Foods So Good, You Can Eat Them Right Out of the Jar

Let's Dish: What Foods Do You Eat Straight Out of the Jar?

October 22, 2010

Snacks don't always have to be as fancy as soft pretzels and Asian-inspired trail mix; sometimes, the most addictive things come straight out of a jar. As a child, I was taught never to drink milk right out of the carton or eat peanut butter straight from a jar, but there are certain items today that still foster my bad habit: I love nacho-style pickled jalapeños, martini olives, and maraschino cherries so much that these items rarely make it onto a plate.

For you, what packaged foods require no preparation at all?

22 Comments

Spectra 2 years 26 weeks

I eat pickles straight out of the jar, but that's about the extent of it. I eat dry cereal straight out of the box, too, I guess. My husband eats the following straight out of the jars: pickled herring, pickles, pepperoncinis, worchestershire sauce, barbecue sauce, soy sauce, maple syrup, dry instant oatmeal...just about anything, actually. He always grosses me out with what he chows out of the fridge.

ShanC 2 years 30 weeks

Anything salty: saurkraut, pickles, olives.... yum!

danakscully64 2 years 30 weeks

Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter, pickles, and maraschino cherries.

tigr3bianca 2 years 30 weeks

Nutella, black olives, gherkins, peanut butter. My bf loves to eat pepperocinis out of the jar.

gingirl 2 years 30 weeks

I'm on board with the peanut butter! I've stood in my kitchen eating it with a spoon on many an occasion. But smooth, not crunchy. :)

Susannah Chen 2 years 30 weeks

I'm surprised that only one person has said peanut butter! It's so delicious out of the jar.

fuzzles 2 years 30 weeks

What bluebell said! Also, peppadews (both hot and sweet) and Mezzetta's California hot mix. And no jar of nut butter is safe from a spoon in my hand!

bluebellknoll 2 years 30 weeks

Pickles, olives, pepperoncinis, and pickled jalepenos. Luckily, my husband doesn't eat any of these things so I don't feel guilty about digging straight out of the jar.

RoaringSilence 2 years 30 weeks

Yeah I can go for the maraschino cherries too, and olives, as long as they're seasoned. Also banana peppers and pearl onions.

Angelica 2 years 30 weeks

Pickles, olives and maraschino cherries. For days.

ticamorena 2 years 30 weeks

this post reminded me of the whole chicken in a can. bleurgh. it's just putting me off canned foods all together. i mean, IS there a limit to the canning of cooked foods phenomena? canned burgers, canned bread, canned eggs...

chiefdishwasher 2 years 30 weeks

Anchovies never make it to a plate!

2 years 30 weeks

Goes without saying - Nutella. There's no better vehicle for it than a spoon.

amber512 2 years 30 weeks

Funny, not a single thing! Everything I eat involves preparation in some way. I'm just a huge fan of food combos!

Gdeeaz 2 years 30 weeks

Cherries!

Lis32 2 years 30 weeks

I can't open a can of tuna stuffed olives without just finishing it. The same thing with Cherry Garcia; it never sees a bowl.

Katie Sweeney 2 years 30 weeks

I eat mustard straight from the jar and pepperoncinis!

Ladyd27 2 years 30 weeks

OK, I'm a little embarassed to admit this but hey, we all do it, we just don't admit to it. There are really only three foods that I eat right out of the container. The first, which I can't believe someone already wrote down, is PICKLES, the half and half kind. Living in Manhattan, you can still go down to delancey street and get the old fashioned home made pickles, the size of sausages, which are delish!!!!! OK , maybe the people around you for the next few hours won't be pleased with your choice of snacks, but when something is so lip smacking good, do we really care? The next item is ice cream, particularly mint chocolate chip. I start out with a bowl, but after making 4 trips to the kitchen for refills, I simply give up and bring the entire container into my room and finish it off. If it's a pint, that's easy, if a quart, that's harder. If it's a half gallon, I can just about get it all down and pray that it stays down. Of course, the next day I will not be feeling my best but again, who cares, when something is that good, every once in a while it's OK to eat yourself to death. And lastly, although this is not my favorite food, it is for many people. I can't believe nobody wrote that they eat peanut butter right out of the container. I don't know anyone who eats it any other way.So there they are, my weaknesses. Embarassing yes, but we all have them.