I have not had them since I was a kid, but SuzyQs were great - they literally filled-up the toast-sized plastic wrapper with chocolate cake stuffed with icing, and it was all moist. I have not had them in a while but I have seen them here and there, and they look dry, sad, and not any bigger than a pack of cards.
My brother was more of a Sno-ball type, and I remember him eating the marshmallow/coconut “shell” before going for the chocolate cake filler (opposite @ThelmaLou).
Every couple weeks or so I stroll down the snack isle of our local dollar store and load up on crappy knock-offs of crappy snacks. It’s like Crap 2, but I love em.
They recently raised their prices from $1.00 to $1.25 per item. I’m outraged! I’m gonna sue them if they don’t change their name to The Dollar & 2 Bits Store.
I had to give up the store brand salt and vinegar potato chips. I would eat a whole bag in one sitting, then have heartburn the rest of the day, and my mouth would still be sore three days later. A couple times I thought I could buy a bag and pace myself, but nope. Had to give 'em up completely.
I eat two packs (four Pop-Tarts) every day…and have done so for more than six years. They HAVE to be brown sugar and cinnamon. A 32-pack is actually pretty economical at bigger grocery stores.
The coconut cake I bake for a family member’s birthday every year probably counts. It calls for a box of white cake mix, a can of condensed milk, a can of cream of coconut, Cool Whip, and dried sweetened coconut. I’m about to bake it now.
Friends (originally typed “fiends” which is probably more appropriate) introduced me to dip made with sour cream and Watkins Cajun Seasoning, which is awesome with Bugles. My system can’t tolerate that combo more than once a year.
The vending machines in our high school had these brownies I was absolutey addicted to. They were nothing like normal brownies and had an oddish taste (kinda like Play-Doh), but I loved them.
Biscuits and gravy from the hotel breakfast bar. If they don’t have B&G I’ll settle for a “breakfast sandwich” made with a english muffin and one of those mystery meat sausage patties.
I was reading though this and going “Where’s the crap? I mean, it’s not health food but…” and then I got to the Cool Whip. CRAP DETECTED, CRAP DETECTED!!!
Rather than a specific junk food I love, my greatest weakness is for a visit to the (no longer cheap sadly) Chinese Mega Buffett in town. I haven’t since COVID, but even though I know it’s the lowest possible public common denominator on quality, freshness and flavor (10 quatludes to the person who gets what I’m referencing) but damn I still love it.
Yes on the Chinese buffet food. Crab rangoon and egg rolls with hot mustard. Wonton soup with wonton chips. Lo Mein with kim chi. For dessert, I like to top the bananas in red sauce with soft serve ice cream.
Re Cool Whip-- confession time. I LOVE Cool Whip. The Original, not any of those weirdo flavors. I love the slightly chemical ice-cream-analog flavor. I would rather eat Cool Whip straight from the carton than ice cream. Frozen. Only when it’s frozen, it’s not actually frozen, just sort of rubbery. Sigh. I’m one of the damned.
They used to sell pecan rolls that came in a foil tray. I can’t find them any longer, but since they looked like the Little Debbie ones, amybe I’ll give them a try.
And Chili Cheese Fritos. I don’t think they sell those in a bag big enough that I wouldn’t consider it to be a single serving.
Mexi-Nuggets from Taco Time. Add two or three hot sauce packets, mix a bit to coat the nuggets in the sauce, grab a spoon (because a fork just causes breakage and destruction) and go to town. Absolute decadence. My blood sugar appreciates the fact that I only indulge once every year or two.
For home grindage I love me some canned ravioli. The Chef Boyardee stuff. However… the good chef recently changed his recipie and now the sauce, instead of being thick like pasta sauce is supposed to be it’s runny almost like broth. It tastes the same but the consistency is so wrong that I may not be in love anymore if this is a permanent change.
Before I got the diabeetus I loved me some Starburst jellybeans. Even now I have to resisit their siren song whenever I go grocery shopping. The sugar-free Jelly Bellys are a poor substitue.
I was returning from a camping trip with friends when we stopped to get gas in the middle of the night. I went in the minimart and bought what I thought was a large bag of chili cheese Fritos. Well, that bag was hoovered so fast I regretted not getting two. It’s the only flavor Fritos I eat.
But I hate Cool Whip. It has a weird texture and doesn’t taste like cream. Just nasty. Real whipped cream is one of the few things I will not compromise on.
Those burritos are actually exactly what came to mind when I saw the thread title: I just bought a bunch more of them earlier today (after an appointment next to a grocery store), and had one for lunch! I also sometimes eat Red’s burritos, which try to be a little less “crap”: they’re organic have more protein than the Tina’s, but are also almost exactly $2 more (each!!) and take twice as long to nuke. And, honestly, they don’t really taste any better. I Tina’s Red Hot Beef burritos.