midnight snack
After-hours bite
A midnight snack is food eaten late at night, typically between dinner and breakfast.
The name suggests eating around midnight, but applies to any late-night nibble: I raided the fridge for a midnight snack.
The term carries connotations of indulgence or guilty pleasure—something eaten when you probably shouldn't be eating.
Enjoyment tinged with shame
- comfort foodEmotionally consoling dishes
- treatSomething pleasantly special
- leftoversUneaten food kept afterward
- cheeseFermented milk solid
cookies · ice cream · chocolate · chips · pizza · cake · popcorn · brownies
guilty pleasure
Enjoyment tinged with shame
- comfort foodEmotionally consoling dishes
- treatSomething pleasantly special
- leftoversUneaten food kept afterward
cheese · cookies · ice cream · chocolate · chips · pizza · cake · popcorn · brownies · sweets
munchies
Snacks or craving them
pang · hankering · temptation · satisfy · nibble · yearning · longing · whim · fancy · compulsion
refrigerator
Food-cooling household appliance
- kitchenFood preparation room
- pantryHousehold provisions closet
- microwaveRadiation-based kitchen heater
darkness · quiet · insomnia · pajamas · silence · moonlight · stealthy · surreptitious · sleepless · tiptoe
- eating habitsvegetarian, vegan, omnivore, carnivore, pescatarian
- sleepoversleeping bag, sleeping bags, pajamas, pillow fight, slumber party
- guilty pleasuresguilty pleasures, junk food, fast food, comfort food, ice cream
- snack timesmid-morning, late morning, afternoon, mid-afternoon, coffee break
- foodwaysfood rituals, food taboos, blessing food, table manners, dining etiquette
- overindulgencebinge, gorging, overeating, gluttony, overindulgence
midnight snackbreakfast
Day's first eating
brunch · early bird special · continental breakfast · lunch · midday meal
midnight snackformal dinner
Ceremonial evening meal
banquet · feast · three-course meal · ceremonial feast · state dinner
midnight snackhealth food
Nutrient-dense dietary choices
clean eating · meal prep · fasting · intermittent fasting · breakfast of champions
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