April Fools’ Day 2025 — the 21 best (and worst) jokes and pranks

Well it would be bad luck if we saw any more now...

April Fools' Day is officially over, and we saw a ton of gags — varying from the actually rather funny UFO robot lawnmower to chicken curry flavored ice cream that should seriously get someone put in jail.

Spot anymore? Go ahead and let us know on on the forums and we may post about it! But in the meantime, today's a pretty big news day with Nintendo Switch 2 Direct at 9am ET / 6am PT / 2pm BST.

The easiest Immaculate Grid you've ever played

Philip Michaels here, to wrap up the day with a few last-minute pranks and gags that we've spotted online and elsewhere.

While many of you out there play Wordle and Strands, my brain-teasing game of choice is Immaculate Grid, in which you try to fill a 3 x 3 grid with the names of baseball players who meet the criteria of the intersecting rows and columns. Name someone who played for both the New York Yankees and the Miami Marlins for example or name a Cincinnati Red who won a Gold Glove award.

You only get nine guesses to fill the nine spots, and you're not only rewarded for a perfect grid, but also coming up with a low rarity score — that is, picking more obscure players to fill your squares.

So how do the folks behind Immaculate Grid celebrate April Fools' Day? By coming up with the easiest version of the quiz possible.

Every row and every column requires you to simply name someone who's played a Major League Baseball game. To put it another way, you can name any baseball player ever and get a correct answer.

Cringe rating: 1/5

At first, I was annoyed that my daily brain-teaser had been repurposed into a brain-gentle tap. But now I see, money-making possibilities. "I bet you I can get an Immaculate Grid rarity score less than 5," you can say to unsuspecting chums who are unaware of how easy it is to solve today's puzzle. Just be sure to split your winnings with me for giving you the idea.

Remember, some of these will become real products

April Fool's Day is winding down, so I just wanted to remind you that while most of the gags we've seen today are jokes, a few might just make it to market as real products.

Case in point: Nvidia's Project G-Assist, an AI optimization assistant designed to help you optimize your PC's gaming performance, started life as an April Fool's joke eight years ago.

See, back in 2017 Nvidia ran a gag ad for GeForce GTX G-Assist, an AI assistant on a USB dongle that you could plug into your PC to do things like play your games for you and tell you the ideal time to take a pizza break.

Now it's 2025 and not only is Project G-Assist a real thing, it looks to be just the start of Nvidia's branching out into exploring how AI can be integrated into games. At GDC 2025 I caught a demo of Nvidia's new Gamer Copilot and QA Copilot tools, two new AI applications being advertised to game developers as useful ways to work AI assistance into games for both players and QA teams.

So don't forget, some of what you see on this blog is probably going to be a real thing you can buy someday! Personally, I'm going to keep my eyes peeled for a pack of those Dr. Pepper Tic-Tacs.

Dr. Pepper Tic Tacs? Yes, please!

Whacky brand collabs are nothing new, especially when the calendar reads April 1st, which is why I didn't bat an eyelash when I saw that Tic Tac and Dr Pepper are allegedly teaming up.

A fan of both treats, I'd buy a pack of Dr. Pepper Tic Tacs sight unseen. Unfortunately, my chance is unlikely to come any time soon. Though I yearn for that delightful cherry cola-meets-licorice-meets-soap flavor of Dr. P in a 2-calorie Tic Tac format, the above ad is nothing more than a ruse. And that's too bad!

Cringe rating: 2/5

Cringe-wise, this was a safe play from both companies. Easily passable as real, I'm now hankering both confectionaries, which was clearly the point. Well done.

Hot milk, anyone?

I love me some strawberry-flavored soy milk but hot sauced-flavored plant-based milk? Now that's enough to turn my stomach.

While there's no doubt someone out there who would celebrate such a product, Califia Farms' Tabasco spiked 'PepperMilk' — made from just 'Tabasco Sauce, water and sea salt' — is far too outrageous to pass for an actual collab between the two food brands.

Cringe score: 3/5

That said, the faux packaging sitting next to a rather tempting-looking Bloody Mary-type beverage is enough to warrant a double-take.

Oura introduces the color-changing 'Aura' mood ring

I can't lie. I got excited when I spotted Oura's latest product, the Aura Ring. The world's first 'mood-sensing smart ring,' Oura claims it monitors heart rate variability, body temperature and stress levels to determine a user's real-time emotional state. Depending on the reading, the 'thermochromic liquid crystals' in the ring's exterior change colors.

For example, if you're Aura Ring is glowing green, you're likely calm but if it's displaying an orange hue, chances are, you're feeling 'unhinged,' or worse, a blue shade means you're likely straight-up 'delulu.'

Cringe rating: 1/5

Sadly, the Aura Ring is not real. However, that's not obvious until you spot the cheeky chart of emotional spectrum classifications on the third slide.

Props to you, Oura, for a solid April Fools' Day joke... but now I want an actual smart ring with a color-changing exterior that reflects my mood. Fortunately, thermochromic liquid crystals are real and do just that, which means, such a product is possible.

Something smells around here

Do you like cat poop? Of course, don't.

Would you like a candle called CAT PÙ / NO. 2? Before you say no, let me tell you that said candle doesn't actually smell like cat poop, but instead like roses!

Thanks to an April Fools' Joke from Whisker, Litter-Robot orders placed on April 1 will get a CAT PÙ / NO. 2 candle in their package.

Cringe rating: 2 / 5

This is a funny and smart way to get people to order Litter-Robot smart cat litter boxes. If the candle actually smelled like cat poop, it might rank higher on the cringe meter, but since it literally smells like roses and features a funny name that makes fun of perfumes and colognes, it gets a pass.

It's not aliens... It's Husqvarna's new mower

After teasing a new product, Husqvarna revealed a new lawn mower for April Fools' Day, and it's a UFO. The company's lawn mower can make lawn circles instead of crop circles, giving you the fun-filled feeling of extra terrestrial visitors coming to your home and leaving surprises.

The company's press release says, "Husqvarna, global leader in outdoor power products and robotics, joined in on iconic April Fool’s fun with a lead-up series of social posts showcasing mysterious “lawn circle” sightings popping up across recognizable lawns, from baseball fields to city parks and backyards in Anytown, USA and a worrisome flyover. The peculiar sightings over the weekend and yesterday begged the question: who is responsible? Could it be aliens? A UFO?"

Cringe rating: 0/5

I like this one a lot. It fits the company's brand (lawnmowers) and it's promoting a real product (the Automower iQ Series robot lawn mower). Sure, the press release is a little corny, but it's a well-done joke with a good build that took a couple of days.

Well done, Husqvarna, well done!

Do you want to touch some grass?

If you answered no, then we have a perfect product for you. Accessory maker dBrand has some soft green grass you can put on your devices.

"Blue skies. A gentle breeze. Rays of sunlight washing over your face... the same pleasant warmth that drifted over all who came before you. Now, they’re six feet below grass. You, unfortunately, are still here," reads the company's website pitching its pretend April Fool's product. It's a little dark, but also pretty funny.

Cringe rating: 4.5/5

I like dark humor more than most, and while putting grass on your devices isn't dark by itself, the rest of the trappings on the company's website (including the quote above) get dark and go places. However, it does feel like the company is trying a little too hard to be funny and edgy, increasing the cringeworthy score a bit.

Did I mention that this isn't actually a joke and that you can seemingly pay money for a grass case for your devices?

The viral L.A.B. putter is back... as a driver?!

If you follow golf clubs even a little, this is a good one that might be believable any other day of the year. MyGolfSpy announced a center-shafted lie-angle balanced driver from L.A.B. Golf, makers of the popular DF3 putter (and several other lie-angle balanced models).

Is a driver using lie angle balanced technology even possible? I have no idea — I don't make golf clubs, I write about them. But if one ever comes along and fixes my slice like the L.A.B. putter fixed my short game, I'll be in line on day one to buy one because I need all the help I can get.

Cringe rating: 2/5

This is a pretty good prank. If this were posted on April 2, I might double-check to see if it were real. It only makes sense for L.A.B. to expand to other clubs.

A protein-packed champagne?

Ditch the Dom Perignon, Protein Works announced its own protein-packed non-alcoholic champagne — packing 20g per glass. and named Doms Proteinon.

"As more people look for healthier and tastier everyday alternatives, we’re seeing a shift in how celebrations are evolving," Anna Sward, Brand Director at Protein Works commented. "‘Doms Proteinon’ is a playful nod to that movement, proving that indulgence and nutrition can go hand in hand."

Cringe rating: 4/5

As someone who is a regular gym rat, the idea of putting protein into literally anything does interest me. But 20g per glass!? To make that happen in a small champagne flute, this will be pure sludge!

Though the idea of walking around the gym popping bottles does sound pretty cool...

Crack down on this madness! Cadbury's Creme Egg sauce sachets are a culinary crime scene

Didn't I JUST say stop doing weird stuff with food!? Cadbury in the UK is getting involved with a Creme Egg "On the Goo" sauce sachet.

To those from the states who don't know what I'm on about, these egg-shaped chocolate treats with a sugary gooey center that you can bite into. Cadbury has decided to commit crimes by taking that gooey center, putting it into a sauce sachet and squeezing it all over french fries.

Cringe rating: 6/5

Yes, this has broken my cringe-ometer. The mere thought of this makes me queasy, so add the video element into it and I just feel so weird.

This is eggs-ecution worthy.

This is basically a crime

Now don't get me wrong. I love Indian food — there's a place just down the straight that I always find myself frequenting (often at times when I did have food in the fridge but could not be bothered to cook.

On top of that, I love ice cream. But if there's one thing that I feel could be a sign of the apocalypse, it's combining the two together. Deep Indian Kitchen has announced ice creams in Chicken Curry, Chicken Tikka Masala and Butter Chicken flavors.

Cringe rating: 5/5

Can companies please leave food alone this April Fools' Day? I don't know how much more I can take! Not only am I cringing, but this should be illegal.

BarkGPT? ElevenLabs' new AI is paws-itively groundbreaking!

Text to Bark from ElevenLabs - YouTube

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I've been waiting to see any AI April Fools', and ElevenLabs has answered the call with its Text to Bark service. Simply type in what you want to say, change the bark voice to whatever you want, and let it play.

Powered by the "AI Pawdio engine," this is the "world's first AI-powered TTS model for dogs," and I'll be honest, I did manage to confuse a couple of dogs at the cafe with it.

Cringe rating: 0/5

Dogs are awesome. No notes needed. This is the epitome of a fun, quick joke that is a little heartwarming to dog lovers like me!

The Currys De-Boner is here to help de-bone your chicken wings!

Ever had an issue with bones in your chicken wings? Me neither, but Currys is keen to address this problem — partnering with WingStop to unveil the de-boner (...yep I side-eyed that name too).

Built by Philips, you can see it lift the wing up, grab the bone and rotate to remove the meat from it — dropping it into a bowl at the bottom.

@currys

🚫🦴 Introducing the DE-BONER ©️ A world-first collaboration by Philips, in partnership with Currys & Wingstop—expertly designed for those who want to get every last bit of meat out of their dining experience 👀 Get all the flavour from your chicken wings with none of the fuss. Link in bio to find out more 🔗

♬ original sound - Currys

Cringe rating: 3/5

It looks a little weird, and the promo video is rather cringe. But if bones are the bane of your wing eating experience, then this would certainly do the trick (if it was real)...either that or just buy tenders. There's a lot of chicken crime happening this April Fools'!

Yahoo wants you to touch grass with this keyboard

@yahoo

The Yahoo Agricultural Interface is HERE. Touch grass like never before. 1PM EST in our TikTok Shop.

♬ original sound - Yahoo

Introducing the Yahoo Agricultural Interface — a grass-covered keyboard that is the perfect embodiment of telling someone to "touch grass."

Yahoo touts it having "87 hand-placed tufts of turf" to "experience the great outdoors, and stay grounded, even when you're at your desk." And before you think "nice prank," Yahoo is actually set to sell this USB-wired keyboard at 1pm ET today for $19.95.

Keep Yahoo's TikTok page open and head to the store page to pick it up.

Cringe rating: 2/5

Yes, the "go touch grass" meme is played out, but I'll shave a point off the cringeometer for the commitment here, as it will be going live on Yahoo's TikTok shop. Plus as an outdoors lover, I have to admit I really want one too.

NYT connections has made today's puzzle super cryptic

Not really anything cringeworthy, and not so much of a prank. But for April Fools' Day, the NYT Connections puzzle just got upgraded to super hard mode.

Normally, this is a daily word game with categories to group a selection of four words from a grid of 16 into. This time however, the 16 words are actually symbols.

It took me a while to solve, so have fun with it! And if you need some hints, we've got our handy guide for you.

Keep your candied hands off my chicken

Nerds has gone too far (the candy, not my people). Titled the "candy coated revolution," Nerds has announced the "Sweet & Crunchy" chicken range — a colorfully gross selection of fried chicken.

It all starts with Nerds-glazed chicken tenders with 31 herbs and spices "elevated with a Gummy Cluster crunch." Next, you've got the Nerds Gummy Chicken Sandwich, with pickles and all but with more Nerds. Then to top off the multi-sensory candy's addition, there's a Nerds dipping sauce too.

Cringe rating: 5/5

I'm left feeling pretty queasy — to the point that it's put me off my lunch. I'm all for a sweet and spicy combination on my tenders and wings, but gummy clusters on the coating AND the dip?

If it was real, I would be calling the police.

Nothing announces 3.5mm wired headphones with a 50-meter cord

Nothing has been dabbling in April Fools' jokes for a while now, and this year they're taking on the wired earbuds in a long way. The Ear (3.5mm) packs the traditional audio jack, but on the end of a massive 50m cable.

Labelled "beautifully inconvenient," these offer "uninterrupted, untangled, unbelievable freedom," but I fear Nothing is shooting itself in the foot with audiophiles who miss having a headphone jack on their phone.

Cringe rating: 4/5

Not only did I cringe pretty hard at this, I also got a little mad as somewhat of an audiophile who really misses the wired experience for better quality sound.

It's a joke that hits a little too close to home for music nerds like me, as cabled headphones

This started as an April Fool's joke, but now it's real

You may have seen recently that Nvidia's Project G-Assist AI assistant for PC gamers just became available to everyone. But did you know that it started as an April Fool's prank?

Back in 2018, Nvidia joked about the idea of this with a teaser talking about how you could use G-assist to play for you and assist you.

Seven years later, it's here in the form of a rather helpful chatbot with multimodal capabilities — allowing you to ask questions of what you see on screen for assistance or even change PC settings to optimize performance. I got to test it out at Computex, and will be going hands-on with it myself soon.

Take your bed with you on the morning commute

The Odd Company is taking its mattress making skills on the road — literally. After reporting on a 250% increase in Google searches for "why do I want to sleep all the time," the team has introduced The City Napper.

Put simply, it is a mattress and quilt poncho combination, which you can wear on public transport to catch up on those precious Z's. I already get plenty of looks wearing the best smart glasses, so I can't begin to imagine what this would be like.

Cringe rating: 3/5

The commitment has to be saluted here, from creating a Reddit poll to pulling the regional data together to show you how much sleep you could reclaim. Also, that Napability rating of the London Underground (Tube) is arguably the most laughable part of this. If you can sleep on the tube, I want what you're having.

But that doesn't stop this from being one of the slightly more cringeworthy gags.

Royal Albert Hall is hosting an orchestral performance of Nokia 3310 ringtones and alarms

The Royal Albert Hall in London has announced that the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra will be performing it's first ever "Immersive Nokia 3310 Experience" over May Bank Holiday weekend.

This includes a live stream of prominent Twitch streamers and YouTubers taking turns playing Snake II and Space Impact, while the 80-piece orchestra will be playing "3310 ringtone classics such as 'Groovy Blue,' 'Mozart 40," and more.

The company's so committed to the bit that it even got British organist Anna Lapwood to share a rather funny quote about how she will use "all the levers, stops, and 9,999 pipes" at her disposal to perform the "monophonic bit-crushed sound."

Cringe rating: 2/5

Not going to lie, I found this pretty funny on first glance, and my childhood self kind of wants this to be real. It'll be hilarious to watch just how an 80-piece orchestra would tackle the text message tone.

Nokia 3310 Notification Alert - YouTube

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Razer Skibidi is here to translate Gen Z lindo

Razer Skibidi | Level Up Your Lingo - YouTube

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Razer is one of the first to enter the fray with Razer Skibidi — the "world's first intelligent brainrot translator headset."

The company is seemingly on the warpath against Gen Z and Gen Alpha with this one, as the headset will translate any dose of skibidi rizz into language you can actually understand.

Also, special shoutout to the AI translator. Click on the "translate now" button on the bottom right, and the built-in AI will translate your words into Gen Z and even speak them out loud.

Cringe rating: 3.5/5

Yes, it is pretty cringe — especially when you see the skibidi talk on the site. But the AI translator saves it a little from being a 4.