# What's your midnight snack? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 22, 2014, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-midnight-snack/707884 "2014-12-22T04:52:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [December 22, 2014, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-midnight-snack/707884/1 "2014-12-22T04:52:47Z")
For those of you who have them, of course. For me, it’s a bowl of corn flakes/raisin bran/whatever cold cereal we have in the house. It used to be a peanut butter sandwich but I decided to lose weight so had to give up the peanut butter. (Oh, and… define “midnight snack” as you care. If it’s something you eat right before you go to bed, fine. If you stay up until 4am coding every night and it’s what you grab at 2am, fine. If you keep different hours than most and your midnight snack is actually eaten at 11am, before you go to bed after your 11pm-8am shift, fine.) ---
**Author:** ![Lacunae\_Matata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lacunae\_Matata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lacunae_Matata)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2014, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-midnight-snack/707884/2 "2014-12-22T05:16:48Z")
My favorite is leftover rice or noodles scrambled with a little butter, an egg or two, and maybe some cheese. Starch + protein + fat = perfect midnight snack food, in my opinion. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2014, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-midnight-snack/707884/3 "2014-12-22T05:18:30Z")
Peanut or almond butter right out of the jar with a spoon. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2014, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-midnight-snack/707884/4 "2014-12-22T05:32:38Z")
Peanut butter sandwiches. ---
**Author:** ![peedin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peedin/32/14095_2.png) [@peedin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peedin)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2014, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-midnight-snack/707884/5 "2014-12-22T14:11:15Z")
If I wake up in the middle of the night, it’s a cookie or a piece of candy. If we’re talking my 8pm snack in front of the idiot’s lantern, then it’s popcorn. ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2014, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-midnight-snack/707884/6 "2014-12-22T15:50:24Z")
A piece of Swiss cheese, right before lights out. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2014, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-midnight-snack/707884/7 "2014-12-22T15:56:54Z")
My late night snack isn’t anywhere near mid-night, but if I’m feeling peckish before heading off to bed, I will indulge in some sweet hot tea and salty snacks like a few potato chips or popcorn or triscuit crackers. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2014, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-midnight-snack/707884/8 "2014-12-22T16:25:43Z")
Like Homer, late at night I will sometimes snack on cheese. ---
**Author:** ![alted315](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/cc9497/32.png) [@alted315](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alted315)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2014, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-midnight-snack/707884/9 "2014-12-22T16:32:07Z")
baby carrots and dill dip ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2014, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-midnight-snack/707884/10 "2014-12-22T17:04:50Z")
For those insomnia nights, it’s usually pita chips and hummus. And a single malt. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2014, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-midnight-snack/707884/11 "2014-12-22T17:14:51Z")
> [@corkboard](#): > > And a single malt. You’re among friends so be honest now. Sometimes it’s more like two or three. Right? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Pai325](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2014, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-midnight-snack/707884/12 "2014-12-22T17:51:43Z")
A bowl of cold cereal, usually Cheerios, but sometimes Grape Nuts or Raisin Bran. Then I sleep well. ---
**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 22, 2014, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-midnight-snack/707884/13 "2014-12-22T17:53:01Z")
Grilled cheese. My cheat days are Saturday, so I’ve been known to break out the frying pan at midnight on Friday. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2014, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-midnight-snack/707884/14 "2014-12-23T14:02:25Z")
Dry Cheerios with lots of raisins, as a sort of gorp. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2014, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-midnight-snack/707884/15 "2014-12-23T14:30:31Z")
Full-on breakfast. It’s something we did back in the “sharing a house with a half-dozen friends” in the years after college. Eggs, sausage, bacon, toast, the whole deal, at like 200am after getting home from the bars. It’s infrequent nowadays, but it still happens. My wife will come downstairs because I’m making a racket and look at me like I’m nuts, then goes back to bed shaking her head. Sorry, honey. ---
**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:** [December 23, 2014, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-midnight-snack/707884/16 "2014-12-23T14:41:37Z")
Cheese. I didn’t expect others were doing that too. ---
**Author:** ![dracoi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90db22/32.png) [@dracoi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dracoi)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2014, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-midnight-snack/707884/17 "2014-12-23T15:36:39Z")
I follow my cravings if I want a midnight snack, so it could be almost anything. It’s likely to be simple and savory, though. For example, a piece of cheese is a pretty common go-to when I need a little something. A small peanut butter sandwich maybe. I see both of those mentioned by other people, so I guess I’m more typical than I thought in this regard. ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2014, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-midnight-snack/707884/18 "2014-12-23T19:46:48Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > You’re among friends so be honest now. Sometimes it’s more like two or three. Right? 😉 Usually no more than two. Usually. ---
**Author:** ![Pabitel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bbce88/32.png) [@Pabitel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pabitel)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2014, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-midnight-snack/707884/19 "2014-12-23T19:50:05Z")
My wife loves to bake so I’m always taken care of in this regard. It’s Yule time right now so I have an embarrassment of riches, current cake, walnut cookies, chocolate crinkles, pumpkin cheesecake. So, what ever is fresh baked, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2014, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-midnight-snack/707884/20 "2014-12-23T19:50:45Z")
Breakfast cereal. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-midnight-snack/707884.md?page=2)