# What's your go to midnight snack? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 3, 2018, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-go-to-midnight-snack/817248 "2018-07-03T20:00:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2018, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-go-to-midnight-snack/817248/21 "2018-07-04T02:14:57Z")
> [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > Ice cream or a quesadilla. I first read that as “ice cream or tequila”. 🙂 I’m not a midnight snacker, either, as some have mentioned. I wake up and can’t get back to sleep every now and then, but never have the cravings for food. Water sometimes, but not food. If I had to pick something, it would probably be crackers. Or crackers with cheese-- even better. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2018, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-go-to-midnight-snack/817248/22 "2018-07-04T02:23:09Z")
Peanut butter. Leftovers ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2018, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-go-to-midnight-snack/817248/23 "2018-07-04T03:11:18Z")
As a night owl, does it count as a “midnight snack” if I’m still awake and watching TV? > [@jz78817](#): > > never in my life had a “midnight snack.” I thought that was just a trait of certain comic book characters, done for laughs. You’ve never met my cat. I get up to go the bathroom in the middle of the night, there she is. I don’t have the heart to turn her down. (She’s also been known to try and WAKE me up on occassion) > [@Rhiannon8404](#): > > Peanut butter…out of the jar with a spoon. I thought I was the only one who did this. 🙂 Although I usually stick with a glass of milk if I get up in the middle of the night. Ice cold milk just hits the spot, you know? ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2018, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-go-to-midnight-snack/817248/24 "2018-07-04T03:19:06Z")
Unflavored yogurt. I have some with a little Fiber One cereal stirred in at bedtime, and hope & pray I won’t wake up in the middle of the night too hungry to go back to sleep, but sometimes it happens anyway. Then I just have the yogurt plain (straight out of the container, because I’m the only one who eats it), swish with Listerine, and go right back to sleep. ---
**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:** [July 4, 2018, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-go-to-midnight-snack/817248/25 "2018-07-04T03:40:55Z")
Nobody’s thought to bring pie into this thread? ---
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2018, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-go-to-midnight-snack/817248/26 "2018-07-04T03:41:34Z")
Nothing that involves cooking. I might grab something like crackers or cookies. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2018, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-go-to-midnight-snack/817248/27 "2018-07-04T03:42:44Z")
Salted peanuts. I keep a box of small pouches of Planters around for work and just such occasions. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2018, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-go-to-midnight-snack/817248/28 "2018-07-04T03:47:21Z")
Sour cream. A spoonful straight from the container does me right, do it please ya. ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2018, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-go-to-midnight-snack/817248/29 "2018-07-04T03:55:07Z")
> [@Rhiannon8404](#): > > Peanut butter…out of the jar with a spoon. That was my dad’s snack, day or night. > [@Icarus](#): > > Because I’m asleep and I’m not hungry. I don’t wake up because I’m hungry. Something will wake me up and if I can’t immediately fall back to sleep I might realize that I could use a bite. > [@Scumpup](#): > > Sour cream. A spoonful straight from the container does me right, do it please ya. Now that’s just cringe-worthy. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2018, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-go-to-midnight-snack/817248/30 "2018-07-04T03:57:24Z")
bIG BAG OF COSTCO TRAIL MIX ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2018, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-go-to-midnight-snack/817248/31 "2018-07-04T04:01:00Z")
Guacamole on an English muffin. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2018, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-go-to-midnight-snack/817248/32 "2018-07-04T04:29:42Z")
Peanut butter, cheese, salami, any of those. And if it happens to be a day where there’s leftover pizza in the fridge (maybe once every two months), it’s nigh impossible I get through the night without waking for a midnight snack. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2018, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-go-to-midnight-snack/817248/33 "2018-07-04T04:31:55Z")
```auto I Sandwich a) meat and cheese b) pb&j II Ice cream III Cereal/milk ``` ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2018, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-go-to-midnight-snack/817248/34 "2018-07-04T04:41:24Z")
A banana is good in the middle of the night. Maybe a banana with peanut butter. I am a poor sleeper so it don’t take much to get me down the stairs. Food is as good a reason as anything else. ETA nutella on a spoon. ---
**Author:** ![JpnDude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/838e76/32.png) [@JpnDude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JpnDude)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2018, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-go-to-midnight-snack/817248/35 "2018-07-04T04:45:06Z")
> [@Rhiannon8404](#): > > Peanut butter…out of the jar with a spoon. I did that last night! 🙂 But I added a chunk of chocolate to the spoon. That’s what ya gotta do when they don’t sell Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups in your country. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2018, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-go-to-midnight-snack/817248/36 "2018-07-04T04:55:32Z")
A sip of room-temperature water, if I happen to already have a glass on my nightstand. I’ve never woken up hungry in my life. ---
**Author:** ![erysichthon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d07c76/32.png) [@erysichthon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erysichthon)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2018, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-go-to-midnight-snack/817248/37 "2018-07-04T06:53:55Z")
Chocolate chip cookies with skim milk. Alternatively, a bag of Flaming Hot Cheetos, with a milk chaser to neutralize whatever the flaming hot substance is. > [@Rhiannon8404](#): > > Peanut butter…out of the jar with a spoon. I do this sometimes. I’ve considered starting a thread about it, because whenever I’m eating peanut butter with a spoon I feel a sense of community with all the other people standing in their kitchens eating peanut butter with a spoon. I know you’re out there. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2018, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-go-to-midnight-snack/817248/38 "2018-07-04T11:25:55Z")
Add me to the ‘peanut butter, straight from the jar’ group. Tasty, healthy\*, filling. But I have a confession to make: I use a knife rather than a spoon. \*If, like me, you get the all-natural, no added sugar or corn syrup, stuff. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2018, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-go-to-midnight-snack/817248/39 "2018-07-04T11:41:25Z")
Discussions of food are best served in Cafe Society ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2018, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-go-to-midnight-snack/817248/40 "2018-07-04T13:01:27Z")
> [@Projammer](#): > > You wake up in the middle of the night with the munchies that won’t quit. Interestingly, this has never happened to me. I snack through an evening, but stop a couple of hours before bedtime or it will play havoc with my gut. Usually it will be sweets or chocolate. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-go-to-midnight-snack/817248.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-go-to-midnight-snack/817248.md?page=3)