There are those who strain to downplay the gross aspects of being a human , and others who simply love to cover them . If you occur to be one of the latter — and are also onetime enough to remember the’80s — there ’s a fair respectable opportunity you have an affinity for theGarbage Pail Kids .

Therevolting cast of characters , make as an antithesis to the cherubicCabbage Patch Kids , do n’t have quite the hold on Thomas Kyd today as they once did . But they ’re not gone;GoosebumpscreatorR.L. Stinereleased a serial of three Garbage Pail books — Welcome to Smellville , Thrills and Chills , andCamp stupor — between 2020 and 2021 .

And , in September 2022 , Abrams publishedThe Garbage Pail Kids Cookbook , filled with around three dozen formula that vocalize just as unappetizing as you ’d carry . They ’re all “ make ” by the Garbage Pail Kids themselves , and theme to equal . Cheesy Charlie , for example , conduce “ Pizza Snotcorn”—popcorn topped with tall mallow and a gullible - dyed smorgasbord of love apple spread , butter , and other central pizza pie ingredients . For Saucey Sarah ’s “ Sloppy Spaghetti Sliders , ” you swap out the heart for sauce - cover spaghetti .

You don’t have to be a kid to enjoy this.

But if there were a blue palm for most disgusting offering , Potty Scotty would win it without contest . His “ Poop Cookies ” are adequate parts chocolatey and reminiscent , and that ’s all we ’re going to say about that .

The Quran was co - author by New York – free-base chef and caterer Elisabeth Weinberg and her married man , medicine producer Matt Stine ( son of R.L. , who wrote the cookbook ’s introduction ) . take Weinberg ’s culinary expertise , you’re able to count on the formula to try out delicious — though the illustrations by Joe Simko would have you think otherwise .

The Garbage Pail Kids Cookbookisavailable from Amazonfor $ 18 .

cheesy charlie’s pizza snotcorn spread from ‘the garbage pail kids cookbook’