These Halloween Bento Boxes Are Spooky AF
Calling all sushi lovers! A spooktacular Halloween trend has taken over bento boxes in homes and restaurants throughout Japan. In a "moment" trending on Twitter, people are sharing their creepy renditions of the festive holiday food.
@kiyo_1030_D posted a photo of one lunch box, which consisted of fried rice eyeballs, hard-boiled egg jack-o'-lanterns, and some questionable fingers (with a great set of nails). Most people thought the meal looked creepy, and one user even tagged Jesus in a reply writing, "Someone needs you."
ハロウィン弁当第三弾💀
目玉おにぎり♪ちょいと不気味... pic.twitter.com/cD15nayK3D— Kiyo (@kiyo_0130_D) October 17, 2017
Another bento box boasted a cuter set of characters — a smiling skeleton rice ball, a black cat made of seaweed, mummified sausages, and hard-boiled eggs with silly tongues sticking out. "Lunchbox goals," @kimbachle wrote.
今日はあいにくの曇空の中、チビ娘の遠足です🐾
少し早めのハロウィン弁当👻🎃#ムス弁 #キャラ弁 #お弁当 #お腹ペコリン部 pic.twitter.com/LgFRXSNIHM— AYAKA28号 (@8magua8) October 11, 2017
The next box featured a severed sausage hand atop a bed of blood-stained rice. The photo, which has generated nearly 132,000 likes, is captioned, "Bento made the parents of psychopaths."
親の作った弁当がサイコパス pic.twitter.com/vL6VuXWiNH
— 宮武勇作 (@miyatake_u39) October 17, 2017
@soramama321 created a kid-friendly Halloween bento box with the same cutesy mummy sausages in addition to an eggy vampire minion. Bee-doo bee-doo.
今日は、日曜参観でぉ弁当🍱なので
ハロウィン🎃弁当作ってみました~👻
嗚呼〜眠ッ (*´Д｀*)💤#キャラ弁 #ハロウィン pic.twitter.com/tUcdUBKUdT— kaori姫 (@soramama321) October 14, 2017
This box, which looks as if it was served in a restaurant, features two Tim Burton-esque skulls among a bed of vegetables and tempura. Jack Skellington, anyone?
ハロウィン🎃弁当🍱綺麗に食べてきたよー🙌 pic.twitter.com/at5LyYi538
— kazupiiya (@kazutopiiya) October 18, 2017
This lunch consists of rice jack-o'-lanterns with fresh fruit and vegetables on the side. Now we're starting to get hungry.
今日のお弁当🍱
ハロウィン弁当のジャック・オ・ランタンおにぎり🎃🍙
🔹https://t.co/8XW2Rv0yRJ#お弁当 #jkお弁当 #女子高生弁当 #OnigiriAction#おにぎりアクション pic.twitter.com/lBlgAf7Vnq— FUMIKA ♥ 후미카 JKS JCW (@FU__mika) October 18, 2017
@cyapi108 says this box is haunted, but we aren't scared by the derpy rice-ball ghost. Love its little witch hat!
おはようございます。
久しぶりに雨じゃない朝、です。今日も過去のキャラ弁を。
もうすぐハロウィン！お化けだぞ～弁当です(ゝω・)
なんか画質悪いけど、なんとか見れるかな？#キャラ弁#お弁当#ハロウィン pic.twitter.com/vy8IcwcvHF— ちゃぴ* (@cyapi108) October 17, 2017
The next user, who claims it's laundry day, also took a turn at a mummy sausage (though, it did come out a little cross-eyed, but still cute!). This graveyard bento box even has eerie pineapple gravestones. Boo!
おはようございます(o^ｕ^o)
今日はロールサンドのハロウィン弁当です★
ロールサンドをキャンディみたいに包んでみました♪
今日はポカポカいいお天気で、洗濯日和ですね( ´ ▽ ` )ﾉ☀️#キャラ弁 #デコ弁 pic.twitter.com/la09RkHkfm— MIK (@MIK069960) October 18, 2017
The final lunch box has a very realistic looking jack-o'-lantern with what looks like some sort of a fairy dog coming out of the top. Now that is scary.
ゆいちん(@x.yui.yui.x)さんのお料理「ポムポムプリンのハロウィン弁当」#snapdish #foodstagram #instafood #homemade #cooking #料理 #おうちごはん #テーブルコーディネート #器 #暮らし #ポムポムプリン #ハ... pic.twitter.com/rOQ65lpeAA
— レシピと料理がひらめく SnapDish (@SnapDishJP) October 5, 2017
For other ways to get creative on Halloween, check out these hilarious (and humane) costumes for your pets.