The Sweet 100

Here’s something fun.  A while back a website called Very Good Taste posted a list they called “The Omnivore’s 100“…a list of foods that they say every good omnivore (that’s someone or something that eats vegetables and meat) should try at least once in their lifetime.  There have since been a couple of variations on the list, including Cake Spy’s Sweet 100.  I first read about it at Sugar & Spice here.  Since desserts are usually my favorite part of dinner, I thought it would be fun to post the sweet list here and see who else loves dessert as much as I do.  The items with links are either recipes or information on the specific dessert.  To play along, follow the directions below:

1) Copy this list into your site, including the instructions!
2) *Star all of the sweets you’ve eaten–or make them a different type color.
3) Cross out any of them that you’d never ever eat.
4) Consider anything that is not starred or crossed out your “To Eat” List.
5) Optional: Post a comment here linking to your results–or just post a comment letting me know how many you’ve tried, or what you’re going to try next!

FYI - I think I’ve checked all the links, but if you find one that doesn’t work please let me know!

1. *Red Velvet Cake
2. Princess Torte
3. Whoopie Pie
4. *Apple Pie either topped or baked with sharp cheddar
5. Beignet
6. *Baklava
7. Black and white cookie
8. *Seven Layer Bar (also known as the Magic Bar or Hello Dolly bars)
9. *Fried Fruit pie (sometimes called hand pies)
10. Kringle
11. *Just-fried (still hot) doughnut
12. Scone with clotted cream
13. Betty, Grunt, Slump, Buckle or Pandowdy
14. Halvah
15. Macarons
16. *Banana pudding with nilla wafers
17. Bubble tea (with tapioca “pearls”)
18. Dixie Cup
19. *Rice Krispie treats
20. Alfajores
21. *Blondies
22. Croquembouche
23. *Girl Scout cookies
24. Moon cake
25. *Candy Apple
26. Baked Alaska
27. Brooklyn Egg Cream
28. Nanaimo bar
29. Baba au rhum
30. King Cake
31. Sachertorte
32. Pavlova
33. Tres Leches Cake
34. Trifle
35. Shoofly Pie
36. *Key Lime Pie (made with real key lime)
37. Panna Cotta
38. *New York Cheesecake
39. Napoleon / mille-fueille
40. Russian Tea Cake / Mexican Wedding Cake
41. Anzac biscuits
42. Pizzelle
43. *Kolache
44. Buckeyes
45. Malasadas
46. *Moon Pie
47. Dutch baby
48. Boston Cream Pie
49. *Homemade chocolate chip cookies
50. *Pralines
51. *Gooey butter cake
52. Rusks
53. Daifuku
54. Green tea cake or cookies
55. Cupcakes from a cupcake shop
56. Crème brûlée
57. *Some sort of deep fried fair food (twinkie, candy bar, cupcake)
58. *Yellow cake with chocolate frosting
59. Jelly Roll
60. *Pop Tarts
61. Charlotte Russe
62. *An “upside down” dessert (Pineapple upside down cake or Tarte Tatin)
63. *Hummingbird Cake
64. *Jell-O from a mold
65. Black forest cake
66. Mock Apple Pie (Ritz Cracker Pie)
67. Kulfi
68. Linzer torte
69. Churro
70. Stollen
71. *Angel Food Cake
72. Mincemeat pie
73. Concha
74. Opera Cake
75. Sfogliatelle / Lobster tail
76. Pain au chocolat
77. *A piece of Gingerbread House
78. Cassata
79. Cannoli
80. Rainbow cookies
81. Religieuse
82. *Petits fours
83. Chocolate Souffle
84. Bienenstich (Bee Sting Cake)
85. Rugelach
86. Hamenstashen
87. Homemade marshmallows
88. Rigo Janci
89. *Pie or cake made with candy bar flavors (Snickers pie, Reeses pie, etc)
90. *Divinity
91. *Coke or Cola cake
92. Gateau Basque
93. *S’mores
94. Figgy Pudding
95. Bananas foster or other flaming dessert
96. Joe Froggers
97. Sables
98. Millionaire’s Shortbread
99. *Animal crackers
100. Basbousa

Just for the record, I have always wanted to try #26, but if I ever get the chance I will (of course) refuse to eat the slimy egg stuff.

Happy eating!