# Foods that are too, too Tempting **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** food-cooking\ **Created:** [August 4, 2022, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-are-too-too-tempting/969095 "2022-08-04T15:27:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2022, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-are-too-too-tempting/969095/61 "2022-08-05T15:11:11Z")
Lots of different foods for me. Regular or pretzel M&Ms Popcorn Cashews Pistachios Certain types of chips I’m like a completionist, if I have containers of those I just want to eat and eat until they’re gone. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2022, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-are-too-too-tempting/969095/62 "2022-08-05T18:46:37Z")
Shell peas. Fresh shell peas. I’ll buy a couple of pounds and just shell and eat and eat and eat. Sadly they’re hard to find here. Sugar free cookies. Your digestive system will not be happy but I can’t stop so I don’t buy them. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2022, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-are-too-too-tempting/969095/63 "2022-08-05T18:52:51Z")
Assuming those sugar-free cookies use sugar alcohols as the sweetener, yes, they’re going to make your colon unhappy. ---
**Author:** ![Die\_Capacitrix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/die_capacitrix/32/9_2.png) [@Die\_Capacitrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Die_Capacitrix)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2022, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-are-too-too-tempting/969095/64 "2022-08-05T19:03:45Z")
Caramel corn. It’s all mine. Angel food cake. A cake is one serving, right? Especially the ones from the grocery store bakery. The last time I bought a bag of Haribo Konfekt (similar to liquorice allsorts I think) I ate the whole thing in one sitting. Not buying that anymore - I even avoid that aisle. > **[HARIBO Konfekt](https://www.haribo.com/de-de/produkte/haribo/konfekt)** > > Schicht für Schicht wird aus HARIBO Konfekt ein kleines Geschmackskunstwerk. Jetzt die perfekte Kombination für alle Lakritz-Liebhaber probieren! ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2022, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-are-too-too-tempting/969095/65 "2022-08-05T20:18:52Z")
Just pausing to admire “Geschmackskunstwerk.” ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2022, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-are-too-too-tempting/969095/66 "2022-08-05T20:20:02Z")
Fritos. I won’t allow them in my house. If I find any here I dispose of them immediately. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2022, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-are-too-too-tempting/969095/67 "2022-08-05T20:29:46Z")
> [@Die\_Capacitrix](#): > > Caramel corn. It’s all mine. Garrett’s Chicago mix. I will eat an entire big tin. I will be sick afterwards. Chili cheese Fritos. A bag is open? A bag will soon be empty. ---
**Author:** ![amaguri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@amaguri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amaguri)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2022, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-are-too-too-tempting/969095/68 "2022-08-05T20:41:01Z")
I’m jealous of all of these people who are addicted to, like, unsalted almonds and tap water. For your health! Me? Any homemade candy like fudge, pralines or english toffee… I basically never make them unless it’s to give away because I will eat that stuff til it makes me sick. No self-restraint at all! ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2022, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-are-too-too-tempting/969095/69 "2022-08-05T20:46:27Z")
Blue cheese - especially if it’s a soft one like Bleu D’affinois or Saint Agur - I have to limit how often I buy that stuff, because as soon as I have eaten some, I want some more, until it’s all gone. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2022, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-are-too-too-tempting/969095/70 "2022-08-05T23:28:55Z")
Beer. I don’t keep it around the house because I’d be swilling it nonstop, be jobless and weigh 300 pounds. Weirdly I have no craving for sweets of any kind. A friend once left really good chocolate here and it sat in the pantry going stale until I threw it out. ---
**Author:** ![teelabrown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teelabrown/32/8412_2.png) [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2022, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-are-too-too-tempting/969095/71 "2022-08-05T23:39:08Z")
> [@CairoCarol](#): > > Glazed or coffee-glazed macadamia nuts. Yes. I made the mistake of buying some of those once and could not stop stuffing them in my face. They were “Hamakua” brand from the big island. I just looked them up to see if I was spelling the name right. I see that they now carry butter rum glazed macadamia nuts. Jeez louise, DON’T let me go back and order some of those. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2022, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-are-too-too-tempting/969095/72 "2022-08-05T23:57:49Z")
> [@teelabrown](#): > > butter rum glazed macadamia nuts. Ooh, I had not noticed that flavor. Sometimes, at least here in Hawai’i, they sell those nuts in little tiny packages, instead of the larger cans/packages. I will have to look and see if I can get a small amount, just to check out that flavor one time. Because if I get a large amount I for sure know how it ends: with a cramped, bloated sensation in my stomach that comes from having eaten 3,000+ calories of rich, rich macadamia nuts and sugar in the space of 30 minutes. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2022, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-are-too-too-tempting/969095/73 "2022-08-06T00:33:36Z")
> [@teelabrown](#): > > I see that they now carry butter rum glazed macadamia nuts. Mauna Loa used to make Butter Candy Glazed Macadamia Nuts that I _loved_. Perfect blend of a bit of sweetness with some richness. For me, stronger flavors tend to overwhelm the delicate flavor of the nuts. But the best madadamias I’ve ever had were roasted ones I got at the end of the Mauna Loa plant tour. Just perfection. The friend I was with talked me into buying cans to take home at Hilo Hattie’s instead because they were cheaper. Yeah, they were also more stale. Harrumph. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2022, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-are-too-too-tempting/969095/74 "2022-08-06T02:52:49Z")
> [@solost](#): > > Mentions of almonds, peanuts and cashews, but no pistachios? Come on! That is the most addictive of nuts. > > I hate to say it, but I agree with the angry, violent turtle in the commercials-- they’ve gotta be shelled. That way they slow you down to a reasonable rate of consumption. The pre-shelled path just leads to anarchy. I remember reading ages ago in [_A Child’s Garden of Grass_](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/206642.A_Child_s_Garden_of_Grass) the advice to keep unshelled pistachios on hand for the munchies. Fiddling with the shell kept you out of mischief and is slowed the caloric intake down so you didn’t gain quite so much weight. > [@kayaker](#): > > But every so often she’ll buy a little carton (pint?) of ice cream. A few days after she buys it I think a bit of ice cream might be a nice snack, but the carton will be gone. **Eve** mentioned her mother watching her take the lid off a pint of ice cream and dropping it in the trash. Asked why she did that, she replied, “Because, mother, its job is done.” ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2022, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-are-too-too-tempting/969095/75 "2022-08-06T03:05:36Z")
I like TJ’s Corn Chip Dippers but I _really_ like the Elote version. A bag rarely lasts even 48 hours. [![](https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-865CRR1yIJs/XJSyUGub4BI/AAAAAAAAlKs/70wKyiN6i6IKyekwS7gFu-5d948oKv_UACLcBGAs/s640/DSC06165.JPG) ](https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-865CRR1yIJs/XJSyUGub4BI/AAAAAAAAlKs/70wKyiN6i6IKyekwS7gFu-5d948oKv_UACLcBGAs/s640/DSC06165.JPG) ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2022, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-are-too-too-tempting/969095/76 "2022-08-06T06:26:53Z")
I got the opposite problem. I see stuff I really think I want (always in the discount bin), buy it thinking I’ll eat it… feeding it to the dogs or throwing it out a week later. So, I stop buying shit. Not because I’ll eat it all. But because I won’t eat it at all. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2022, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-are-too-too-tempting/969095/77 "2022-08-06T07:32:03Z")
All you sweet tooths in here, and the sole answer I have to the O.P. in all seriousness: Movie theatre popcorn. With the probably-will-kill-me yellow mystery goo … double pumps of that, plz and thx. Yes, it’s quasi-disgusting. Yes, it’s overpriced. But with the rollback of Covid restrictions, I have seriously considered going to a movie theatre, saying “No, thank you” when they ask what movie I want to see, and simply hit the concession stand. Buy a tub of the stuff (“Can I get a lil’ more of that yellow, uh, topping?”) and then just walk out. > [@Gatopescado](#): > > always in the discount bin Well, quit shopping in the rejects bin! You wanna crave stuff, it’s (usually) gotta be the good stuff! ---
**Author:** ![teelabrown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teelabrown/32/8412_2.png) [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2022, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-are-too-too-tempting/969095/78 "2022-08-06T12:35:14Z")
> [@CairoCarol](#): > > I will have to look and see if I can get a small amount, just to check out that flavor one time. If you do, please report back with a review. Because I need a new unhealthy food addiction. ---
**Author:** ![LVBoPeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/858c86/32.png) [@LVBoPeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LVBoPeep)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2022, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-are-too-too-tempting/969095/79 "2022-08-06T13:44:31Z")
Chips & Chunky Pace Salsa (or really any decent salsa)- the binge food of my childhood. I have had to cut back corn recently and I have managed to leave the chips alone lately but once I start them, I’ll have to be physically dragged away from them. My sister’s homemade Chex Mix, spicy. Most potato chips. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2022, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-are-too-too-tempting/969095/80 "2022-08-06T15:39:48Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > I have seriously considered going to a movie theatre, saying “No, thank you” when they ask what movie I want to see, and simply hit the concession stand. The local chain here has you covered. Besides the usual bags of various sizes you can buy at the concession counter, you can buy a very large sealed plastic bag for $10 intended to take home, or rent a plastic box filled with pop corn for $50. It looks something like a miniature of the real machines they use to make the stuff but without the kettle. You can even arrange for a [pop corn truck](https://www.harkins.com/popcorn-truck) to come out to “your event” and pop it on-site. As to pricing, it coyly says ,“Please complete the following form and a Sales Specialist will contact you within 2-3 business days,” so I suspect it’s one of those, _If you have to ask…_ situations. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-are-too-too-tempting/969095.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-are-too-too-tempting/969095.md?page=5)