midnight snacks
After-hours nibbling
Midnight snacks are food eaten late at night, typically after dinner and before bed.
The term suggests informal, often indulgent eating—raiding the refrigerator, grabbing leftovers, or snacking on junk food: I caught him having midnight snacks at 2 a.m.
The timing needn't be literal midnight; any late-night eating qualifies.
- popcornHeated grain that puffs
- munchiesSnacks or craving them
- cravingsIntense desires for something
- cerealProcessed grain for breakfast
- leftoversUneaten food kept afterward
cold pizza · chips · pizza · comfort food · ice cream · insomnia · refrigerator · fridge · kitchen light · chocolate · night owls · slumber parties · nosh · cheese · stress eating · cookies · 2am · sleep eating
- nocturnal activitynight vision, night feeding, prowling, stalking, night flying
- sleepoversleeping bag, sleeping bags, pajamas, pillow fight, slumber party
- guilty pleasuresguilty pleasures, junk food, fast food, comfort food, ice cream
- foodwaysfood rituals, food taboos, blessing food, table manners, dining etiquette
- food memoriesholiday meals, birthday cake, home cooking, family recipes, comfort foods
midnight snacksbreakfast
Day's first eating
Sunday brunch · formal dinner · dinner · lunch · power breakfast
midnight snacksformal dinner
Ceremonial evening meal
sit-down meal · three-course meal · Sunday roast · holiday feast · dinner party
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