It's bee years since the infamous wave of Forbidden Snacks memes brought us Tide Pod mania, but perhaps the most appealing forbidden snacks come from Earth itself.

Twitter users were left salivating over rocks earlier this week when user @fartpowder showed a "chicken tender crystal" to the timeline.

🚨 CRYSTAL THAT LOOKS LIKE CHICKEN TENDER ALERT 🚨 pic.twitter.com/YLGZFo6XO2

— GarlicPowder (@fartpowder) June 27, 2020

The chunk of red calcite had Twitter (and news organizations) ready to do anything to taste the divine tendie.

Craving the forbidden tendies. https://t.co/GNyJSMIpGR

— Bonus Eruptus (@BonusEruptus) June 27, 2020

gonna eat that rock https://t.co/4OLnCRNn8f

— cooper (@cscoop) June 28, 2020

I’d bite this and risk it all https://t.co/p6MxSAJtSI

— B E N (@bennydsm) June 28, 2020

But perhaps more surprising than seeing a tendo-looking crystal was the sheer amount of tasty-looking rocks the science community has been hiding from the general public. We have the cheesecake rock:

I still like the Cheesecake one better pic.twitter.com/MexQpdXxlE

— MariateresaBissinger (@mariateresag) June 28, 2020

The potato rock:

Crystal that looks like a potatoe 🥔 pic.twitter.com/OO1RlFBQsy

— Hunter Doradea (@HunterDoradea) June 27, 2020

The meat rocks:

Here's a Crystal that looks like raw meat (#Rhodochrosite) pic.twitter.com/3LNTcKXPHE

— Skye (@BreakingColours) June 27, 2020

Truly, Earth has given us a trove of delicious, nutritious foods, but it is unfortunately disappointing that some of its most appetizing gifts are rocks.