Snacks

2,000-Year-Old Food Just Came Out of a Pompeii Snack Bar

Before its demise at the explosive hands of Mt. Vesuvius, Pompeii was a bustling town with a strong agricultural economy and an appetite to match. Painted scenes and archaeological remains have long hinted at the diets of its doomed residents. On Saturday, the Pompeii Archaeological Park announced the excavation of one of the town’s thermopolium,…

Singapore Bans Chocolate Shops and Snack Production to Combat Coronavirus

At this point in the global pandemic, most people probably have a rough idea of what is or isn’t considered an essential service. Still, there are differences depending on where you live and today, Singapore’s government released a tightened list of essential services for the country. For the most part, it all makes sense until…

Rewrite the Ghostbusters Ending By Devouring This Edible Stay Puft Marshmallow Man

It’s impossible to watch the original Ghostbusters and not wonder what it would be like to take a gigantic bite out of the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man. Is he as delicious as he is terrifying? Until a ghost containment unit fails and unleashes demonic terrors on New York there’s no way to know for sure,…

This Snack Machine Conspiracy Is the Greatest Operation in CIA History

There’s more than one moment in the 2006 thriller The Good Shepherd, when any rational movie watcher thinks, “Shit, does Matt Damon know what he’s doing, setting up the CIA as the most powerful spy agency in the world?” Those doubts, however, seem quaint thanks to the recent revelation that a crew of CIA contractors…

The Cracker Jack ‘Prize’ Is Now a QR Code 

When you place your ballpark side order of peanuts and Cracker Jack this summer, be prepared for a shock. Instead of a box, your Cracker Jack will be delivered in a slimy plastic bag. And instead of a prize, you get a QR code. The box-free packaging, new logo, and “prize” are part of an…

12 Delicious Photos Of Your Snacks

There is no mindless pleasure better than snacking. And there is no better tribute to the crunchy, sweet, and cheesy creations that make it possible than these saliva-inducing photos. Winner: The Perfect Tile I was drawing tiles while playing a game with my girlfriend in which you draw something based on two colors you pick…

Shooting Challenge: Snack Attack

Football, baseball, and hockey seasons are all in full swing. Which means one thing: Snacks. Crunchy. Gooey. Homemade. Machineborn. For this week’s Shooting Challenge, we want to see them all. The Challenge Take a photograph of a snack food. The Method Let me be clear: I’m not looking for shots of your half-melted KitKat held…

A small federal program that sends fresh fruits and vegetables to the lowest-income schools for snack time has become the site of a large food fight. Politico details the efforts of the lobbies for canned, frozen, dried, and even the beef jerky lobby (yes, it exists) to get a piece of the pie.

Would-Be Burglar Learns The Hard Way That Crime And Tater Tots Don’t Mix

Being a successful burglar requires stealth and finesse, and also the ability to resist the temptation to snack and nap while on the job. A prowling thief broke all of these rules yesterday in Petaluma, Calif., and is now chilling behind bars, presumably wondering if it was worth it to inhale all those tater tots.…

This Is What A 250-Year-Old Burnt Pretzel Looks Like

Step aside, Twinkies. The most enduring snack just may be the pretzel, as evidenced by fragments of bakery castoffs discovered during an archaeological dig in Southern Germany. They are estimated to be around 250 tooth-breaking years old. Reports the Guardian: Dorothee Ott, spokeswoman for the Bavarian Office for Historical Conservation, said the pretzel fragments went…

American Junk Food Is Officially Ruining The Children Of The World

Food habits are getting worse around the world, even in countries with traditionally healthy diets. The reason, according to a new series of obesity studies, is Western junk food. And since the makers of said junk food specifically target children with advertising, the problem is only likely to get worse. Reports the New York Times:…

Potato Chip Boat Proves There’s Far Too Much Air In Your Bag of Snacks

We all know the frustration of tearing open a huge, tantalizing bag of chips or nachos or Funyons or whatever and realizing the bag’s 2/3rds air. Two South Korean college students just proved how empty our snack vessels are, by paddling a raft made of unopened potato chip bags across a river. As our Kotaku…

Which brand of chips has the most chips in a bag of chips?

Dan Gentile of Thrillist has done God’s work. He decided to take it upon himself to answer a question anyone who has ever sat on a couch for a long period of time has wondered: How many chips are actually in a bag of chips? And which type of chips has more full chips vs…

The Beef Jerky-Potato Chip Hybrid Is Real, and We Taste-Tested It

When we first wrote about Cherkees—the beef jerky potato chip hybrid—we called it “the pinnacle of human innovation.” Granted, we may have gotten slightly carried away, but the concept of getting our required daily dose of jerky and chip simultaneously? What an amazing time-saver! Unfortunately, delays plagued these intrepid pioneers of snack, but now, three…

How Doritos Went From Disneyland Dumpster to Multi-Billion Dollar Snack

Doritos: they’re so bad, but so undeniably good. Face it, you’re staring at that orange-powdered motherlode of vaguely cheese-flavored corn product and salivating right now. But as you tear into a bag of Cool Ranch, do you ever wonder where Doritos came from? Short answer: a Disneyland dumpster. Talk about junk food. This food history…

The Perfect Alcoholic Pairings For Your Super Bowl Sunday Junk Food

Hey, football fans! Super Bowl Sunday is on the horizon—which, for many of us, means a day of eating garbage and tossing back drinks. But don’t do it all willy-nilly. Like a sommelier at Guy Fieri’s restaurant, we’ve got the perfect drinks to complement your disgusting food choices. It’s Friday afternoon, you’ve made it through…

How to Vote On the New Insane Flavors of Lay’s Chips

Last week we caught a fleeting glimpse of the potential new flavors in the running for Lay’s “Do Us a Flavor” chip contest. Turns out that glimpse was gloriously right and now you can pick your poison and vote for one of the three official contestants: Cheesy Garlic Bread, Chicken & Waffles, and Sriracha-flavored. The…

Chicken & Waffles? Sriracha? Oh Please Let These Be the New Lay’s Chip Flavors

Unless you never watch TV and avoid visiting your local grocery store, you’re probably aware that Lay’s is running another contest where they invited people to submit ideas for new potato chip flavors last year. The finalists for the company’s ‘Do Us a Flavor‘ contest are supposed to hit stores next Tuesday, but it looks…

Taco Bell-Flavored Doritos Are Here, As Gyre Widens Beyond Any Possible Hope

The unholy convergence of Taco Bell and Doritos continued today, as Frito Lay announced that its popular paprika-dusted triangle chips will soon come in a flavor inspired by the Tex-Mex fast food chain. Feel that? That’s your colon flinching. Until now, the Taco Bell-Doritos relationship has flowed reliably in one direction, like a competent sewage…

The Hostess Snack Innovations We’d Miss the Most

A moment of silence please. Hostess is going out of business. The 82-year-old maker of innovative packaged snacks is no more. Its assets will be liquidated and its recipes sold off to junk food collectors and disaster prep investors, and lesser brands like Little Debbie and Entenmann’s must take up the slack in honor of…