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Witch Stirring Cauldron Rhymes or Witch Stirring Pot Rhymes refers to a reaction image meme trend on TikTok and X / Twitter in which users react to videos of people making gross-looking food with an image of a witch stirring a cauldron and a rhyme joking about making a gross potion, following the format of the "Double, double toil and trouble" poem from Shakespeare's Macbeth to create parodies.

The image of the witch or crone comes from Fantasy Flight Games' Talisman Highland, an expansion for the board game Talisman. It has been used occasionally in memes since as early as September 2023. The rhyming format first went viral in mid-April 2026 after TikToker @nordsaomi posted a video showing off their failed attempt at a Baja Blast pie (a limited-edition dessert launched by Taco Bell in late 2025), inspiring further memes on TikTok and X / Twitter.

Origin

On October 3rd, 2010, DeviantArt^[1] artist feliciacano posted a painting made for the Talisman expansion Talisman Highland of a crone, a type of witch, stirring a cauldron full of green liquid and frogs, garnering over 9,500 views in 16 years.

The witch image became the subject of memes in the 2020s. One of the earliest known memes is an image macro posted to the /r/wizardposting^[2] subreddit by Redditor theShiggityDiggity on September 9th, 2023, that references the Pondering the Orb meme, garnering over 2,900 upvotes in three years.

On April 14th, 2026, TikToker^[3] @nordsaomi posted a video of a failed attempt at making Taco Bell's Baja Blast pie, garnering over 13.6 million views in a month.

Viewers began to leave comments on the video using the image of the witch stirring the cauldron, along with rhymes about making disgusting food. The rhymes are inspired by the "Song of the Witches" in Macbeth.^[4] The earliest examples appear to have been commented on April 22nd, 2026.

Spread

On April 23rd, 2026, TikToker^[5] @sentaimain posted an edit inspired by the @nordsaomi video, where they showcase several of the comments and voice them over as a witch, garnering over 2.9 million views in two weeks.

On April 25th, X^[6] user @Sleeper_Buckets quote-reposted an image of someone dipping Oreo cookies into spicy noodles with the witch image, writing, "APPLY AND SUPPLY, THIS GUY'S FOOD COMBO IS SURE TO MAKE EVERYONE CRY," garnering over 4,700 likes in two weeks.

On April 26th, 2026, Tumblr^[7] user punished-venom-solitair-e posted the original Baja Blast pie video along with a collection of the comments, writing, "my favorite phenomenon on tiktok is when all the comments will line up and start doing the same bit," garnering over 62,000 Notes in a week.

On April 27th, X^[8] user @M00NG0LDF0REVA posted a video voicing over similar comments using the same format, which were made in a Discord channel, writing, "I love bullshitting in the discord," garnering over 13,000 likes and 2,100 reposts in a week.

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