# Chewey on the outside, crunchy on the inside? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 9, 2003, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chewey-on-the-outside-crunchy-on-the-inside/187117 "2003-07-09T00:13:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![El\_Elvis\_Rojo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@El\_Elvis\_Rojo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Elvis_Rojo)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chewey-on-the-outside-crunchy-on-the-inside/187117/1 "2003-07-09T00:13:17Z")
When it comes to food textures, which do you prefer? Foods that are crunchy on the outside, yet soft in the middle (fried ice cream, M&Ms, lobster, grasshoppers), or foods that are soft on the outside and crunchy on the inside (peanut clusters, pocky, fudge, squirrels)? ---
**Author:** ![Eilsel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c68b51/32.png) [@Eilsel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eilsel)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chewey-on-the-outside-crunchy-on-the-inside/187117/2 "2003-07-09T01:29:25Z")
I like it all, babeeee, I’m not picky. LOL signed, Elsie the two ton hippo 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Fionn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Fionn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fionn)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chewey-on-the-outside-crunchy-on-the-inside/187117/3 "2003-07-09T01:35:48Z")
Crunchy on the outside, chewy on the in. ---
**Author:** ![Rabid\_Squirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Rabid\_Squirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rabid_Squirrel)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chewey-on-the-outside-crunchy-on-the-inside/187117/4 "2003-07-09T01:45:14Z")
I like my crunchy bits on the outside. Mmmmm, deep fried icecream… And next time, leave the squirrels out of it, OK 😛 ---
**Author:** ![hebesphenomegacorona](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b9e5f3/32.png) [@hebesphenomegacorona](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hebesphenomegacorona)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chewey-on-the-outside-crunchy-on-the-inside/187117/5 "2003-07-09T02:20:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by El Elvis Rojo \* > \*\*When it comes to food textures, which do you prefer? Foods that are crunchy on the outside, yet soft in the middle (fried ice cream, M&Ms, lobster, grasshoppers), or foods that are soft on the outside and crunchy on the inside (peanut clusters, pocky, fudge, squirrels)? \*\* Deepfried Ice cream? And what are pocky, squirrels and grasshoppers? Are grasshoppers like clodhoppers? ---
**Author:** ![MalFrog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6a8cbe/32.png) [@MalFrog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MalFrog)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chewey-on-the-outside-crunchy-on-the-inside/187117/6 "2003-07-09T06:35:08Z")
Armadillos. Crunchy on the outside. Chewy on the inside. Armadillos! ---
**Author:** ![green\_bladder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@green\_bladder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/green_bladder)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chewey-on-the-outside-crunchy-on-the-inside/187117/7 "2003-07-09T10:17:22Z")
Outside: Crunchy, Inside: Chewey. I’m thinking Mrs. Fields 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Moeman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c37758/32.png) [@Moeman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moeman)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chewey-on-the-outside-crunchy-on-the-inside/187117/8 "2003-07-09T10:44:58Z")
Mmmmm, chocolate covered grashoppers. Crunchy in the middle. ---
**Author:** ![green\_bladder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@green\_bladder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/green_bladder)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chewey-on-the-outside-crunchy-on-the-inside/187117/9 "2003-07-09T11:59:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by green\_bladder \* > \*\*Outside: Crunchy, Inside: Chewey. I’m thinking Mrs. Fields 😉 \*\* Err… Mrs Field’s _cookies_. Just to clarify ---
**Author:** ![Pebbles131](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/eada6e/32.png) [@Pebbles131](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pebbles131)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chewey-on-the-outside-crunchy-on-the-inside/187117/10 "2003-07-09T12:25:41Z")
Damn **MalFrog** you beat me to it!! ---
**Author:** ![NightRabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbce88/32.png) [@NightRabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NightRabbit)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chewey-on-the-outside-crunchy-on-the-inside/187117/11 "2003-07-09T13:08:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by hebesphenomegacorona \* > \*\*Deepfried Ice cream? > > And what are pocky, squirrels and grasshoppers? > > Are grasshoppers like clodhoppers? \*\* Pocky is a japanese thing- a pretzel-like stick dipped in chocolate. Your life is not complete until you’ve eaten several boxes. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![bittersweet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c57346/32.png) [@bittersweet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bittersweet)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chewey-on-the-outside-crunchy-on-the-inside/187117/12 "2003-07-09T13:13:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Eilsel \* > **I like it all, babeeee, I’m not picky. LOL** You got that right, **Eilsel**. Bring it on.