re: OT-What’s your favorite Little Debbie snack/sweet

Growing up the "Strawberry Shortcake Roll" used to be called the Jelly Roll. They had a cherry filling instead, were smaller, and came in a twin pack. They were always my favorite. The one they make now is too sweet.

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Christmas trees

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Zebra Cakes

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Basically the same thing just with a different exterior design. In fact, I'm pretty sure there is a seasonal cake at all times.

That said, Christmas trees, Zebra cakes, whatever the cake of that particular season, are all my favorites.

In the early 1980s, when I worked for Baxter Laboratories in Mt. Home, AR, eight of us flew Arkansas Traveler (A sometimes scheduled air service) to Rodgers, Arkansas each month for our district's ASQC meeting. As the plant's ASQC Certified Quality Engineer, I had first seat on the plane if I wanted to go, since I had to accumulate recertification points and I got them for going to ASQC meetings. Was a pretty good perk provided by Baxter.

One month the QC Manager for Little Debbie was our after-dinner speaker. The things I remember from his presentation were that employees in the plant could take all of the Little Debbie products they wanted from the packaging reject area home with them and they could eat all of the product they wanted during breaks and lunch while at work.

He also said employees could suggest any new product they believed would be good for the company to produce and if it worked out, they received what at the time I thought was a nice bonus and a permanent salary increase.

The other thing I remember was that he brought a carload of Little Debbie stuff to the meeting for the attendees to take however much they wanted. We pretty much filled the Navajo that night for the trip back to Mt. Home. My kids (1st and third grade at that time) went crazy when I got home.

My days of eating Little Debbie cakes are over, except for Christmas. When they first hit the grocery shelves, I usually buy four or five boxes of Christmas tree cakes.

I do the same with thin mint girl scout cookies.

This is the GOAT nutty/nuddy/butty/buddy/nutter/butter

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Oatmeal?

This is a phenomenon I have never understood.

People eat oatmeal for the health benefits. It’s such a bad ingredient, people ADD things to it just to make it taste good. Raisins don’t even help. frick those people. Raisins don’t make anything better. They suck the joy out of life. Brown sugar? Yeah, that helps. Fruit? Same.

No one ever says, “You know what I could really go for right now? A bowl of oatmeal with nothing else.”

So when freaks of nature suggest oatmeal flavored anything for dessert, I can’t help but conclude how much easier my life would be if Hitler had exterminated these low tastebud Jews with more efficiency.

If it’s not chocolate, it’s not dessert. Don’t waste calories people. You can’t hit home runs if you don’t swing for the fences.

As to the OP, the answer is anything chocolate.