https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/angies-snack-cupboard Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Mon, 04 May 2026 14:48:25 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/angies-snack-cupboard/page/3#post-221964 Sun, 26 Sep 2010 18:24:42 +0000 Mellllls 221964@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>barbara,<br /> will definitely try to snag some ritter at the airport. hopefully my layover is long enough! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/angies-snack-cupboard/page/3#post-221942 Sun, 26 Sep 2010 18:00:17 +0000 Elly 221942@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am a weird American as that I don't like peanut butter. I used to tolerate it and even enjoy it in small amounts, but in the last few years every time I eat it I get a stomache ache. Not having good circulation affects my digestion and I think it just doesn't digest well for me. I can still do other nut butters in moderation and can eat peanuts by the load without repercussions, so IDK what it is.</p> <p>I love hearing about everyone's snack cupboards and fav snacks. I fall into the category of getting eaten out of house and home by the men in my life. Mine can be downright selfish, extending their snacking onto my expensive specially bought snacks that I had to have when I was put on an elimination diet by a doc. They left me snack-less at a time when I couldn't run to the corner store for more and was constantly hungry and encouraged to snack as much as I wanted. I also had an incident with an ex where we were trying to save on groceries and I ended up cooking on a tiny budget for the week because he couldn't give up his insane amounts of expensive processed snacks. He was spending a good 30 dollars a week or more on snacks and would bypass any of the healthy snacks I made and eating a full meal to snack. This was particularly bad because he was pre-diabetic and didn't digest fat well (gallbladder issues) and would go to work and buy stuff and then come home sick. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/angies-snack-cupboard/page/3#post-221806 Sun, 26 Sep 2010 11:24:27 +0000 Tara 221806@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Soooooo fun!</p> <p>Maya - I LOOOOOOVE Nutella...when I was younger (say just pre-teens) I used to buy a Dolly or Girlfriend magazine (oz equivalent of Seventeen or similar...) and a jar of Nutella...and actually eat the entire jar in one sitting with a spoon whilst browsing my magazine.</p> <p>I know. Disgusting.</p> <p>I am actually not that keen on Tim Tams...never have been really! I think there are more delicious chocolate biscuits to be had.</p> <p>Theresa - I LOOOOOOOOOOOVE Shapes Chicken Crimpys, they're pretty much the only ones I will eat!</p> <p>This thread is lovely </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/angies-snack-cupboard/page/3#post-221701 Sun, 26 Sep 2010 03:34:01 +0000 yublocka 221701@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hehe I have been nicknamed "Tim Tam" by many a person - very much used to it now! Maya if you ever want a care package of Tim Tams please do let me know. There's dark chocolate and double coated choc ones available now......mmmmm. Although I do much prefer regular Cadburys milk chocolate if I am after a chocolate fix!! (and that happens often). My other sweet fix of choice is a tub of caramel flavoured rice pudding.......mmmmm! Or a mug of warm ribena on a cold night!</p> <p>I'm also into dips and crackers at the moment. Hummus or spinach dip with rice crackers......mmmm.</p> <p>I also baked this cake the other day. So yummy to take to work!</p> <p><a href="http://www.exclusivelyfood.com.au/2008/10/blueberry-and-yoghurt-crumble-cake.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.exclusivelyfood.com.....-cake.html</a></p> <p>I'm also enjoying apples, bananas and strawberries as snacks as the moment. Also fresh dates as a decadent sweet treat. So excited that summer fruits will soon be coming into season though!!!</p> <p>Wow this has become a bit of an essay hasn't it? Clearly I am more of a snacker than I like to think!!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/angies-snack-cupboard/page/3#post-221633 Sun, 26 Sep 2010 01:22:03 +0000 Refugee 221633@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This thread is such a fun peek into people's lives.<br /> My snack cupboard seems to change with the seasons. Because we're coming to the end of summer I am still on a pickles and olives kick. With some hummus, fruit salsa and anything home grown tomato. With fall starting cheeses and nuts will definitely take more of a lead role. Savory crackers go with any of these things.<br /> I'm not much of a chocolate eater but when I am, it's definitely dark.<br /> I do love sour treats but have never heard of candian wine gums. Angie, can you enlighten me?<br /> Theresa, Reese's peanut butter cups are DH's very favorite thing. In fact he loves them so much he has asked me not to have them in the house. Peanut butter with chocolate is a very popular treat in my part of the US (smack dab in the middle). In any form. In fact one of my kids favorite treats growing up was rice krispie treats made with peanut butter and chocolate instead of marshmallows. They would ask me to make rice krispie treats, "you know mom, the good kind." </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/angies-snack-cupboard/page/3#post-221632 Sun, 26 Sep 2010 01:21:50 +0000 taylor 221632@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I guess I am not too picky. I seem to never turn down chocolate, no matter where it is from or what color,nuts and peanut butter are always welcome.:) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/angies-snack-cupboard/page/3#post-221628 Sun, 26 Sep 2010 01:17:03 +0000 Maya 221628@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Theresa, Reese's aren't my favorite. There is something funky about the peanut butter. But I have a box of chocolates from a house guest right now that had a few chocolate peanut butter cups and I'm savoring them. They're more natural-tasting and delicious. Peanut butter and chocolate is divine! I just love nuts and chocolate in general, although nothing beats hazelnut and chocolate. </p> <p>I can't imagine ever having my fill of Tim Tams! I am quite deprived though :(. And yes I have achieved the Tim Tam slam. It took some practice! At first I didnt bite off enough of the corners to make it work, but once I figured out the right proportions it worked. I have to admit I prefer to eat them the boring way though. I like them crisp, not soggy.</p> <p>My favorite Tim Tams were one of the limited edition flavors...choco-chili something. They were so brilliant I could have eaten the entire box in one sitting. They were like Mexican hot chocolate in a cookie. I'm drooling just thinking about it. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/angies-snack-cupboard/page/3#post-221618 Sun, 26 Sep 2010 00:56:25 +0000 Beth 221618@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Theresa, Reese cups are a classic American candy. Peanut butter and chocolate are a marriage made in heaven:) It's just as easy to open a jar of peanut butter and dip your own chocolate in the jar!</p> <p>Also, for those of you in the right growing zone for it (zone 7 and warmer, I think), figs are easy and very satisfying to grow~ </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/angies-snack-cupboard/page/3#post-221546 Sat, 25 Sep 2010 22:58:51 +0000 Theresa 221546@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh and on the topic of snacks...</p> <p>What's with the Reese's Peanut Butter Cup thingys?</p> <p>A friend went to the US a few years ago, fell in love with them and couldn't stop raving about them. So, one day I found a tiny stash in a local store so bought one to try...</p> <p>It was awful! I'm sorry if any one loves them, but it was the most odd combination of flavours, and I just couldn't get my head or tastebuds around it!</p> <p>So, can you gals enlighten me? Are they a big deal over there, or not really? What is you love about them?</p> <p>Thanks! LOL </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/angies-snack-cupboard/page/3#post-221544 Sat, 25 Sep 2010 22:54:44 +0000 Theresa 221544@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>oooh you guys like TimTams!!!! I must admit, having eaten more TimTams as a teenager than some people have hot showers, I'm a tad over them now - don't get me wrong, I still enjoy them, but I can't eat a whole packet in one go anymore LOL</p> <p>If you do manage to get yourself some Maya, you will have to try a TimTam Slam...</p> <p>Cut opposite diagonal corners off your TimTam, have a nice hot drink ready (a lot of people use coffee, but I used to use hot chocolate or even tea!), then... dip one cut end of the TimTam in your drink, and suck through the other end!!</p> <p>The TimTam acts as a straw, but the "slam" bit comes once the TimTam has absorbed enough of the drink to become quite soggy - then you have to "slam" it into your mouth before it disintegrates into a sloshy mess on the table!!</p> <p>Yes, we Aussies do have some very strange habits LOL</p> <p>But, all this talk of snacks... well, I think I may have to go out later today to get something totally evil but utterly delicious LOL!!!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/angies-snack-cupboard/page/2#post-221540 Sat, 25 Sep 2010 22:44:12 +0000 marianna 221540@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Angie, generally I just eat figs plain as a snack, but I am a huge cheese lover, so figs with cheese and crackers sounds delicious. Yum! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/angies-snack-cupboard/page/2#post-221460 Sat, 25 Sep 2010 19:30:25 +0000 SkiDiva 221460@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Tim Tams!!! I was waiting for someone to mention those. Maya, do you have a World Market anywhere nearby? They carry Tim Tams now, but under the name Arnott's Originals. Or you can order them online from the Simply Australian website. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/angies-snack-cupboard/page/2#post-221438 Sat, 25 Sep 2010 18:44:49 +0000 Maya 221438@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I should add: Aside from M&amp;M's which I grew up with by default (my dad worked for 25 years at the corporate headquarters), I also prefer Euro chocolate. American chocolate is too sugary and acidic by comparison. But I will still eat it. Chocolate is one of my favorite things in the world. </p> <p>For all the Aussies out there, I absolutely envy you and your Tim Tams :(. I used to get care packages full of assorted Tim Tams before my friend in Australia left for Germany. I have had a hankering for them for YEARS. There must be an Australian grocer somewhere in NYC that I need to find. Incidentally, when Tam first revealed her name and location, the first thing I thought of was Tim Tams, and ever since then I have associated her with the delicious confections. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/angies-snack-cupboard/page/2#post-221437 Sat, 25 Sep 2010 18:44:00 +0000 Barbara 221437@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Angie, great minds think alike! At least when it comes to German chocolate and Nutella with wheat crackers. LOL. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/angies-snack-cupboard/page/2#post-221431 Sat, 25 Sep 2010 18:34:52 +0000 Barbara 221431@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Mellllls, I think Ritter Sport is THE best German chocolate. Lilla Pause by Milka, and Ferrero are also wonderful. I lived near Heidelberg for 12 years, and tried them all!</p> <p>Lindt is Swiss and fabulous! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/angies-snack-cupboard/page/2#post-221430 Sat, 25 Sep 2010 18:33:42 +0000 Maya 221430@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I will have to try that tonight Angie. I love sweet and salty! I just finished off some chocolate covered pretzels a house guest brought last week. Soooo tasty. Of course if I have nothing else, I will absolutely eat Nutella straight from the jar with a spoon...</p> <p>I forgot to mention multi grain tortilla chips and tomatillo salsa. I don't eat multi grain and wheat for health reasons--I just find them tastier! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/angies-snack-cupboard/page/2#post-221429 Sat, 25 Sep 2010 18:30:52 +0000 Mellllls 221429@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks for the quick response! Is Lindt chocolate in Europe different than the Lindt chocolate available in the US? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/angies-snack-cupboard/page/2#post-221427 Sat, 25 Sep 2010 18:29:38 +0000 Angie 221427@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yes, Melllls! Choose your favourite Ritter, Lindt and Milka flavours of chocolate. I love Toblerone too - so that gets a special vote. </p> <p>Wrt to the Ritters - I like the one with the tea biscuit. Hazelnut is fab too. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/angies-snack-cupboard/page/2#post-221423 Sat, 25 Sep 2010 18:27:45 +0000 Mellllls 221423@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My snacks cupboard is pretty bare at the moment...the result of not being home so often so I haven't needed to stock. Mostly we have goldfish crackers and chip and salsa at the moment and corn kernels to air pop.</p> <p>Angie, any suggestion for some German milk chocolate I could purchase while on a layover at a German airport?? The only European chocolate I've ever had would have been purchased in the US. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/angies-snack-cupboard/page/2#post-221422 Sat, 25 Sep 2010 18:27:26 +0000 Angie 221422@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Marianna, I love eating fresh figs with cheese and crackers.You too? (And I like to match a certain cracker to a specific cheese - details!)</p> <p>Maya, have you tried Nutella WITH wheat crackers. Very delish. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/angies-snack-cupboard/page/2#post-221420 Sat, 25 Sep 2010 18:26:41 +0000 Barbara 221420@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Maya, I love Nutella. I had never even heard of it until I lived in Europe. It's fab on whole wheat crackers or Triscuits. Now I'm hungry.... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/angies-snack-cupboard/page/2#post-221415 Sat, 25 Sep 2010 18:20:27 +0000 Maya 221415@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This has been fun and hunger-inducing to read. </p> <p>My snack cupboard is full of:</p> <p>Sun Chips (French Onion), 60% cacao organic dark chocolate OR semisweet baking chocolate (which I like to munch on as much as I like to bake with), Nutella, wheat crackers, pink lady or granny smith apples, an assortment of cheese, olives, red grapes, strawberries, clementines, Goldfish, jalapeño smoked almonds, and sesame shiitake dressing which I use for dipping baby carrots and sliced bell pepper.</p> <p>I love snacking! Couldn't live without it. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/angies-snack-cupboard/page/2#post-221394 Sat, 25 Sep 2010 17:48:41 +0000 quail 221394@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Marianna, I've been on a pita chips + hummus kick too. They're just so good! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/angies-snack-cupboard/page/2#post-221388 Sat, 25 Sep 2010 17:31:21 +0000 marianna 221388@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Angie, yum! I LOVE figs. I need to buy some too! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/angies-snack-cupboard/page/2#post-221384 Sat, 25 Sep 2010 17:15:33 +0000 Angie 221384@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Snacking on cereal is a very foreign concept in this household. But not in yours! </p> <p>Marianna, figs are in season and we have them everyday at the moment - it makes me think of you :)</p> <p>Sparky-Anne, its hard to believe that South Africa makes the best milk chocolate in the world, but they truly do. Try their Cadburys. </p> <p>Barbara, I like your Euro chocolate selection! High five on those taste buds. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/angies-snack-cupboard/page/2#post-221378 Sat, 25 Sep 2010 16:49:47 +0000 Barbara 221378@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Angie, I ADORE Leonidas Belgian chocolate, which I am convinced is the best chocolate in the world. Having lived in Europe where I practically BATHED in various wonderful chocolates, I know what you mean about American chocolate. Although I DO enjoy an occasional all-American Hershey's kiss or Nestle chocolate, which is actually Swiss-style. I have sampled dozens of European chocolate brands and Ritter Sport, from Germany is, IMHO, the best 'everyday' eating chocolate. Their white chocolate is to die for! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/angies-snack-cupboard/page/2#post-221328 Sat, 25 Sep 2010 15:28:54 +0000 chewyspaghetti 221328@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I understand! *hug* </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/angies-snack-cupboard/page/2#post-221323 Sat, 25 Sep 2010 15:27:23 +0000 marianna 221323@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Khris, but I am demented and cannot eat just a *little* snack on most occasions. But I don't feel like discussing that today. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/angies-snack-cupboard/page/2#post-221319 Sat, 25 Sep 2010 15:24:58 +0000 chewyspaghetti 221319@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Marianna- I find that I do a lot better if I *do* have between meal snacks. I think it's what you eat and how much of it. For me, a snack is usually under 200 calories. I eat a piece of fruit and a slice of cheese, a handful of almonds, a greek yogurt, veggie sticks with hummus, or a bag of home made microwave poopcorn. Having some protein in my snacks seems to be helpful, too. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/angies-snack-cupboard/page/2#post-221312 Sat, 25 Sep 2010 15:20:27 +0000 marianna 221312@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>All of this sounds so delicious. I'd probably be a LOT thinner if I didn't snack -- it's my weakness. I could make a meal out of snacking. This week I have been on a pita crackers and hummus kick. Yum. </p>