I love a good "fall" pie.

My favorite pie ever, though, is Key Lime pie. I order it online from Kermit's in Key West. The shipping is practically usury, but I only order it a few times a year.

Pumpkin pie and cool whip that is heavenly.

You ever try REAL whipped cream, Mig?

I don't think so. I have been deprived of the finer things in life.

Try it once (or make your own). BIG difference!

Ok I'll have to find a recipe.

Buy some heavy cream. Put it in a chilled bowl. Whip with beaters until it forms stiff peaks. As you beat it, add confectioner's sugar, one teaspoon at a time, to taste. Some people add a touch of vanilla, but that's not for everyone. Don't underbeat it or it will be too watery. Don't overbeat it, or it will turn to butter.

It is a whole different WORLD than Cool Whip!!!

I do like Costco's pumpkin pie. It's quite good. So is their chocolate cake. They also sell terrific chocolate cake.

We have 4 cats SC so i know where you are coming from here.....

Marshmallows.

Pure f'n sugar, so that's as guilty a pleasure as I can think of.

If you love marsmallows, you must really love cotton candy. You can feel your teeth decaying while eating it.

Not so much, it's just tooooo sweet. But once in a great while at a Feast or a fair or something.

Speaking of which: Fried dough, commonly known as zeppole. Now THOSE are a guilty pleasure.

I'm going to prove that I am no math major with this statement, but it's 55" in diameter (I think that's the proper measurement - I hated high school geometry ). It's definitely not 4' across, but the point is it is a huge pie, and so remarkably good!

I'm guessing that the diameter (straight line passing through the center) of the pie is about 15-16 inches. Anyway goombah is absolutely right: it's a delicious pie, and it's big. And I'm in the mood for it now.

Don't feel bad, I only know about that stuff because thats how we measure our pizza pies here. klydon cleared it up (with his answer above). A 16" pie is, indeed, huge. Most of the ones I see around here are about 9" or 10" (and now I'm dying for one).

Costco Chocolate Cake! Home made whipped cream! Zeppole! Pizza!

I'm gonna go out to the store and buy all this shit!

LOCK THIS TOPIC! YOU'RE ALL KILLING ME!



Costco makes an outrageous chocolate cake!

Warm, salted fresh mozzarella, dripping right out of the water.

Not to crazy about it in water. I prefer it fresh, hot and dripping milk!

Now shut the FOCK up!

Fried dough with sugar goes by several names where I'm from, but I don't think zeppole is one of them. It is usually served at church festivals or carnivals, and I first knew it as "pizza fritta." It is the definition of a guilty pleasure. My grandmother would make fried dough in smaller pieces with sugar, and call them johnny doughs. As she's 93 and legally blind, I thought her johnny dough making days were over, but she surprised us with a batch last month.

Where I live now funnel cake has always been popular. They are large, heavy and delicious. I don't think anyone has ever finished one. It can feed a family of four. Sometimes it seems it gets larger as you eat it, a condition I refer to as the Miracle of the Funnel Cake.

I hear you, DC. I'm getting hungry right now. I swear I 've gained ten pounds just reading this thread.

I also love those Costco muffins - they have blueberry, chocolate chip, and another flavor in one package. They come 12 to a pack, which is too much for my family, but these things are about 3 regular sized muffins rolled into one.

I never had the cake, DC, but it sounds delicious.

Now I sound like a pimp for Costco, but ya know what else is OUTSTANDING from them? Their rotisserie chicken - $5 and it is the most succulent bird you will ever have. Not a "guilty" pleasure, but a treat nevertheless.

I agree. And their cooked wings are also excellent.

As long as it's still warm, right?

That's why I go to my old neighborhood so early on Saturdays, to get it just after it's made, lightly salted and oozing "whiteness."

This thread is making me crazy.

Not only can you pick up these treats at Costco, but they're feeding you at every aisle with free samples of all kinds of things. If you still have room after checkout, you can get a quarter pound hot dog with sauerkraut and a large soda for $1.50.

See, that's ridiculous.

I love Costco. My husband and I call it the $400 store. You could go in to pick up that $5 chicken, and the next thing you know - $400.

The chicken is great. So is the chocolate cake. And the pies. And the muffins. Also, the chocolate chip cookies. And naturally, the cheesecake! I even like their frozen stuff. They used to sell frozen shrimp scampi which were delicious. I don't know if they still sell them, because I one day made the mistake of looking at the fat content, and have never bought them again.

I love to get the hotdog and soda!! One of my coworkers and I had a client near there and we used to love to go for lunch. Their $1 churro is also quite good. As is their soft-serve.

I am a sucker for those people giving samples. I swear I am still chewing the sample when I walk over to the display and buy whatever I'm eating, like a Costco Zombie.

They make a great Spinach/Artichoke dip (it may just be spinach and garlic, not sure) and it's very nice to warm it slightly and serve it with the pretzel chips that they sell.

Years ago, they used to sell pumpkin muffins in the fall, right up until Thanksgiving. They were sooooo good. They haven't had them in several years, though.

OK, I definitely see a trip to Costco in my future!!! Especially since I just got a big book of coupons from them in the mail.

Yeah those funnel cakes with powdered sugar and chocolate syrup is great. I also love elephant ears.

My Grandmother used to make Pizza Fritta. It's fried Pizza dough. She would fry up the dough and then we'd take a slice of fresh mozzarella and put it on top of the dough, pour some marinara sauce over it and then eat it witha knife and fork. Delicious! Zeppole is different. It's probably what you know as Johnny Dough.

Zeppole :




Pizza Fritta :




Mig, what are Elephant ears? How are they made?

Elephant ears

My mother used to put an anchovy in the pizza fritta, DC. I love it, with or without, as long as there's a good garlicky marinara sauce to pass around.

Hey, those sound good!

Now, my grandmother and mother fried small pieces (they weren't balls because I don't think they had a regular shape) of pizza dough, but we would put powdered sugar on them. We called them pizza fritta. We never had them as anything but dessert.

And then there are the other fried dough balls that you put honey and sprinkles on. My one grandmother called them struffoli, but the other called them something else, but I can't remember what.