For the uninitiated, this is a form of Chex Mix made by coating Chex cereal in a melted chocolate and peanut butter concoction and then tossing them in powdered sugar. Street names include 'puppy chow' and 'muddy buddies.' It may not look like much, but it is a nearly ideal chocolate-and-peanut-butter delivery system. The primary ingredient in this recipe is 9 kinds of sugar, and the only part that isn't sugar is essentially air, with a little bit of crunch. This shit is fantastic. I have probably gained 10 lbs since I have been home for the holidays and I don't even care, as long as I have my life-affirming sugar.
This brings me to the broader topic of desserts in general. Let me explain to you, briefly, the purpose of dessert. The purpose of dessert is to provide a way to eat sugar that is slightly more civil than just dumping spoonfuls of it right into your mouth. This is why there is absolutely NO REASON to add fruits (or God forbid, vegetables) to a dessert dish. Technically, yes, fruit is mostly sugar. But it's an inefficient form of sugar. What you really need in a dessert is the purest form of sugar you can get your hands on. That's why its called refined sugar. You can't use oil to run your car until it's been refined, and you're not getting the most out of your sugar until you do the same to it. Adding fruit to your dessert just dilutes its potency. When you want to get drunk, you drink the strongest liquor you can find; when eat dessert, you should eat something that's 99.9% sugar. Save the fruit for breakfast.
I hope you had a Merry, fruit-free Christmas [and/or holiday of your choice].
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