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The Best Junk Food Ever

It's National Junk Food Day so naturally, we want to know what you think is the best junk food ever. In case you need some suggestions, here's some of ours.

It’s no secret that journalists tend to eat badly. Pizza, candy, way too much coffee — we’re pretty much experts when it comes to junk food.

I was just eating chips with soda. For lunch. But I digress. Monday, July 21, is National Junk Food Day so I asked my coworkers what they like to eat and we came up with this list of snacks.

(Tomorrow, I’m having lots of kale to make up for this!)

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  • Doritos with Cheese Whiz: I believe “gross but tasty” were the exact words used to describe this.

  • Cape Cod salt & vinegar potato chips

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  • Doritos with ice-cold soda

  • Bachman pretzel rods and string cheese

  • Tortilla chips and dip made of Velveeta melted with Ro-Tel Tomatoes and Chilies

  • Cheeseburgers — Any kind of cheeseburgers. Also, Fritos corn chips

  • Cool Ranch Doritos


  • Turns out, my coworkers aren’t as weird as I thought! Well, at least not when it comes to snacks. I kid, I kid!

    Doritos and Lay’s Potato Chips ranked high on BrandIndex’s ranking of popular snacks and drinks.

    I’m a little surprised no one said ice cream! Which reminds me — have you seen which Connecticut ice cream shop was voted the best by you, our readers?


    Just for fun, what would you add to our list of epic junk foods?


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