# Snack foods that are oddly addictive **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** food-cooking\ **Created:** [December 2, 2020, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snack-foods-that-are-oddly-addictive/927039 "2020-12-02T20:16:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2020, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snack-foods-that-are-oddly-addictive/927039/1 "2020-12-02T20:16:02Z")
What is the snack food that, once you partake, draws you in and won’t let go? For me it’s Goldfish. Just plain ol’ cheddar Goldfish. I never crave them, never buy them when I’m grabbing a snack at a gas station or whatever. But my wife buys them for the kids occasionally (from Costco- big honking boxes/bags of 'em). Even sitting in the cupboard, they’re never the snack I gravitate toward when looking to take the edge off between-meal hunger. But, man, once I have a handful, I just can’t quit. If I don’t force myself, I could do some real damage to my family’s Goldfish supply in a single afternoon. ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2020, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snack-foods-that-are-oddly-addictive/927039/2 "2020-12-02T20:31:22Z")
Caramel corn, the gourmet kind with almonds and walnuts and such. I could chow on that stuff until I pop. I once brought some to a meeting with a customer who was known for being an asshole. He gravitated to the stuff and just sat there and munched out the entire meeting without making a single snide remark, something he was famous for. At the end of the meeting he told me never to bring that into one of his meetings again. It was legend. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2020, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snack-foods-that-are-oddly-addictive/927039/3 "2020-12-02T20:32:20Z")
[Combos](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combos). Rolled pretzels with a flavored cheese filling. I like the pizzeria Combos, but I just stocked up on the buffalo blue cheese flavored ones. ---
**Author:** ![CorpusNeptune](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/corpusneptune/32/17561_2.png) [@CorpusNeptune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CorpusNeptune)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2020, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snack-foods-that-are-oddly-addictive/927039/4 "2020-12-02T20:39:11Z")
Pringles for me, definitely. I usually eat 2-4 crisps at a time since they’re so thin, so they run out _very_ quickly. -Baleaf ---
**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 2, 2020, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snack-foods-that-are-oddly-addictive/927039/5 "2020-12-02T20:42:15Z")
I haven’t eaten processed snack food in years. But if I was gonna, I would _tear up_ some Cheetos. Pringles sound pretty good too. ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2020, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snack-foods-that-are-oddly-addictive/927039/6 "2020-12-02T20:53:56Z")
[Cheese Curls](https://www.planters.com/products/cheezcurls). I have to dump a few out and put the container away, otherwise it’ll be empty. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2020, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snack-foods-that-are-oddly-addictive/927039/7 "2020-12-02T21:24:35Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > I haven’t eaten processed snack food in years. But if I was gonna, I would _tear up_ some Cheetos. I can’t say “I haven’t eaten _any_ in years”, but back when I wasn’t being deliberately super-duper stingy with carb-heavy snacks my snackly rations were fed pretty _ad lib_. I used to say that Cheetos came in the convenient single-serving 24 ounce bag. As did yellow corn tortilla chips. For me the Cheetos had to be crisp-fried-to-a-crackly-crunch; the baked-to-a-delicate-crunch Cheetos were worthless. As were any knock-offs. You? ---
**Author:** ![TheCuse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thecuse/32/2854_2.png) [@TheCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheCuse)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2020, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snack-foods-that-are-oddly-addictive/927039/8 "2020-12-02T21:29:31Z")
Pringles. Also cheese puffs.Here and there the Cheetos (crunchy). That’s at home. At work I snack on honey roasted peanuts or cashews. ---
**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 2, 2020, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snack-foods-that-are-oddly-addictive/927039/9 "2020-12-02T21:39:54Z")
Oh yeah, crunchy Cheetos, not any Cheesy Poofs rip-offs! And corn tortilla chips, forgot about those. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2020, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snack-foods-that-are-oddly-addictive/927039/10 "2020-12-02T21:56:33Z")
Crunchy Cheetos, without a doubt. And if cookies are considered a snack food, I can easily devour a sleeve of fig newtons without coming up for air. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2020, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snack-foods-that-are-oddly-addictive/927039/11 "2020-12-02T22:01:17Z")
Fig Newtons come in a two-sleeve pack so you and your SO can each have one. Sharing is so romantic! ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2020, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snack-foods-that-are-oddly-addictive/927039/12 "2020-12-02T22:02:11Z")
M&M’s (original, preferably) Pistachios (lightly salted) I don’t even keep them in the house. I’m putty in their hands. ---
**Author:** ![sitchensis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sitchensis/32/4892_2.png) [@sitchensis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sitchensis)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2020, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snack-foods-that-are-oddly-addictive/927039/13 "2020-12-02T22:02:46Z")
Chili Cheese Fritos\*. I take a small handful and as soon as the taste starts to wear off I’m reaching for the bag. I buy one or two bags a year on special occasions because I know it’s going to be bad news. \*preferably with a Mountain Dew ---
**Author:** ![sitchensis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sitchensis/32/4892_2.png) [@sitchensis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sitchensis)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2020, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snack-foods-that-are-oddly-addictive/927039/14 "2020-12-02T22:03:52Z")
> [@DavidNRockies](#): > > Pistachios (lightly salted) The salt and pepper ones are really addictive. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2020, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snack-foods-that-are-oddly-addictive/927039/15 "2020-12-02T22:04:28Z")
Enabler 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2020, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snack-foods-that-are-oddly-addictive/927039/16 "2020-12-02T22:05:14Z")
I have been motoring through corn nuts (Jalapeno/cheddar and ranch) at an alarming rate recently. ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2020, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snack-foods-that-are-oddly-addictive/927039/17 "2020-12-02T22:05:55Z")
For me it’s garden salsa flavored Sun Chips. Once I have one I can’t stop eating them. This, not surprisingly, is the goal of snack food designers. I forget the word for it, but there’s an actual industry term for the effect of wanting to eat more of a food once you’ve started. And snack foods are purposely designed to trigger that response, and to not be filling, so you’ll just keep eating them. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2020, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snack-foods-that-are-oddly-addictive/927039/18 "2020-12-02T22:13:45Z")
I’m a sucker for the jalapeno or salt & vinegar flavored kettle-style potato chips. Not necessarily Kettle brand, or any other, but just the general category. ---
**Author:** ![Dogginit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogginit/32/16920_2.png) [@Dogginit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogginit)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2020, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snack-foods-that-are-oddly-addictive/927039/19 "2020-12-02T22:16:37Z")
Pork rinds, especially the hot & spicy ones. Have to tie my hands down to make myself stop. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2020, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snack-foods-that-are-oddly-addictive/927039/20 "2020-12-02T22:23:04Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Fig Newtons come in a two-sleeve pack so you and your SO can each have one. That has been known to happen. But please don’t tell her that I told you. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snack-foods-that-are-oddly-addictive/927039.md?page=2)