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9 Totally Overrated Foods - The Hollywood Gossip

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Penelope Carter

Updated on March 15, 2026

Why are we still eating these 9 totally overrated foods? (One word: delicious!) You’ll never believe what’s #1.

Macarons

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Macarons are newcomers to the world of overrated foods, but they’re coming up fast. They even have their own Tumblr.

Nutella

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Nutella is delicious. It’s also overrated.

Molten Lava Cake

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These were great when they were only available in one or two places. Now that everyone and her mother has a copycat recipe, molten lava cakes are just meh.

Smoothies

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Sure, smoothies are a healthy alternative to milkshakes and great on a hot summer’s day, but really? Mango-guava-bananaberry-prune splash with protein is just…it’s too much.

Cupcakes

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It’s like people don’t even know what regular cake is anymore.

Kale

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KALE IS A GARNISH!

Quinoa

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Quinoa: Hipster rice.

Starbucks

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We love our coffee as much as the next over-caffeinated suburbanite, but really? Enough’s enough. We want coffee with our coffee.

Bacon

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The world’s bacon obsession has gone way, way too far when items such as bacon-flavored lube exists.