Secret Snack of Shame-a-Thon
Oct 27th, 2009 by Marilyn
By now I’ve been lucky to host nearly 40 Tell Simmer interviews, and in all but two of them* I’ve asked a guest – be they blogger, chef, writer or teen – to reveal their “secret snack of shame.” Their answers, delightful and curious, confirm my theory: you may be confident, you may be sure and you may even be comfortable letting your freak snack fly – but somewhere in your kitchen lies the sweet, and forbidden. What is it?
We’ve read so many great descriptions of these much-needed nibbles that I felt a compilation was in order, a sort of snacking index of shame. I again thank my guests for generously sharing secrets – and now it’s your turn. For every comment revealing a secret snack of shame, we will happily donate a can of food to our local food bank. Sweet, savory, or an odd couple combination – spill! Let’s help out and let’s hear what you’ve just got to have.
* In Josie Grills Mom, my daughter did not ask for my secret snack of shame, presumably because she views them openly every day. And I forgot to ask Chocolate & Zucchini’s Clotilde Dusoulier for hers, presumably because she lives in Paris, where shameful food is scarce.
THE SWEET
A veritable candyland where Gummis and Tootsie Rolls rule. Also, crunchy goods in colorful packages.
Todd and Diane, White on Rice Couple: Todd: Tootsie Rolls. I’ll eat the whole bag. Diane: Banana Twinkies. I’ll eat half the box and hide the rest so that Todd can’t find them. Yes, they’re all mine. He’ll eat all his tootsie rolls and my Twinkies too!
Molly Wizenberg, Orangette: Gummy candies! I LOVE GUMMY CANDIES! Especially the “gummy fruit salad” in the bulk bin at my usual grocery store.
Diana McMillen, Midwest Living: Eating more warm-from-the-oven chocolate chip cookies than I should. I guess I could say eating warm-from-the-oven any kind of cookies is my secret shame. They’re too irresistible.
Jenni Sampson, Thirteen11: Keebler Fudge Sticks. But I never buy them, because I can eat the entire package in a day.
Josie Naron: I have many snacks of shame, unfortunately most of them are not so secret. Jelly beans on bagels with cream cheese, any type of sour gummies, and Tootsie Rolls with raw cranberries are just a few. There are many.
Peabody Rudd, Culinary Concoctions by Peabody: Frozen Twinkies. Honey Buns slightly heated. Strawberry Frosted Pop Tarts.
Julia Knispel, Hooked on Houses: Cocoa Puffs. It’s simply impossible for me to stop at only one bowl. This is my idea of a late-night snack when the kids are in bed and nobody can see me refilling the bowl again…and again…and again… That’s right. I admitted it. I’m cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs!
Diana Kuan, Appetite for China: I eat way more gummy bears than a woman my age should. I also love instant ramen in any shape or form.
Sally Jacobs, The Practical Archivist: Oh, dear. Can I preface this by saying I’m not proud of my secret snack of shame? It’s those horrible mini “chocolate” donuts. There is no explaining it…I mean the waxy fake chocolate is awful. And yet? Once a year I have to have them.
Mike Trendel, The Greasy Skillet: Pillsbury Cookie Dough. I’ve also been known to eat pie and cake for breakfast.
Erin Nichols, Erin Cooks: If by shame you mean immense feelings of guilt, then I’ll confess to the fact that I have been known to make a batch of cookie dough just to eat the dough. I never feel good about that decision afterwards and neither do my jeans.
Jane from Beach House: As a child I used to eat Bird’s Custard Powder out of the tin mixed with a little cold milk. Cornstarch, sugar and food colouring, the perfect after-school snack. Now that my tastes are so much more sophisticated it’s a pinch of shredded Cheddar and Monterey Jack cheese, straight out of the bag.
Caroline Lubbers, Whipped: Donuts, donuts and more donuts
Jeannie Olson, House in Progress: Girl Scout cookies by the box. Preferably those Samoa things with coconut.
April Phillips, Coal Creek Farm: This is embarrassing, but when I’m premenstrual I turn into The Woman That Buys Cheap Disgusting Snacks From Wal-Mart. All of the sudden the cheapest bagged crap look like the most delicious cookie ever made and who can resist an Oatmeal Cream Pie, Star Crunch or Zebra Cake? Something in me says, “Go buy a box of corn syrup mixed with wax and pour it down your throat, you will feel better.” You know what? It does make me feel better. Oh, and one time I ate a 5-lb bag of Hot Tamales that I bought at Sam’s in the span of five days. I smelled like a Yankee candle.
Melanie from BeanPaste: Frosting. Final answer.
THE SAVORY
featuring odd combos, pantry staples and a generous dose of salty-cheesy
Tara Austen Weaver, Tea & Cookies: Kraft Mac & Cheese, with the fluorescent orange “cheese” packet.
Julie Van Rosendaal, Dinner With Julie: OK you guys, I’ve never told anyone this, but I love raisins and cheese. Wait, it gets worse. As a kid I loved the combo so much – and of course melty cheese is always better than the cold stuff – that I would melt cheese in a mug in the microwave, then stir in a handful of raisins and eat it with a spoon. And – sometimes I still do.
Sara Reddy Coyne, Culinerapy: my all-time favorite snack is not all that scandalous: toasted sourdough bread topped with avocado, salt and pepper. I grew up on three acres of avocado trees, so avocado has a recurring role in my snack fantasies.
Alicia Paulson, Posie Gets Cozy: Elbow macaroni with butter.
Liz Upton, Gastronomy Domine: There is a cupboard in our kitchen called Liz’s Disgusting Things Cupboard. It’s full of the things I like that my fastidious husband wouldn’t touch – dried Malaysian fish spackled with a sweet satay seasoning, tinned sardines (there are lots of those – sardines on toast is a favourite lunch), peanut butter and grape jelly, XO-flavoured ramen – you know, there’s lots to be said for a lunch that costs 30p.
Lydia Walshin, The Perfect Pantry: Egg salad made with Miracle Whip, on Wheat Thins.
Jeannette Ordas, Everybody Likes Sandwiches: When I was little it was yellow mustard spread thinly over buttered toast or margarine mixed with brown sugar to make “frosting” since my parents didn’t keep treats in the house. Now that I’m all grown up, it’s sneaking sips of pickle juice from the jar – actually I did that when I was a kid too!
Francie Baker, Frantic Home Cook: A pickle, mustard and onion “sundae” – mounds of dill pickles, drizzled with mustard and sprinkled with chopped onion. And no, I’m not pregnant.
KianLam Kho, Red Cook: Spam. Maybe growing up in Asia and eating lots of Spam with rice in my lunch box as a child has made me crave for it. I buy six-packs of them from Costco.
Rachel Rappaport, Coconut & Lime: Hmm. Hot dogs?
SWEET and SALTY
as in Nutella and Saltines (oh yes, it’s good) sweet and salty won’t be kept apart.
Jean, Renovation Therapy: Oh man, this could take a while. On the way home last week I bought a Diet Coke and a small bag of Doritos and proclaimed myself “16 again.” When I am stressed out to the MAX…I hit Hostess Cupcakes. Bad. Bad. Bad.
Joanne Asala, The Box House: Nachos with cheese and jalapenos. I can’t enjoy a movie out without them. At home? Chocolate. In cookies. In cakes. Chocolate ice cream. Chocolate bars. Bottles of Hershey’s Syrup flipped open and chugged like a soft drink. Ugh. No wonder it’s been a while since I’ve seen a Size 2. Oh! And cream cheese on Saltines. I blame my mother for introducing me to that one.
Rechelle Malin, My Sister’s Farmhouse: I am a junk food junkie. But the problem is I keep trying to hide my stash from my kids and THEY ALWAYS FIND IT!!!
Monica Bhide, A Life of Spice: I just LOVE chili BBQ chips, and Haagen-Dazs Dulce de Leche ice cream.
Marilyn, Simmer Till Done: Saltines, butter and honey. Life without this trusty trio, impossible.
THE UNASHAMED
if you love something, set its snacking powers free.
Sara Reddy Coyne, Culinerapy: Oh, honey, I have no shame. You’re talking to a grown woman who openly admits that one of her favorite meals is chili cheese fries. I regularly eat ice cream in the middle of the day straight from the carton, and I dip my pizza crust in bottled ranch dressing.
Francis Lam, food writer: Screw that. You like something, own up to it.
Tara Austen Weaver, Tea & Cookies: I’m also a sucker for Jelly Belly jelly beans, but I’m not ashamed of that. I try to find the packet with the largest number of black beans, which are my favorite. I also have a fondness for sour gummy things, licorice chalk, and onion rings. I also eat an indecent amount of pickles. I’m not ashamed of that either.
Grace Mannon, A Southern Grace:I refuse to be ashamed by my snacking. That said, I hide my candy corn and circus peanuts like they’re illegal. Truth be told, they probably should be.
Cookbook author Carole Walter: Brownies
CHOOSY SNACKERS CHOOSE PB
Peanut butter figures largely into secret snacking. My sister often unscrewed a jar of Skippy, stirred in M & M’s, chocolate chips and mini Rold Gold pretzels, then spooned.
Sandy, Foodhoe: I like fat with my fat and when I’m alone in the house, I’ll park at the table with a jar of Adam’s crunchy peanut butter and scoop piles of it onto any kind of chocolate
Gwen Ashley Walters, Pen & Fork: Peanut butter — on a spoon, straight from the jar.
THE BIG DIPPER
Eddie Ross: Ruffles dipped in Temp-Tee cream cheese.
THE GROSS BUT YOU KNOW WANT IT
Julie Van Rosendaal, Dinner With Julie: Slightly less disgusting: my mom used to make us cheese sandwiches on raisin bread, and now I make grilled cheese sandwiches on raisin bread. You should try it – especially with old white cheddar or Gouda. Yum.
The ultimate sweet and salty, for mom.
What’s your secret snack of shame?
french fries with peanut sauce, mayo and raw chopped onions!
Nacho Cheese Doritos for the right hand, a spoonful of Jif for the left. Obviously, this leaves the Ginger Beer front and center with a straw.
Mine belongs under the ‘Gross but you know you want it’ category; I absolutely love peanut butter and green olive sandwiches. I use the huge meaty green olives from the grocer’s olive bar and just bust them in half with my fingers, pressing them to a thick layer of peanut butter. Bonus points if they’re covered with mustard seeds that pop when you bite them.
My restaurant snack pleasure is french fries dredged through beef gravy.
And I LOVE saltines with butter and honey! Here I thought I was the only person who did that.
Oh, god. Um, those sweet & spicy chili Doritos. I can’t help it! They’re so good!
Oh, some yummy stuff there! Club crackers with soft butter spread on them.
Forget the chocolate chip cookie dough – mine is oatmeal raisin cookie dough with walnuts – can’t stop me there.. Hurry and bake them or the dough will be gone.
Bit O Honeys – only if they are soft. I hide them from the kids – they’re MINE, all MINE!
Love that you posted all of these together.
Now I must confess, I tried the cracker, butter, honey the other day. It was meant to happen. My counter found the butter, the honey, and a small pack of Premium Saltines with in a foot of each other and a bell went off in my head. I remember my mom making us butter crackers as kids, but she was holding back on the honey thing. Yummy!
One for the Shame-a-Thon: I have been known to place peanut butter on a hunk of cheddar cheese no cracker included.
Mine is more of a meal. Peanut Butter & Jelly sandwiches with bacon, or Peanut Butter & Honey sandwiches with bacon. Sweet and salty. Regularly eaten growing up (started by my dad), I did not realize the strangeness of the combination until the college cafeteria when my tablemates look upon my sandwich with something resembling sheer terror and disgust.
Panda brand licorice. It’s (apparently) fat free and I love licorice!!! Almost no one I know likes the taste of licorice but I think it’s wonderful. I also love Sambuca/Ouzo/Pastis etc.
I also love chocolate milk made from powdered chocolate. I like to scoop the blobs of powder that don’t dissolve and eat them with a spoon.
Take a brick of cream cheese (the real kind, not the reduced fat/no fat kind) and pour a bottle of salsa over it. Scoop up gobs of cheese/salsa with a tortilla chips. Repeat until the entire 8oz block of cream cheese is gone. I used to have this every Thursday night for dinner in my single days, sitting on the floor of my apartment, watching “must see tv”. Now I maybe have it once a year but oh lord, it my metabolism could handle it, I would eat it every day!
I forgot that I admitted my love for Cocoa Puffs! How fun to read everyone else’s. My secret snack this time of year is a mixture of candy corn and M&Ms that I can’t keep my hands off of. They’re just sooo good together!
I do the Smuckers All Natural PB by the spoonful.
Hostess mini crueller donuts by the bag full.
I second the Panda Brand licorice. Also: McDonald’s cheeseburgers. I am so ashamed, but the bun is so uber-sweet, and so is the ketchup. It’s sort of like an American version of the sweet red bean buns one finds in China and Thailand. I know it’s bad, and wrong. And I only eat them when I’ve got a broken heart, which thankfully isn’t all that often.
Licorice seems to be a popular answer here! Mine is liquorice allsorts. Also cinnamon toast.
Oh dear, just one?
Cheetos (the crispity version) has a new flavor – Jalapeno. I have absolutely zero self-control in their presence, so I do not buy anything but a single-serve bag out of the vending machine. As for sweet + salty, jalapeno Cheetos tasted absolutely wonderful dipped in jam. Or peanut butter. Or melted chocolate. Or caramel.
In low-carb appropriate portions of no more than 15g effective carbohydrates per serving, of course.
If not for my metabolism (or lack thereof) I would eat sweets a lot, probably. But I have to say, I have no secrets or anything super freak (like that microwaved cheese and raisin one.
. One thing we tend to “hoard” at the shorehouse are Cadbury eggs…not the ones with the ooey gooey yolk inside but the solid chocolate ones with the crunchy shells. Mike found a bag he stashed in his closet (!?!?) a couple of weeks ago and you’d think he discovered uranium. Oh, and I could eat my body weight in guacamole.
Parmesan Goldfish, Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups, Cool Ranch Doritos
What a fun lineup. I think I have indulged in nearly every snack listed here at one time or another. I do have a few twists to add. I’ll see your Ranch Dressing on Pizza and call you a bottle of Marie’s Creamy Italian Garlic Dressing. Try it and you’ll never go back to Ranch again I promise
We always loved crackers with butter and jam (rather than honey) but the secret shame was standing with a bag of pretzels in one hand in front of the open refrigerator door and dragging them one at a time through the margarine tub. The trick was to keep the grooves evenly deep so it was not so obvious somebody had stood there until drops formed on the sides of the milk carton eating pretzels with margarine gobs on the end.
For the big finale – once in the dorm on a Sunday PM (dining hall was closed then) my roommate/I were totally broke but had a container of sour cream onion dip, a bag of Ruffles potato chips and a can of tuna. We stirred the tuna into the dip and ate it with the chips. Chased that with about a gallon of water if I recall correctly. Compared to some of the dorm food – it wasn’t all that bad.
Cheetos. I could eat the whole bag! Must find the jalapeno cheetos Pat mentioned. Another one is frito scoops with Hellmans mayo as dip. Completely grossed my husband (then boyfriend) out the first time he saw me eat them that way.
oh Cheetos, the good real cheese kind, But I love them best toothsomely stale.
p.s. Speaking of treats, I didn’t make the scones yet. Hopefully this weekend. I’ve miraculously managed to not eat the candy bar from Brussels.
Mexican sweetbreads, two in particular – empanadas de queso, which are like cheesecake in folded-over pie crust, and kampechanas, which my husband describes as greased and sugared air. They’re high flaky pastries with no filling, covered in cinnamon sugar. I can eat however many of either I can get my hands on. *sigh*
Red grapes and gouda.
Half-sour pickles.
Instant miso soup.
Wasabi rice crackers.
okay, I second, or third, or I lost count, the sentiment that I have no shame about these indulgences.
1. bite of pickle, alternating with a bite of ice cream. It sort of resets your brain so that you keep getting that “first bite” awesomeness. No, I’m also not preggers.
2. anything sweet and sour: zours, sweet tarts, sour nerds, etc… No, I’m not 12, but sometimes my palate is.
3. I mix sour cream with salsa 1:1 and then eat with tortilla chips, a pacifico beer and lime.
I found several of my ’shameful’ vices already depicted. Crispy crackers, honey, and butter…is beyond delicious and surprisingly satisfying. Hunk o’ cheese with a dollop of peanut butter…that’s uncannily familiar and so yummy I think I’ll go indulge right now, since I’ve been reminded and all. Guess it’s time for one unnamed: (any favorite local diner) french fries dunked in (same said local diners) chocolate malt…Oh my!
Half of a perfectly ripened avocado sprinkled with a smidge of fleur de sel and a dash of aged balsamic. My mom introduced me to this heavenly treat about 35 yrs ago – still heavenly!
In a summer science day camp, I used to sneak the sugar cubes intended to be fed to the animals.
Chocolate ice cream with a big spoonful of peanut butter mixed into it, then topped with chocolate sprinkles and salted pecans.
Frozen girl scout thin mint cookies, by the sleeve. THE WHOLE SLEEVE. Disgusting mini marshmallows by the handful.
little debbie star crunch!! all growing up i had to make lunch(brown bag) for myself and also my dad (mom “doesn’t eat lunch”) and star crunch was the staple dessert! now it just takes me back to the cafeteria! also i like giant chewy sweet tarts (esp purple)
Nutella on challah toast. Or a mashed up avocado with salt and lemon on challah toast. Or one and then the other!
And sour cream chocolate frosting by the spoonful.
Ben and Jerry’s Chubby Hubby Ice Cream. Or forget the ice cream and just give me chocolate covered pretzels.
Fake soy bacon bits, straight from the jar plain. I have low blood pressure, I need my salt
Chicken taquitos from QuikTrip. So bad for you, but so good.
Since it’s for a good cause, I’ll tell: I love rice crispy squares in the pre-square state, meaning heaped into my mouth straight from the pot, just cooled enough not to scorch!
This is all in my past, of course.
Savory- noodles with grape juice (no one else I know ever ate this). Plain boiled noodles washed down with Welch’s. It was comfort food.
For sweet– Suzy Q’s, the chocolate cakes stuck together with white fluff. Still drool slightly thinking about them.
You already know I shamefully lick peanut butter straight from the spoon, but I wanted to comment so you’ll had another can to the food bank. If you want to make that “can” a “jar” of peanut butter, I won’t stop you.
I am deeply against food shame. Honestly, some of the aforementioned food shames seem, well, not shameful at all. French fries with mayo? Not ashamed. Butter and salami sandwiches? No shame there! That having been said, there is one thing I am ashamed to say I’m ashamed of: Slim Jims. Original flavor. Seriously. I eat them on the way home from the grocery store. I have even been known to be trapped in my car shame eating so the hot young vegan contractor working on the house next door won’t see me and judge me. I am ashamed of my shame. Especially in front of the vegan! Maybe if he was ugly…
Oh, also, chocolate Teddy Grahams eaten as breakfast cereal.
I thought of a couple more….
Potato Chips crumbled on top of Vanilla Ice Cream.
Cheetos dipped in peanut butter.
I already commented but I just saw a billboard today that made me giddy: The McRib is back! Yes the pressed meat product served on the white bread w/ pickle and onion. Usually the only time I go to Mcd’s . And i go alone, and eat in the car. Yum.
Candy corn. Usually I’m all about good quality chocolate and not really a candy person, until someone breaks open a bag of candy corn, and then there’s trouble because my inner candy monster breaks loose!
I love candy corn and Pizza Hut pizza… Yum!
Cheap crap cereal, specifically a knock-off version of Cocoa Krispies. I will buy a bag from the dollar store and eat it in the course of 24 hours. I apparently have to feed a need for HFCS, although I avoid it as much as possible the rest of the time.
Trolli Brite Crawlers, LOVE EM!!
Kraft Mac and Cheese with Bedekar Lime Pickle for sure.
M&Ms. The little crunch before the chocolate gush is so addicting, I cannot stop until every M&M in my sight is gone. Completely gone.
Raw cookie dough.
A spoonful of peanut butter mixed in with Grape Nuts and not too much milk. Pickles from the jar. Chocolate rice krispy treats. Melted pepper jack cheese spooned into yogurt — like a slightly spicy cheesecake.
fried cheese curds, a salty fried revelation. saltines with cream cheese frosting, i’ve been known to make extra frosting just to slather on crackers. black olive, cream cheese and sprout sandwiches. hmm, i think there is a cheese theme here.
Peanut butter and cream cheese sandwiches as very good. Actually peanut butter & bacon is a close second.
One that is really gross (according to Marilyn) is: wide egg noodles covered with BBQ sauce. Top it with grated parm cheese and it is a perfect comfort food.
The thing I can’t resist that I get the foulest looks for in my kitchen is eating spicy curry paste right out of the jar with a spoon. I love it. It’s so bright and shocking on your tongue, a very cheerful indulgence.
Grape jelly and American cheese sandwiches. Grilled cheese sandwich dipped in syrup or salsa. The Bacon Explosion (google it!). Just thinking about it makes me want to go to the gym! And yes those jalepeno cheetos are to die for!
I still enjoy raw cookie dough. Although after that whole national tainted cookie dough incident, they place a big warning label on the front telling me not to consume raw cookie dough. I still do it though. It might be the only risk I’m willing to take in life.
Lately I’ve been enjoying buttered saltines. Maybe I need to invite honey to the party.
have a great weekend,
muddy
Frozen chocolate chip cookie dough. I make the dough and freeze it in cookie sized scoops so I can make cookies quickly. Plan never pans out since my daughter and I always eat it before we need to make cookies.
my secret snack of shame…LOTS AND LOTS OF CHIPS AND FRIES. if you fry a potato, and put some salt on it, i cannot resist. consider yourself warned.
Oh, one more from me! When I was a kid I used to dip potato chips in ketchup. A lot like fries only thinner and crispier!
I’ve never been so happy to feel slightly nauseous! What a great collection of shameful snacks—although brownies don’t count as shameful in my world. They’re just food. Most of my food shames date back to childhood, including glazed doughnuts—which I used to wash down with a Coke (yecch)—and Nacho Cheese Doritos and Mounds bars. In fact, I just finished the last of a bag of mini-Mounds. None left for Halloween.
Damn you! This is such a gross snack, but I looooove it. Jalapeno-Pimiento Cheese from Whole Foods, dolloped on tortilla chips and warmed in the oven until it’s all one volcanic cheese bomb…
Ritz crackers spread with peanut butter and topped with sliced green olives with pimentoes. This is VERY good. When I was a kid it was white bread spread with butter covered with a thick layer of sugar, and maybe cinnamon to be fancy.
Sweet/Salty
take a saltine ( only saltine!!!) cracker, place one marshmallow on the cracker, place on cookie sheet. Make about a dozen or so of these. Run under broiler, watching carefully. When they are done to your marshmallow specifications ( light golden or burnt black and oozy?) Take out, cool a few minutes and…….well. Enough said.
Oh, wow. I found this as I was eating my secret snack of shame. Oatmeal cookie dough. Yeah. Consuming raw eggs is bad. You shouldn’t do it. But I love it!
Everyone I know, knows that I love Cheetos. What they don’t know is that when I am alone and craving a snack I will but Chili Cheese Flavored Fritos and eat an entire bag with a bottle of Dr. Pepper.
I’m not ashamed of any of the things I like now, but when I was a kid I used to make “cookie dough” to eat similar to how someone else said they made “frosting”: creamed margarine and white sugar. I also used to eat plain margarine like it was candy.
Now that I’m an adult and in charge of the grocery shopping, I don’t buy margarine and haven’t eaten it in probably 20 years. I do still eat cookie dough–Nestle Toll House chocolate chip recipe with half the recommended amount of chocolate chips because I like the juxtaposition of salty and sweet. I also love bacon maple cookies for that salty/sweet combo. Buttered popcorn Jelly Belly jelly beans, sour apple Jolly Ranchers, Hot Tamales, and good black licorice are among my favorite candies, but I’m not picky. I love circus peanuts and slightly stale Peeps. I could eat a whole sheet pan of marguerites (Ritz crackers topped with peanut butter and marshmallows, stuck under the broiler to brown) in one sitting and have been known to dip pretzels in canned vanilla frosting. Another favorite: McDonald’s (and no other!) french fries dipped in a strawberry shake.
Um, I really shouldn’t have started typing this comment on an empty stomach!
Oh! And Bugles and Coke together! Mmmm!
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My former roommates introduced me to two types of awesome, both of which I’m SHOCKED aren’t already on here: Animal crackers dunked in funfetti (or fudge or pink vanilla) frosting and Double Stuf Oreos dragged through an open jar of peanut butter. It’s the food of the gods (and likely one of the quickest ways to meet them). The one they never got me to try was a Peanut Butter Grilled Cheese Sandwich.
My odd ones:
Green olives with pimientos, straight from the jar
Smoked gouda by the wheel, with or without crackers
Wheat Thins with barbeque sauce- (I’m a vegetarian!)
Countrytime Lemonade powder, straight from the can
If I could figure out how to combine dripping-with-butter popcorn and piping hot four-cheese nachos, that’d be my ultimate snack, paired with pineapple soda. (I discovered this Fanta flavor a few years ago, and save it for extra special treats.) Of course, the anything gummi, anything chocolate, and peanut-butter-off-of-a-spoon indulgences go without saying.