Ingenious moulds grow fruit and vegetables into stars, hearts and even skulls

    Pears.

These ingenious moulds grow fruit and veg into bizarre shapes - including little Buddha pears and square watermelons.

China-based Fruit Mould Co is behind the crazy contraptions and have been commissioned worldwide to help people make odd-shaped produce.

Its website says: 'Fruit Mould Co., Ltd specialises in creating one of a kind, high quality fruit and vegetable moulds to transform regular fruits into wacky and weird shapes that you've never seen before.

'Imagine square watermelons, heart-shaped cucumbers and Buddha shaped pears.' 

The moulds work by farmers placing them over the stems of growing produce and then allowing the fruit and veg to slowly fill them as they develop.

Some moulds are even designed so there can be words put on the items - including heart shaped apples with the word 'love' across them.

The company, based in Suzhou, Jiangsu, eastern China, even offers custom designs through its website. 

    Little Buddha pears

Based in Suzhou, Jiangsu, Fruit Mould Co. are the firm behind the crazy contraptions and have been commissioned worldwide to help people make odd-shaped produce. Pictured are heart-shaped watermelons

One of the moulds offered by the company is skull shaped (right), allowing customers to create ghoulish pumpkin skulls for Halloween

Star-shaped cucumbers are another option, as well as heart-shaped aubergines for that special someone

The moulds work by farmers placing them over the stems of growing produce and then allowing the fruit and veg to slowly fill them as they develop. Pictured right is a watermelon cube made using the mould in the left image

The company claims 'any kind of fruit can be shaped by the moulds'. Pictured is a pair of apples shaped into cubes

Some moulds are even designed so there can be words put on the items (left) - including heart shaped apples with the word 'love' across them (right)

The company produces the shapes in Suzhou, Jiangsu, eastern China, by placing moulds over the stems of budding fruits and vegetables (pictured)

The company says on its website that strangely shaping food can 'add more value' to items as well as drawing more attention to them

Custom shape designs for produce can be submitted through the firm's website

Its website says: 'Fruit Mould Co., Ltd specialises in creating one of a kind, high quality fruit and vegetable moulds to transform regular fruits into wacky and weird shapes that you've never seen before

The idea for the strange operation originated in Japan and production was then moved to China

These cucumbers have been shaped into stars using specialised moulds made by the firm