# What is your most child-like food? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** food-cooking\ **Created:** [June 3, 2022, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-most-child-like-food/965613 "2022-06-03T05:25:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2022, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-most-child-like-food/965613/21 "2022-06-03T11:51:26Z")
Little Debbie snack cakes. Right now I have Swiss Rolls in the pantry, but I buy different kinds. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanubv.2/32/3260_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2022, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-most-child-like-food/965613/22 "2022-06-03T11:55:00Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > Iced Zoo biscuits. Only South Africans would understand. I’m sure it’s not the same thing, but I recently purchased these, which were a favorite of mine as a kid [https://www.amazon.com/Mothers-Circus-Animal-Cookies-9oz/dp/B09BDCKMFT/ref=asc\_df\_B09BDCKMFT/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=563607845016&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=1541176722780762383&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9012133&hvtargid=pla-1630558132475&psc=1](https://www.amazon.com/Mothers-Circus-Animal-Cookies-9oz/dp/B09BDCKMFT/ref=asc_df_B09BDCKMFT/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=563607845016&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=1541176722780762383&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9012133&hvtargid=pla-1630558132475&psc=1) Many would say my entire diet is childlike; I regularly eat most of things already mentioned. How about chicken fingers, or more specifically, chicken Mcnuggets. ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2022, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-most-child-like-food/965613/23 "2022-06-03T11:58:17Z")
> [@mixdenny](#): > > For me - Goldfish. Gotta be ‘flavor blasted.’ Why can’t other foods be flavor blasted… ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2022, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-most-child-like-food/965613/24 "2022-06-03T11:58:32Z")
I will occasionally buy a box of chocolate flavored animal crackers for snacking on. I can pretend they’re for the grandkids, but they’re really for me. Also, mini ice cream sandwiches. ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2022, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-most-child-like-food/965613/25 "2022-06-03T12:59:40Z")
Also animal-related for me: Iced circus cookies and the plain animal crackers that come in the circus box. ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2022, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-most-child-like-food/965613/26 "2022-06-03T13:03:31Z")
Superman ice cream ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2022, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-most-child-like-food/965613/27 "2022-06-03T13:30:22Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](#): > > I’m sure it’s not the same thing, but I recently purchased these > [@romansperson](#): > > Also animal-related for me: Iced circus cookies and the plain animal crackers that come in the circus box. These are not the same thing. Iced Zoo biscuits aren’t animal-shaped. They have an iced animal sillhouette, preferably only barely-recognizeable, on a rectangular iced biscuit. [![](https://writingmuscle.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/zoo-bics.jpg) ](https://writingmuscle.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/zoo-bics.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2022, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-most-child-like-food/965613/28 "2022-06-03T13:34:13Z")
Yes, I know. But both types include animal shapes, they’re vanilla, and they’re kid food, so some things in common. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2022, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-most-child-like-food/965613/29 "2022-06-03T13:36:23Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Veal. 👏 🤣 Ramen noodles, the 5-packages-for-a-dollar style, though that originally dates back more to college than childhood. ---
**Author:** ![Akaj](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/akaj/32/145_2.png) [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2022, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-most-child-like-food/965613/30 "2022-06-03T13:43:13Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > > [@Alessan](#): > > > > Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches? > > Oh yeah! Add chicken-noodle or tomato soup, and a handful of **potato chips** , and I’m there! (bolding mine) The sublimest combo is a PB & J with spicy flavored potato chips. Use the chips to scoop up the jelly that falls out of the sandwich onto the plate. Oh yeah. ---
**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:** [June 3, 2022, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-most-child-like-food/965613/31 "2022-06-03T13:49:28Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > To answer the OP, for me it’s canned ravioli. It was a special treat when we were kids, especially when my grandmother would be the one opening the can. On the rare occasions that I decide I need some now, it takes me back to my 9-y/o self. It’s really not very good, but still… I absolutely loved Chef-Boy-R-Dee canned ravioli as a pre-teen child, I wanted to live off of it. Somewhat later we somehow ended up with a case of the Chef’s canned spaghetti and meatballs that I still like eat once in a while, but the ravioli doesn’t do anything for me anymore. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanubv.2/32/3260_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2022, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-most-child-like-food/965613/32 "2022-06-03T13:52:23Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > These are not the same thing. > > Iced Zoo biscuits aren’t animal-shaped. They have an iced animal sillhouette, preferably only barely-recognizeable, on a rectangular iced biscuit. Those look lovely! And they _are_ barely recognizable. I can make out the spring bok and the birds but what kind of creature is the blue one? ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2022, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-most-child-like-food/965613/33 "2022-06-03T13:53:50Z")
I used to love Beef-a-roni when I was a kid. I tried it as an adult - BLECH! But I prefer Kraft Mac and Cheese in a box to so-called “gourmet” baked mac and cheese. It’s creamy and delicious! I will make homemade stovetop mac & cheese when I’m out of Kraft. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2022, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-most-child-like-food/965613/34 "2022-06-03T14:02:13Z")
Peanut butter and butter sandwiches, no jelly, made with huge slabs of Kerrygold butter. We didn’t have Kerrygold when I was a kid, but we did have Land O Lakes. And seeded rye bread. ---
**Author:** ![DorkVader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2022, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-most-child-like-food/965613/35 "2022-06-03T14:07:09Z")
Hey I’ve had those! When I was in the army, stationed at Ft Stewart Georgia, had a 1SG from Puerto Rico who ordered those in from…somewhere I don’t know all the time. They were great. (One benefit to being 1SG’s driver, yummy treats) _My_ kid food? Used to be peanut butter mixed with “maple syrup” in a coffee mug and eaten with a spoon, but now it’s just peanut butter on a spoon. I quit liking the taste of “maple” flavored corn syrup and I don’t think real maple syrup would work in that confection. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2022, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-most-child-like-food/965613/36 "2022-06-03T14:10:36Z")
Lucky Charms. To replicate my kindergarten Saturday mornings, I eat them while watching early Black & White Superman episodes. ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2022, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-most-child-like-food/965613/37 "2022-06-03T14:12:43Z")
Keebler Deluxe Fudge Grahams. Had to keep them in the fridge. My mom had a strict 2 cookie per person rule, us kids would plot and scheme around it. And Oreos, the pantry was always stocked with Oreos. My lil sis once ate the middles out of all the Oreos and left the chocolate wafers. My mom never let her live that one down! ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2022, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-most-child-like-food/965613/38 "2022-06-03T14:26:27Z")
**Honey Smacks** - sugar rush in a bowl. I still get a craving for them even in my 40’s. Also, I have been known to gank my kids freezie supply, “Really, there aren’t any left? Are you sure? We’ll have to get some more then I guess.” ---
**Author:** ![ctnguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@ctnguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ctnguy)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2022, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-most-child-like-food/965613/39 "2022-06-03T14:29:23Z")
I think it’s supposed to be a bear. ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2022, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-most-child-like-food/965613/40 "2022-06-03T14:38:41Z")
Grilled cheese. A few slices of American Cheese, some bread, fried low and slow until it’s golden brown. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-most-child-like-food/965613.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-most-child-like-food/965613.md?page=3)