Gun Egg Fryer

Some people want breakfast to look like a little heart. The Island Dogs Gun Egg Fryer takes a different approach: a stainless steel, gun-shaped mold you use in a frying pan. The handle gives you a way to remove the mold from the pan, so there is a practical detail behind the visual gag. The appeal is pretty specific: this is for the person who enjoys making an otherwise ordinary breakfast look a bit ridiculous.

It also works as a cookie cutter, which gives the shape another outing if eggs aren’t on the menu. That second use makes it more appealing as a small kitchen gift, though the gun motif is doing most of the work here. Give it to someone whose sense of humor you know, rather than treating it as a safe bet for every brunch host.