice little meal of Easy Mac and tuna, cottage cheese, and broccoli and cheese,” said the original poster. There is so much to unpack. Why are you eating cottage cheese AND mac and cheese? Did you know there is cheese in all three of these things? Also, I think that’s ceased to be broccoli.

  • This Meatloaf Barfed Out Some Mac And Cheese For You

    You made this meatloaf so sick it lost its lunch. And now we are going to do the same.

  • This Meets The Criteria For Being Diagnosed As A Sociopath, Right?

    Bugles + microwaved mac and cheese = : (

  • Your Oven Is Trying To Tell You Something

  • WHAT. HAVE. YOU. DONE.

    NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.

  • There Are Self-Help Groups Dedicated To This Kind Of Behavior

    PLEASE. THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT LOVE YOU IN THE WORLD. LET’S TALK ABOUT IT. STOP HURTING YOURSELF.