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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/Positive_Seaweed532 on 2025-07-02 18:13:00+00:00.

My girlfriend Emma (22F) and I (24M) have been dating for 6 months. Her parents invited me over for dinner last Sunday and I really wanted to make a good impression. Emma warned me her dad is super into food and cooking, like he watches cooking shows religiously.

I thought I’d be clever and offer to make dessert. Found this fancy chocolate soufflé recipe online and practiced once. It turned out okay so I figured I could nail it again. Big mistake.

Sunday comes and I’m in their kitchen trying to make this soufflé. Everything that could go wrong did. I forgot to separate the eggs properly, the chocolate seized up, and when I finally got it in the oven it deflated completely. The kitchen looked like a war zone with chocolate everywhere.

Her dad comes in and sees me frantically trying to salvage this disaster. He doesn’t say anything mean but I can see him trying not to laugh. Emma’s mom keeps offering to help which makes it worse. We ended up ordering ice cream from DoorDash for dessert.

Emma says it’s fine and her parents liked me anyway, but I know her dad thinks I’m an idiot who can’t even follow a recipe.

TL;DR: Tried to impress girlfriend’s foodie parents by making fancy dessert, created kitchen disaster instead and had to order DoorDash ice cream.