From burgers made of calf brain to takeaway-flavored sherbet, ice cream ramen to Marmite popcorn and everything in between, some of the foods we’ve seen in 2016 make Willy Wonka look positively restrained. Here’s our pick of the best.

It might be called Ice Cream Ramen, but this obscure-looking creation by whacky eatery The Dessert Kitchen in New York doesn't actually contain ice cream at all. It actually consists of jelly noodles – made from algae, no less – shaved ice with coconut milk and a generous handful of fruit. That's got to be one of your five a day, surely?

There’s something about black ice cream that just doesn't seem quite right, but it didn’t stop New York-based cafe Morgenstern’s from introducing it to a line of budding customers. Named ‘Coconut Ash’, it’s made with activated charcoal, the latest super-ingredient to have appeared on the health scene recently.

Powdered sherbet flavored with the likes of Thai red curry, crispy seaweed, Hawaiian pizza and pesto has appeared thanks to a collaboration between confectionery giants Smith & Sinclair and UK food delivery chain Just Eat. We can’t quite work out whether this is the best or worst thing to have ever hit the world of gastronomy, but we’ll soon find out.

On a slightly different note… who would like to try eating a bit of brain squashed inside a bread roll? This limited edition burger, which featured calf's brain fried in panko breadcrumbs, was launched by star chef Fergus Henderson and London’s MEATliquor restaurant in June in order to raise money for Parkinson’s research. A great idea, but still not sure we’d eat it.

Just in case Madras Curry and Gin & Tonic-flavored popcorn weren’t enough, popcorn scientists Joe & Seph brought the world’s first Marmite-flavored corn onto the scene this year and it’s caused quite the stir. It was surprisingly sweet when we sampled it, and weirdly moreish.

Who needs money when you’ve got donuts? Krispy Kreme launched a pop-up ATM in London back in May which saw its Nutella-filled delicacies dispensed from a hole in the wall for £2 ($2.55), with all proceeds going to charity. Helping out AND indulging in deliciousness; this is our kind of ATM.

Melbourne’s well-known for its alternative food and culture scene, but vegan cafe Matcha Mylkbar took things one step further this year with its “Smurf Latte”, whose rather unusual ingredients include powdered blue algae. We’re guessing it’s good for you, on the proviso that anything this weird looking must be.

What do you get when you cross a burger with a burrito? The Whopperrito, of course. Burger King’s latest masterpiece fills a flour tortilla with ground beef, tomatoes, onions, lettuce and pickles to put a Tex Mex spin on the classic flame-grilled favorite.

Yep, that’s right; this year KFC launched a limited-edition sunblock designed to smell exactly like deep-fried chicken, just in case anyone out there had a major desire to turn into a walking, talking 12-piece bucket. Much to our disappointment they never produced any to buy after dishing out a load of free samples, but we live in hope.

Pepperoni pizzas are good and toasted cheese sandwiches are even better. Put the two together and you have Pizza Hut’s newest invention, which features a grilled cheese stuffed crust and toasted breadcrumbs to mimic the taste of a grilled cheese sandwich. It sounds pretty appealing to us.

At Hong Kong Disneyland you’ll find a dim sum menu dedicated to all things Disney and Pixar. Think dumplings, buns, seafood dishes and more shaped into the likes of Olaf from Frozen, the Little Green Men from Toy Story and, obviously, Mickey and Minnie. Too. Cute.

There have been sweet and savory combinations before but nothing quite compares to the pairing of melted white and milk chocolate drizzled over hot, salty fries from McDonald's in Japan. If you want to try them you’ll need to hurry as their production run ends at the end of February 2017.

For just $20, anyone looking to make their prom extra special could order this extra special, finger lickin’ good KFC corsage. Though sadly a limited edition item, it’s something you could easily recreate – if for any crazy reason you fancied wearing a piece of fried chicken on your arm for an evening.

Anything pizza flavored has got to be tasty, surely? Lollyphile, a San Francisco-based candy company, certainly seems to think so with its creation of these savory lollipops.

Here we have two of our favorite foods partying together to form one fabulous dessert, available from UK supermarket Sainsbury's. What's not to love?

KFC only went and did it again, by bringing out yet another absurd chicken-flavored product. This time in the form of nail polish. Not sure how finger lickin' good this one would be, though.

There are a lot of unicorn fans out there. And by this we mean a lot of people that only like to indulge in things that are truly magical. If you're one of said people, then the traditional hot chocolate has just got a lot better. Unicorn hot chocolate consists of white hot chocolate dyed pink, topped with a bunch of multi-colored marshmallows and lots of sparkly sprinkles.

You thought pizza was weird? Apparently Lollyphile decided creating breast milk-flavored lollipops would also be a good idea because it was "the first thing you ever loved".

Sorry unicorn lovers, this one is much less magical. A restaurant in Moscow, Russia is serving up rodent burgers to people who think of themselves as serious foodies. The burger is made of a river rat, known as a nutria or coypu, and has been eaten since the 1990s among less well-off people, but is now becoming a bit of a hipster trend. Don't worry, though, apparently these river rats clean all their food before eating and are high in Omega-3 acids.

Pokémon was all the rage this year when Pokémon Go was launched globally, and Down N' Out burger chain in Sydney decided to use the opportunity to create its very own Poké-burgers. Pikachu, Bulbasaur and Charmander were available until September this year and reportedly had a similar taste to that of a Big Mac. Yum.

In the UK, potato chip giant Walkers recently launched a new range of sandwich-flavored crisps which include: sausage and brown sauce; toasted cheese and Worcester sauce; and cheese, cucumber and salad cream. Not quite as weird as some others we’ve seen in the past – think hedgehog, chocolate and cinnamon bun flavors (not together, now THAT would be odd) – but still acquired tastes.

Love beer and pizza? How about at the same time? We're not talking about dunking your slice in your pint, either. One Pizza Hut restaurant in England this year launched a one-day trial of the bizarre combo with the aim of rolling it out across 270 other eateries.

The world became a little bit obsessed with Cheetos this year, especially when Burger King and other fast food chains started selling 'mac n cheetos': delicious bites of mac 'n' cheese coated in Cheeto dust and breadcrumbs.

But then things got a little weird. And Cheeto dust started covering all sorts of things. Like this burrito. Except it's just just a normal burrito, it's a sushi burrito. You can figure this one out for yourselves.

Just in time for Christmas, and to end of a year of innovative foods, Sutton & Sons chip shops in London decided to spice up everybody's least favorite vegetable by throwing it in the fryer. But have you ever seen sprouts looking so tasty?

If you thought you liked the sound of deep-fried sprouts, feast your eyes on this: deep-fried mince pies. Yep, that's a British Christmas staple, dunked into some batter and dropped into the fryer.