I remember as a kid being grossed out by mixing food together or having foods touch each other. The fried chicken should never touch the mashed potatoes, and the French fries should not be touching my cheeseburger. My childlike mind believed these foods were cooked separately in pots and pans, and they should remain separate.

Obviously, I grew up, and so did my tastes. I embraced cherry colas and thought “Cool beans” when Snickers and M&Ms came out with peanut butter flavors. The fried chicken is now allowed to have angry sex with the mashed potatoes. Furthermore, I totally dig when my sweetheart, Todd, cooks up scrambled eggs with sausage crumbles mixed in.

However, there are some lines that shouldn’t be crossed, and some foods should stand alone without being made to taste like something else. I’ve always believed that, but after seeing some recent mash-ups, I had a conversation with Todd about the weird new food combos, and I have to wonder if America’s taste buds have been hijacked by radical food groups bent on destroying the traditions our food pyramids were founded on.

Take macaroni and cheese. I grew up with just the macaroni and the cheese. Fiddle around with the different types of macaroni products—I’m partial to garden rotini because of its different colors. Experiment with the cheeses like I do and embrace triple cheddar as the ideal dairy flavor. I also dive deep into having bacon on top of it all. Yummy, yummy.

So what in the name of pasta is Kraft up to with its new flavors of mac and cheese? I might be able to wrap my head around chili crisp, if not my tongue, but I had to clutch my pearls when I heard that Kraft was coming out with cinnamon roll macaroni and cheese. While I have a sweet tooth, I am not loving the idea of breakfast pastries edging out the cheesy taste of one of my favorite comfort foods.

I was trying to think of what type of sweetness I could embrace with macaroni and cheese, but nothing comes to mind. I like the cheese to stand out. I like the crispness of bacon mixed in, and when I first made my mother’s recipe for baked macaroni and cheese, I loved sprinkling parmesan cheese and bread crumbs on top of it. I cannot see that beloved dish swirling in vanilla icing and cinnamon spice to it.

Right now, the chili crisp and cinnamon roll flavors are slated to only be available at Walmart, so I don’t have to worry about shopping elsewhere and having stray boxes jump into my cart.

However, the weird flavor craze is not limited to macaroni and cheese. Todd and I discovered some other funky mixes that are bizarre, and one of them is the shotgun wedding for Oreos with chicken and waffles.

No, I am not making this up.

Oreo cookies used to be very simple with vanilla cream. You had the regular Oreos and then the Double Stuf with double the cream. When they came out with mint flavored Oreos, I was fine with it. However, food companies seem to think once they come out with one variation, that gives them license to pull food suggestions out of a hat.

Mimicking maple syrup and fried chicken while having a waffle texture for the cookie portion is just bizarre. While chicken and waffles is an interesting combination on its own, throwing in Oreo’s chocolate standard is just a bridge too far. Someone find me some mint Oreos.

Now, let’s talk about potato chips. You expect a variety of flavors when it comes to chips—barbecue, sour cream and onion, pizza flavored, and even ranch flavor. I went hog wild in 2015 when they developed a Southern biscuits and gravy flavor and would regularly buy bags to consume.

The latest flavors, however, are a little too far off the garden path for me. There’s a scalloped potatoes flavor, and considering I’ve never been into scalloped potatoes to begin with, having the flavor in a potato chip was a hard no.

However, they’ve also come out with a roasted turkey flavor. I love turkey, whether it’s at Thanksgiving dinner or sliced deli turkey for sandwiches. Unfortunately, this union seems more of a substitute for holiday meals for those who can’t afford turkeys this year. Turkeys mix well with bread or with mashed potatoes, not with potato chips.

They always say to keep things in good taste. For some reason, our favorite brands have skidded their planes off the tarmac, and we’re left with weird mutations as a result.