The Halftime Snack: What It Is and Who We Are

To kick-off this website and initiate the flow of juices, the writers for The Halftime Snack were asked the simple question, “What is the optimal halftime snack?”. Although seemingly straightforward, this query was interpreted in a variety of ways: the optimal halftime snack for those viewing a sporting event, the optimal halftime snack for those participating in a sporting event, and what this website “The Halftime Snack” will optimally represents. They were asked for two sentences (some provided more), and the results were really something special. Sit back, relax, and if you need to take a break halfway through, please feel free.

The Viewer’s Halftime Snack

What's a halftime snack without chili??? Skyline chili is one of the most delicious ways to forget that you haven't won a playoff game since you were an infant.

-I. Lindemann

My optimal halftime snack is a Welsh rarebit, with a poached egg on top, bacon, scones, butter, cream, jam, a pot of lapsang, and some sausages. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvBW4Szes1U

-D. McSweeney

When your team is down big midway through the game, a halftime snack can give you hope, née new life. My go-to has gotta be Doritos 3D Cooler Ranch, the chip of the future.

-J. Walkow

BJDs.
Bacon Jalapeno Dorichos (and a side of light beer) Gets you cooled off from the first act with the crisp brew (or 2) and then fired up for the home stretch with a stimulating umph of cheese, salt, and spice. 
Spicy Nacho Doritos on a cookie sheet, handfuls of mild cheddar or Mexican blend cheese, topped with bacon bits and jalapeno slices. Broiled in the oven for 4-6 minutes, then sprinkled with cholula to taste. Have a side of beer while enjoying. Boom.

-J. Edwards

First, you take the graham. You stick the chocolate on the graham.

-E. Givens

It's got crunch, leaves a slight mess, doesn't leave a residue on your fingers, and stands on its own (doesn't need an accompanying dip). Ideally: snickers ice cream bar or barbecue lays.

-T. Gallanis

The Player’s Halftime Snack

Many believe the ultimate halftime snack is the citric acid imbued orange slice, but they couldn’t be further from the truth. While the misinformed are writhing on the field from pain and exhaustion and begging for that sweet release of death, I’ll be dashing around their atrophied body fueled by the Herculean powers of 7 red grapes, 3 Triscuits, and a healthy swig of Gatorade – Cool Blue.  

            -S. Cimino

The ultimate halftime snack? You're talking to a child of the 90s, and refueling with the right halftime snack during another mediocre athletic performance was vital to my precariously perched self-worth. I needed power, and from multiple sources, which is why the ultimate halftime snack was PowerGel oozed onto a PowerBar. Mmm...I can still taste the metallic sheen of that vacuum-sealed wrapper.

-C. Lawson

Peanut butter on banana with a cup of coffee (or shot of espresso). Protein, caffeine, and potassium.

-N. Middlecity

THE Halftime Snack

There is a finite amount of Sacramento Kings ramblings my girlfriend will tolerate before she starts threatening to change the locks. The internet, luckily, is infinite.

-J. Bahr

Semi-informed musings on sports, movies, and other dumb stuff we care about, with a healthy dose of self-loathing mixed in.

-A. Perez

Halftime Snack is deep cover investigation designed to expose and disseminate the frauds and flaws of the Boston Celtics basketball organization.

-R. Scott