Dr. Dreadful Food Lab

by Fun Rise

Product Features

• Dr. Dreadful Freaky Food Lab General Features: Make freaky foods with included lab links and air pum
• Collect recipe cards 20 diabolically delicious experiments Includes 56 pieces and six drink mixes
• Munch some monster skin Eat a spicy spider Bite some bubbling brains Eat everything you make
• Looks gross, tastes great

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 3.8 x 13.1 x 16.2 inches ; 3 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds
• ASIN: B0007WX1ES
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #182,727 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)

Product Description

Editorial Review

If making food that looks absolutely disgusting and then eating that food sounds like a lot of fun to you or someone you know, well, this is the toy you’ve been looking for. And if other people are appalled at the idea of gooey treats crafted to look like snakes and spiders, so much the better. The Freaky Food Lab comes with molds for the aforementioned creepy crawlies along with a skull mold, mixing base, "injection station", and a set of recipe cards for concocting disturbing delicacies. The recipes were easy to follow and the equipment is pretty basic, which will somewhat reduce the time spent cleaning up. The actual food substance tastes like your standard artificially flavored candy goo but as any chef will tell you it’s all in the presentation. --Charlie Williams

Product Description

All great chefs know that cooking and chemistry are the same thing, and now your little chef can learn it through experience. Be prepared though! This is the Dr. Dreadful Food Lab, and it comes with "Lab Links" that can be used to build your own laboratory environment, an injector station and molds for making gruesome gooey creatures, beakers, a skull bowl and more! The set includes real food packets and collectible experiment cards. Assembly required. Adult supervision recommended.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great way to spend quality time with your child!!!!, September 25, 2005

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Queen Mommy "Queenie" (Waynesboro, Pennsylvania) - See all my reviews

= Durability:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Dr. Dreadful Food Lab (Toy)

My 6 year old son loves doing science experiments. We got the food lab on a Friday and have played with it the entire weekend....(it's only Sunday afternoon!)!! They give you numerous packets which I found out you do not only have to use the instructed flavor of sticky slime for the molds.....any sticky flavor will do. You can even use melted chocolate if you like! We liked having that option. The flavors can be a little nauseating....but it's supposed to be "gross" Most of the time my younger son (4 years old) would eat out inventnions. The edible fake monster skins is super cool. Yes, it would be difficult for a 5-9 yr. old to use independently, but if your a parent who LIKES to do neat stuff with your kids this is for you. It's obvious by the pictures on the box that they would need supervision. This toy is definately NOT for a pre-schooler. As far as construction, everything is plastic and needs to be taken apart and put together for the different experiments. It is quite easy to do and my 6 year old was more than happy to build the tower or dragster while I was getting the ingredients ready. This is a great toy and we are planning on getting refill packs as well as the Drink Lab. Awesome toy for a rainy day.!!!! BUY IT!!!!!!!

17 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Freaky Food Lab is Freakishly Fun!, September 28, 2005

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A. Condon - See all my reviews
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= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:3.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Dr. Dreadful Food Lab (Toy)

I bought this toy for my 4 1/2 year old boy. He LOVES it and we are having so much fun. We do an "experiment" about every other day together and it always has us laughing. Of course, he cannot read well enough yet to follow the experiment directions himself so there is no way he could play with this toy unassisted. But I bought the toy so we would have something fun to do together - - - I was just getting sick of baking cookies and making rice krispy treats. This is WAY more fun and leads to a lot of laughs. It you like playing with your children, this will give you hours of planned activities - - which is nice and convenient for this busy Mom.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars best of the "make your own food" toys, February 6, 2006

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J. Westenhaver (Austin, TX) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Dr. Dreadful Food Lab (Toy)

I have four children between the ages of 4-10 and we have bought many "make your own food" kits. This one has been the best by far. The directions are really easy. My six and eight year olds needed a little guidance, but my ten year old was fine doing these by herself. The projects are all done very quickly (3-5 minutes at the most), and ready to eat right away. Even the gummy-type creatures only have to cool for five minutes. We have a candy-making kit from National Geographic and there is not one project in there that can be eaten in less than an hour and a half. A real bummer for kids!
Dr. Dreadful is also nice because nearly everything you need is in this kit. The only thing you'll need to provide is water. It even comes with its own measuring spoon! Some of the other kits require you to provide lots of extra ingredients and household items (sugar, salt, string, waxed paper, etc.) There are enough ingredients in this kit to make dozens of projects.
There are a lot of parts to this kit, so make sure all the pieces are cleaned up. We lost one little plastic disk (I found it on the floor and had no idea what it was so I threw it away) and now we can't make the gummy creatures very easily.
The Dr.D "experiments" are all pretty tasty, especially for kids. This toy has been a really big hit at our house.