Pajiba

Mmmm... lately, since I moved to Europe, I can't get enough of these chili peanuts. They sell them in small-ish bags that seem too small for two servings, but yet too big for one. But for me, it's one. It's always one. *sigh*

Your neighbor really tried to come into your house and lick your cat?

On topic: I recently re-discovered the joy of Pringles. It's like eating salty air. And yes, I can pretty much eat a whole can at a sitting.

superasente, is your favourite snack food poop?

MM, have you tried Munchos? They are sort of like Pringles but waaaay better.

I absolutely love chocolate milk (not really a food that you chew but, damn I sure drink a lot of that stuff, like a litre a day.

Gardettos. And spicy beef jerky. Neither of those are things I indulge in often, bucause if I did I'd probably eat myself into exploding. Also, I am currently obsessed with finding bugles, a snack I had not thought of for years until recently (but only when I'm drunk/high, so success has been limited so far - found peanut butter chocolate and buffalo ones the other day, but no regular ones).

"...my comment also directly relates to my favorite snack-food..."

If this is some sort of "poo-from-the-source" kinda thing, I'm not interested in the details.

Not anymore (because my wife won't allow it) but I used to buy a package of brownie mix and instead of making brownies like a normal human I would put some mix in a small glass, add a little water (or milk), a little peanut butter, and some chocolate chips, and then just mix it up and eat it slowly with a spoon, because fuck baking. All that heat kills the flavor anyway- true story. Plus, you can make single servings and not have to worry about being tempted by a plate of brownies all day. Plus, no oil or eggs, so I rationalized I was being healthy.

No, I didn't used to smoke pot. I just ate makeshift brownie mix. You kids that still have some metabolism left should try it. Good stuff.

Holla TSF!

Wasabi rice crackers, salt water taffy, coke bottle gummies, mini-m&m's.
My four snack food groups.

Jadine, I have never heard of these strange items you call "Munchos". Therefore, I was forced to Wikipedia them. The Wikipedia entry is ... terse, but concludes with this:

Due to the high production costs, advertising and prolific commercial distribution of Munchos is limited, if not nonexistent, although they can be commonly found in many areas of the midwestern and southwestern United States as well as southern Ontario, Canada and northern Ohio. Munchos are also widely available in New England.

I live in none of the areas mentioned. Thus, I believe it will be difficult for me to procure said "Munchos".

Skitz, French Onion dip is the nectar of the gods, and an inspired choice for your funerary rites.

superasente, is it something that comes in segments? Damn, this sort of thing can drive me crazy.

Is it too late to answer "Peanut M&M's" and still be taken seriously?

superasente-Ass is definitely a strange snack addiction.

I have to separate any colored candy by color and eat them according to which ones i like best. If they are Starburst I have to flatten out the wrappers and place them in a neat pile and then fold them all up inside the package.

A little off topic, but one time a few years ago
I stumbled into my dorm late at night high as a kite and was craving some cereal. Of course I had no milk so I instead dipped a spoon into some peanut butter then rolled the spoon in raisin bran and ate it like a candy apple. It isn't the most ridiculous idea but my former roommate makes sure to bring it up whenever possible.

Is it too late to answer "Peanut M&M's" and still be taken seriously?

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Well it was fun while it lasted.

Edamame. I know, mine is kinda sucky because it's sorta healthy, but damn, I love this stuff. I eat a whole bag in one sitting.

There are these Mexican crispy wagon wheel shaped thingies that you can get at some REAL Mexican markets. Fried in oil. They come in 2 flavors I am aware of. Lime, and Chili.
The Chili ones are SOFUCKINGHOT. They are kind of perfect snack food because you can only eat 4 or 5 before you HAVE to stop. The effect is cumulative.
A slow burn that rises sloooowly in the back of the mouth. It gets a little hard to breathe, your face gets hot and flushed, the room feels VERY warm, sweat pops out on your forehead, you kind of want to claw at something, anything, desperate....
Then, when the tears subside, you
Just
Want
More

Yeah. That's good snackin'.

Yeah and it's because of YOU BITCHES and all your talk about rice cakes that I was in the store recently and instead of blowing right past them like I normally do, I stood there thinking "heeey are these the things Lainey and Sarinaface keep talking about that make them have spontaneous orgasms?"

So I bought some of that "True Delight" shit, the cheese flavor, got 'em home, ripped 'em open, tried them and that's when I remembered that

I GODDAMNED HATE RICE CAKES.

What is wrong with you Sarina? I suspect it has to do with Minnesota or something. Maybe that's what's wrong with your neighbors.

When I was a wee kid, it was milkbones. Seriously - crunch crunch

Wait. Milkbones? Like... dog treats?

Oh um:

peanut M&Ms

fruit leather

cold cereal with milk is the best snack ever in the history of food

Vietnamese shrimp chips

popcorn the way Mr. Snuggie makes it (in the Stir Pop thing with olive oil and a bit of salt)

queso with beef and real thin salty tortilla chips

margaritas on the rocks no salt

God, look where I went.

I'm glad there are other wasabi addicts out there.

This thread has made me hungry. All the shops are shut and there is no food in the flat. So I've settled for egg fried rice (minus the vegetables). It's either that or I have to break into the Apocalypse Box and choose between creamed rice, age-old pasta and canned haggis.

That picture of the hamster with the carrot cracks my shit up every time. Adorable.

I have no "strange" snack food addictions. I sometimes eat Froot Loops right out of the box, no bowl of milk necessary, but that's about as strange as it gets. Well, OK, occasionally I will barge into my neighbor's house and lick her cat. But that's it.

How the fuck do people eat anything with wasabi on it or in it? That shit is disgusting.

My boyfriend hates when I do this, and thus won't allow me to buy them anymore. When absolutely dying of a sugar craving, I sit down with a large glass, half full of milk, and a package of Double Stuf Oreos, those Oreos with enough fake icing to give Santa diabetes.

I drop about a dozen into the milk, and let them dissolve, while dunking a few, and eating them traditionally. Then, I stir the milk, and let the cookie bits make my milk black and chunky, and drink that, swiftly followed up with a mouthful of little icing discs.

The following sugar high lets me vibrate into parallel universes.

I used to be obsessed with protein bars (which is silly because although I lift weights, I'm no bodybuilder in great need of extra protein) but I had to quit them cold turkey when I got braces. Yes, I'm an adult with braces--you got a problem with that?

Anyway, currently I love blueberries mixed with cool whip, which is not that strange, but when we were growing up we would mix peanut butter and syrup in a bowl and then crumble cornbread on top. YUM. OK, that's more dessert than snack, but it'll work for a quick snack, too. Oh god, no I have to resist going in the kitchen to see if I have the ingredients for cornbread.

I think unique is a very good word for it, Ms MoMo.

Oh Jesus Snuggie, I could eat fruit leather until I am seconds from hyperglycemic shock. I love that stuff SO MUCH. I love how it tastes kinda like plastic and you almost have to dislocate your jaw as you chew it. It reminds me of the old school fruit roll-ups that were made by Sunkist, and then that reminds me of Fun Fruits, which I miss sooooo very much, and These Kids Today and their fruit snacks with sub-par texture give me the sads. Actually, now that I stop to think about it, fruit leather makes me depressed and makes my jaw so sore that I feel like I've been punched in the face, but I still love it anyway because there are things wrong with me and I think it's a good hurt, so it turns out that fruit leather and I have a really unhealthy relationship.

Now, as for your rice cake situation, I think the selection of the cheese flavour is where things went awry. I have not tried the cheesy True Delights, or indeed any cheesy variety of rice cake, because I do not generally approve of things with a "cheese" flavour which comes in powder form (although I am willing to make an exception for baked Cheetos [they must be baked and not regular Cheetos] if I'm really, really hungover. So anyway, my point is that you have to get the blueberry rice cakes. Or the apple cinnamon. Or the Classic Styrofoam.

Sometimes I have to step into a Slim Jim.

Swedish Fish, Kettle corn (though I could really eat any kind of popcorn except for the super buttery), Cheese curls, and Peanut Butter and Chocolate Eggo Waffle Sandwichs.

Damn I miss living at home.

Oh stroopwaffles. Yummy, yummy stroopwaffles. The only time I've ever found these in the States was once at Starbucks, in a tiny little package, and they were very stale. I never saw them again.

The peanut butter cereal spoon treat would be best with Cocoa Pebbles, and second best with Cocoa Puffs. I still have one of these cereals around in my cupboard from my pregnancy days when I ate a bowl every night. Might have to give it a try.

Alas, I don't let myself snack anymore as it makes and keeps me fat. But I am a sweets junky and I can't stop eating something sweet until I've made myself sick. According to my family I've done this since I was little. So my healthy snack addiction would probably be pistachios, which I will eat until my fingers bleed, and my unhealthy snack is any cookie/brownie/cake/pastry I can get my hands on when my self-imposed defenses are down.

Oooo, Pinky, have you tried the chai concentrate that Starbucks sells? It's in a large beige-brown juice-box, and when you mix it with milk it tastes just like the one the barrista makes. I haven't bought one since the great Chai Tea Incident of '05, but I still see them in the store.

I wouldn't call it weird, but my addiction runs towards potato chips. Currently, Utz Sour Cream & Onion chips, the potato chip of my childhood, is my weakness. I could eat a whole family-size bag in one sitting. No problem. I'd feel horrible afterwards, but at the time of the eating, it would be heaven.

@ Gabs

That anti-ox mix sounds AMAZING. I was going to go to the store to grab my snack foods of preference tonight anyway (dry roasted peanuts (Emeralds is best, but I'll eat any kind that are on hand) and dried cranberries) and now I have to buy this mix thing because omnomnom.

Dear badalamenti & Yossarian --

Your snack food addictions made brain puke inside my head.

That is all.

First of all - WHERE? (Fuck you for putting that song back in my head, Saripants, you wretched little hobgoblin.

Second - Snuggies, you're doing it wrong. I don't think the True Delights even come in cheese flavored (there's no damn "U" in that word, Sarina). There's Vanilla Creme Brulee, Wild Blueberry, and Blackberry Pomegranate. I don't recommend the last one. It tastes like an odd Kool-Aid flavor (Notice the lack of "U", Sarina.). The Vanilla Creme Brulee are good, but don't really taste like Creme Brulee. The Blueberry is basically crack in a bag. The texture is unlike regular rice cakes and the fake blueberry taste is super yum.

Third - My newest snack addiction is BBQ PopChips. Tangy and crunchy and I can't be trusted with an entire bag of them. Oh and also, Blue Diamond Cinnamon & Brown Sugar Almonds.

Sarah, you made my life with that creepy video.

Anyway, answer: I went through a phase of eating pepperoni and tortillas, as in ripping off a piece of a tortilla to wrap around a pepperoni slice. So it's like pizza without the cheese or tomato part...whatever.

Better than wasabi peas are sriracha peas. Just as hot but with more-than-burning flavor.

My daughter loves Takis, the Mexican corn-chip snack. I have to buy her a bag of Fuego flavor every week when I shop at the Farmer's Market. For me I pick up a carton of Polish Jaffa cakes. Holy shit are those things delicious.

I'm also on a kick now where I eat a ton of jicama. Nobody understands it, but I'm crazy for the bland, crunchy stuff. At least it's low-cal.

mandasarah: Enjoy! It IS, indeed, amazing.

I love normal-flavored chips (just salt) sprinkled with lime juice. LOTS of it. And also peanuts and cashews.

And plantain chips, though it's hard to find those here.

Lately I'm obsessed with strawberries dipped in condensed milk. Mmmm.

Oooh! and Jolly Ranchers! And anything in gummy form.

Also, when I was a kid I was obsessed with eating powdered milk with sugar. No water or anything, just the powdered milk and the sugar. DELICIOUS and horrible at the same time. I stopped it when I realized how gross it was, but I was really obsessed with it.

I will have you know that I have not had a drop to drink in over a month...

Thank you very much.

Fried Chicken Livers from Lexington Market.

I hate hospitals and the only possible way they could be worse is going to a VA hospital. The one in Baltimore isn't exactly in the best place but its right by the market. Its the only reason I can talk myself into making an appointment.

Lays Dill Pickle chips.

That is all. Also, the odd Prairie Oyster, because that's just how we roll in the 306.

Lays Dill Pickle chips

Intriguing. I may have to track these down.

Somebody slap Deist for me, won't ya? Just slap him like we're on an episode of Dynasty and he came back from the dead and stole your husband and spit on your shoes. :)

See, I added the smiley face to show that I am actually very sweet. Aren't I sweet? Well, aren't I? YOU BETTER SAY I AM.

Ahem.

Pirate's Booty. I can't buy a giant bag of the stuff without consuming the whole thing in 15 minutes. Every time I take a little stroll by the Pirate's Brand aisle in every store I enter, I tell myself that I won't buy it, just gaze lovingly, because I know that otherwise I'll eat it all, and that's more calories than my dinner would be, but then I tell myself I will just have a little bit of it, and that's fine, because they're not really unhealthy, and then I find myself with an empty bag of cheesy, fluffy goodness on my bed half an hour later, and I feel sick because I ate so much, but I can not stop.

Like most things in my life, I blame this on my mother.

I used to eat mayo sandwiches. Just mayo slathered onto bread. So nasty.

Between this and the Chai addiction, I'm thinking you & I were separated at birth, Pinky. I did that too, and it grossed my family out. I also ate ketchup sandwiches - just ketchup & bread. I was (and still am) a picky eater, and for some odd reason, I liked those sandwiches.

I have two favorite snack concoctions, but never have the fixings for more than one of them in the house at any given time because I would be in a sugar coma by lunch.

1. traditional Chips ahoy cookies slathered with peanut butter
2. Graham crackers with peanut butter and marshmallow fluff

I also like grilled peanut butter and brown sugar sandwiches and toast with peanut butter and maple syrup.

Yes, there's a theme there...

Oh my god, figgy, it's sort of an all-natural alternative to Cheese Puffs, with puffed rice/corn covered in aged cheddar, and it is delicious. I would urge you to try it, but I also don't want to be responsible for making you gain an addiction.

Lays Dill Pickle chips.

I'm with you admin; we can't keep them in the house because I will eat the entire fucking bag in one sitting.

God I love Dill Pickle chips. Damn you admin! Now I want chips.

Dark chocolate is NASTIER THAN PUS.

DeistBrawler, don't make me count all the dudes in this thing. EVERYONE LIKES SNACK FOODS.

I have phases. Right now my phase is neopolitan ice cream minus the vanilla with a sliced banana on top. Mmmm.

Mr. Snuggie brought home Thin Mints, damn him, so now I'm on those, too.

Folded chips, potato or tortilla.

Not 2 put together, it's not the same.

Folded.

And, I'm probably the only one, but I actually sung that song many, many times throughout my childhood. There are other verses.

Yossarian (who, by the way, is a dude), I used to mix up the brownie mix and eat it just like that. But with the oil and the egg. SO UNHEALTHY, and yet SO DELIRIOUSLY GOOD. I had that youthful metabolism of which you speak at the time, though.

This one time? We had a party for pseudo-Mr. Murderpuppet's birthday. And I mixed up the mix for a cake. The cake mix powdery stuff that comes in a box, and the eggs and whtever the hell else you mix in there, And meanwhile, I'd turned on the oven, to preheat. And as I went to get a pan to pour the cake mix in, I realized the oven wasn't working. And it was 10 at night, and there *may or may not* have been certain illicit substances involved. So we put all the little sugary letters spelling out "Happy Birthday Pseudo-Mr. Murderpuppet" on there (well, we used his real name, 'cause that was shorter), and we sang happy birthday, and took a couple of polaroids of it, and then put it down on top of the stove. And a little while later, I came back. And it was still there, looking all delicious, and chocolatey, and those sugary letters started beckoning to me: "don't we look DELICIOUSLY SUGARY?!"

And then I ate the whole thing.

Dark chocolate can lower your blood pressure AND bad cholesterol. It's science.

My fake boyfriend has been singing that Joy-Joy-Joy song all week, but using my pugs to perform there "where?" line. As in he sings, "I got the joy, joy, joy, joy down in my heart." And then my pug both go, on cue, "rrrrr-squeek-sneeze." He also sings it with the second verse, "and if the devil doesn't like it he can sit on a tack." My two snack additions are dark chocolate-coated blueberries. They are like God's dingleberries. And guacamole. I ate an entire thing of guacamole today. It managed to simultaneously fill me with joy and shame. Like sex, but less sweaty.

Sit on a tack, OUCH! I almost don't believe in snacks as much as Sarina doesn't believe in pie. If I were still 9 I would snack on: a) soup'n'shells: pasta shells mixed with canned tomato soup and butter, b) rolled up thing: roll out a piece of white wonder bread (store brand), smother in butter, sprinkle on cinnamon and sugar, and roll it up, or c) a huge chunk of frozen Pilsbury choc chip cookie dough, washed down with some Mountain Dew.

I love tomato/velveta/miracle whip sandwiches. And I put them in the microwave to melt the velveta just a little bit into the tomato. Bacon may or may not be added, depending on how strong my pseudo-vegetarian willpower is that month.

Second would be powdered Dolly Madison mini-donuts with chocolate milk (made with whole milk, the only way I'll drink chocolate milk). When I was a kid the Peanuts characters were on the Dolly Madison packages and I called all the mini-donuts Charlie Brown donuts and still do sometimes. I can eat a whole bag in one sitting. Then I don't eat for two or three days.

And does boxed wine count as junk food?

I used to eat cans of cherry pie filling too. God, I miss my metabolism SO MUCH.

Kroger's produces its own line of Popsicles, of which Banana Pops are my favorite. I used to eat 4 boxes of 16 EVERY WEEK. I'd just pretend they were for my (non-existent) kids.

I've dialed back on the consumption level quite a bit recently, since my freezer is crap and the pops quickly turn to goo. But I swear they're laced with something addicting, 'cause so many other people stop me in the grocery aisle to talk to me about how much they love these things.

I also love those Little Debbie snack rolls, the chocolate ones with the white filling. I only allow myself a box a week, but I eat it in one sitting. I really need to knock it off, I'm fat as hell.

As a teen my favorite snack was a mug of Kraft French dressing with a fuck-ton of salt & pepper, eaten with a fork.

In my drunken Jarhead 20's I moved on to eating sandwiches made with Wonder bread, peanut butter, sliced American cheese, & sliced dill pickles. Washed down with PBR, of course.

I've been watching the "Joy, Joy, Joy" video constantly. I'm inflicting it on others. It is the best thing. The best. Word is bond.

Trader Joe's Chili-spiced Dried Mango This? Sounds amazing. I need that in my life. Alas, there is no TJ's in this damn state. Life is shit.