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The Internet Mocks Jennifer Aniston’s ‘Truly Awful’ Children’s Cookbook After She Promotes ‘Nasty’ Recipes On Instagram: ‘This Actually Hurts Her Brand’

September 18, 2025 by Maria Pierides

 
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Jennifer Aniston has been hitting the headlines even more than usual these past few months, mostly due to her new relationship with Jim Curtis!

But going Instagram-official with her hypnotist new boyfriend isn’t the only thing the Friends alum is getting attention for right now, as people are also really talking about her brand new cookbook! But unfortunately for Aniston, it isn’t that positive…

Jennifer Aniston Releases New Children’s Cookbook

On September 9th, the Murder Mystery 2 actress, 56, dropped Cook with Clydeo: A Cookbook for Kids: 35 Totally Awesome Recipes. The book is part of Aniston’s Clydeo series, which first launched in 2021 as an animated digital short-form project featuring Clydeo, her cartoon pup who happens to be obsessed with food. The character, created by Invisible Universe, was designed to expand Aniston’s brand into family-friendly entertainment.

The Amazon description reads: “Join global superstar Jennifer Aniston and her food-obsessed dog, Clydeo, in the kitchen with this cookbook featuring thirty-five tasty, kid-friendly recipes for every meal of the day. From breakfast through dessert, young chefs will learn how to make yummy, crowd-pleasing dishes, including Jennifer Aniston’s Easy Enchilada Bites, Clydeo’s Legendary Lasagna, and more!

“With easy-to-follow step-by-step instructions, helpful kitchen-safety tips, funny sidebars from Clydeo on how to add even more pizzazz to a meal, and stories of mishap and triumph from Jen’s kitchen, this book will empower any kid to grab an apron and take a bite out of life, just like Clydeo!”

To promote the release, the LolaVie mogul filmed herself making several recipes, and posted the videos on the cookbook’s official Instagram account. But while most of the Instagram comments were wholesome and complimentary, the reaction on Reddit has been extremely harsh, especially in terms of the front cover.

Some people thought the cover looked like “terrible” AI, while others thought it looked too bad to be AI. Ouch! And others just slammed it altogether, either for being dated, or for not really being accurate for what kids actually want to eat, among other things.

Jennifer Aniston's Cookbook Mocked On Reddit

"Jennifer Aniston's new book looks like AI slop," wrote one Reddit user. "It's got the generic cartoon style that AI generates. Either way it screams 'let's phone this one in and collect an easy check,'" slammed a second, while many others didn't think it was AI, but thought it was still terrible.

"No AI but it looks extremely bad," criticized a third. "It's bad but clearly not AI, just a 3D model with a bad photoshop on top," a fourth shot back. "It's not AI, it's just good old fashioned terrible design lol," quipped a fifth, as a sixth said: "Seriously. I'm surprised she agreed to this being published this way. I feel like I could make a better cover and I'm not artistic at all."

"2000s want their children's cookbook back," said a seventh, as an eighth said: "I don't understand why Jennifer would lend her name to that thing." "Why does it look so low budget dude?" asked a ninth, as a tenth said: "Wow, this is truly awful. Bummer." "OMG that's terrible!" exclaimed an eleventh.

Reddit Users Wonder What Makes Jennifer Aniston Qualified To Release A Children's Cookbook

And then there were the people who wondered why the Morning Show star was releasing a cookbook for children anyway, as they didn't have her down for a cook, and also didn't think children would know who she is. And then there's the fact that she doesn't have children herself, which many thought made her unqualified to make a children's cookbook!

"It's awful and anyway, who wants a dog and a cookbook? And Jenifer Aniston is not known for her work with kids. This actually hurts her brand imo," thought a twelfth.

"Cook for kids by a 50-something-year-old woman who probably never cooks for herself and doesn't have any kids lol," slammed a thirteenth, as a fourteenth wondered: "What kid even knows who she is?"

"Not sure how many kids know who she is. Has she ever been in a kids movie?" asked a fifteenth, in agreement, as a sixteenth said: "Never seen her with kids or seen her cooking. Somebody greenlit without a second thought." "Clydeo sounds like an STD prescription drug," mocked another Reddit user, while someone else said: "If you thought Jennifer Aniston was putting any kind of effort into a children's cookbook I got a bridge to sell ya."

Other Redditors slammed the actual recipes, with one person calling them "nasty," while another person criticized her pizza toppings for not being kid friendly, adding: "Little kids hate onions and bell peppers on pizza but what do I know I'm just a dad."

"The first thing those kids will pick off that pizza are the peppers and onions," echoed another user, adding: "As a parent looking at this cover, AI or not, she's lost credibility for knowing what kids will actually eat. For the same cost of ingredients, get the $6 Papa Murphys Lil Murph. They'll eat that every time."

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