Foods made famous by TV, books, and movies

Sometimes enjoying the art of another character’s sensations through a screen or a page simply isn’t enough for audiences. Some people want to actually taste what their protagonists are tasting. Indeed, there are numerous foods from fictional works that have been popular in the real world—sometimes even if they’re not real, and other times even if they’re animated! And who's really to blame? The characters make it look so good...

Click through to see which foods have tantalized audiences enough to make their own.

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The 'Friends' trifle -

Rachel attempts to make a Thanksgiving dish but when pages of two recipes stick together, she makes a combination of English trifle (a layered dessert of ladyfingers, jam, custard, bananas, and whipped cream) and shepherd's pie (a savory dish with ground beef, peas, onions, and mashed potatoes).

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The 'Friends' trifle -

For some reason, despite the disgust of Rachel's friends, many fans have shared their homemade versions of the “Friendsgiving trifle.” Some are using shredded coconut and Nutella to mimic the beef!

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Ted Lasso's shortbread cookies -

Every morning, Jason Sudeikis' character brings his boss homemade cookies in a pink box, an event he calls “biscuits with the boss.” She absolutely adores them and gets quickly hooked, and it appears her reaction hooked viewers too.

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Ted Lasso's shortbread cookies -

Many people have shared their versions of the 'Ted Lasso' crumbly, buttery shortbread biscuits online, which largely requires a lot of butter, granulated sugar, salt, and flour.

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Narnia's Turkish Delight -

In 'Narnia,' this sweet confection was Edmund's weak spot, and the White Witch took advantage of that by offering him an enchanted version.

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Narnia's Turkish Delight -

The confection is essentially a gel made of starch and powdered sugar, and it often includes chopped dates or nuts in the gel, and can have flavors like rosewater, Bergamot orange, or lemon.

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Harry Potter's Butterbeer -

Butterbeer is a popular wizarding beverage, described in the books as tasting "a little bit like less-sickly butterscotch.” It was famous among students of Hogwarts and had a very slight alcoholic content.

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Harry Potter's Butterbeer -

The fictional drink was served foaming hot in mugs or cold in a bottle. There are various real recipes online to create this drink, and most include cream soda mixed with caramel and butter extract, topped with whipped cream and butterscotch topping.

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Remy's ratatouille -

Most people who watched the 2007 film (i.e. children) didn't know what this dish was until they saw the little rat execute it so flawlessly in animated form.

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Remy's ratatouille -

The French Provençal dish of stewed vegetables typically includes tomato, garlic, onion, zucchini, aubergine, capsicum, and herbs common to the region of Nice.

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Serendipity's Frrrozen Hot Chocolate -

The John Cusack- and Kate Beckinsale-led film 'Serendipity' (2001) sees the pair share the famous dessert of the restaurant Serendipity 3 in New York City.

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Serendipity's Frrrozen Hot Chocolate -

Though the restaurant was iconic before the film for its celebrity patrons, many of the film's fans have trekked out to buy their own frozen hot chocolate, served in a soda fountain-esque glass with two straws and a mountain of whipped cream, or they've tried to make their own at home.

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Pizza Napolitana from 'Eat, Pray, Love' (2010) -

Julia Roberts' character buys bigger jeans so that she can continue to eat this simple Naples-style pizza, made with tomatoes and mozzarella cheese, and it's hard not to want a slice or five while watching her.

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Pizza Napolitana from 'Eat, Pray, Love' (2010) -

The pizza is from Naples' most famous pizza joint, L'Antica Pizzeria da Michele, and, as one might expect, they don't share their recipe online.

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Leslie Knope's favorite diner waffles -

Amy Poehler's character in 'Parks and Rec' made viewers fall in love with her love for the waffles at JJ's Diner. “Why would anyone ever eat anything besides breakfast food?” she asks, and even has waffles at her wedding reception.

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Leslie Knope's favorite diner waffles -

The diner-style dessert of huge, thick waffles, also known as Belgian waffles, must be topped with icing sugar and whipped cream.

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The Dude's White Russian -

After the release of 'The Big Lebowski' (1998), the White Russian cocktail saw a surge in popularity since it's The Dude's beverage of choice. He sometimes refers to it as a "Caucasian."

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The Dude's White Russian -

A White Russian is made with vodka, coffee liqueur, and cream, and it's served with ice in an Old Fashioned glass. Sometimes milk or cream liqueur is used as an alternative to cream.

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The Krabby Patty -

A Krabby Patty is a vegan burger sold underwater by the fictional restaurant, the Krusty Krab, in the beloved animated series 'SpongeBob SquarePants.' The series' creator, Stephen Hillenburg, made a point to clarify that the patties, though secret in their composition, do not contain meat.

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The Krabby Patty -

Besides the mystery patty, the burger apparently has seaweed-sea buns, sea vegetables (pickles, tomato, lettuce, onion), ketchup, mustard, and optional sea cheese. Many fans have made their own versions of the animated favorite.

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Tiana's famous beignets -

Tiana, the animated protagonist of Disney's 'The Princess and the Frog' (2009), drizzles her fresh beignets with honey and dusts them with powdered sugar, which she calls one of her specialties.

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Tiana's famous beignets -

Of course, the deep-fried pastry is a famous New Orleans dessert. People go to the popular Café du Monde to try their famous beignets covered in powdered sugar.

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Bruce Bogtrotter's chocolate cake -

In the 1996 film 'Matilda,' based on Roald Dahl's novel, the evil headmistress Miss Trunchbull forces Bruce Bogtrotter, whom she accuses of having eaten a slice of her cake, to eat an entire gigantic chocolate cake in front of his classmates.

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Bruce Bogtrotter's chocolate cake -

Despite how difficult that was to watch, people still wanted to create the “enormous round chocolate cake … fully eighteen inches in diameter ... covered with dark-brown chocolate icing,” as it was described in the novel. There are numerous imitation recipes online!

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Doctor Who's fish fingers and custard -

This stomach-turning combination is the Eleventh Doctor's favorite, and while some fans were brave enough to try, others replaced the fish fingers with breaded coconut cakes just as actor Matt Smith did while filming.

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Scooby Snacks -

Scooby-Doo is an iconic animated character who has been around for years, and the dog with the kooky group of friends is always easily swayed into investigations by some Scooby Snacks. The brand Kellogg's actually made bone-shaped graham cracker cookies to mimic the snack in a human-friendly form.

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Luke's Diner coffee -

Probably the most famous coffee on TV was in the cups Luke Danes served on 'Gilmore Girls.' In real life, the actor who played Luke, Scott Patterson, started a brand called Scotty P's Big Mug Coffee, which makes coffees such as a Breakfast Blend, French Roast, and Hazelnut, and pop-up shops serve up hot mugs to honor the famed diner.

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Everlasting Gobstoppers -

The Everlasting Gobstopper is a candy from Roald Dahl's 1964 novel 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,' created by Willy Wonka for children with little money. It changes colors and flavors when sucked on. The real-life version from the Wonka Candy Company differs only in that it does actually get smaller and disappear in your mouth.

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Alice's Eat Me Cookies -

'Alice in Wonderland' features magical cookies which read “Eat Me” and which make her grow giant-sized. It turns out they looked so delectable in cartoon form that many have recreated them in real life!

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The Harry Potter jelly beans -

Bertie Bott's Every Flavour Beans are a popular sweet for students at Hogwarts, and Dumbledore reveals there are even vomit and earwax flavors. It turns out that was still appealing to some people, and the candy is available in real life.

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