50 Times Luck Served Up Epic Food Lottery Wins

Oh, hitting the jackpot in the food world doesn’t involve scratching off a ticket or waiting for your numbers to show up on TV. It’s way cooler than that. Imagine cracking open a snack and finding a bonus treat just chilling there, like discovering a hidden treasure in your chicken nuggets. That’s what we call epic food lottery pictures.

It’s like the universe saying, “Hey, I got you,” especially after all those times you’ve been betrayed by a bag of chips more inflated than a hot air balloon. Every now and then, the stars align, and someone stumbles upon an extra taco in their order, or an avocado that’s practically all guacamole with the tiniest pit imaginable.

It’s a rare occurrence, possibly a mix-up in the cosmic kitchen, but man, when it happens, it’s like hitting the culinary jackpot. These are the epic moments we live for, the ones that make up for every snack disappointment we’ve ever faced.


1. “Found A Pearl In My Oyster Last Night”

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2. “This Carrot. Banana For Scale”

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3. “The Ratio Of Strawberries In This Red Berry Cereal”

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4. “I Grew A 19.5-Inch Cucumber (Goat For Scale)”

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5. “Thought You Might Like To See This Giant 5 Lbs Lemon From My Sister-In-Law’s Lemon Tree. She Gets A Few Of These Every Year. Regular-Sized Lemon For Scale”

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6. “My Avocado This Morning Was A Treat”

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7. “Husband Saw This And Queried It With The Cashier. She Said: ‘It’s The Price On The Sticker, If You Don’t Buy It I Will!'”

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8. “Recipe: Use Two Cloves Of Garlic. Me: Got It”

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9. “5 Peanuts In A Single Shell”

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10. “These Blackberries Are Huge”

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11. “I Ordered A $3 Twelve-Pack Of Ramen In Order To Get Free Shipping. They Only Charged For One, But I Received 144”

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12. “My Takeout Rice Container Was 100% Filled”

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13. “This Long Kiwi”

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14. “Potato In The Size Of My Forearm”

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15. “This Absolute Unit Of A Strawberry”

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16. “I Requested 8 Bananas In My Weekly Grocery Pickup Order…. They Gave Me 8 Bunches, And Managed To Only Charge Me $0.68 – The Price Of One Single Banana”

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17. “My ‘Medium’ Ice Cream Cone. The Large One Has One More Scoop On It”

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18. “Extra Long Wiggly Churro”

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19. “I Asked For Extra Roast Beef On My Sandwich. I Was Fully Expecting About 1/3 As Much Beef. And The Upcharge Was Only $0.50”

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20. “Absolute Unit Of A Sour Patch Kids”

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21. “Found A Tiny Tangelo In My Big Tangelo”

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22. “I Asked My Husband To Get Me Some Ginger. This Is Some GingerI Asked My Husband To Get Me Some Ginger. This Is Some Ginger”

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23. “This Giant Blueberry I Found Today”

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24. “My Ice Cream Bar Came With A One And A Third Of The Ice Cream Bar”

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25. “Peeled This Super Fat Banana To Find Two Bananas Inside”

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26. “I Think I Won The Watermelon Lottery”

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27. “I Went To The Taco Bell Drive-Through With A Friend. When Asked If We Wanted Sauce, I Said: ‘As Much As You’re Allowed To Give Me’. I May Have Made A Mistake”

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28. “My Kinder Surprise Had A Double Shell”

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29. “This Monster Garlic I Found At The Farmers’ Market. Named Him Rocky Bulb-Oa, Not Sure What To Do With Him”

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30. “This Naan Bread I Had In The UK”

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31. “I Asked For Extra Pickles. The Guy At The Subway Said: ‘Here, I Hate This Job. You Should Have Asked For A Steak Sandwich With Extra Steak'”

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32. “This Ridiculously Long Fry My Husband Got From Arby’s”

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33. “I Asked For A Lot Of Ketchup At The Farmer Boys, And They Gave Me The Entire Bottle”

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34. “his Chicken Tender I Had In My Lunch Today. I Asked For It Specifically And The Lady Said ‘Honey, You Look Like The Right Person For That Chicken Tender'”

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35. “Nearly All The Fruit On My Habanero Grew A Second Pepper Inside Them”

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36. “My Friend Ordered Chicken On Her Pizza In Israel. Reasonable Execution”

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37. “I Got 2 Double-Yolk Eggs In One Go”

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38. “We Ordered 12 Tacos At Jack In The Box At 2 AM, And The Drive-Through Person Must Have Accidentally Put In 12 Twice Because We Were Asked Again How Many We Got At The Window”

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39. “This Regular Pepperoni Pizza My Brother Ordered”

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40. “My Animal Crackers Came In An Animal Sheet”

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41. “I Love You Random Jimmy John’s Employee. I’ve Never Gotten This Much Extra Lettuce Before”

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42. “I Asked For Extra Everything From Chipotle And Was Given A Burrito As Big As My Forearm”

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43. “Extra Mozzarella. This Was Supposed To Be An 8-Piece”

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44. “Not Sure If It Fits Here But I Take Pride In Finding A 6-Inch-Long Sour Patch Kid”

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45. “There’s A Full Block Of Cheese In My Bag Of Shredded Cheddar Blend”

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46. “There’s A Full Block Of Cheese In My Bag Of Shredded Cheddar Blend”

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48. “So I Ordered Some Popcorn From Amazon. Always Check The Size First”

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49. “I Asked For Extra Cream Cheese On My Bagel. I Think They Might Have Taken It Too Far. This Is From A Bagel Shop In New York”

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50. “This Oyster I Was Served Today”

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When he's not doomscrolling Twitter or writing for Pleated-Jeans, Nate Armbruster writes jokes—and then tells them on stage as a stand-up comedian, where he can watch audiences (hopefully) laugh in real-time.