Welcome, beloved readers, to a brand new exciting year of Hoot Recommends! We’re back for another year of crazy recommendations that you should definitely try out. First up, who doesn’t love a midnight snack? People with normal sleep schedules, I guess … but we’re all college students, so that is certainly not us. So let us offer you our choices for when it’s super late and you just need to eat something tasty.
James: My personal go-to snack food is a bowl of Cheez-Its. Usually not the original flavor. Original isn’t bad, and occasionally I’ll get myself some. However, they just cannot hold a candle to the flavored ones like Italian Four Cheese or Smoked Gouda. When you’re looking through your kitchen cabinet at midnight (or way later, if you’re like me), flavored Cheez-Its just cannot be beat.
Anna Jane: James is wrong with his Cheez-Its choice. I do have a box of original Cheez-Its in my pantry, but I know that the Cheez-Its snack mix is the best Cheez-Its flavor. Despite how good Cheez-Its snack mix is, though, Oreos are always my go-to snack. I actually don’t think they’re even the best snack out there, but no matter what I’ll always reach for Oreos.
Richard: The best midnight snack is the classic cookies and milk. I have many fond memories of sitting with my aunt by the windowsill on holidays when she would sleep over. We would talk about all the different professions where the people were up at this nocturnal hour, all the while eating her delicious, bakery quality cookies. The best way to replicate that here at Brandeis are the heavenly Nutella cookies they have at the C-Store.
Judah: Duuuuuude you know those Panda Cookies with chocolate in it? Hello Panda? Like the small bags of those? It’s like, not good for you (probably), but man it’s so small! What’s the harm … Just one. ONLY ONE. I know it’s tempting, but ONLY … TAKE … TWO!
… Shit.
Liam: My midnight snack is a chocolate chip cookie. Nothing tastes better than a freshly baked chocolate chip cookie while watching a dumb YouTube video. Not double chocolate or anything, just a regular, perfectly warm—but not so warm that the chocolate is overly melty—cookie. While me and Richard might have similar choices, adding milk is not the way to go with a warm cookie. The goal with any snack, however, is an end-of-day relaxation!
