# Sadistic Snack Foods and the Masochists Who Love Them **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 29, 2008, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sadistic-snack-foods-and-the-masochists-who-love-them/454621 "2008-06-29T03:04:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2008, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sadistic-snack-foods-and-the-masochists-who-love-them/454621/21 "2008-06-29T17:16:59Z")
My masochistic pain-drug of choice is hot sauces. My current favorite is El Yucateco, red and green. Hurts in my mouth, hurts in my stomach and hurts coming out. What’s not to love? ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2008, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sadistic-snack-foods-and-the-masochists-who-love-them/454621/22 "2008-06-29T17:27:51Z")
French Bread pizza. No matter how long you let it cool down, it’s never long enough to avoid blistering the entire roof of your mouth. ---
**Author:** ![Harriet\_the\_Spry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e56c9b/32.png) [@Harriet\_the\_Spry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harriet_the_Spry)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2008, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sadistic-snack-foods-and-the-masochists-who-love-them/454621/23 "2008-06-29T20:04:44Z")
My long-time favorite was Zapp’s Cajun Craw-taters (a crawfish-boil flavored potato chip available in New Orleans) with an ice-cold Diet Coke. Mmmm, heavenly, salty pain. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2008, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sadistic-snack-foods-and-the-masochists-who-love-them/454621/24 "2008-06-29T20:08:52Z")
Tartaric acid, aka sour sart or lemon salt. I rode the white pony through my teen years and it tempts me even now, despite the harshness of its bite. ---
**Author:** ![pendgwen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3da27b/32.png) [@pendgwen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pendgwen)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2008, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sadistic-snack-foods-and-the-masochists-who-love-them/454621/25 "2008-06-30T03:34:26Z")
Hot Tamales. They eat the surface of my tongue but I keep eating them anyway. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2008, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sadistic-snack-foods-and-the-masochists-who-love-them/454621/26 "2008-06-30T03:40:28Z")
[QUOTE=Sierra Indigo] They’re a boiled lolly (hard candy) . . . [/QUOTE] Hm. Is that the origin of the word “lollipop”? ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2008, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sadistic-snack-foods-and-the-masochists-who-love-them/454621/27 "2008-06-30T04:41:47Z")
[QUOTE=PerditaX] And I’m with **WhyNot** on the cinnamon. I buy the big box of Atomic FireBalls at Sam’s and keep them on my desk at work. My fellow addicts come by and help me eat them. [/QUOTE] [QUOTE=pendgwen] Hot Tamales. They eat the surface of my tongue but I keep eating them anyway [/QUOTE] I’m glad I’m not the only one who’s developed a taste for hot cinnamon candies like Atomic Fireballs. I’m rather hay fever prone and whenever I start having a sneezing fit or a runny or stuffy nose, I often take an Atomic Fireball for relief. Incidentally, has anybody ever tried cinnamon red hot ice cream? Although it may seem odd at first, the taste of the hot candy blends nicely with the coldness of the ice cream. A local ice cream place had it for sale a few years ago but I haven’t seen it anywhere since. Maybe Baskin-Robbins has something like it among the flavors they rotate monthly. ---
**Author:** ![Bravo\_Romeo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e8c25b/32.png) [@Bravo\_Romeo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bravo_Romeo)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2008, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sadistic-snack-foods-and-the-masochists-who-love-them/454621/28 "2008-06-30T06:41:10Z")
This could help answer a question of mine. Jolly Ranchers aren’t readily available where I live so I buy a big bag with about 200 in it every few weeks. They’re the individually wrapped ones with 5 flavours. They start to hurt my gums and teeth after about 6 or 7 at a time and then as I slowly crunch down on them lock my jaws together. Are they meant to be like this? As in, if slow pressure is applied they conform to your teeth and flatten and stick them together? Or are they meant to be hard and brittle and mine are only sticky because they’ve been imported? ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2008, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sadistic-snack-foods-and-the-masochists-who-love-them/454621/29 "2008-06-30T06:46:33Z")
Nachos made with Monterey Jack and Cheddar, jalepenos and black olives. Each one made individually (canopy style). Dipped in sour cream. Actually it’s just an excuse to eat sour cream. When I order nachos at a bar and they give me a little cup of sour cream I’m sure I have a hang-dog look on my face. That’s usually enough for 1 chip. Some people think the sour cream is something to look forward to the next day but I really like it. ---
**Author:** ![threnodyangelfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@threnodyangelfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/threnodyangelfire)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2008, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sadistic-snack-foods-and-the-masochists-who-love-them/454621/30 "2008-06-30T06:51:40Z")
[QUOTE=panache45] Especially anything that combines peanut butter and chocolate. [/QUOTE] Or peanut butter, chocolate and ice cream. OMG sooo good. My danger food is macademia’s out of the shell. They are SO hard! So I have a good hammer to break them. I have invariably hit my thumb. ☹ But they are SO GOOD! SO GOOD! ---
**Author:** ![jellyblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e480ec/32.png) [@jellyblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jellyblue)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2008, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sadistic-snack-foods-and-the-masochists-who-love-them/454621/31 "2008-06-30T06:53:46Z")
[QUOTE=Hyper Aware] This could help answer a question of mine. Jolly Ranchers aren’t readily available where I live so I buy a big bag with about 200 in it every few weeks. They’re the individually wrapped ones with 5 flavours. They start to hurt my gums and teeth after about 6 or 7 at a time and then as I slowly crunch down on them lock my jaws together. Are they meant to be like this? As in, if slow pressure is applied they conform to your teeth and flatten and stick them together? Or are they meant to be hard and brittle and mine are only sticky because they’ve been imported? [/QUOTE] Nope, they’re like that everywhere. They’re meant to remove your dental fillings. I eat all the watermelon ones first… Jalapeno potato chips…yum ::eyes water:: ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2008, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sadistic-snack-foods-and-the-masochists-who-love-them/454621/32 "2008-06-30T14:40:54Z")
[QUOTE=Hyper Aware] This could help answer a question of mine. Jolly Ranchers aren’t readily available where I live so I buy a big bag with about 200 in it every few weeks. They’re the individually wrapped ones with 5 flavours. They start to hurt my gums and teeth after about 6 or 7 at a time and then as I slowly crunch down on them lock my jaws together. Are they meant to be like this? As in, if slow pressure is applied they conform to your teeth and flatten and stick them together? Or are they meant to be hard and brittle and mine are only sticky because they’ve been imported? [/QUOTE] Yeah, that’s normal. They are probably made by dentists to keep them in business. Nothing like that few seconds of panic when you can’t open your mouth, huh? ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2008, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sadistic-snack-foods-and-the-masochists-who-love-them/454621/33 "2008-06-30T14:44:39Z")
[Miss Meringue](http://www.worldpantry.com/cgi-bin/ncommerce/ExecMacro/missmeringue/home.d2w/report) cookies. I only buy one tub at a time, and eat them all. What a sugar rush :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Daithi\_Lacha](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daithi_lacha/32/5430_2.png) [@Daithi\_Lacha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daithi_Lacha)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2008, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sadistic-snack-foods-and-the-masochists-who-love-them/454621/34 "2008-06-30T19:58:44Z")
I picked up a cinnamon [Giant Jelly Bean](http://www.candywarehouse.com/bigtexbeans.html) a couple of weeks ago. It’s like an enormous Hot Tamale, but with a bit of a curve to it. Hot, hot, HOT! Like, gulping saliva hot! Yum! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![BaneSidhe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c5a1d2/32.png) [@BaneSidhe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BaneSidhe)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2008, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sadistic-snack-foods-and-the-masochists-who-love-them/454621/35 "2008-06-30T20:14:11Z")
Jolly Ranchers, esp. the big ones. I swear I pulled a filling out once eating one but mmm it was wonderful 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![villa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc79bd/32.png) [@villa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/villa)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2008, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sadistic-snack-foods-and-the-masochists-who-love-them/454621/36 "2008-06-30T20:20:18Z")
[QUOTE=jellyblue] Jalapeno potato chips…yum ::eyes water:: [/QUOTE] I spurn jalapeno potato chips. [These](http://www.sausagesource.com/catalog/pf-mzrc.html) are the real deal, especially when you lick the crumbs out of the bag after. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2008, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sadistic-snack-foods-and-the-masochists-who-love-them/454621/37 "2008-06-30T20:24:27Z")
Chiming in on Jolly Ranchers and Cap’n Crunch. ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2008, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sadistic-snack-foods-and-the-masochists-who-love-them/454621/38 "2008-06-30T20:26:34Z")
Jalapeno Poppers Like French bread pizza, they’re never quite cool enough to take the first bite. The melted, molten cheese always seems to squirt right onto the roof of my mouth. ---
**Author:** ![jali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecae2f/32.png) [@jali](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jali)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2008, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sadistic-snack-foods-and-the-masochists-who-love-them/454621/39 "2008-06-30T20:43:22Z")
Crunchy Flamin’ Hot Cheetos. They’re dark pink - not the standard artificial orange of regular Cheetos. They burn - before and after. Love them. ---
**Author:** ![nikonikosuru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5f8ce5/32.png) [@nikonikosuru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nikonikosuru)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2008, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sadistic-snack-foods-and-the-masochists-who-love-them/454621/40 "2008-06-30T21:01:31Z")
Pineapple. So so good, but eating too much seems to strip the top layer of my mouth and tongue. After I get over the initial pain, it’s smooth sailing. Unshelled sunflower seeds. I’m too lazy to shell them. I love the flavored packs. This combination makes for a painful time, getting fragments of shell jammed into my gums and teeth. The end result can be just as bad, too. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sadistic-snack-foods-and-the-masochists-who-love-them/454621.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sadistic-snack-foods-and-the-masochists-who-love-them/454621.md?page=3)