As a parent, its natural to want to give your children the best, healthiest fare out there but that doesnt necessarily mean moms hold themselves to the same strict standards. We asked some of our Top 100 Mom Food Bloggerswhat guilty pleasures they sneak in after the kids have gone to bed.
From canned ravioli to a midnight burrito to a few extra helpings of black and white cookies, youll find your foodie soul sister among these moms because, lets face it, while we like our kids to think we eat proteins and veggies all day long, everyone has a sweet escape at the end of the day.
Check out our favorite food bloggers guilty pleasures after the jump!
Chocolate Hazelnut SpreadThats my biggest weakness! And how could it not be? How about quietly sharing a slice of this Nutella pizza with me?
- Manu, Manu's Menu
Get the recipe at Manu's Menu
Cheese BallsI can't believe I'm going to admit this publicly! I bought one of those big tubs of cheese balls for my daughter's birthday party over the summer. There was about a quarter of it left, and I holed up with a good TV show and ate the whole thing after they went to bed!
- Kristy, The Wicked Noodle
Photo credit: Flickr user elgrandee
ChocolateChocolate chips, chocolate chip cookies, chocolate brownies. Anything chocolate. I hide in the pantry, and eat it so they don't see!
- Karen, 365 Days of Slow Cooking
Photo credit: Flickr user johnloo
CheesecakeOh, that's easy. Cheesecake. I should qualify that and say that I don't let our daughter see me eating it with the total abandon and joy with which I want to eat it. I adore the stuff and it might be the one thing that I'd go so far to say that not only do I not let her see me eat it, I don't even let her know it's in the house so I don't have to share.
- Christiane, Taking on Magazines
Get the recipe at Taking on Magazines
Iced Green Tea MojitosPerhaps these Iced Green Tea Mojitos aren't the smartest thing to enjoy around the little ones!
-Gina, Skinny Taste
Get the recipe at Skinny Taste
Ice Cream out of the CartonMy husband and I don't like to see our son eating a lot of sugar (and, of course, we shouldn't eat a lot of sugar either), but we have a little ritual a mini-date, if you will. Occasionally, while I put our little boy to bed, my husband sneaks off to the neighborhood ice cream shop and picks up a pint of ice cream. They use mostly local and organic ingredients and don't use additives, and they have lovely flavors: blackberry cardamom, black sesame, avocado ginger, chili chocolate with bourbon cherries. When he returns home, we snuggle into bed, pop on a DVD and eat ice cream out of the container.
- Jenny, Nourished Kitchen
Photo credit: Flickr user mtowber
Apple FrittersI let her see me eat everything. I want her to learn that we can all indulge a little. But I might not let her see how many apple fritters I actually eat when she's not looking
- Jaime, Prudent Baby
Get the recipe at Prudent Baby
Dark Chocolate with Peanut ButterI am an open book ... So my kids see everything I eat. But a simple guilty pleasure of mine is dipping a chunk of dark chocolate straight into the peanut butter jar.
- Leslie, The Hungry Housewife
Photo credit: Flickr user mrsdkrebs
Poached Pear Crumble with ChocolateI say everything in moderation. I generally dont cook anything that my kids cannot enjoy with me. However I do prefer they dont consume caffeine so will generally limit any dessert that has coffee in it such as this poached pear crumble with chocolate, coffee and nuts.
- Sukaina, Sips and Spoonfuls
Get the recipe at Sips and Spoonfuls
Black and White CookiesMy kids pretty much see me eat anything I don't hide it from them. We talk about things being good in moderation. That said, I have a deep love for cookies. Lots and lots of cookies. Moderation goes right out the door. I may tell them they can only have one cookie, then I seem to eat the rest! Though I have many favorites, the ones I'm the most powerless against are actually Black and Whites! Though I've never had the "real" deal from NYC myself, it's probably a good thing since I get into enough trouble making them at home!
- Holly, Phe-MOM-enon
Get the recipe at PheMOMenon
Aloo BondaHmm ... Thats a tough one as I usually let my little one eat everything that we eat. But pressed, its got to be these Aloo Bonda, a spiced potato balls coated in spicy chickpea flour batter and deep-fried to golden perfection! I cant resist these deep fried goodies, and always end up eating two, three and some more Well, who wants to keep the count when one is indulging?! :)
- Sia, Monsoon Spice
Get the recipe at Monsoon Spice
Flourless Chocolate Cake with Halvah Honey SauceWe try to pretend as if we only eat treats at dessert time, too (the house rule). She will eventually figure out we just eat cookies and ice cream in the afternoon when shes either napping or at school. But she hasnt yet.
- Melissa, Melissa Clark
Get the recipe on Melissa Clark
Photo credit: Flickr user moonrat
Cheese Spread TrianglesOne that comes to mind is Swiss "Cheese" Triangles a relic from my childhood.
- Amanda, Food 52
Photo credit: Flickr user anemoneprojectors
Flavored Tortilla ChipsNacho cheese tortilla chips. I don't like to share :)
- Annie, Annies Eats
Photo credit: Flickr user merelymel
Marshmallow FluffI am embarrassed to admit this, but I love to eat marshmallow fluff straight out of the jar. I would never in a million years let my children do that!
- Bree, Baked Bree
Photo credit: Flickr user kellysue
Potato ChipsI freely tell my daughter that I can't buy chips because I don't want them in the house. If there is a bag of salty chips I will surely eat them in a day! I even know how to make homemade chips but rarely do because it is so dangerous.
- Kelsey,The Naptime Chef
Photo credit: Flickr user 36984152@N08
Nothing as long as its in moderationThere's not really anything that's off limits. We're more of a moderation kind of crew around here. If we get a cupcake, we share, and we each have a couple bites. Since so much of my work revolves around sweets and baking, there's always something dessert-y in the house, and my daughter is smart--she knows where to look for the goods!
- Shauna, Piece of Cake
Photo credit: Flickr user kricket
Midnight SnacksMike and I will eat a late-night snack together after the kids are asleep maybe twice a week while watching reality TV shows. It's pretty awesome when you find someone that will eat burritos with you while watching Chef Ramsay yell and the kids are sound asleep. It's just one of many reasons I married him.
- Kate,Kate from Scratch
Photo credit: Flickr user sweetonveg
Leftover Mac and CheeseThe one food I don't let my daughter see me eating is the leftover mac and cheese. It calls my name from the pot and I cannot resist its cheesy goodness!
- Meredith, In Sock Monkey Slippers
Photo credit: Flickr user naotakem
Canned RavioliCold. Straight out of the can. With my fingers. Someday I know they'll catch me, and I'll never hear the end of it.
- Erika,In Erikas Kitchen
Photo credit: Flicker user inazakira
Treats from AmericaBecause I live abroad in Ireland, every now and then someone will send me a care package with some goodies from back home, things like Girl Scout cookies, American candy bars or canned pumpkin at Thanksgiving. Those promptly get hidden away to be enjoyed the way only an expat can my Irish-born kids just don't appreciate them!
- Kelly, Dinner du Jour
Photo credit: Flickr user schoko-riegel
BaconMy guilty, hide-my-food pleasure is bacon. If my tweens and teens see me cooking the stuff, it's already inhaled before the pan has had a chance to cool. I typically hide some for myself and then leave enough on the plate for everyone else to enjoy its smoky, chewy goodness. However, when everyone else is gone, my bacon plate comes out and I recline and while noshing bacon with my pinkie finger outstretched like a true aristocrat.
- Jamie,Your Lighter Side
Photo credit: Flickr user cookbookman
Sour Gummy CandyDare I reveal my secret stash? You know those little sour candies that turn sweet once you spend a few seconds eating them? They are by far my favorite guilty pleasure. My brother turned me on to them a couple years back when he brought a big container to my house for consumption over the holidays. Ive been hooked ever since.
- Julie,Mommie Cooks
Photo credit: Flickr user chelsea_nj
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