These Fallout Foods Might Taste Better Than They Look

Fallout is admittedly not a series known for its appetizing visuals. Looking at its multitude of mutated monstrosities that serve as your primary food sources, you'd be hard-pressed to find anything of much higher presentation than the local diner's dumpster out back. Of course, that's not to say it's all gross slop.

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Just look at that perfectly preserved pie you probably didn't realize you can actually get from those tantalizing vending machines. Despite some Fallout foods both looking and tasting delicious, there's something to be said about jumping out of your comfort zone a bit and chowing down on some truly vile-looking eats. Here are a few that are probably worth the trouble.

10 Bloodbug Steak

Here's one that sounds as good as it looks, but don't let that fool you out of what could be some quality grub. Yes, it's bug meat. But you know what it also is? Sinfully juicy.

Yes, it looks like if a car could grow tumors. However, bloodbugs spend their time sucking up their namesake out of unsuspecting prey. So not only will their meat stay nice and moist after cooking, but each one would be a truly unique flavor experience depending on who it's taken down. Plus, Fallout 76's pepper steak variety can only add to the potential.

9 Sweetroll

This might seem like cheating, but have you ever really looked at the sweetroll you get for your birthday in the prologue of Fallout 3? It looks like a diseased mollusk wearing a chef's hat. The Fallout 4 version fares little better, bearing a striking resemblance to a lonesome burger patty left tragically forgotten on the McDonald's flat top.

But you've seen how the other kids react when they see you've got one. Children know sweets. This is clearly a delectable dessert worth giving a try at least once. Hopefully you can get one without the prerequisite ten years growing up in a vault.

8 Deathclaw Wellington

Nothing tastes better than success, and it's hard to top successfully surviving a deathclaw encounter in Fallout. But if you manage to actually take one down? That's a whole new level, and the meat that comes from such an accomplishment must surely hold legendary flavor.

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Deathclaws are muscular creatures, meaning lots of meat but little fat. So a simple steak may lack in flavor. That's why you slather it in seasoning and wrap it in dough, as a few gourmands in Fallout 76 have figured out. It ends up looking like little more than a loaf of bread in a can, but the journey from battlefield to dinner plate has surely made this a meal unlike any other.

7 Brain Bombs

Lingering around in Fallout 76 some more, this culinary curiosity is perhaps the peak of adventurous eating. Not only does it look like a straight up human brain, but it's made with mothman eggs, all but requiring you to deal with the Cult of the Mothman just to get a taste.

But it's absolutely worth it. The ingredients notably call for the mothman egg and Sugar Bombs, meaning it very likely tastes similar to a sweet souffle. Don't worry about the brain fungus also required. A little earthy flavor never hurts.

6 Cram

One of the most ubiquitous food items you'll find in any Fallout game, Cram is an unsubtle reference to the real world canned meat product known as Spam. It's also widely seen as a bit of a joke by many who, quite possibly, have never tried it.

But if Cram is anything like its more tangible counterpart, it must fry up really nicely. A nice salty slab of meat sizzling in oil? You can't say that doesn't sound at least a little intriguing (unless you don't eat meat, which is admittedly probably a good call in the wasteland).

5 Iguana-On-A-Stick

Yet another widespread delicacy in the Fallout universe, iguana meat is surprisingly common given how few actual iguanas you see. Of course, there are certain unpleasant implications there that the games address, but this is a happy place.

Skewered and flame broiled with veggies, this common treat must be darn tasty if it's managed to follow the series all these years up to and including appearing as one of many Easter eggs in the Fallout TV show. Maybe it's the texture, because that skin looks wonderfully crispy.

4 Anything Made With Bloatfly Meat

Admittedly, this one will be a hard sell. Between the name 'bloatfly' and the squelching sounds you definitely associate with them, you've probably already begun scrolling to the next entry. But please, hold your nose and hear this one out.

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There's no way bloatflies taste much different from lobsters or crabs. A bug is a bug, whether on land or in the sea. Plus, the ingredients added to make bloatfly sliders can go a long way, with the Fallout: New Vegas recipe including mixing the meat with some sweet prickly pears. If you've ever squeezed a lemon on your lobster or topped some crab cakes with mango salsa, you're already most of the way there.

3 Grilled Mantis

Here's another one that might require a high persuasion skill. But if you kept reading past the bloatfly stuff, you've made your bed at this point. The mantis enemies in Fallout: New Vegas are often little more than a nuisance, meaning that this food item can be pretty easy to come by.

But they're good for more than just their abundance. First off, the ingredient list is simple but effective, calling for a mantis foreleg, a honey mesquite pod, and some wine. Honey mesquite pods clearly have some desirable flavors to them, and adding wine basically turns this into the Fallout equivalent of fine dining. Plus, the mantis leg looks kind of like a chicken wing. If nothing else, the visual goes a long way.

2 Mothman Egg Omelette

Back to the questionable foraging habits of Fallout 76. This one finds you once again perhaps inadvisably infiltrating the Cult of the Mothman for one of their precious mothman eggs. There's no defending the visual aspect here; the eggs look like truck tires both before and after cooking.

But what you should pay attention to this time around is not the ingredients, but the effects. A cooked mothman egg omelette gives you a hefty boost to charisma as it heals you. So think of it this way. Have you ever felt good about yourself after eating something disgusting? Of course not. So some extremely flimsy logic would suggest that these things taste otherworldly.

1 BlamCo Mac & Cheese

Admit it; you've eaten boxed mac and cheese long after its expiration date, haven't you? Don't be shy. It's practically a rite of passage to be human. You find it in the back of your cupboard, pretend not to notice the dust, and decide you've found your dinner.

Well, what if it had no expiration date? No guilt. That's what BlamCo promises. Their preservative-packed pasta can last centuries. Despite the gaudy box design and unnervingly hot yellow color, it's definitely something that keeps folks coming back. Even the ghoul Roger in the Fallout TV show, who was quickly going feral, still opined his love of the stuff right to the end. So, anybody else hungry? Or at least not completely nauseated?

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