# Do you like Fig Newtons? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 9, 2015, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-fig-newtons/739993 "2015-12-09T23:42:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2015, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-fig-newtons/739993/41 "2015-12-10T11:28:03Z")
They are a staple in the cupboard. The kids eat them in between their 3 full meals and all the other snacks they have. Ah, teenagers. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2015, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-fig-newtons/739993/42 "2015-12-10T12:25:28Z")
Surely I am the only one correct here. No-one is eating _Nabisco Fig Newtons_ now. They’d be awfully stale. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2015, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-fig-newtons/739993/43 "2015-12-10T12:30:56Z")
Not only don’t I like Fig Newtons, I detest Apple Newtons, too. You’d think they’d taste kind of like little apple turnovers, or something. But they don’t – they’re way too sweet, ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2015, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-fig-newtons/739993/44 "2015-12-10T16:26:20Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Not only do I like Fig Newtons but I like that they still sell the single serving box. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/0Qa-B7Sg_i4/hqdefault.jpg "Brian Regan - Fig Newtons") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Qa-B7Sg_i4) ---
**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 10, 2015, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-fig-newtons/739993/45 "2015-12-10T16:54:39Z")
_Fig_ Newtons? I’ll eat them if offered and no other option is available. Blueberry or Triple Fruit? Yes, please! ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2015, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-fig-newtons/739993/46 "2015-12-10T17:11:38Z")
Love them, and love figs in general. ---
**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 10, 2015, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-fig-newtons/739993/47 "2015-12-10T17:51:02Z")
Being a good and moral human, I naturally adore fig newtons. ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2015, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-fig-newtons/739993/48 "2015-12-10T17:53:26Z")
I like Apple Newtons, but not Fig Newtons. ---
**Author:** ![Pazu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pazu/32/15522_2.png) [@Pazu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pazu)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2015, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-fig-newtons/739993/49 "2015-12-10T18:02:39Z")
> [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](#): > > I haven’t had one since I was a child. I liked them, but they kinda grossed me out. I used to think the little seeds and whatnot were bits of ants. Nah, [fig wasps](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fig_wasp). ---
**Author:** ![Baal\_Houtham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baal_houtham/32/13604_2.png) [@Baal\_Houtham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baal_Houtham)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2015, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-fig-newtons/739993/50 "2015-12-10T18:20:17Z")
> [@Periwinkle](#): > > I don’t like soft cereal bars either, so maybe it’s a texture thing. I know they technically don’t taste bad, but I don’t like them. Figs are yummy, fresh or dried, but not so much as a pastry filling. And - like the soft cereal bars mentioned here - a newton’s pastry shell offers a negative amount of tempation. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2015, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-fig-newtons/739993/51 "2015-12-10T18:27:53Z")
I eat them by the fistful. The whole wheat ones are Ok, too. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2015, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-fig-newtons/739993/52 "2015-12-10T18:29:49Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > I eat them by the fistful. > > The whole wheat ones are Ok, too. Whole wheat fig newtons? Urghh. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2015, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-fig-newtons/739993/53 "2015-12-10T18:51:13Z")
They’re better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick. Marginally. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2015, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-fig-newtons/739993/54 "2015-12-10T20:43:38Z")
Love 'em. I doubt I’d like an actual fig, but the stuff in the middle is tasty when eaten in conjunction with the lovely soft outer cookie covering. I particularly like the ones where the coating is absolutely smooth. Just because they look cool. ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2015, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-fig-newtons/739993/55 "2015-12-10T20:58:53Z")
I like fig newtons, but date newtons and raspberry newtons are almost worth killing for…Yum! Especially with a cuppa. ---
**Author:** ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2015, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-fig-newtons/739993/56 "2015-12-10T22:10:01Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > Like Fig Newtons. > > Do not like any other flavor of \_\_\_ Newtons. This. My wife bought a package of Strawberry Newtons a while back as she knows I like most things strawberry. I hated them. In fact, I could not eat more than two. The box remained in the pantry untouched, until months later I tried another and promptly threw the almost-full package in the trash. Simply horrible. ---
**Author:** ![DummyGladHands](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/49beb7/32.png) [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2015, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-fig-newtons/739993/57 "2015-12-10T22:28:54Z")
> [@california\_jobcase](#): > > I like them. Also, as with Peeps and Circus Peanuts, they are better stale. My twin!!! ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2015, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-fig-newtons/739993/58 "2015-12-10T22:37:20Z")
They are ooey, gooey rich and chewy inside while containing tender flaky golden cake-y outside. If you wrap the outside on the inside do you know what you get? You get a big Fig Newton! [Here’s the tricky part.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyI3IL46yq4) ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2015, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-fig-newtons/739993/59 "2015-12-10T23:59:00Z")
> [@Pazu](#): > > Nah, [fig wasps](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fig_wasp). Once again, my worst fears pale in comparison with reality. ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2015, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-fig-newtons/739993/60 "2015-12-11T00:43:58Z")
> [@Pazu](#): > > Nah, [fig wasps](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fig_wasp). That’s not [entirely accurate](http://knowledgenuts.com/2014/06/08/the-disturbing-truth-about-figs/): _Figs have an enzyme called ficin that breaks down the deceased wasps into protein, which become part of the ripened fruit. Nothing of the actual wasp body remains. The crunchy parts of the fig fruit are actually seeds and not leftover wasp pieces._ It’s ok to munch figs fresh, dried, and Newton alike without fear of eating bugs. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-fig-newtons/739993.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-fig-newtons/739993.md?page=4)