Snack attack!

Those bendy straws always float!

It's 11:30 on a Tuesday night, and I'm scanning new pictures for this. very. blog. Though I am fresh out of Diet Coke, I began to crave one when I scanned those photograph. This industrious afternoon at the kitchen table happened a few weeks ago, just about Halloween. You may notice that the gigantic pumpkin in the background dates it. However, that time stamp can not mar the deliciousness of that snack.

A home-made cherry coke and sweet potato chips. Who could find a better pair? (Other than the people who came up with pizza and beer.) No one!

So, with little fanfare, I give you a 30-second recipe. Because, really, it's late, and we've got work to do.

A good cherry vanilla cola

• one can of cola, your choice (RC, Coke, Diet Coke, Big K, Double Bubble Burp-a-Cola, Big Sky, Jones, Dr. Brown, etc)
• 1/2 - 1 tsp. pure vanilla extract (without alcohol, if you can manage it)
• 5-1,000 maraschino cherries
• a good slosh of juice from the maraschino cherry container
• a fancy drinking glass
• one bendy straw, preferably multi-colored.
  
• ice, cubed or crushed

Grab your fancy drinking glass, and in it, add ice cubes and maraschino cherries, plus juice. Carefully pour in soda of choice, followed by vanilla extract. Use bendy straw to stir all the flavors together.

Now, put on your comfy sweats and enjoy your sody pop with some sweet potato chips, Art & Mary's action, or crispy/salty food of your choice. Feel luxurious and decadent at the same time.