In Genius Snack Ideas: Frosting On Saltines
Another triumph for the happy union of sweet and salty. Logan at Boots In The Oven recalls a favorite snack from childhood that he's never given up: canned frosting on crackers. "Yup, my favorite is cream cheese frosting with Premium brand saltines," he says. "Original flavor." Sweet and gooey on salty and crunchy... almost like Nutella on tortilla chips.
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21 Comments:
My mom used to spread leftover frosting on graham crackers...YUM!
kalajo at 10:25AM on 06/22/09
in those late night dorm room moments, i used to spread chocolate frosting on graham crackers, then add a layer of fluff. instant smores!
or replace the fluff w peanut butter...mmm, chocolate and peanutbutter goo...
nalega at 10:30AM on 06/22/09
serious stoner eats
VerasTastyFreeze at 10:45AM on 06/22/09
Rainbow chip frosting on saltines...brings me back to hanging out with my cousins on our summer vacation. Still do the same vacation - will have to get some frosting before I go this year!
sunfastrose at 10:49AM on 06/22/09
I must have had a deprived childhood - I've never heard of frosting on saltines or nutella on tortilla chips, but both sound yum!!
Stoner eats, LOL.
arjava at 10:53AM on 06/22/09
Um . . . this just sounds gross.
TriciaRoy at 11:02AM on 06/22/09
We did this with leftover frosting when I was a kid. I thought we were the only ones! It does sound sort of gross, but is actually delicious! Plain saltines with buttercream or cream cheese frosting. Graham crackers are ok, but I always preferred the saltiness of the cracker against the sweetness of the frosting.
StripeyChef at 11:30AM on 06/22/09
So, this weekend, for absloutely no altered-reality reason (stoner food indeed!), I decided to fill those scoopable corn chips with dollops of strwberry ice cream. O! a transcendant experience! Then, inspired a nudge further, I added a drizzle of chocolate sauce...I have long loved the salty-crispy-sweet combo, by I hafta bet that it is the reading I've done here at SE in the months since I discovered the site that is renewing my sense of playfulness when it comes to snacking.
BobbieAnne at 11:32AM on 06/22/09
I remember I used to eat tortilla chips with peanut butter. There's a nice blend of sweet and salty with that mix.
Blue387 at 12:03PM on 06/22/09
When we were little and our parents would take us to McDonalds, I'd always dip my nuggets in honey while my brother used his milkshake for the french fries.
emgroff at 12:21PM on 06/22/09
I've done Nutella on saltines (it's great), but never thought of using frosting. That sounds good; I'll have to try it sometime.
WetIII at 12:28PM on 06/22/09
I hate frosting -- even on cakes -- but the Nutella thing is genius.
piccola at 1:25PM on 06/22/09
No surprise obesity and feeling unwell is rampant: people will eat any crap if it's "tasty".
Pointy at 2:06PM on 06/22/09
After my second semester of graduate school, while I was waiting to receive my first paycheck from a summer job that paid very little, I had almost nothing in my fridge and pantry except for a package of saltines, canned chocolate frosting, a box of prunes, some tins of tuna, and a bunch of grapes, a head of iceburg lettuce, a bottle of wine vinegar, and a jar of Hellman's mayo. I lived for a good three weeks on tuna salad with grapes on saltines, iceburg lettuce with plain vinegar, and for a real dessert treat, chocolate frosting spread on saltines, topped with prunes.
yumporchetta at 2:54PM on 06/22/09
Hubby and I used to LOVE cream cheese frosting on Bugles, but we can't find the dang Bugles anymore! Now I stick with pretzels and icing, which I've been doing since junior high - we always used to have them at parties. And we weren't even stoners!
trillian42 at 3:38PM on 06/22/09
I line a baking sheet with graham crackers that have been spread with chocolate, or vanilla or strawberry frosting. Cover the whole thing with wax paper and throw it in the freezer. Yummy.
AlkiGirl at 4:15PM on 06/22/09
I want this now. How could this NOT be delicious?
FeliciasMealTicket at 5:25PM on 06/22/09
You know, I tried the Nutella chips and was underwhelmed.
eeels at 6:37PM on 06/22/09
honey drizzled on pringles. weird? definitely yes.
laurbelle2 at 7:49PM on 06/22/09
Mmm, PB on tortilla chips sounds great.
@Pointy- check out the blog "boots in the oven." This is the first reference I can think of that refers to lowbrow snack food. The blogging couple has eaten at some of the finest restaurants in the world, and they cook some incredibly delicious and healthy-looking recipes at home. Neither of them is even remotely overweight. Cut "boots" some slack.
Kerosena at 2:41PM on 06/23/09
best snack ever -- original Wheat Thins, a little peanut butter and a drop of honey. i've been slightly obsessed with this combination since about 3rd grade.
LizzardNYC at 12:15AM on 06/28/09