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I feel just like Molly Ringwald in The Breakfast Club.

Except for the loathsome and diabolical circus peanut, these are the most evil of all the peanuts.

The famous Jelly Belly Candy Company churns out over 16 billion Jelly Bellies each year. For a confection so tiny and numerous, each Jelly Belly found in bulk or bag is surprisingly uniform in size and shape. That’s because the company has methods of finding and extracting the rebel beans that don’t follow the rules or make the cut. 

But since the Jelly Belly Candy Company is a magnanimous company, they don’t destroy their rejects. Instead, they give them a second chance at life as Jelly Belly Belly Flops Irregular Jelly Beans.

Less known and harder to find than their conformist siblings, these guys certainly got the Island of Misfit Toys thing going on, and I think that’s why I like them.

Good luck trying to find them. They’re worth it.

Behold, the Guinness milkshake.

Somehow, it works.

The perfect full moon nighttime snack is simple and unpretentious. 

Garlic summer sausage, pepper jack cheese and Gedney Zinger pickles. Stab one of each with your handy toothpick and when you nom all three flavors at the same time? Sublime.

In honor of National Junk Food Day (July 21), the Hostess Baseball — frosted yellow cake with creamy filling.

The Maillard reaction tastes better when it’s done by the Edsel of toasters.

It was Schlotzsky’s cheap pizza Sunday! — part 1: Mediterranean

(mozzarella, feta, basil pesto, red onion, black olives & tomato on sourdough.)

It was Schlotzsky’s cheap pizza Sunday! — part 2: Thai chicken

(chicken breast, mozzarella, basil pesto, thai peanut sauce, carrots, cilantro & green onions on sourdough.)

I loves me some Fish Taco Friday at Taco Del Mar with dill sauce & crunchy cabbage.

Om nom nom nom.

Noodles at midnight.

One of the unwritten perks of working for a North Dakotan ad agency is the random banana bread.

Onion rings from The Woodhouse in Bismarck, North Dakota.

Mmm…. venommy.