Food in The Sugar Queen | Sarah Addison Allen (Food Reference List)
Disclaimer: Many of these candies are found in the US, and since some of us won’t know what they are, I’m adding their products images. All images are from Amazon and are affiliate links.
“If she could eat the cold air, she would. She thought cold snaps were like cookies, like gingersnaps. In her mind they were made with white chocolate chunks and had a cool, brittle vanilla frosting. They melted like snow in her mouth, turning creamy and warm.”
Food mentioned
Description
Rolled oats and blackberries
Moon pies
graham cracker cookies with marshmallow filling, dipped in chocolate.
Pecan rolls
Like cinnamon rolls, but with pecans
Chick-o-sticks
peanut butter and toasted coconut sticks
Cow tales
rolls of caramel with a cream center
Caramel creams
Squirrel nut zippers
caramel candy mixed with peanuts
Red Hots
hot cinnamon flavored candies
Bit-o-honey
almond bits mixed in a honey taffy
Little Debbie snack cakes
These tend to be a full range from Devil Cremes, to Frosted Fudge Cakes.
Moravian cookies
a cookie made of molasses and spices
Mallo cups
A creamy marshmallow center coated in chocolate.
Grilled tomato and three cheese sandwich
Oatmeal pies
Another Little Debbie product. Two oatmeal cookies with cream in between them.
Candy corn
famous at Halloween, candy corn is corn syrup based candy shaped like corn kernels, made of three layers of colours- yellow, orange and white
Pixy stix
powdered candy that comes in a drinking straw-like packaging.
Orangeade
an orange flavoured soft drink
Funnel cake
fried batter, where a funnel is used to pour the batter into the hot oil in swirls. I made the funnel cake recipe after reading Sarah’s other book, The Girl Who Chased The Moon.
Caramel apples
Sugar cookies
Pecan sandies
Caramels
Blue cotton candy
Chocolates
Pickled watermelon rind
Chocolate caramel torte
White chocolate and peanut butter popcorn
Plain turkey on jalapeno cheese bread sandwich
White corn
Stinging nettle tea
Little Debbie Swiss Cake Rolls
Cold beer
Sausage
Noodle soup
Egg
7-Up
Pepperoni
Salty pumpkin seeds
Hamburger
Peppermint
Lemon drop
Chocolate cake
Fried egg sandwich
Raspberry caramels
Sugar cubes, lemon wedges
Chocolate covered cherries
Coconut drops
coffee
Three tiered server laden with cucumber finger sandwiches
flaky raspberry jam puffs
Milky Way ice cream
thin slices of rum-and-butter cake
Pastries
Fried food
Sandwich
Christmas goodies
Apple Crisps
Pumpkin pie
Salad
Turkey
Vegetables
Candy
Mallomars
Marshmallow coated in chocolate with a cookie base
Jelly Nougats
Nougat, a sugar and whipped egg white candy, with jelly pieces throughout
Creme filled cookies
Fried foods
Christmas goodies
Haven’t read The Sugar Queen? You can find it on Amazon.
My former American self would love all of this stuff. I haven’t had a moon pie in decades. I can still hear that woman in Knoxville , Tennessee, say, “Ya’ll want a moon pie (pah) an a dope (soft drink)?” 🙂
I love this book, it’s real world with some surreal. You’ve inspired me to read it again. I don’t know if you know but in her official website under each book’s page she’ll sometimes include recipes of food mentioned in the book.
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My former American self would love all of this stuff. I haven’t had a moon pie in decades. I can still hear that woman in Knoxville , Tennessee, say, “Ya’ll want a moon pie (pah) an a dope (soft drink)?” 🙂
That’s hilarious, I don’t think I’ve ever heard it called dope before!
I love this book, it’s real world with some surreal. You’ve inspired me to read it again. I don’t know if you know but in her official website under each book’s page she’ll sometimes include recipes of food mentioned in the book.
Thanks for letting me know Candina, will have to check it out!