Often the captions under some pictures will say something to the effect that the original pinner tried it and it was the best/easiest/most delicious thing ever. I have to admit that sometimes I am taken in by these claims and rush out to the store to buy ingredients only to be disappointed. Sometimes though the recipes are worthy of every bit of praise.
DO TRY:
GIVE THESE A MISS!
(No links here, trust me, you won't want them)
Crockpot Sludge Oatmeal
Brownie made in a waffle iron.
That last one was a disaster and a half. It took me ages to clean my waffle iron. I was able to salvage some of the brownie and use it as crumble on top of ice cream which was actually rather nice and crunchy. My advice, don't bother trying, it's not worth the effort it takes to clean up the mess.