Challenge #01635-D174: The Most Unsuitable Food of All

Further to the "cotton candy" prompt, more empty calories of the "moment on the lips" variety. -- Anon Guest

Humans had a knack for making foods that could kill them, Rael reflected. Often within twenty consecutive servings. Not that anyone ever tried to end their lives that way, but the potential was there.

Take cheesecake, for example. And Rael often did. In one neat package, humanity had managed to encapsulate a nigh-lethal combination of fats and sugars. That should have been plenty for the seemingly suicidal humans. But they didn't stop there. They dipped that cheesecake in chocolate - weapons-grade theobromine for certain Havenworlder species - another combination of sugars and fats that made the confection even more lethal.

But that still wasn't enough.

Humans took these chocolate-dipped slices of cheesecake, dipped them in carbohydrate-heavy batter, and deep-fried them in almost-boiling oil. And then topped it off with caramel and powdered sugar. This species, the cogniscents who invented the Ice Cream Burrito[1], offered the resultant cheesecake mess with an option for extra ice cream, and further toppings.

And then there was the Bad Day Blowout. A dish consisting of three slices of chocolate-dipped, deep fried cheesecake, also dipped in toffee, served with chocolate ice cream, hot fudge, whipped cream, and edible glitter.

Needless to say, that was one of Rael's favourites. Though he often requested that Nik leave off the sparklers.

[1]: Rainbow sprinkle ice cream wrapped in fairy floss. It's just as gross as you think it is.

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