it would have to be pretty wrecked for me not to eat it

So the SnackManiac has received a few tips about this blog called Cake Wrecks. The premise of this blog is that they post pictures of cake decorating gone wrong. It is hilarious.

Here is an example of a "cake wreck:"


I have been hesitant to post about Cake Wrecks for several reasons:

1) It is really funny and you might start reading it instead of SM.

2) I truly appreciate the handiwork of the team at the Giant bakery counter who have brought us delightful snack-memories such as this. I would not want to discourage their craft by promoting this ridicule.

3) Many a cake has been wrecked at the hands of the SnackManiac. These things happen.

UPDATE:

Here is the picture of the cake that G got me (and subsequently wrecked) for my birthday. It is a quarter sheet cake, so it is about the size of a sheet of paper. G bought a tube of icing that you are supposed to also buy the decorating tips for, but he didn't realize this at the time. So the icing stream was roughly the diameter of the garden hose and G had to dispense with all pleasantries and stick to business:

I can't quite put my finger on it...

Halloween is definitely the time of year for highly disgusting (and often questionable) snacking. And I am not talking about the Baby Ruth bars you might get in your trick or treat bucket.

I am talking about things like this (!!!)



Your eyes do not deceive you, those are "chocolate and pretzel witch fingers." What a fright!

This spooky snacker seems to have a real fascination with snacks that look like witch hands, but are actually made out of food, but are almost too gross looking to eat. Which is a really narrow genre of snackage.

Snack foul

Ordering a raspberry mocha with whipped cream and a sausage, egg and cheese sammie at Starbucks.

My name is SnackManiac and I do NOT approve this snack.

I DO love these cookies

This weekend G and I drove many miles and past many Applebees en route to a wedding festivity for some friends. It was at a beautiful estate in the middle of almost nowhere (note: to give you a snack-related sense of just what kind of nowhere I am talking about, we stopped at a DQ where you could get 10% off your order if you had that day's church bulletin with you. SM has a lawsuit pending, separation of church and snack.)

The food was fantastic. Lots of apps and a delicious salad with feta and apples. They also had one of those candy buffets, which the children and I enjoyed thoroughly. Swedish Fish and Jordan almonds are a lovely and sophisticated after dinner treat.


The highlight, however, was a little tray of sweets MADE BY THE BRIDE HERSELF!!! I thought part of the deal with being a bride was to sit around and look pouffy and have people do things for you. But NO! This bride knew that she could provide the best snacking for her guests, so she did it herself. That is the kind of commitment to high quality snacks that I appreciate.

There were homemade truffles and "wedding cookies" which I believe are a snack claimed by the Mexicans and Italians and probably some other snackers, domestic and international alike.

Our table gobbled them up shortly upon delivery. Lucky for us, my new friend Henry was seated next to me and, equipped with his new Puma sneaks, darted across the porch to save some trays that were being bussed from other tables. (Don't trash those snacks!)

There is nothing wrong with snack scavenging, don't let anyone tell you otherwise.

Snacks worth the brain freeze

G and I had the opportunity to go to NASHVEGAS for Emily and Drew's wedding. The SnackManiac did plenty of advance work to ensure maximum southern snacking.

We didn't waste any time and hit up Bar-B-Cutie within 500 yards of the airport for a light afternoon snack. G had a pork shoulder "sandwich" where the bread was these huge cornbread pancake sort of things and I had a full on plate of pork shoulder with beans, coleslaw, a piece of "toast" dipped in butter and some other side that I can't seem to remember. Oh, I also had some "tea" that could be more accurately described as liquid tooth decay.

After that, we were on to a mysterious unmarked POPSICLE store that I read about on the 'net. We weren't exactly hungry as a result of our snack, but these frozen treats did not disappoint!

Here is a picture of the plum popsicle I had at Las Paletas:


We managed to hit up Las Paletas three days in a row!! We even took a *quick* break between the church and the reception to stop in...what better way to celebrate matrimony than with a Chai creamsicle?!? There is none.

Here is a full inventory of the popsicles we wolfed down:

• Plum
• Honeydew melon
• Cucumber chili
• Avocado (cream based, best avocado snack since guacamole!!)
• Basil (cream based, best basil snack since pesto!)
• Chai
• Strawberry chocolate chip
• Pineapple-kiwi
• Grapefruit
  

Readers, as soon as the SM learns how to make popsicles, I plan on opening my own high grossing popsicle palace. If any of you have extra Igloo coolers that you aren't using, let me know. Frozen snacking is the wave of the future!!

SnackManiac birthday off to a strong start

Check out the intense morning snackfest in honor of the SnackManiac's birthday!!!

An industrious colleague whipped up a blueberry coffeecake, homemade doughnut holes and a professional grade fruit salad (comple with Hoyas logo - who doesn't loved a branded SNACK??)

I am gearing up for the next 28 years of SNACK MANIA!!

Ramadan: No snacking in the sun