That's right silicone b*tches! I gave you ZERO stars!

Damn, that sucks! Did the things you bake taste like burning plastic? I cant help but think that baking a cupcake would cause the cake to taste like the molten silicon.

I always worried about these. The idea of cooking with Silicone scares me. Ill stick to my metal baking sheets

Thanks for the heads up Layla

ohh nooo there goes another item scratched off of my list Thanks for reviewing them Layla, I'm always checking them out but for one reason or another I hadn't bought them... I guess I'll just get the silpad to line my baking sheet...

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I do want to try the silpad though shi.

Actually it didn't taste like plastic, that's one good thing I can say about it.

I have these old baking sheets and seriously nothing stick to them.

Well I guess thats the silver lining then. Having to pull out newly browned silicone bakeware from the oven and having my baked goods taste like funky burnt plastic would set me over the edge.

I got some loaf pans a while back when I was making lots of banana bread. Big mistake! The sides of the pans moved outwards with the weight of the banana bread mixture so when it was done my banana bread was rounded on the long sides and wasn't evenly baked. Total waste of money! Metal ones aren't that hard to clean and don't take up that much room.

That sucks Twinkle. Plus metal ones you can give just a light misting of some Pam and you are good to go.

Exactly Jess!

i tried to make a brownie loaf in these and it didn't hold the sides... so the thing was SO wobly!

I especially want the silpad to make cookies. I hate when they stick to the baking sheet

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Layla, thanks for the heads-up! I def. would have bought the pink set because, well it's pink. And, it might have motivated me to cook something. lol

now you found a good excuse not to bb hahaa

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The silpat is great for cookies (parchment paper works well too). I got a similar cheapo thing at target this christmas (so that i could have two) and it was a BIG mistake. Make sure you get the real deal if you get one. This other cheapo one was like the silicone bakeware. Awful and prone to burning.

I've heard that people like the silicone because they're afraid of the aluminum content in pans. But i've heard such horrible things about the silicone I don't even understand why you'd bother with it. I've heard where people make cakes, and the bottoms have the lines of the oven rack. Also, I heard an interview with a silcone bakeware manufacturer and he said "if someone tells you that you don't need to grease silicone bakeware, they're lying."

That's interesting to hear all the negative reviews. I sometimes use silicone bakeware (I have some from Le Creuset, and some from the red brand that Layla posted) and I've never had a problem with it. I've made hundreds of madelines and little individual brioche with the pans and not one has EVER stuck. (And I do not pre-spray them.) I suspect that if your silicone is turning brown or black, your oven temperature needs to be recaliberated (many ovens run too hot!) or you need to decrease your baking time.

What yum said about the "lines" you can get from the oven rack is true. I found this out the first time I used the silicone bakingware, but now I always put it the bakingware on a cookie sheet and voila! No lines! You just need a flat surface.

Thanks for the heads up, Layla!! Shi - I always line my baking sheets with parchment paper, and then, I just lift the parchment paper up with all the cookies on it, and set it on the cooling rack. The cookies peel right off when they're cool.

thanks layla, now i think i'll just stick to good ole fashioned metal!

I have a silicon bundt pan. I've used it and haven't had a problem. My food didn't smell like burnt plastic or anything

Thank god I can cross that off my list of must haves in my kitchen. I always use parchment paper for cookies, or in the bottom of cake pans, and it works for me. Thanks for the review!

I also use parchment paper for cookies and lining cake tins. It's so easy and makes clean up a breeze.

silicone doesnt brown very well either

I too have had this problem with my silicone bakeware. The first thing I bought for my kitchen after I got married was a heartshaped Kitchen Aid silicone bake "pan". Mine didn't turn black at all, but it definitely stuck. Plus - how the heck do you get the bakeware into the oven? You put the batter in and then it's like jello. I hate silicone bakeware. Finally sold mine on ebay ;o).

I was always scared of this stuff and now I'm glad I never got it. I love the really old fashioned cast iron bakeware the best, really heavy and bakes really well.

Funny...I read this post a week ago and later that morning my husband's boss came over. For whatever reason, they started talking about cooking/baking I overhead his boss saying how he had the best baking stuff made out of rubber and he'll never go back to regular stuff again...blah, blah, blah. I knew he was talking about silicone, but I didn't have the gumption to relay second-hand opinions about it, especially never having cooked with it myself. Guess he's the exception!

I just got an amazing deal on the red silicone kit in Layla's post... unfortunately, I came across this thread AFTER buying it. I just took muffins out of the oven and, for the most part, it worked great. The muffins baked nicely and they slipped right out (I didn't pre-grease the pan). The pan didn't change colour either. Where it went wrong was the fumes- they were constantly setting off my smoke detector!!! There was nothing in the oven burning, I could really see the fumes coming out of the pan. I baked it at 400 and the pan claims to stand heat up to 440. Kinda makes you wonder how much of those fumes when into the muffins?!