Every night after I put my kids to bed, I raid the pantry looking for a dessert. At about 9 p.m., I am craving sweets... ANYTHING sweet. For this reason, I refuse to buy chocolate chips or anything that can be used in a dessert (unless I bought it to make a specific dessert for a specific event). But to my credit, you'd be amazed at the concoctions I can create during my cravings. I have to admit, I'm impressed with my own resourcefulness! Let me tell you, you can make some good tasting stuff with some teddy grahams, stale marshmellows, and peanut butter.
Even foods that I don't normally eat or want to eat will sound good to me at the end of the day, if they have sugar in them. For example, I buy toaster streudels for my daughter (I let her eat like 1 a week, on days when I don't feel like making breakfast). The other night I was going through my usual routine of opening the refrigerator over and over again, hoping that something new would pop out to me since opening it the last time. Then I usually wander over to my pantry in hopes of finding an extra chocolate chip or something laying around that I didn't know about or had forgotten. When all of a sudden, I remembered that toaster streudels have icing on them. ICING! Icing equals sugar. So of course, I scarfed one down at like 11 p.m. and to me, it tasted just as good as some creme brulee or chocolate eclair coming out of the best pastry shops in France. Okay, I've never actually been to France, but I imagine their pastries are DIVINE! Am I the only one that goes through this at night? If not, do tell!!
3 comments:
You're not alone sista! I have to have something sweet, usually right before I go to bed, which is the worst time of day to be eating something sweet. It's the family blood I think.
Oh my goodness I can soooo relate! My weakness is "sugar cereal" that I buy for the kids, because like you, I basically keep no sweets in the house. I have no self control. Funny thing - I even candied some nuts late one night because I couldn't concieve eating them without being completely covered in sugary yumminess!
That is pretty much me every night. I almost baked cookies last night at 11p because I was craving some warm cookies dipped in milk.
I am a big sugar cereal person too. For a while I had a bowl of fruity pebbles every single night. Lately it's more like 2-3 times a week.
Can I have the recipe for your PB-mallows-teddy grahams concoction?
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