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Tenley
June 4, 2014
Fig Newtons were my go to... when I take a bite of one today, I am instantly brought back to sitting in my childhood kitchen after school.
Karlene
June 4, 2014
Apple wedges with crunchy peanut butter.. it's the best and it's really healthy for you.
AntoniaJames
June 4, 2014
Karlene, those were also one of my favorite snacks then, and are one of my favorite snacks today, though I more often reach for unsalted raw almond butter these days. ;o)
BakerRB
June 4, 2014
Rice Krispy Treats were my go-to, often with chocolate chips and peanut butter mixed in.
alliejones
June 4, 2014
In high school I used to make M&M cookies after school a lot. Or a toasted Lender's bagel (not worthy of recreation in a cook book) with cream cheese and jam. Jenny's book looks soooo fun.
lich
June 4, 2014
Since I was a latchkey kid, and my parents didn't come home until 6pm, I used make myself the oddest things to eat. One of my favorite snacks (or meals, I should say) was cooking ramen noodles and only adding about a teaspoon of butter, salt, and pepper (never used the flavoring packet). It made me feel like a grown-up cooking for myself.
CarlaCooks
June 4, 2014
I was also a big fan of cheez-its and goldfish. Now that I live abroad, whenever someone from the States visits, I always ask for a bag of goldfish!
lisina
June 4, 2014
So funny! We always bring my cousin in Italy Costco sized boxes of cheese its when we visit. They are usually gone before we leave. I just sent her this recipe, though, I'm not even sure she'll be able to get her hands on cheddar cheese.
CarlaCooks
June 6, 2014
You are a very good cousin! Does your cousin have access to Mimolette (it's a French cheese that has a similar taste to cheddar)? Otherwise, Dorie Greenspan's recipe for cheez-it-ish crackers uses Emmenthal and/or Gruyere, and those crackers are tasty even without being cheddar!
Mulzee
June 4, 2014
goldfish or pasta with butter and parmigiano! depending on how lazy I was feeling.
redorgreen126
June 3, 2014
Toasted Eggo waffle with a drizzle of melted butter and a smear of strawberry jam topped with Reddi-whip.
Aleksey L.
June 3, 2014
I know it sounds too healthy but I have to go with fruit. I could easily go through a hand of bananas in 20-30 minutes.
aegan
June 3, 2014
Crushed cheddar cheese Ruffles, and sour cream. Mixed in a bowl. Eaten with a spoon. Pure bliss, and I still eat it.
skb
June 3, 2014
Kid: quick popsicle out of the freezer (anything but orange!), then out the door and on my bike. Teenager: massive bowl of cereal in front of Santa Barbara soap opera.
rmcgrudiva
June 3, 2014
Bread. Squishy white sandwich bread, that I loved to roll up into a ball. Oh! And fried bologna sandwiches. Yummmmm!
Moira A.
June 3, 2014
After school snack was always mom's homemade baking, particularly oatmeal squares. Mmmmmm... sweettooth.
Hillary
June 3, 2014
I'm only slightly ashamed to admit it was a nice sized bowl of puffed Cheetos. Licking my fingers at the end might have been my favorite part...
LucyS
June 3, 2014
In the winter, it was a ritual of cheese and crackers/cookies and a cup of tea (other seasons sporting practices always precluded being able to have an after-school snack). We always had cheez-its at sporting events in college, though.
Omitat
June 3, 2014
Go to after-school snack? For a long time it was peanut butter on celery! Who could say no to that. I still eat it today (except with almond butter now)!
Cassieanne
June 3, 2014
I can't eait to make these!! My brother used to make us broiled cheese toast, or broiled peanut butter toast! Still one of my favorite afternoon snacks!
Choirbell
June 3, 2014
Peanut butter and brown sugar sandwich on white bread... love it while the brown sugar was still a bit crunchy!!! Mmmmmm
Bascula
June 3, 2014
Ritz crackers with peanut butter. Or something my mother had baked - she was a stay at home mom and baked a lot.
ChefJune
June 3, 2014
Until I was in 8th grade I had a stay-at-home mom who loved to bake, so most afternoons we had fresh home made cookies. Chocolate chip, oatmeal raisin, Soft Cream Jumbles, always wonderful.
AntoniaJames
June 3, 2014
Okay, so you've changed the question from what was posted earlier this morning. My favorite after-school treat? Saltines with crunchy peanut butter! Sometimes open faced, sometimes not -- and I'd squeeze the peanut butter out around the edges and lick it off when my mother was not looking! Then I'd eat an apple and take the core out to my pony before riding. I had the best childhood ever. ;o)
DianaB
June 3, 2014
Slices of cold cuts, consumed while standing on one leg, propping the fridge door open with the other. Or on a plate, if my mother was around.
CrabCakes
June 3, 2014
Potato chips - we got one bag a week between me and my brother, so while we could ration them out, they usually only lasted an afternoon. After that.....I usuallu snacked from whatever I made/started for dinner.
littleknitter
June 3, 2014
I loved Donettes! I used to stop by the corner store on my way home from school and get some.
Crystal
June 3, 2014
I used to have instant Lipton Cup-o-Soup after school every day in my grandmother's kitchen. So good.
fiveandspice
June 3, 2014
My husband is obsessed with cheez-its and insists that there's no point in even making a a homemade version because they ways taste too fancy and that's beside the point of cheez-its. But I'm going to try these anyway! My go to snack was always bread with butter and cheese. OR if we could get them cranberry newtons. Those were the best. I wish they still made them.
mcs3000
June 3, 2014
I can't wait for this book. Congrats, Jenny! Ditto, @AntonioJames. Hostess fruit pies were my childhood fave.
Merrill S.
June 3, 2014
Cheez-Its are my guilty pleasure/only in airports and at rest stops thing. Can't wait to make these! (I know Clara will love them too.)
AntoniaJames
June 3, 2014
My favorite Hostess treat? The little fruit pies. I never understood the fascination with Twinkies, which are akin to what I imagine yesterday's Wall Street Journal must taste like, without the benefit of an interesting read first. ;o)
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