The 13 worst holiday foods ever, ranked

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Sarah Spigelman Richter
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The 13 worst holiday foods ever, ranked
Great Aunt Delilah's boiled Brussels sprouts can take a hike this year. Credit: Cultura/Sofie Delauw/Getty images

It's not all wonderful peppermint bark and carbo-loaded crescent rolls.

There are some truly egregious holiday foods out there.

If you feel a little bloated around the holiday dinner table, so be it. But don't waste your stomach space on jiggly salads or bone-dry turkey meat.

Here is the definitive ranking of the world's grossest holiday foods.

13. Canned yams

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They're mushy, they're saccharine and who knows if they're even real yams? Skip these.

12. Skinless turkey breast

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No crispy skin and no juicy dark meat. Just stamp "party pooper" on your host's forehead.

11. Fruitcake

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How can something that sounds so delicious taste like alcohol-heavy cough syrup in solid form?

10. Snickers salad

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A Snickers bar doesn't need apples, whipped cream, pudding, sour cream and/or mayonnaise to make it shine. In fact, anything added actually takes away from its delightful chocolate-caramel-peanut goodness.

9. Undercooked cranberry sauce

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Hell hath no fury like a hard, sour cranberry that doesn't have enough sugar. It won't even wiggle out of the can like its much-maligned jellied cousin.

8. Gelatin molds

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A jiggly wheel of aspic containing anything from canned pineapple to whole shrimp is enough to make anyone hurl. These recipes are best left in the past.

7. Boiled Brussels sprouts

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A surefire way to make your beautiful dining room smell like a fart.

6. Sweet mayonnaise carrot slaw

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Just stop it. Mayonnaise, raisins and carrots should not be combined for any reason short of a desert island situation.

5. Ham salad

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Tiny pieces of ham mashed into mayonnaise and sweet relish make a meat paste that is almost as unappetizing to view as it is to eat.

4. Tofurky

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Most vegetarians know there are so many other more delicious ways to celebrate the holidays. And if you serve Tofurky to someone and try to pretend it's real, you can go to-furk yourself.

3. Ribbon candy

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It looks so beautiful and is both tasteless and hazardous to your teeth every single year. What a tease.

2. Port wine cheese

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This is always the worst part of the holiday basket you bring home from the office. Even those weird vacuum-packed olives beat this rubbery ball of processed cheese.

1. Oyster dressing

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Slimy, mushy and seafood-y. The one way to make sure that oyster lovers, stuffing lovers and food lovers all gag at your holiday table.

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