PrintSweet Ticket Giveaway, Week 3: Pichet Ong's Guilty Pleasure Sweet
On October 11 at 9 p.m., 41 of the greatest pastry chefs and bakers in the city will converge at La.venue for the New York Wine & Food Festival's Sweet dessert party. Tickets are $175 in advance, and we have four more pairs to give away this week. If you didn't win in the previous contest, no worries. You can enter again here by answering the following question at the bottom of this post: What's your guilty pleasure sweet?
But first, to get you prepped for the event, we've asked some of the participants to sit down for a special dessert-themed Meet & Eat. This week it's Pichet Ong chef-owner of P*ong and Batch. He's the rare pastry chef that has expanded into savory cooking (P*ong is a full-service restaurant) without abandoning his sweet roots, (Batch is his bakery). Ong's guilty pleasure sweet is Maltesers, Europe's answer to Whopper malted milk balls. He's been known to eat a pound of Maltesers (70 balls) in one sitting. That's a lot of candy to feel guilty about.
Name: Pichet Ong
Location: New York City
Occupation: Chef-Owner of P*ong and Batch
URL: pichetong.com
What inspires you the most as a pastry chef? Flavors I enjoyed when I discovered loving desserts as a child.
Which pastry chef or cookbook author has had the greatest influence on your desserts? My mom and my aunt with whom I baked with during the holidays.
What's your favorite childhood dessert memory? An overly ripe banana that taste sweet like a dessert, with some Rice Krispies in a bowl of Ovaltine. At the time I was allergic to dairy so it was made with water.
Chocolate Chip Cookies: Chewy or Crispy? Crispy outside, chewy center.
Brownies: Cakey or fudgy? Nuts or no nuts? Cakey on the surface, fudgy in the inside. No nuts.
Black and White Cookies: Yay or Nay? No.
Ice Cream, Frozen Custard or Gelato: What's your preference? Ice cream.
What is your guilty pleasure sweet? Maltesers. I can eat a pound of them (70 balls) in one sitting. You can't find that in the U.S., so I like to load up my "snack luggage" when I travel abroad to places where you can find them. I recently returned from Amsterdam with them.
Is there a dessert you absolutely loathe? There isn't a dessert I loath. But in general I don't order bread pudding, unless there is a lot of texture of custard.
Ingredient that should never appear in a dessert? I'm not a big fan of onion or anything of that family in dessert. Definitely not raw.
Is there a great dessert missing from New York's restaurants and bakeries? I often have craving for certain baked goods at certain times. I was looking for alfajores recently and didn't know where to find it. And where can you find a delicious linzer cookie?
Most memorable New York City meal? Restaurant and dessert shop hopping in west village, perhaps with four stops.
Best pizza in the city? I love Franny's, Grimaldi's, and recently Artichoke.
Favorite burger? Stand, Shake Shack, and Johnny Rockets.
Favorite bagel? Noah's.
Best late-night eats? Kurve, Lan, Rockmeisha, Kang Suh, NY Noodletown.
Undiscovered gem? On Mott Street in Chinatown, Shanghai Cafe is way underrated for best soup dumplings and many Shanghainese specialties
What is New York missing, foodwise? More fine dining Asian concepts! and more dessert shops.
Win a Pair of Tickets for the Sweet Dessert Party
Alright, now you can enter to win the Sweet dessert party tickets. To put your hat in the ring, just answer this question in the comments below: What's your guilty pleasure sweet?
Four winners will be chosen at random from among eligible commenters. Contest will end and comments will close at noon ET, Wednesday, October 8, 2008. One entry per community member. The standard Serious Eats contest rules apply.
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Beard Papa. Daily.
frostrockr at 1:03PM on 10/02/08
a banana slathered with peanut butter and covered in chocolate sprinkles (or sometimes rainbow depending on my mood). it may not be terribly unhealthy like a lot of other guilty pleasure desserts but i consider it incredibly guilty because it is so gross looking and messy to eat. but yum
skatzster at 1:05PM on 10/02/08
haribo gummy bears
misterjosh at 1:14PM on 10/02/08
Without a doubt, the guilty pleasure sweet is Jello No Bake cheesake. I can remember the summer when it was first introduced...As a 12-year old with nothing to do, in thirty minutes you could have yourself a whole damn cheesake. Bonus points for nilla wafer scoopage!
JudgeFudge at 1:17PM on 10/02/08
Levain chocolate chip cookies. If I want one, I make myself walk from Murray Hill to the UWS and back. Then I can justify it.
jaclynmck at 1:38PM on 10/02/08
Box-mix brownies, right out of the oven, eaten with a fork.
dyella13 at 1:47PM on 10/02/08
A whoppie pie from Urban Rustic.
justhungry at 1:48PM on 10/02/08
Dark chocolate-covered jellied Australian ginger, from Mondel's on B'way and 114th St. Sharp and sweet, with the greatest texture ever.
Oh, man, now I'm craving them!!
klg19 at 1:51PM on 10/02/08
anything with dark chocolate!
mchow at 1:59PM on 10/02/08
pretty much anything with peanut butter and chocolate. Running the spectrum from those little Reese's up to an indulgent peanut butter chocolate mousse cake, the combination is iconic and completely addictive.
ginsbera at 2:07PM on 10/02/08
Tasti d Lite/The Lite Choice (as rebranded). Sometimes it tastes like nothing, sometimes it taste like chemical, but I love soft serve, and something about it just hits the spot.
Lucia at 2:16PM on 10/02/08
I'm obsessed with Reese's Whipps at the moment. In part because I'm convinced they will eventually get the ax in their product line, and they're so darn good! In general though, anything chocolate.
citygrits at 2:30PM on 10/02/08
a big spoonful of condensed milk
nycvivi at 2:39PM on 10/02/08
Pistachio gelato from Grom
burgerluver at 2:40PM on 10/02/08
Shake Shack's cannoli custard. Too bad it's not available every day of the week!
Chowchow at 2:44PM on 10/02/08
mmm creme brulee
BaguettenBrie at 2:49PM on 10/02/08
chocolate reddi-whip, sprayed directly into the mouth. mmmmm
and sour jelly worms.
sarahlucy at 2:57PM on 10/02/08
Peanut butter m+ms.
sklose at 3:15PM on 10/02/08
Butterfinger
aa1158 at 3:20PM on 10/02/08
Pistachio ice cream from Larry's in DC
beegoode at 3:29PM on 10/02/08
For the record, NO ONE should feel guilty about Levain, Shake Shack, or Beard Papa. By that rationale, every dessert is a guilty pleasure. When I think guilty pleasure desserts, I think of things wrapped in cellophane, with ingredients you can't pronounce. Yes, my friends - I speak of Little Debbie, peddling her unnatural yet delicious baked goods in gas stations, vending machines, and drug stores around the country... Swiss Cake Rolls, Oatmeal Cream Pies, Fudge Rounds, and Zebra Cakes!
zoverman at 3:44PM on 10/02/08
tasti-d-lite ice cream sandwiches!
carignane at 3:56PM on 10/02/08
bad chocolate.
floorrinse at 4:09PM on 10/02/08
Teddy grahams and whipped cream
24city at 4:10PM on 10/02/08
Recently, gelato from GROM.
sarahinnewyork at 4:18PM on 10/02/08
I'm addicted to Mentos, even though its ingredient list scares me.
brittney at 4:24PM on 10/02/08
fun dip, what better way to get flavored sugar than in pure form??
chadmd23 at 4:25PM on 10/02/08
@ zoverman-- YES! Little Debbie Christmas Tree Cakes and Star Crunch Cookies are the ultimate guilty pleasures. I just can't help myself.
Koreanita at 4:32PM on 10/02/08
i actually love maltesers and eat them at least twice a month. but i'll go with little fat witch brownies
korovka at 5:02PM on 10/02/08
banana pudding
crk71 at 5:53PM on 10/02/08
chocolate cake
gscherr at 5:57PM on 10/02/08
Warm apple pie a la mode.
ohh_liver at 6:33PM on 10/02/08
a piece of challah bread slathered with peanut butter, chocolate and honey. its unreal.
jrmanor at 9:01PM on 10/02/08
peanut butter straight from the jar
pupilindenial at 10:34PM on 10/02/08
IKEA hazelnut and milk chocolate bars!
and omg can someone PLEASE tell me where to buy maltesers? I had a couple once from someone who went back to China and didn't know who else would know. =(
shanghaiove at 12:27AM on 10/03/08
Mallomars!
Ernie at 12:57AM on 10/03/08
A pint of any flavor of Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream. I was only going to have a bit of it - then it starts to melt, so I spoon around the soft edges, before I realize it, I'm halfway done - then the melting continues and well, there's just a bit left, so might as well... I usually feel kind of ill the morning after, but in the moment, it's pure decadence.
vermagic at 2:01AM on 10/03/08
Frozen Reese's Peanut Butter Cups....any size, any time!
cdziuba at 6:49AM on 10/03/08
chocolate pudding
foodinmouth at 10:02AM on 10/03/08
A Skor toffee bar.
Pessa at 10:10AM on 10/03/08
giant bowl of cereal(pretty boring).
maportofu at 10:26AM on 10/03/08
dark chocolate and chocolate mousse
toughturtles at 11:26AM on 10/03/08
cinnamon dulce de leche ice cream from haagen dazs
lisaweatherbee at 12:25PM on 10/03/08
Vanilla ice cream - basic but tasty.
Jekyl at 12:27PM on 10/03/08
Candy Corn....I wait all year for the fall candy season.
lvegas at 1:04PM on 10/03/08
Land o Lakes graham hot cocoa. I'm salivating just thinking about it.
Stufsocker at 2:19PM on 10/03/08
I went to Chile in March 2007. They sold this stuff called Manjar in the grocery store. I bought a small one, b/c I was told it's good on apples and bread. We were there for two weeks, and by the end of the two weeks, I was buying the large tub and putting it everything... including eating spoonfuls. I couldn't bring anything back with me, so I miss it so much. I miss my Manjar.
Miz_coaster at 2:36PM on 10/03/08
It's a toss-up. For the truly guilty, why-am-I-putting-this-in-my-body feeling, I go for the extra-large Little Debbie oatmeal cream pies. I used to buy them in college, and I'd be done with a box in a day. For the waist-damaging, yet not packed with preservatives variety of guilty, it's the ice cream sandwich at Jacques Torres. It's two blocks from my office, and a bad day is instantly better with one of these.
magnolia8228 at 2:57PM on 10/03/08
Ben & Jerry's Chocolate Fudge Brownie ... mmmm.
mepm231 at 3:34PM on 10/03/08
Harry and David's Chocolate Decadence Cake. Mmm... Sweet, rich, dense, and oh so chocolatey! Yummy!!!
cungem at 3:42PM on 10/03/08
A Chocolate éclair has always made me weak in the knees!
Theresa444 at 4:59PM on 10/03/08
red velvet cake - a well-made one gets me every time
daedalus_wings at 6:58PM on 10/03/08
Peshwari naan - yummy warm naan filled with sweet coconut, fruit, and nuts. my favorite is at Darbar in midtown east
blair at 7:09PM on 10/03/08
cheesecake
mverno at 7:59PM on 10/03/08
Anything with chocolate!
1Annmarie at 9:53PM on 10/03/08
Little Debbie Nutty Bars. Gas station whoopie pies. If you've ever traveled in Maine you know what I mean.
@Miz_coaster: I love manjar blanco, too! I eat that stuff by the spoonful. Probably should feel a little guilty about that, but I don't. ;)
BrooklynBrownie at 10:07PM on 10/03/08
Reese's Peanut Butter Cups.. probably none of the ingredients are natural but gosh darn it they make my day.
lovetobake at 10:44PM on 10/03/08
Macarons :-)
Mitzy at 11:54PM on 10/03/08
Chunky peanut butter and LOTS of chocolate chips melted in the microwave, stirred, and then eaten as quickly as possible before it hardens.
jemile21 at 11:35AM on 10/04/08
only one? i'm the queen of trashy sweets. i'm a sucker for lemonheads, orangeheads, cherryheads, and grapeheads. ditto bubble gum, especially bazooka, even though i'm too old now to be able to read the comics without my reading glasses. i also love strawberry sour belts, sugar babies, and tropical skittles.
i am also capable of eating an entire four ounce bar of scharffenberger milk chocolate in about three bites.
cybercita at 12:41PM on 10/04/08
Many candidates for that slightly furtive guilty category, but I'll second lvegas' vote for candy corn as the primo candidate. Close contenders are jelly beans and archway soft molasses cookies. Makes me a little sad to see so many legitimate treats listed as guilty ones.
erialc at 12:45PM on 10/04/08
chocolate bouchon from Bouchon bakery. Tickets please?
amysahba at 12:49PM on 10/04/08
Halloween Candy leftovers. Picking out a different piece each time, sometimes up until February or March of the next year.
marinelm at 12:52PM on 10/04/08
Ben & Jerry's NYSuperFudgeChunk. No question!!
But I can't come so don't enter me... :(
jdshd at 1:07PM on 10/04/08
Little Debbie's Oatmeal Creme Pies (he says sheepishly...)
NorthernBBQer at 1:10PM on 10/04/08
Butter Brickle ice cream with Salty Caramel sauce and a teeny plop of whipped cream. It's what I always crave when I think of something sweet. I make them make it really really small because it *is* so sweet. Hmmmmmm...........wanting one right about now!
Bhc62 at 1:11PM on 10/04/08
I could mention all kinds of fancy complicated handmade treats, all of which are awesome and I'd take any time of day. But nothing beats a big spoon, first dipped in peanut butter, jif creamy preferably, then plunged into a jar of Nutella. Eaten together. 'Scuse me, I'm salivating as I type ; )
CityMinx at 1:16PM on 10/04/08
Hershey's chocolate syrup, right from the bottle mmmmm
pbj15 at 1:18PM on 10/04/08
chocolate Kinder Happy Hippos
oneperfectegg at 1:20PM on 10/04/08
Jaffa cakes, chocolate tea cakes (or their cousins Mallomars) and pistachio ice cream.
brooke29 at 1:21PM on 10/04/08
It would have to be chocolate chip cookies with cherries and pecans. I remember fondly from my childhood, visiting my Nana in Brooklyn, eating Ebinger's Chocolate Buttercream Layer Cake. If it was still available, I could eat the whole thing.
librarinan at 1:25PM on 10/04/08
hmmm macaroons
bbjap at 1:30PM on 10/04/08
Nutella. Right from the jar. The big, Costco-sized jar.
grape juice at 1:36PM on 10/04/08
Fried ice cream covered with rum . Lord have mercy.
lexa99 at 1:37PM on 10/04/08
A can of sweetened condensed milk that has been boiled for 3 or 4 hours and then allowed to sit in the freezer overnight. Tasty stuff!
Yodster at 1:37PM on 10/04/08
Coffee Heath Bar Crunch from Ben & Jerry's. Or a Skor Bar. Can we tell I have a toffee problem?
rachaeltb at 1:40PM on 10/04/08
My mom's chocolate. She'd be getting the tickets if I won :D
harrisonpowers at 1:41PM on 10/04/08
zucchini brownies sweetened with dates with chunks of bittersweet chocolate and walnuts a la mode!
steamedbun at 1:41PM on 10/04/08
double stuf oreos crushed into vanilla ice cream
blizzard854 at 1:42PM on 10/04/08
Pumpkin rolls filled with cream cheese frosting!
floridayaya at 1:42PM on 10/04/08
big moist rainbow cookie ;)
remster at 1:42PM on 10/04/08
Right now, it's Two Bite Brownies from Whole Foods.
cannatar at 1:42PM on 10/04/08
Alright, let's go deeper. Uh, what kind of man are you? Well, you're weak, spineless, a man of temptations, but what tempts you?
You're a portly fellow, a bit long in the waistband. So what's your pleasure? Is it the salty snacks you crave? No no no no no, yours is a sweet tooth.
Oh you may stray, but you'll always return to your dark master, the cocoa bean.
No, and only the purest syrup nectar can satisfy you!
If you could you'd guzzle it by the gallon! Ovaltine! Hershey's! Nestlé's Quik!
BOSCO!
akharaz at 1:43PM on 10/04/08
Harvest cake, made with carrots, beets, yams and walnuts and frosted with cream cheese.
spartana07 at 1:44PM on 10/04/08
banana sprinkled with chocolate chips- pop it in the microwave..warm and melty YUM!
mhgNYU at 1:47PM on 10/04/08
vanilla ice cream covered in sugar crystal sprinkles, mix it up -- ice cream soup!
lisapieinthesky at 1:50PM on 10/04/08
Chips Ahoy regular chocolate chip cookies or graham crackers dipped/soaked in milk until just about the point where they are about to fall apart and are lost, but not quite that far, and they then melt in your mouth. Whole milk please. ~ 25 seconds for the chips ahoy, 10 for graham crackers.
zackola at 1:53PM on 10/04/08
Nutella on anything, especially honey wheat pretzels, directly out of the jar.
cookiesaredelicious at 1:58PM on 10/04/08
Ice cream, especially peppermint.
kculkin at 2:00PM on 10/04/08
Guniess chocolate cake cupcakes with bailey cream cheese frosting...
mellymel919 at 2:03PM on 10/04/08
Evelyn's (FiDi) handmade chocolate pretzels. So good.
brunjaune at 2:11PM on 10/04/08
giant meringue from Almondine in DUMBO.
eleeb at 2:12PM on 10/04/08
Anything sweet. I lack moderation. If i open it or bake it i will have it all. special weakness for most anything creamy. ahhhh. dangerous.
thefoodie at 2:15PM on 10/04/08
Melted peanut butter over vanilla ice cream with crumbled Funny Bones mixed in. Any ice cream will do, but the Funny Bones need to be fresh, or it's just not the same. Or in a pinch on a road trip-funny bones and cold milk.
princesscrumb at 2:17PM on 10/04/08
Baking some delicious vegan dessert like cupcakes, cookies, or apple crumble and enjoying it with some homemade faux ice cream.
JBisignano at 2:24PM on 10/04/08
I've always had a peanut butter and chocolate obsession.
When I was a kid, i would melt peanut butter and semi-sweet chocolate chips in the microwave, pour the mix over Rice Krispies, freeze, then eat.
Now it's a Forbidden Chocolate Ice Cream sundae from Friendly's with oodles of their peanut butter sauce, or Haagen Dacz's Peanut Butter and Chocolate ice cream.
Yum!
zorkette at 2:32PM on 10/04/08
Lindt dark chocolate balls or cookie dough.
Yum, Yum, Yum
MaryRas at 2:40PM on 10/04/08
Frozen custard cone with chocolate sprinkles!
kat1910 at 2:41PM on 10/04/08
Growing up, the only time we got processed, thaw-and-bake, white dinner rolls (a.k.a. "junk bread") was at major holidays. When everyone was passing around pumpkin pie or figgy pudding, my brother and I always tucked into Gravy Bread.
I'm a savory, sue me.
Keight at 2:51PM on 10/04/08
Currently:
- The Brooklyn Cream cupcake from Two Little Red Hens/Ladybird Bakery (yellow cake, pastry cream filling, fudge frosting)
- Pistachio gelato
- Munchkins (I found out in college that in the rest of the country, they're called donut holes.)
- The lime cornmeal cookie from Amy's Bread
annerska at 2:58PM on 10/04/08
i love salty sweet things...i always pair a handful of frozen m&ms with a handful of pretzels. i also love frozen fruit like bananas or grapes...but macaroons from laduree are really the best!!
jacquelina14 at 3:02PM on 10/04/08
A hot fudge sundae from McDonalds
thalthewall at 3:03PM on 10/04/08
coffee ice cream, can't stop once I start.
poorstudent at 3:04PM on 10/04/08
dots
Traci7822 at 3:11PM on 10/04/08
I'm a huge proponent of fine artisan chocolate, so when I occasionally indulge in a cheap Chunky bar or Mounds I totally feel guilty.
gastronomeg at 3:17PM on 10/04/08
Warm chocolate pudding.
lex111 at 3:26PM on 10/04/08
sugar sweet sunshine lemon yummy cupcakes!
NYkittyNY at 3:33PM on 10/04/08
Red Bean Dumplings.
Philybe at 3:41PM on 10/04/08
Lemon bars...the sugary, citrus flavors make my knees buckle.
DaniM at 3:41PM on 10/04/08
By far my guilty pleasure is soft serve fro-yo but loaded with granola, rainbow sprinkles and carob chips!
leeluv831 at 3:54PM on 10/04/08
anything made with pillsbury funfetti mix.. sigh.
anjelicat at 3:55PM on 10/04/08
glazed donuts and rich chocolate cake. Not at the same time though.
eschk at 4:05PM on 10/04/08
Mine is not a pastry, but definitely a sweet!
My guilty pleasure is a whole bag of Sour Patch Kids all to myself!
But it is always sweeter sharing it with my sweetie! :)
emyyy at 4:06PM on 10/04/08
Are you familiar with taking two Oreos, taking the tops off, and smooshing the cream sides together to make your own Double Stuffed Oreo?
I love Double Stuffed Whoopie Pies
Sigma_Greg at 4:12PM on 10/04/08
Chocolate pudding.
spanky28 at 4:15PM on 10/04/08
sour cherry jam straight from the jar.
lsg6223 at 4:18PM on 10/04/08
I love soft serve green tea ice cream
xotymlkhxo at 4:46PM on 10/04/08
Mallomars baby!!! Classique! Chocolatey, gooey and crunchy!
GastroGirls at 4:51PM on 10/04/08
Flourless chocolate cake!
rffoodie at 5:00PM on 10/04/08
mint brownies - homemade brownies with a layer of cream made from creme de menthe and topped with a hard dark chocolate layer. YUM!
wombatinthecity at 5:10PM on 10/04/08
Freshly fried powdered sugar donuts with fresh pressed apple cider at the cider mill!
windattack at 5:13PM on 10/04/08
Chicken flavored ramen noodles.
chocolatejulia at 5:24PM on 10/04/08
A classic jelly apple from Phillips in Cony Island.
wendy6 at 5:25PM on 10/04/08
Dark chocolate covered graham crackers
deefine at 5:30PM on 10/04/08
oreos smothered in peanutbutter and chocolate covered pretzels. Sometimes eaten at the same time!
peanutbutterpleaser at 5:30PM on 10/04/08
jordan almonds. so sweet and crunchy!
peanutbutterpleaser at 5:35PM on 10/04/08
pumpkin ice cream- hard to find but oh so good!
susiecre at 5:39PM on 10/04/08
slightly melted dark chocolate lindt truffles. The inside is completely liquid and the outside is nice a soft. A wonderful treat.
jlustig at 5:40PM on 10/04/08
Butterscotch pudding ftw.
calamityjake at 5:44PM on 10/04/08
Chocolate malted milk ball ice cream.
ColumbiaChef at 5:45PM on 10/04/08
homemade sour cherry pie! (or just pie in general)
denvergal at 5:46PM on 10/04/08
oreos
tracker at 6:57PM on 10/04/08
i have no guilty pleasure from eating sweets, but sometimes in the amount i consume!!! but ice cream, full flavor, full fat is probably my biggest indulgence!
ryanmcnitt at 7:00PM on 10/04/08
Dessert in general - I could skip dinner all together just to have dessert
buggliest at 7:08PM on 10/04/08
gooey, melty hot fudge sundae with Hagen Daz ice cream (vanilla bean AND coffee) with toasted almonds, dark chocolate hot fudge and sweetened whipped cream.....omg
Sugary Chic at 7:48PM on 10/04/08
Soft serve ice cream with rainbox sprinkles.
Laurs87 at 7:49PM on 10/04/08
girl scout cookies - thin mints!
Alena Kastin at 7:54PM on 10/04/08
Sour crawler gummy worms!! Everything else I eat is fairly healthy...but then I get a sudden sour crawler craving and I HAVE TO HAVE THEM.
merav13 at 8:04PM on 10/04/08
Chocolate covered almonds. I have to keep the box away from myself, otherwise I'll eat them all in one sitting!
moguxp at 8:06PM on 10/04/08
A rootbeer float always makes me smile :)
wheatBerry at 8:17PM on 10/04/08
Creme brulee....any flavor....the only problem is that the dish it comes in at most restaurants is too small. I guess that's why god created ben & jerry's creme brulee ice cream....
KateRuby at 8:19PM on 10/04/08
homemade banana pudding
pritsana at 8:31PM on 10/04/08
A hot fudge sundae - chocolate ice cream, good hot fudge and lots of it, with real whipped cream. Hold the cherry!
irishnyc at 8:36PM on 10/04/08
chocolate chip banana bread!
carasara at 8:43PM on 10/04/08
pumpkin pie with vanilla ice cream.
pookguy at 8:56PM on 10/04/08
Black gum drops. Yumm!
Teahlo at 9:10PM on 10/04/08
Hershey's almond chocolate, mmm.
jaywhycee at 9:12PM on 10/04/08
shaved ice with condensed milk or salted caramel anything!
kobetobiko at 9:12PM on 10/04/08
Brownie in coffee cup, whole milk poured on top and then hershey's syrup on top..breakfast of champions!
taoistpunk at 9:13PM on 10/04/08
My guilty sweet is a churro. Mmmmm!!!
Harvey
fishman69 at 9:14PM on 10/04/08
My unending quest (with *almost* too many contenders) for the very best black and white cookie in NYC!
curiousotter at 9:20PM on 10/04/08
Chocolate soymilk with crème de cacao (or vanilla soymilk with crème de menthe)
randomeater at 9:25PM on 10/04/08
I can never stay away from eating freshly baked financiers one after the other without thinking when to stop.
jh70095 at 9:41PM on 10/04/08
baklava.
making and then eating an ENTIRE tray of baklava.
:)
veggieout at 9:54PM on 10/04/08
A peanut butter, nutella, banana sandwich
kirank at 10:07PM on 10/04/08
creme brulee
linda at 10:14PM on 10/04/08
Popping a whole mochi red bean ice cream in my mouth at Sushi Yasuda.. it's made with fresh vanilla ice cream and adzuki beans. Ssshhhhh... :-)
Zenchef at 10:17PM on 10/04/08
Chocolate covered, cream filled Krispy Kreme donuts. If you eat just one, you'll be fine. With two, you get a sort of heavy feeling in your tummy, but you'll be okay if you stop there. If you eat half a dozen, however, your tongue will be rubbed raw from the sugar, your belly will feel like you ate a rock, and you'll feel a deep sense of shame.
But you'll still want another one!!!
CandyBean at 10:18PM on 10/04/08
in no particular order:
1) toast or saltines dipped in condensed milk. mmm, mmm, salty-sweet goodness.
2) a fresh batch of gooey, homemade fudge.
3) buckeyes -- little balls of peanut butter dipped in chocolate.
4) the olive macaron from pierre hermé. not so guilty pleasure because if i can manage to get my hands on 'em on american soil, it would be a crime not to devour them.
5) mexican hot chocolate.
lifesagasp at 10:25PM on 10/04/08
leche flan cake. basically, it's cake baked with flan in a steam bath. when you remove the cake from the pan, you end up with cake on the bottom, flan on top. the caramelly goodness from the flan drips down and stains the cake. words simply cannot express.
lifesagasp at 10:29PM on 10/04/08
omg a brownie sundae with a still warm brownie, vanilla ice cream, and really rich chocolate fudge sauce. preferably eaten while sitting in a "shoppe" where the ice cream is home made and there are cows in the backyard.
laurenmoliver at 10:40PM on 10/04/08
Trader Joe's chocolate covered pretzels (milk or dark). I eat 'em by the bagful.
Vegetarianka at 10:43PM on 10/04/08
reese's peanut butter cups!
hungrygirl at 10:50PM on 10/04/08
oh mannnn I would LOVE to go to Sweet! Beyond amazing opportunity.
While I love all desserts (I'm a constant baker), I really indulge in whatever ethnic or exotic sweets I can find. Anything from a box of green tea mochi to Indian rice pudding, I'm there.
Although, I'm always up for a good ole homemade dessert straight from the oven...you can never ever go wrong with pumpkin chocolate chip cake. =]
teenagefoodie at 11:44PM on 10/04/08
heath bars.
adamw at 11:55PM on 10/04/08
Kitchenette's sweet berry crumble of the day
weekslm at 12:18AM on 10/05/08
creme brulee
helcho at 12:20AM on 10/05/08
malteasers, candy corn, and mallomarsss
missmicker at 12:28AM on 10/05/08
It's 9 PM, you are done with everything you had to do for the day, goes to time square, have a really really thick cheesecake with a milk shake - my kind of a day. :)
happyparin at 12:31AM on 10/05/08
mars bars.
Hamna1 at 12:42AM on 10/05/08
I'm going to have to go with everyone that said Mallomars. It's so rare that I can actually find them, so when I do, it's always a special treat. Yum!
lm3929 at 1:11AM on 10/05/08
brownie batter, straight out of the bowl.
jmerville at 1:16AM on 10/05/08
Dark chocolate hershey kisses. Just enough to get my fix, but can easily lose track of how many I eat.
madebytam at 1:19AM on 10/05/08
spicy hot chocolate from Jacques Torres Chocolate
aznj87 at 3:00AM on 10/05/08
I love fudge.
SEFB9118 at 7:54AM on 10/05/08
fortunato brothers cannolis in williamsburg. the best there are
midgepingleton at 8:09AM on 10/05/08
Salvatore Brooklyn's Ricotta-filled Cannoli
huitlacoche at 8:17AM on 10/05/08
Toss up between home made rice krispie treats or out of the box brownies.
Um, the whole pan I guess makes it guilty. :-)
tkln at 9:35AM on 10/05/08
My most guilty pleasure right now are s'mores a la Trader Joe. TJ's cinnamon grahams + TJ's vanilla marshmallows + TJ's 73% dark chocolate bar. I'm having at least one for breakfast this morning.
Susquehanna at 9:44AM on 10/05/08
vanilla milkshakes from the mr. softee trucks.
jl89026n at 9:47AM on 10/05/08
Dorie Greenspan's Chocolate Chip Cookies. Sooo goood.
Holly at 10:08AM on 10/05/08
coconut cake with decadent cream cheese and coconut icing
lyndascrafty at 10:09AM on 10/05/08
York Peppermint Patties.
marshimalo at 10:37AM on 10/05/08
Ganache. It's just too easy! Chocolate chips covered with half-n-half warmed in the micro for 30 seconds or however long the amount requires, gently stirred, and then lucious happiness!
ColoradoChic at 10:49AM on 10/05/08
Lemon Meringue Pie... or Pumpkin Scones from Alice's Tea Cup... mmmmmm
Tandergad at 11:13AM on 10/05/08
Eagle's brand sweetened condensed milk, with a spoon.
krissyc at 11:41AM on 10/05/08
Pocky!
leafy at 11:51AM on 10/05/08
deep fried mars bars from a salt and battery. and if it's easter? a deep fried cadbury cream egg.
lifesagasp at 12:14PM on 10/05/08
chocolate chip cookie dough. at 8am-- right before I bake them.
a piece of a Ghirardelli semi-sweet baking bar between two graham crackers.
or just a handful of sour patch kids.
daniohia at 12:38PM on 10/05/08
nestle lion bars - wish they were more available in the states
dessert truck's creme brulee.
matee at 1:01PM on 10/05/08
Take a handfull of ORIGINAL Lay's potato chips .....crush them into a bowl .........top with your favorite ice cream ( for me .....Haagen Daz Coffee ) .....and enjoy . Be sure to get some chips and ice cream on every spoonfull ....ummmmmmm. The sweet & salty together ....OMG !!!!!!
foodie51 at 1:06PM on 10/05/08
taking a pit stop at the shake shack custard line on my way to the subway after work and trying whatever the flavor of the day is
julianne82 at 1:56PM on 10/05/08
s'mores. drippy, burnt, homemade s'mores.
jooliganthefatty at 2:01PM on 10/05/08
It would be a toss up between marshmallow fluff with peanut butter and sliced bananas on whole wheat bread (whole wheat - healthy, right?!) or sticky toffee pudding.
stickytoffee at 2:21PM on 10/05/08
dark chocolate peanut M&Ms. a whole bag.
cheeseandchocolate at 2:22PM on 10/05/08
Betty Crocker's silver white cake with real buttercream frosting; weddings not required
missglo at 2:35PM on 10/05/08
Challah french toasted sandwiches with bananas, chocolate, peanut butter, and cinnamon. Oh how well it melts everywhere!
wanderingfoodie at 2:40PM on 10/05/08
Bread pudding
zekks at 2:45PM on 10/05/08
fluffer nutter on toasted white bread.
lifesagasp at 2:58PM on 10/05/08
sweets never make me feel guilty. unless they are candy corn.
marianam at 4:03PM on 10/05/08
levain dark chocolate peanut butter cookie
lekim at 5:12PM on 10/05/08
chocolate. mmmmmmmmm I said chocolate
animanni1 at 5:46PM on 10/05/08
greek yogurt with honey and walnuts
ramy kin at 5:54PM on 10/05/08
cinnamon rolls. YUM.
Laurel E at 6:02PM on 10/05/08
galaktoboureko - with cup of strong coffee on the side
kookiemonster at 6:15PM on 10/05/08
A Sweet Dutch Waffle drizzled with real chocolate and topped with fresh (real) whipped cream, delicious and fun! Love it!
funpeace at 6:24PM on 10/05/08
the little lemon blossom cake from the Black Hound New York pastry shop:
"layers of vanilla butter cake filled with homemade lemon curd and raspberry preserves, finished with white chocolate buttercream and toasted vanilla cake crumbs around the sides...with yellow marzipan flowers"
sejan at 6:55PM on 10/05/08
dulce de leche hagen daz
winkyj at 7:02PM on 10/05/08
Bananas Foster
jennnifer at 7:33PM on 10/05/08
a dozen doughnuts... because i don't feel guilty until after i eat 12.
sirbakesalot at 8:10PM on 10/05/08
Currently it's Dove dark chocolate with almonds but basically anything chocolate and delicious will do!
KrazyB at 8:31PM on 10/05/08
a Nestle Crunch crisp after dinner !
babycat1216 at 9:07PM on 10/05/08
Ben and Jerry's Chubby Hubby
mandbel711 at 9:13PM on 10/05/08
simple chocolate milk, made with whole milk and melted dark chocolate chips
jpmcd at 9:20PM on 10/05/08
apple crisp with vanilla ice cream
nimo1910 at 9:37PM on 10/05/08
lately, dulce de leche straight out of the jar.
cupcup at 10:14PM on 10/05/08
Nutella, on a spoon, straight from the jar. =)
kfarrel3 at 10:16PM on 10/05/08
The guiltiest of sweet pleasures for me has gotta be the Lemon Hostess Fruit Pie (long live Fruit Pie the Magician - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fruit_Pie_the_Magician). Note: they are even better frozen.
MrSalty at 10:35PM on 10/05/08
i luv korean pumpkin yut. yum yum, chewy burnt sugar.
bionicgrrl at 10:55PM on 10/05/08
Champagne.
twentyoneolives at 10:58PM on 10/05/08
Tootsie Pops ... the red ones
nikki57 at 11:46PM on 10/05/08
definitely peach cobbler, served hot and bubbling with vanilla ice cream.
BettyKat at 12:04AM on 10/06/08
creme brulee, can't get enough of it! can't resist it, and when I see it on the menu, I can't wait to finish dinner so I can have it!
tiglesia at 12:56AM on 10/06/08
Lindt Lindor - white chocolate
jaqqo at 1:06AM on 10/06/08
Spoonfuls of condensed milk, eaten straight from the can=)
ThuyTBird at 2:11AM on 10/06/08
Haagen Daaz ice cream: Honey Bee and Mango are my latest favorites.
Aurorasbored at 9:27AM on 10/06/08
swiss chocolate stuffed in a baguette.
Trizo at 10:02AM on 10/06/08
Pretty much anything from the Dessert Truck. I have to chain myself to my desk during business hours just to save myself!
digitalburro at 10:15AM on 10/06/08
York Peppermint Patties!
mdashkin at 10:26AM on 10/06/08
gummy anything 4tw.
rchung77 at 10:41AM on 10/06/08
sour grapefruit gummies... I just can't get enough of them!
TheDistrictDomestic at 10:59AM on 10/06/08
Forgive me if this posts twice, but I think my first attempt was eaten...
My grandpa used to make "Poison" - a recipe he learned in the army. Later I learned this was actually Dulce de Leche: boil a can of sweetened condensed milk for three hours, freeze it for three hours, open up and eat.
AnaisKoi at 11:08AM on 10/06/08
i take ciabatta - toast - add nutella when still warm - then add some vanilla ice cream
or
anna's ginger cookies with haagen daaz reserve hawaiian leuha honey and sweet cream iced cream
yum :)
deliciousnyc at 11:14AM on 10/06/08
cherry coke with twizzlers!
meggadeath at 11:20AM on 10/06/08
A whole pint of Ben and Jerry's in one sitting.
tingtingng at 11:39AM on 10/06/08
Melted ice cream on chocolate cake, frozen in a big, messy swirl.
meganfra at 11:46AM on 10/06/08
I don't count grom gelato or Jacques Torres ice cream sandwiches as guilty pleasures--they're both legit in my eyes. Nor do I count a pint of Ben & Jerry's in one sitting as I do that too frequently for it to actually be riddling my conscience. No, no, my guilty pleasure sweets are either a tooth-enamel-melting 2 pounds of Sour Patch Kids or my boyfriend's mother's "Pretzel Salad:" A butter, sugar, pretzel crust (ground in a food processor), 2 cups of cool whip and more sugar folded into 2 packs of no-holds-barred cream cheese, and then two packages of strawberry jello with a pound of pre-frozen strawberries mixed in.
urbanruralist at 12:49PM on 10/06/08
Shaved ice, with sweet red beans and a generous covering of sweet condensed milk. YUM.
ayangeks at 1:06PM on 10/06/08
lately:
- peanut butter and jelly cupcakes
- sesame bagel w/ scallion cream cheese
wilsonfisk at 1:40PM on 10/06/08
Banana pudding, banana bread, banana splits, banana cream pie.... I think I detect a theme!!
woobie772 at 2:18PM on 10/06/08
Green Tea Ice Cream.
MinhLikesFood at 2:33PM on 10/06/08
Triple Layer Bars (top dark chocolate, middle coconut, bottom graham cracker crust)
sesametooth at 3:28PM on 10/06/08
Bamboo or avacado honey (super dark and intense) on chunks of parmigiano reggiano.
lesliepariseau at 3:32PM on 10/06/08
Any sweet with chocolate is the greatest sweet in the world for me!
fshapiro at 3:44PM on 10/06/08
Ritter sport bars, or sour patch kids. I agree that anything as fancy as Grom gelato or Jacques Torres ice cream sandwiches is nothing to be "guilty" about.
ScienceandtheCity at 4:45PM on 10/06/08
Well, since I don't know where those incredible moist, crumbly doughnuts my high school English teacher brought us that one time came from, I'm just going to say chocolate with a marzipan center.
approximatelyjane at 5:47PM on 10/06/08
Strawberries with chantilly cream!
Delicatesseny at 10:13PM on 10/06/08
Smores:, the graham crackers had to be cracked just right so they were squares from the original rectangles, and i had to pack as many marshmallows & chocolates as i could fit on the surface to glue the graham lid down. Mmmm.. they smelled amazing as they expanded and bloated to perfection!
shiso at 10:32PM on 10/06/08
mascarpone sorbet (recipe from Alain Ducasse)
mrwiz at 11:48PM on 10/06/08
I have traversed to Cake Man Raven for some Red Velvet cake. I have done a top 10 cupcake run (in one day!). I can diagnose the intrinsic differences in the various gelati, soft-serve and custards throughout the city. However, my guilty pleasure or pleasures are far less culinary: Dairy Queen Skor Blizzard and the Reese's Peanut Butter Cup sundae from Friendly's:-)
tride84 at 12:23AM on 10/07/08
Guilty pleasure: many combinations of salty and sweet. Good chocolate with pretzels, popcorn, etc.
JuliaKay at 12:42AM on 10/07/08
Vanilla ice cream
fseriouseats at 1:53AM on 10/07/08
spoonfuls of coolwhip or reeses peanut butter cups. yummy!
jennyleeow at 3:08AM on 10/07/08
Cheesecake!
laralin2266 at 5:14AM on 10/07/08
Gelati
rl212 at 5:39AM on 10/07/08
Unofficially and unanimously is strawberry ice cream, whether breyers/edys/turkey hills (the good kind). I'm supposed to take just one spoon; however, temptation gets the best of me as I often cheat by scooping more than one spoon.
bhuynh at 8:58AM on 10/07/08
Entemann's cheese danish
Lindazenk at 9:03AM on 10/07/08
Plain cheesecake with tiramisu on top. yummmmm!
babigurlie at 11:53AM on 10/07/08
A spoonful of Nutella with Better than Peanut Butter and whipped cream!
chocfulloflove at 11:59AM on 10/07/08
Chocolate covered pretzels - love them!
denyse at 12:08PM on 10/07/08
Any kind of ice cream - in large quantities.
lesliesmith24 at 1:20PM on 10/07/08
Dark chocolate toffee - Yummy
wongjen at 1:42PM on 10/07/08
Strawberries covered with dark chocolate...any day!!
LadyJemima at 6:07PM on 10/07/08
This is kind of embarassing, but we're supposed to be honest here right? Just to be clear, these are *guilty* pleasures...
1. Butterscotch Krimpets (eat them quickly so no one notices and then lick off any icing stuck to the plastic)
2. Real whipped cream straight...a little dash of vanilla, high peaks, and then into my mouth!
3. Swedish fish (wow...I don't think I've ever told anyone how I feel about swedish fish)
Desserts I would not mind being caught with and would like in front of me this instant:
Sprungli
warm chocolate chip cookies
hot fresh Krispy Kreme glazed donuts
mint chocolate chip ice cream
foodpornaddict at 8:44PM on 10/07/08
Sour-Patch Kids, Skittles, and other candies sold at movie theaters in large quantities, primarily to fourth-graders. I avoid making eye-contact as I make the purchase and then run off to the theater.
p.s. my girlfriend is dying for these tickets... please give them to me... please
pdkraft at 8:58PM on 10/07/08
Cheesecake.........ummmmmm!
leaker at 7:19AM on 10/08/08
I am a sweet freak with very little guilt, though every now and again I get sad for no reason. The other day I ate a spoon of Duncan Hines fudge frosting right out of the container. It was all delicious and trans fatty. Does that count?
dishy at 7:26AM on 10/08/08
My guilty pleasure is that I can't pass up a piece of cheescake. Any kind! Plain, fancy - as long as it is cheescake...new york style, any style - love it. Thanks for this opportunity!
elsmarlouamrman at 8:41AM on 10/08/08
SPICY TUNA ROLL - I swear I am addicted. I have to have a spicy tuny roll from one particular sushi spo every dayt. I crave it almost as soon as I get up ever day. Sick, huh!
kjrivas at 10:16AM on 10/08/08
Chocolate Chip Cookies at City Bakery (or Jacques Torres)
chowfan at 11:11AM on 10/08/08
Chocolate or Pistachio...Yum
cuddles115 at 11:40AM on 10/08/08
Peanut butter on a slice of white chocolate banana bread
sosoeater at 12:27PM on 10/08/08
flan, so rich but so good
gervitsd at 2:05PM on 10/08/08
Tiramisu. I got some "to go" last night and had it for breakfast. Do I feel guilty? Yes. Will I do it again, first chance I get? Yes.
rlgrady at 2:23PM on 10/08/08
We have our randomnly drawn winners. They are cybercita, Alena Kastin, jrmanor, and denyse. Congrats to them, and thanks to everyone who commented. We will contact winners by email for instructions on how to pick up tickets.
Zach Brooks at 3:15PM on 10/08/08