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* In one of ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' SpinOff manga ''Silent Sinner in Blue'', [[TheChessmaster Yukari]] manipulated Remilia and Reimu into going to the moon to battle the Lunarians. They are actually a distraction so that Yukari can sneak into the Lunar Capital and steal some treasures. [[spoiler: Then it turns out that Yukari herself is ''also'' a distraction and Yuyuko is the one who sneaked in. What treasure did [[{{Troll}} Yuyuko]] steal?]] ''A bottle of sake''. Although an especially tasty one, and Yukari considers it being a victory, as Lunarians cannot get the sake back once they drink it.

* Almost entirety of ''Manga/{{Toriko}}'' is hunting for this. Main character [[BigEater Toriko]] and his best friend [[ActionSurvivor Komatsu]] frequently go on trips hunting for legendary food, while fighting the bad guys who are also looking for the food.

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* Gold is highly unreactive, and is not absorbed by the human body in any form. Thus, it is completely safe for humans to eat.[[note]]There are concerns that nanoparticles of gold could cause cellular-level interruption in rare cases. But it is proven to be ''chemically'' inert in the human body, and is not nominally absorbed into the bloodstream.[[/note]] Obviously, [[DontTryThisAtHome don't use this as an excuse to eat gold coins, nuggets, or bars]], since large pieces of gold [[BowelBreakingBricks would become difficult to pass through the digestive system]]. But since it is also highly malleable, it can be turned into an extremely thin, light material called "gold leaf". Gold leaf is often used to adorn high-end food stuffs--particularly desserts or expensive cuts of beef--to add to the luxuriousness of the food being consumed. Of course, since it's not absorbed by the body, that means it goes out the same way as all other unabsorbed food waste, giving literal meaning to the axiom "flushing your money down the toilet".
* Chocolate coins are a literal example, given that most are decorated to look similar to existing real coins, just in chocolate form. Though, unless enrobed with the previously-mentioned gold leaf, the metallic wrapping isn't usually consumed.

* Pirates once seized a ship loaded with dried cocoa pods en route to newly-chocaholic Spain. They mistook these valuable commodities for sheep droppings and dumped them overboard.

* Gold is highly unreactive, and is not absorbed by the human body in any form. Thus, it is completely safe for humans to eat.[[note]]There are concerns that nanoparticles of gold could cause cellular-level interruption in rare cases. But it is proven to be ''chemically'' inert in the human body, and is not nominally absorbed into the bloodstream.[[/note]] . Obviously, [[DontTryThisAtHome don't use this as an excuse to eat gold coins, nuggets, or bars]], since large pieces of gold [[BowelBreakingBricks would become difficult to pass through the digestive system]]. But since it is also highly malleable, it can be turned into an extremely thin, light material called "gold leaf". Gold leaf is often used to adorn high-end food stuffs--particularly desserts or expensive cuts of beef--to add to the luxuriousness of the food being consumed. Of course, since it's not absorbed by the body, that means it goes out the same way as all other unabsorbed food waste, giving literal meaning to the axiom "flushing your money down the toilet".

* Gold is highly unreactive, and is not absorbed by the human body in any form. Thus, it is completely safe for humans to eat.[[note]]There are concerns that nanoparticles of gold could cause cellular-level interruption in rare cases. But it is proven to be ''chemically'' inert in the human body, and is not nominally absorbed into the bloodstream.[[/note]] Since it is also highly malleable, it can be turned into an extremely thin, light material called "gold leaf". Gold leaf is often used to adorn high-end food stuffs--particularly desserts or expensive cuts of beef--to add to the luxuriousness of the food being consumed. Of course, since it's not absorbed by the body, that means it goes out the same way as all other unabsorbed food waste, giving literal meaning to the axiom "flushing your money down the toilet".

* Gold is highly unreactive, and is not absorbed by the human body in any form, and is completely safe for humans to eat.[[note]]There are concerns that nanoparticles of gold could cause cellular-level interruption in rare cases, but it is proven to be ''chemically'' inert in the human body, and is not nominally absorbed into the bloodstream.[[/note]] Since it is also highly malleable, it can be turned into an extremely thin, light material called "gold leaf". Gold leaf is often used to adorn high-end food stuffs--particularly desserts or expensive cuts of beef--to add to the luxuriousness of the food being consumed. Of course, since it's not absorbed by the body that means it goes out the same way as all other food, giving literal meaning to the axiom "flushing your money down the toilet".

* Chocolate coins are a literal example, given that most are decorated to look similar to existing real coins, just in chocolate form.

* In ''Manga/DeliciousInDungeon'', Team Touden come across a chest of what they think is treasure, but actually turns out to be [[ChestMonster treasure bugs]]. Their SupremeChef is happy to make them into a meal after they sort out the edible bugs from the inedible ones. He later remarks that the “inedible treasure bugs” are inedible because they’re ''actual treasure'' — ''after'' the team’s disposed of it down a pit.

* In ''Manga/DeliciousInDungeon'', Team Touden come across a chest of what they think is treasure, but actually turns out to be treasure bugs. Their SupremeChef is happy to make them into a meal.

** The "Forth Flavor" is a mysterious main ice cream flavor outside of Chocolate, Vanilla, and Strawberry. It is so sacred, that it is taboo to add any toppings to it. It was supposedly buried in a hidden temple when the Delightful Children topped it with sprinkles. Numbuh Five managed to get a taste of it. As the series went on, it is hinted that the Forth Flavor was salvaged and has since became common.

* Chocolate coins.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs'' episode "Spelunking Smurfs" has the Smurfs discovering a treasure trove of frozen food hidden in a cave along with a diamond and a frozen ogre who stole both the food and the diamond. The Smurfs use Vanity's mirrors to reflect the sunlight unto the diamond so that the food would be unfrozen, but it also unfreezes the ogre, who tries to stop the Smurfs from taking his food. When Papa Smurf reminds him of what the diamond did to him the last time he was selfish, the ogre allows them to take what they need along with the diamond. Soon after, Gargamel catches the Smurfs and takes the diamond from the Smurfs, and because of his selfish heart, the diamond seals up Gargamel in ice.

* The episode "[[Recap/LupinIIIS2E67 Lupin's Big Saiyuuki]]", from ''Anime/LupinIIIRedJacket'', is about the gang stealing the treasure of a forbidden kingdom. They risked their lives for... a chest full of salt. Apparently, the food in the kingdom is quite bland, and salt is a highly-prized commodity.

* In VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}, you can sometimes find food items like Bread and Cooked Fish and both [[PirateBooty Buried Treasure]] and [[ShipshapeShipwreck Sunken Ships]]. And as a bonus, you can also find [[Mess on a plate Suspicious Stew]]. Which begs the question as to [[FridgeLogic how can fully-cooked fish and bread stay preserved for so long while stews just rot?]]

* In VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}, you can sometimes find food items like Bread and Cooked Fish and both [[PirateBooty Buried Treasure]] and [[ShipshapeShipwreck Sunken Ships]]. And as a bonus, you can also find [[Messonaplate Suspicious Stew]]. Which begs the question as to [[FridgeLogic how can fully-cooked fish and bread stay preserved for so long while stews just rot?]]

* In ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}, you can sometimes find food items like Bread and Cooked Fish and both [[PirateBooty Buried Treasure]] and [[ShipshapeShipwreck Sunken Ships]]. And as a bonus, you can also find [[Mess on a plate Suspicious Stew]].

* In ''Disney/{{Pocahontas}}'', the English are in search of gold in the New World. When John Smith describes it as something yellow that comes out of the ground, Pocahontas quickly affirms that they do have that, and hands him an ear of corn.

* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDoo'' has the gang looking for a special buried treasure that is being sought out by the ghost of Shaggy's pilgrim ancestor from hundreds of years ago. After the ghost is caught and revealed to be another man in a mask, the treasure chest is then opened, revealing it to be corn on the cob.

A subtrope to WorthlessTreasureTwist. Compare WorthlessYellowRocks, AndYourRewardIsEdible. Not to be confused with EdibleCollectable, which is when food is an arbitrary collectible or bonus point-granting item in a video game. Not related to TastyGold besides being about treasure.

A subtrope to WorthlessTreasureTwist. Compare WorthlessYellowRocks, AndYourRewardIsEdible. Not related to TastyGold besides being about treasure.

Of course, a group of starving adventurers would prefer food to gold and gems. Or perhaps the BigEater as well.

Of course, a group of starving adventurers would prefer food to gold and gems.

A group of friends are out on a treasure hunt, on a search for buried treasure. There, they find the X and start digging. Once they get the treasure chest unearthed, they open it with great anticipation. However, once they get it opened, they discover that the treasure chest actually contains food instead of gold or jewels.