# Bagels: Sweet or savory? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 5, 2011, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bagels-sweet-or-savory/605193 "2011-12-05T22:50:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![papergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/aca169/32.png) [@papergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/papergirl)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2011, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bagels-sweet-or-savory/605193/1 "2011-12-05T22:50:09Z")
I’m almost always a savory type myself, especially if we’re looking at store-bought bagels. I like onion or everyseed, with butter. If they are from the local bagel heaven, I usually get everyseed with their amazing Artichoke Smoked Gouda cream cheese spread. If I could marry a food, that would be it. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2011, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bagels-sweet-or-savory/605193/2 "2011-12-05T23:29:11Z")
Sweet bagels??? The end times must have arrived. If you want sweet, get a donut! That’s what they’re for. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2011, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bagels-sweet-or-savory/605193/3 "2011-12-05T23:33:13Z")
Pro-tip: sweet bagel == donut. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2011, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bagels-sweet-or-savory/605193/4 "2011-12-05T23:38:11Z")
Why not serve ham and cheese on a bagel while you’re at it. Oy. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2011, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bagels-sweet-or-savory/605193/5 "2011-12-05T23:41:39Z")
Mmm, I just had an everything bagel with hummus. Delectable. I usually get savory bagels when I get them but every once in a while, I’ll get a cinnamon sugar with honey butter. (I find when it comes to bread based products, there’s no point in butter if you can get ahold of honey butter. ) And donuts and bagels are completely different products. Anyone who offers me a donut when I ask for a sweet bagel will get a derisive snort. ---
**Author:** ![Huerta88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/82dd89/32.png) [@Huerta88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Huerta88)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2011, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bagels-sweet-or-savory/605193/6 "2011-12-05T23:43:14Z")
I’ll go for either salt bagel or everything bagel, toasted, with cream cheese. Not that I do it that often, but that’s what I do when I do. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2011, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bagels-sweet-or-savory/605193/7 "2011-12-05T23:45:36Z")
Jalapeno bagels are wonderful at getting your heartburn started in the morning. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2011, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bagels-sweet-or-savory/605193/8 "2011-12-05T23:47:38Z")
Sweet bagels = disgusting. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2011, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bagels-sweet-or-savory/605193/9 "2011-12-05T23:52:47Z")
Wow. Sweet bagel = donut? Those are fighting words if ever I heard them. I like savory bagels, but I love sweet cream cheese flavors like honey nut. ---
**Author:** ![Swords\_to\_Plowshares](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@Swords\_to\_Plowshares](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swords_to_Plowshares)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2011, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bagels-sweet-or-savory/605193/10 "2011-12-06T00:16:31Z")
I used to like cinnamon raisin bagels, but I grew out of them. I prefer savory bagels, specifically sesame. ---
**Author:** ![tomcar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tomcar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomcar)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2011, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bagels-sweet-or-savory/605193/11 "2011-12-06T00:19:47Z")
Pumpernickel with onion and chive cream cheese…mmmmmm. 1vote for savory. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2011, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bagels-sweet-or-savory/605193/12 "2011-12-06T00:20:34Z")
I don’t think I’d want the actual bagel to be sweet, but I might put cream cheese and jam on a plain bagel. I’m much more likely to eat a savory bagel, though. Onion, etc. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2011, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bagels-sweet-or-savory/605193/13 "2011-12-06T00:29:58Z")
I don’t think I’ve ever had a sweet application of bagel, so, yeah, savory. ---
**Author:** ![Ashes\_Ashes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/db5fbb/32.png) [@Ashes\_Ashes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashes_Ashes)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2011, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bagels-sweet-or-savory/605193/14 "2011-12-06T00:35:37Z")
Plain or egg bagels w/ cream cheese or butter for breakfast, or sandwiches. Sweet bagels for breakfast or snacks. Right now I’m obsessed with pumpkin spice bagels, which I’ve mentioned on the boards. I have a freezer full of them. It really is an obsession, complete with dreams, clearing shelves at the store… Unless I make my own, bagels are just round bread, half the time. Doughnuts do not equal sweet bagels. That’s an insult to good bagels _and_ good doughnuts. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2011, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bagels-sweet-or-savory/605193/15 "2011-12-06T00:36:59Z")
A plain bagel with something sweet on it, like cream cheese and apricot jam can be good, but sweet in the bagle is not my cup of tea. Someone gave me a chocolate chip bagel once and I had to spit it out. ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2011, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bagels-sweet-or-savory/605193/16 "2011-12-06T01:05:17Z")
toasted onion bagel with cream cheese and lettus ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2011, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bagels-sweet-or-savory/605193/17 "2011-12-06T01:08:41Z")
[Spicy!](http://news.dunkindonuts.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=1264) ---
**Author:** ![papergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/aca169/32.png) [@papergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/papergirl)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2011, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bagels-sweet-or-savory/605193/18 "2011-12-06T01:32:09Z")
Ooooh, I forgot the salt bagels. Maybe I’d marry one of those instead. Put a little crunchy peanut butter on there, and I’m in heaven. My kids like cinnamon sugar bagels with cinnamon-brown sugar cream cheese. If I’m in the mood for dessert–say, after I’ve had my savory bagel–then I might have a piece. But I don’t like any sweet chunky things in bagels–raisins, chocolate chips, etc. When we go to Tennessee in the summer, the very last stop we make is the bagel place. We take 2 dozen bagels and two or three containers of schmear. Mmmm. I love that ritual. ---
**Author:** ![Motorgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e36b37/32.png) [@Motorgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Motorgirl)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2011, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bagels-sweet-or-savory/605193/19 "2011-12-06T02:26:29Z")
Savory. Salt or onion, though salt bagels are vanishingly rare around these parts, so I go for onion. I love how the onion gets all crispy burnt when you toast the bagel. I eat one of those for breakfast then go breathe on my enemies. The sweet bagels at the bagel place on campus are very popular. Girls especially like the sweet bagels with sweet topping, like a blueberry bagel with honey and peanut butter. I have also heard more than one kid order a cinnamon raisin bagel with lox. Urp. ---
**Author:** ![choie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/choie/32/7829_2.png) [@choie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/choie)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2011, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bagels-sweet-or-savory/605193/20 "2011-12-06T04:02:03Z")
Generally savory – everything or onion for cream cheese with lox/baked salmon spread, poppy seed or sesame for butter. But there is definitely a place of honor for a well-made cinnamon raisin bagel, toasted, with butter. Yum. It’s a hug you can taste. Actually a guilty treat for me as a kid was pumpernickel with wine/cheddar cheese. (Wispride only, back in the days when it was sold in a [brown ceramic tub with a metal wire clasp thingy and rubber gasket](http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-CROCK-POTTERY-WISPRIDE-CHEESE-WIRE-TOP-SMALL-DARK-BROWN-LOT-2-USED-/250927094959). Such a production, oy!) I don’t know if that combo would make it through my adult palate, although then again, I blush to admit that my adult palate hasn’t changed as much as it should have from my one as a child. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bagels-sweet-or-savory/605193.md?page=2)