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)?” 🙂
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!