Dietary Indiscretions Trivia Quiz

Answer: Mounds and Almond Joy

The Peter Paul Candy Manufacturing Company began producing Mounds, with its dark chocolate coating, in 1920. The milk chocolate covered Almond Joy did not come into being until 1946. I am unable to determine which is the bigger seller, Mounds or Almond Joy. Please mail me if you know. (Mounds is better no matter what the sales figure show - that dark chocolate ...).

Answer: Freddie Mac

If you have not eaten candy from Chicago based Fannie May, I advise that you remedy that omission. Thinking Sees candy represented the pinnacle of the candy making art, I was blown away when I first encountered Fannie May. And don't even try to talk to me about Godiva chocolate if you haven't experienced Fannie May!

Answer: Shirley Temple

Shirley Temple grew up and became Shirley Temple Black. In the 1960s, Shirley Temple Black had over an acre of lawn. But the lawn had annoying brown spots; so Shirley replaced it - with an acre of green cement. Just thought you might want to know.

Answer: Double Whopper with Cheese

Hamburgers are dessert, in my opinion. Here are the actual calorie counts: Double Whopper with Cheese - 1,150, 2 Cups Ben & Jerry's Deep Dark Chocolate Ice Cream - 1040, Four 2.13 ounce 3 Musketeer Bars - 1040, 1/2 gallon of Coca Cola - 800. However, some caution may be indicated with respect to Ben and Jerry's.

A Ben and Jerry's waffle cone with a large serving of their Chunky Monkey Ice Cream contains 1,060 calories, according to the Center for Science in the Public Interest.

Answer: Devil's Food Cake

One slice (1/8th of a cake) of angel food cake has only 110 calories. That's why I always top my angel food cake with ice cream, caramel sauce and a liberal amount of whipped cream. If something is low calorie, can it still be dessert?

Answer: Cherry

A maraschino cherry to be exact. But how fair would it have been to quiz takers to require them to spell a word I had to look up? OK, you caught me. I'm saving it for another quiz.

Answer: Vanilla

Commercial vanilla extracts are made from either Tahitian or Bourbon variety beans (there are over 140 other varieties). Over 250 organic molecules have been identified in vanilla, which is touted as having one of the most complicated flavors of any food. At our house, we make our own extract from vanilla beans; are you impressed?

Answer: All of them

It should be Sara Lee, Duncan Hines and Betty Crocker. If you have not yet done so, I suggest you make cupcakes from your favorite yellow cake mix, dip them in melted butter, roll them in a cinnamon-sugar mixture and then try to eat only one. Making the recipe without several people present to help you eat the cupcakes can result in serious, immediate weight gain!

Answer: Blueberry

Neapolitan ice cream is an Americanized variant of spumoni. Spumoni was devised in Naples and combined cherry, chocolate and pistachio flavored ice cream.

Answer: Coconut Cream

Which cream pie will you order on your next visit to Marie Callendar's? Here's the breakdown: Apple 570 calories, Chocolate cream 630 calories, Banana cream 570 calories, Coconut cream 650 calories. (Source: Healthclub.com)