Salty or Sweet?
I can’t decide. With my lunch today, I had these salty Trader Joe’s corn chips. They’re like Fritos, but without the funky ingredients. I love them, but they’re super salty.
Immediately after eating those I craved something sweet. Like chocolate. Or an ice cream cone. Or pie. Or the Blueberry Cheesecake Bites on a stick that I foolishly did not purchase during my trip to Trader Joe’s this morning.
It appears that by eating something salty, I trigger the craving for something sweet.
What about you? Are you a salty snacker or a sweet treat fan?
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My tastes always seem to alternate. Sometimes I crave salty, sometimes sweet. Sometimes both. I love it all!
Kettle Corn is great for days when you want both salty & sweet!
I really like the pretzel rods dipped in vanilla icing!
OH Kelly – that sounds delish!
i am definitely a salty snacker!
My tastes do change up, almost daily. Right now, I love salty. Corn chips, are the order of the day 🙂
I have noticed that, too – I am usually a salty person, but after enough salt, I start wanting sugar, too!
I love them both and I really love them together like a trail mix or chocolate covered pretzels.
I’m a little bit of BOTH! ha. I love Salty & SWEET. Mix em? It’s DANGER ZONE in my house. =)
Joey Fortman
I actually like both…many times I’ll eat a cracker, and follow it up with some chocolate (or vice versa). I know chocolate-dipped pretzels and things like that are popular, but I haven’t really tried them. Sea salt chocolate bars are nice, though.
I usually get a craving for one or the other but I can’t remember ever wanting one right after the other! LOL I have tried to stop the craving of sweet with salty (or vice versa) but it never works!
I am a sugaroholic and my friends would say that too. I love gummy warms, hot tamales, but almost anything very high in sugar is what I crave. But I also love Kettle Corn because it is both sweet and salty perfectly balanced, plus lower in calories that most of the crap that I usually eat
The best snacks have both! I love choc covered nuts and pretzels. Soooooo good!
I like both, just depends on the mood. Turtle Chex mix seems to cover both pretty good!
Oh my heck. With me it’s an endless crazy cycle. I eat something sweet then I have to have something salty….then something sweet….then salty. I hate it when that happens.
I would much rather have savory than sweet. Sweet in generally “too sweet” for me.
I’m both types.. depends what i’m craving at the moment. or mix em’ together! 🙂
Gun to my head, had to choose, I’d say sweet… but I love sweet and salty mixed, too.
I am definitely a salty snacker. My favorite way to eat chips is licking the salt first, then the eat the chip 🙂
I definitely prefer sweet, I like most sweets, especially those with chocolate!
Salty for me! I do love sweet, but salty satisfies my cravings or hunger better.
my preferred snack is both sweet and salty. I love bananas and pretzels. I know it sounds weird, but it is so so so good
I love salty AND sweet sometimes I crave them together. I think though I crave salty more often than sweet. 🙂
kettle corn is fab or a mix of nuts and raisins
I like both together! I love the trail mixes with salty pretzels and m&ms!!!! YUMMY!
Well it actually depends on what kind of mood I’m in or what time of the day it is. If Im down and feel I need an energy boost it is definately something sweet for me. It has to be chocolate most of the time .Usually if Im watching a movie or on the computer its chips or some cheese and pretzels with my diet pepsi. I am all set to go then. Not very nutritious I know.
I have to say I crave more of the Salty Snacks1 I’m addicted to Cheez-Its
Usually salty, but chocolate-covered pretzels hit the spot when I can’t make up my mind!
I’m 100% a sweets eater, you name it, I’ll eat it. Not to say I won’t turn down a good salty popcorn – but if I had the choice, sweet all the way.
I am the same way as you. As soon as I have something salty, I need something sweet! That’s why chocolate covered pretzels are the best 🙂 Or chips and dip and chocolate milk!
I love salty, savory snacks.
I love a combination of both, like sea salt caramel fudge or chocolate covered pretzels.
I’m the same way – I crave salt – like chips, pickles, olives. But as soon as I have salt, then I’m craving sweet. I’m learning that bitter chocolate works OK at bedtime for me – it fulfills the sweet craving, but is bitter enough that I don’t over do it. Choclate covered pretzels are one of my most favorite treats ever!
I find I’m more of a sweet person although I try to avoid them as I’m diabetic. I HATE things that are overly salty, I’ve never been a fan of salt and never use it in cooking or when I’m eating something.
I know exactly what you’re talking about. I love sweets the most… but when I eat them, I often find myself soon after wanting a salty snack. vicious circle!
I love salty snacks, but even better sweet and salty together!
I can definitely say that i have finally acquired a taste for them both. I can eat ice cream without having a bag of buttery popcorn on the side…lol…if i eat anything salty…i have to eat a sweet item with it. glori j