--- description: 'Baking Bad,' a cookbook parodying the hit AMC show 'Breaking Bad,' will hit bookstores on Nov. 6. title: breaking bad cookbook spoof recipe book by walter wheat image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt763cc1cf7826a4f1/698763202dce0128d99db30a/breaking-bad.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Books](/tag/books/) ## Books Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Cook Up Some Drug-Free Treats With the _Breaking Bad_ Cookbook  by [Eliza Berman](/author/eliza-berman/)  ## Eliza Berman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Berman is a senior editor at TIME. Oct 29, 2014 4:03 PM CUT  Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul) and Walter White (Bryan Cranston) - Breaking Bad \_Season 5 - Photo Credit: Frank Ockenfels/AMC Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul) and Walter White (Bryan Cranston) - Breaking Bad \_Season 5 - Photo Credit: Frank Ockenfels/AMCFrank Ockenfels—AMC  by [Eliza Berman](/author/eliza-berman/)  ## Eliza Berman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Berman is a senior editor at TIME. Oct 29, 2014 4:03 PM CUT Action figures may be [off the table](http://time.com/3531273/toys-r-us-breaking-bad-toys/ "undefined") for your favorite _Breaking Bad_ fan this holiday season, but thankfully, something even better is hitting the market: a _Breaking Bad_ cookbook, titled — what else? — [_Baking Bad_](https://www.orionbooks.co.uk/books/detail.page?isbn=9781409157571 "undefined"). (This project is so ripe for puns, it’s a wonder it’s taken this long for someone to cash in.) For starters, there’s the mysterious bestselling author’s pen name, Walter Wheat. Then there are the recipes within, from Ricin Crispie Treats to Fring Pops. The publisher promises that the recipes are “98% pure but 100% edible,” no Hazmat gear required — a regular old apron should do the trick. Some of the concoctions, like Mr. White’s Tighty Whitey Bite gingerbread cookies, sound appealing. Others, like the Tortuga Tart — which features a slab of ham perched atop a turtle-shaped pastry — appear better suited for presentation than for gastronomic pleasure. The book goes on sale on Nov. 6, but until then, you can get cooking with a handful of recipes on [BuzzFeed UK](http://www.buzzfeed.com/matthewtucker/cook-up-some-blue-meth-with-the-baking-bad-recipe-book "undefined"). It’s probably prudent not to send your kid to school with Meth Crunchie cupcakes, but you can certainly enjoy them at home — with the promise of nothing more than a sugar high. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3546038/breaking-bad-cookbook/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3546038/breaking-bad-cookbook/"},"headline":"Cook Up Some Drug-Free Treats With the Breaking Bad Cookbook","datePublished":"2014-10-29T16:03:35.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:14:10.167Z","description":"The spoof recipe book promises “No meth-in around”","url":"https://time.com/3546038/breaking-bad-cookbook/","keywords":["Books","Newsfeed","walter white","breaking bad","AMC","Meth","Recipes","baking"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt763cc1cf7826a4f1/698763202dce0128d99db30a/breaking-bad.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliza Berman","jobTitle":"Berman is a senior editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/eliza-berman/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt763cc1cf7826a4f1/698763202dce0128d99db30a/breaking-bad.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"breaking-bad","caption":"Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul) and Walter White (Bryan Cranston) - Breaking Bad _Season 5 - Photo Credit: Frank Ockenfels/AMC","creditText":"Frank Ockenfels—AMC","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/books/","name":"Books"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3546038/breaking-bad-cookbook/","name":"Cook Up Some Drug-Free Treats With the Breaking Bad Cookbook"}}]}] ```