Which Treat?
Trick or treat? We know what you want. The thinking persons option will always be a treat, and where better to get a quality treat than York - the city of tea shops and dreams.
Banana & Walnut Cake - Vanbrugh, £1.02
For those who don’t like bananas in cake form, this is not the cake for you. However for those who do, this moist, if slightly stodgy, offering will send you to cake heaven. Despite your natural student inclination to accept the free cream, don’t; the cake is far better without this ‘fresh from a can’ topping. The icing is a dream, but once eaten it’s presence will disturbingly linger in your mouth for longer than you ever thought possible. The somewhat bizarre flaws aside this cake will satisfy all your sugar needs - it’s Bananaramatastic.
Cookie - Derwent, 39p
Once released from it’s plastic wrap shell the cookie smells good, great in fact, amidst the lesser vegetarian dishes that can be found in the dissapointing ‘doodles’ vegetarian eaterie in Derwent Bar. The cookie’s aroma unleasheses a feeling of warmth radiating from the depths of your soul. At 39p we couldn’t decide whether this glorified biscuit was a bargain or not. Essentially satisfying, it fulfills your need for a treat on the go and could be successfully hidden at seminars relatively effortlessly.
Apple Danish - Costcutter, 99p
If your idea of a treat is an overpriced slightly cinnamon-flavoured piece of carboard, then Costcutter’s apple danish is the snack for you. Dry and tasteless this abomination of the pastry world is an offence to consumers. At best costcutter is expensive and at worst it charges students nearly a pound for something that resembles a squashed, anaemic poo and tastes worse than the packaging it comes on. We are not amused.
Chocolate Paradise - Langwith, 77p
A stodgy sense of paradise came to mind when we first ate this miniscule piece of cake. The fudge and chocolate topping certainly sticks to the back of your teeth, as well as the majority of the packaging. This supposed chocolate paradise was still slightly warm, proving that it stayed true to its ‘homemade’ claim. We enjoyed the fact that this had actually been produced by the fair hands of the Langwith catering staff, as it avoided the processed and nondescript taste of the abominable Costcutter efforts.
