The Sweet 100
Wednesday, September 24, 2008 
Recently, a website called Very Good Taste started something of an internet fire with a list called "The Omnivore's Hundred", which listed 100 foods which "every good omnivore should have tried at least once in their life." We liked the idea, and inspired by the vegan variation on Hannah Kaminsky's site, we thought--why not make our own Sweet 100!? Like the original, our list includes "fine food, strange food, everyday food and even some pretty bad food"--but in our universe, it's all sweet! (In case any of them are foreign to you, links to pictures and recipes are included; also, for any vegans, feel free to go through the list assuming it's a vegan counterpart). How many have you tried? If you'd like, feel free to follow the same guidelines:
2) Bold 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.
5) Optional: Post a comment here linking to your results--or just post a comment letting us know how many you've tried, or what you're going to try next!
- Red Velvet Cake
- Princess Torte
- Whoopie Pie
- Apple Pie either topped or baked with sharp cheddar
- Beignet
- Baklava
- Black and white cookie
- Seven Layer Bar (also known as the Magic Bar or Hello Dolly bars)
- Fried Fruit pie (sometimes called hand pies)
- Kringle
- Just-fried (still hot) doughnut
- Scone with clotted cream
- Betty, Grunt, Slump, Buckle or Pandowdy
- Halvah
- Macarons
- Banana pudding with nilla wafers
- Bubble tea (with tapioca "pearls")
- Dixie Cup
- Rice Krispie treats
- Alfajores
- Blondies
- Croquembouche
- Girl Scout cookies
- Moon cake
- Candy Apple
- Baked Alaska
- Brooklyn Egg Cream
- Nanaimo bar
- Baba au rhum
- King Cake
- Sachertorte
- Pavlova
- Tres Leches Cake
- Trifle
- Shoofly Pie
- Key Lime Pie (made with real key lime)
- Panna Cotta
- New York Cheesecake
- Napoleon / mille-fueille
- Russian Tea Cake / Mexican Wedding Cake
- Anzac biscuits
- Pizzelle
- Kolache
- Buckeyes
- Malasadas
- Moon Pie
- Dutch baby
- Boston Cream Pie
- Homemade chocolate chip cookies
- Pralines
- Gooey butter cake
- Rusks
- Daifuku
- Green tea cake or cookies
- Cupcakes from a cupcake shop
- Crème brûlée
- Some sort of deep fried fair food (twinkie, candy bar, cupcake)
- Yellow cake with chocolate frosting
- Jelly Roll
- Pop Tarts
- Charlotte Russe
- An "upside down" dessert (Pineapple upside down cake or Tarte Tatin)
- Hummingbird Cake
- Jell-O from a mold
- Black forest cake
- Mock Apple Pie (Ritz Cracker Pie)
- Kulfi
- Linzer torte
- Churro
- Stollen
- Angel Food Cake
- Mincemeat pie
- Concha
- Opera Cake
- Sfogliatelle / Lobster tail
- Pain au chocolat
- A piece of Gingerbread House
- Cassata
- Cannoli
- Rainbow cookies
- Religieuse
- Petits fours
- Chocolate Souffle
- Bienenstich (Bee Sting Cake)
- Rugelach
- Hamenstashen
- Homemade marshmallows
- Rigo Janci
- Pie or cake made with candy bar flavors (Snickers pie, Reeses pie, etc)
- Divinity
- Coke or Cola cake
- Gateau Basque
- S'mores
- Figgy Pudding
- Bananas foster or other flaming dessert
- Joe Froggers
- Sables
- Millionaire's Shortbread
- Animal crackers
- Basbousa
cakespy mischief
Reader Comments (67)
No way!!!
This is just great! I love how you put links, I'll have to go thru all of them to find out my magic number! You're the best!!!
Ha! Great idea - I've still got some work to do in the sweets department. And finally, someone has come up with a Food Pyramid that I can live with!
That is a whole list of food
Hmmm...not sure if I am proudor grossed out that I've tried almost all of these...
i've tried lots of these but there are a few i've never even heard of. i'm just amazed you did all those links! how long did that take?
33 out of 100.... not bad!
Wait a minute....why aren't your bolded and all that stuff! I wanna see what you have had? Have you had it all????? If so...AMAZING! and I have questions :)
Hey - I created my own version of this last month after doing the Omnivore's 100, too. It's http://retorte.blogspot.com/2008/08/100-desserts.html" REL="nofollow">here. I'll do your list too and post it probably tomorrow!
Looking at the list, I feel like I've been living under a rock
There's an award on our blog for you
Well, I miserably fail at the Omnivore's 100, but I think I'd have a passing score on this one!!
I love this idea!! I am going to post mine next week!!
I have posted the list on my blog-
mionebristow.blogspot.com
I have only had time to bold the things I've had, I'll have to look at the rest of them to see if there are any to cross off. ;o)
Now this list I am confident I will be a champion at! HAHA. Thanks for putting it together :)
/Clara
I looked at the opening picture and thought, "That's my kind of food pyramid!"
Aww, I love this! I'm surprised I've had quite a few of these. I'd be interested to see YOUR answers!
I had some fun with it http://seventhnotebook.wordpress.com" REL="nofollow">over at my blog. Thank you!
that is the coolest food pyramid ever!!! ADORABLE....great work Jessie!!!
Haha, I did VGT's list, and the British food one, so this is definitely something I'm going to borrow. excellent idea! A quick look tells me I need to hie over to a pastry shop and/or fire up the oven immediately. Oh, my figure is sooo damned...
I just love the food pyramid! So cute! Great list here!
I have had 98...I think my doctor would be horrified :)
48/100. I flunk. But what fun to look forward to. So many delicious things I had never even heard of. Thanks. Fun post. http://kellijocupcake.blogspot.com/2008/09/sweet-100.html
Oh man, I love this. I'm equally surprised with how many of these I've had and how many I've never even heard of.
Oh my Tartelette, which ones haven't you tried? Bravo!
Thanks Kelli Jo and Veronica!
Great list! I've had 75 out of 100. Looks like there is still a lot for me to try!
I love it. I am so glad you included links so we can figure out what everything is (I had to google a lot on the Omnivore's list...).
My only problem with these lists is that it makes me sad and restless because there is so much out there that I still haven't tried!!