The Night Hunger Found Me

I used to call my brothers' hunger monsters growing up, and even to this very day. Because tell me why, the fridge I leave at night when I go to bed, is always a shell of itself the next morning, every time without fail.

If you keep some cake in the fridge and go to bed, that's a rookie mistake. You'd be lucky if you see the nylon bag in the fridge the next day. Those boys show no mercy when it comes to midnight snacking.

Leaving with them has taught me to be strategic with my snacks. I used to wonder why they would be so hungry at nighttime. But lo and behold, I finally understood their primal urge on one fateful midnight.

I hadn't eaten anything the previous afternoon and night. I woke up feeling very uncomfortable. It was a new feeling, one that felt very unfamiliar. Before I could get a sense of what was happening to me, my stomach let out a shrill growl.

Okay! Midnight hunger. Let's sort this out. Without too much, I already knew what I was going to make. It was the easiest thing to whip up in such little time.

A bowl of Coco-Pops cereal. Walk with me...

It's Not Complicated: You literally need four ingredients - Milk, sugar, your cereal of choice and water. These are the basis for your quick snack. If you're feeling bougie, you could boil the water, and add a dash of cinnamon.

It's fast: You could make it in under 3 minutes. Get your plate and spoon. I'm part of the milk-before-cereal gang. So I mix my milk, sugar, and water first, make sure it's the perfect consistency, then I pour in my Coco-Pops. Doing it this way preserves the crunchiness.

It's Filling: If you make the right quantity, this food is perfectly filling. It's heavy enough for you to be filled and satisfied, but light enough for you to be able to go back to bed and fall asleep right away. Now tell me what midnight snack is better than that.

Minimal Clean up: You ain't cooking nothing, so you don't have to worry about washing pots and pans afterwards, or cleaning the stove top. You literally rinse your plate with water, and it's brand new, like you never used it. Hello!

Midnight snacks really don't have to be fancy. After all, you snack on them at midnight. You don't have any audience to impress with the presentation, nor do you have the patience to provide a masterpiece, not with a growling belly begging you to feed it.

So there you have it. Cereal, better yet, Coco Pops 😋. The perfect midnight snack to soothe your cravings and hunger.

I wanna know, what is your go-to snack on a hungry midnight?

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