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Over the Shabbos meal we discussed the idea of sending "Halachikly Complicated" Mishloach Manos. "Halachikly Complicated" meaning foods that cannot be eaten because we have a safek what their bracha is, and therefore cannot be eaten (except for during a meal in which you made hamotzie OR making a bracha on a number of other foods that you otherwise would not eat)
What are examples of such foods?
I understand the concept now. A few ideas
soufganyot - there is a doubt whether they are mezonot or hamotzi. Because it is fried challah-dough, there is a machloket whether the frying removes the hamotzi. Some are machmir not to eat without hamotzi
chocolate-covered raisins or nuts - until you open/eat one, you don't know what bracha - and even then it depends if you like the chocolate or raisin more
chocolate - R Shlomo Zalman Auerbach held it is haeitz although most/all say sheakol
Granola - the oats are a safek mezonos/haadama Rice
Puffed Wheat - there is a shita that holds that since wheat is one of the & species, one would have to make a "Al Hoadama" Afterbracha (similar to Al HaPeiros made on grapes, figs, dates, olives, pomegranete). Since in practice we dont make this bracha at all, such a food would be "unedible" except for during a meal of bread.