What are you snacking on?

[galopede]

Currently munching on a lump of cold bread pudding I made with a stale loaf the other day! Very tasty.

Don't understand all the fuss about Oreos. We get them her now and I've tried them a couple of times hoping they'll be more than mediocre. Pretty flavourless I find

 

[1mach1]

GOLDFISH with the boy

 

[Fading Fast]

Currently munching on a lump of cold bread pudding I made with a stale loaf the other day! Very tasty.

Don't understand all the fuss about Oreos. We get them her now and I've tried them a couple of times hoping they'll be more than mediocre. Pretty flavourless I find

Love bread pudding - and, IMHO, it's better cold as you had it.

As to Oreos - did you have them as a kid? I think they are a thing you learn to embrace as a kid or they'll never mean much to you.

My mom didn't bake, so store bought was all I basically knew growing up and Oreos sat near the top of the heap. To this day, I love them, but the adult in me gets that they are a mess - the center is too sweat and crumbly and the cookie is chalky and barely tastes like chocolate. Yup, all that is noted by the mature me, but then the kid comes out and wants another one.

IMHO, God has had few finer days than when he invented the Double-stuff Oreo, which I had been making ad hoc at home for years, but that left me with unused chocolate cookie wafers; whereas, God, in his infinite wisdom, solved the dilemma with (rising choir music in the background) THE DOUBLE STUFF OREO.

 

[Fading Fast]

This:



A seven layer caramel cake. It arrived yesterday as a gift - it's from Caroline's Cakes of SC.

It is really sweet - no getting around that - but quite tasty as the icing has a full-on caramel flavor and the cake is very moist. I should cross post under the "What Are You Having For Lunch" thread as this "snack" will serve as lunch today.

 

[Fading Fast]

More of that ⇧ as it is ridiculous. It is a sugar hit for sure, but it was a gift and would be rude not to eat it .

 

[Fading Fast]

Okay, since my ridiculous caramel seven layer cake got no response (really, how did that happen - the cake is insanely good?), I'm going to share this afternoon's treat.

It's Friday, the week has been brutal so I took a quick stroll over to an awesome candy store in my neighborhood. While the decor is a bit too "cutesy" old-fashion, the merchandise is seriously good candy that the owner has a great passion for. He can tell you about each item, why it's in the store, why he thinks it's very good and, most of the time, he's spot on. Also, for NYC, he's reasonable in his prices and, as I am a regular , he usually throws something in which makes you feel appreciated as a customer.

Okay, all the blah, blah, blah aside, the key is his candy is outstanding. Below are some of our favorites. From left to right:

(1) Dark chocolate covered marshmallows - rich, not overly sweet dark chocolate over truly fluffy marshmallows (think everything Jet-Puffed Marshmallows aren't) - this is one of my favorite things in the universe.

(2) These are more goofy fun that my girlfriend loves - speckle covered malt balls

(3) Back to the real stuff again - dark chocolate covered malt balls - insanely rich dark chocolate that is - no kidding - about a fifty-fifty ratio to the malt ball. This is no thinly coated malt ball. It's a meaningful hit of chocolate in each one.

A few too many of each has been this afternoon's snack

 

[MisterCairo]

Iranian dates.

 

[Bamaboots]

A seven layer caramel cake. It arrived yesterday as a gift - it's from Caroline's Cakes of SC.

That cake sounds insane and delicious. Next to carrot cake, one of my favorites. Those candies you posted sound great as well. Just something special about handmade candies and something next to impossible to find around here. The city I previously worked in has a great candy place, just hard to justify the fifty mile round trip to get my sugar fix.

 

[Fading Fast]

That cake sounds insane and delicious. Next to carrot cake, one of my favorites. Those candies you posted sound great as well. Just something special about handmade candies and something next to impossible to find around here. The city I previously worked in has a great candy place, just hard to justify the fifty mile round trip to get my sugar fix.

The cake is really good, but really sweet. I like sweets and even I can only have a piece about half the size of what I usually have.

As to the candies, it's one of the things I love about NYC, almost everything can be found here. And, occasionally, like with this chocolate shop, the prices aren't NYC crazy. In this case, that's partially because I live in a not-fancy part of the city, so the crazy-stupid prices don't fly here.

While I'll sing the praises of NYC (and complain about its challenges), one of the best candy shops I've ever been in is in Richmond Virginia. A few years back, a good friend got married down there and we were just strolling around during some downtime and walked into an unassuming, almost run-down looking candy store that was incredible. Not only did it have an impressive amount of unique / handmade / special candies, but it also carried every brand of candy imaginable, including all the hard-to-find vintage ones.

I have no idea of its name anymore, but it blew anything in NYC away. Another good one is Len Libby chocolates in Lizzie's state of Maine (it's Bangor toffee is incredible). It's funny how you never know where you're going to stumble into some incredible store of something. All that said, 50 miles in a pretty far trip for candy - you could probably order on-line from some really good places, pay the shipping and still be way ahead once you account for the cost of the gas. But you would miss out on the actual store experience: the rich chocolate aroma, the visual of all the different candies and the thrill of picking a few that you've never had before while loading up on your favorites.

 

[Touchofevil]

This:



A seven layer caramel cake. It arrived yesterday as a gift - it's from Caroline's Cakes of SC.

It is really sweet - no getting around that - but quite tasty as the icing has a full-on caramel flavor and the cake is very moist. I should cross post under the "What Are You Having For Lunch" thread as this "snack" will serve as lunch today.

I would need a few cups of coffee to offset the sugar, but it looks good to me.

 

[1mach1]

Stacy's Pita Chips

 

[Fading Fast]

I am a sad man, with little willpower. After denouncing the over-marketing of pumpkin-spice this, that and everything, I saw pumpkin-spice Oreos in the market this morning and bought them anyway as I am Oreo's B_ _ _ _. There, I said it and admit it - I buy almost every "special edition" Oreo even though I know most are average at best.

And this one lived up (down) to that assessment. It's not terrible, but the pumpkin cream tastes more like generic fall-spice than pumpkin. Away from that - and this is why I buy them - they are still a good sandwich cookie, just a bit disappointing if you wanted a robust pumpkin flavor.

A placed a couple of the cookies on top of the package so you could see the real cookies:

 

[Cocker]

Though not a limited edition, I love the all chocolate Oreos, dipped in a glass of cool milk.

Edit: BTW, that caramel layer cake is really giving me the urge to taste it!

 

[Fading Fast]

Though not a limited edition, I love the all chocolate Oreos, dipped in a glass of cool milk.

Edit: BTW, that caramel layer cake is really giving me the urge to taste it!

I'm with you on the Oreos - it's been a go-to cookie for me since being a kid.

The cake is really good - insanely sweet, but the flavor is intense and the cake very moist. It was sent to us as a gift, which I'm thankful for because I looked it up on line (we were thinking of sending one to my girlfriend's parents) and the cake is $60 (very expensive, but it is very big), but then add in $20 to ship and the price gets stupid.

 

[Cocker]

Indeed, 80USD is a somewhat ridiculous price for a cake, even with shipping included.

Don't know why, but this makes me think about my favorite dessert, done by my grandmother. Basically, the cake is built of layers of coffee flavored buttercream (called moka here), and "Petit Beurre" biscuits (tea biscuits, I think) that have been dipped in coffee. Once you have enough layers, you just coat everything with the moka cream, and voilà!

 

[Fading Fast]

⇧ That sounds - and looks - fantastic.

I forgot to take a picture (as I am a pig and dug in the second I go home), but I had a meeting this morning right near a bakery that makes some of my favorite cookies so, this afternoon, I've been snacking on a giant chocolate chip and a giant Chinese cookie. Next time, pictures - I promise.

 

[Gregg Axley]

Saturday's it's popcorn cooked in the whirly pop thingy, with theater popcorn butter salt stuff (had the same bottle since 1995), and coconut oil.
Otherwise 8-10 captains wafers and either peanut butter, or just butter.
Caramel cake...you just had to do it didn't you?
That and speckled malt balls.
Now I'm going to have to find them both in town.

 

[Fading Fast]

Saturday's it's popcorn cooked in the whirly pop thingy, with theater popcorn butter salt stuff (had the same bottle since 1995), and coconut oil.
Otherwise 8-10 captains wafers and either peanut butter, or just butter.
Caramel cake...you just had to do it didn't you?
That and speckled malt balls.
Now I'm going to have to find them both in town.

Sorry, but both are outstanding - good luck in the search.

 

[Fading Fast]

With super girlfriend still in super baking mode, football Sunday was all about two things - watching too much football and eating too many of these buttermilk biscuits:




Win or lose, every single time Eli Manning or Ryan Fitzpatrick drop back to pass, I'm nervous as there just isn't the consistency or crispness in their passing - and their team's passing game - to make you feel good. You're almost waiting for something to go wrong. Hence, munching on a biscuit is a good stress reliever.

 

[Bushman]

Just finished a cold cuts sandwich.