Cheat Day Newsletter 🥣

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Make America Sweet Again

Family Circle magazine used to pit incumbent first ladies against potential presidential spouses in the ultimate First Lady Cookie Contest aka the Presidential Cookie Poll, but just like all good things in this world, the competition has come to an end after a 30-year run. The first winner was Hillary Clinton in 1992 with her oatmeal chocolate chip cookies, which also beat out Melania's sour cream star cookies in 2016. We're trying to think who would win in Melania v Jill? On one hand, we think Melania would because Trump eats a lot of junk and would know a good cookie when he eats one; but on the other hand, Jill is more of a grandma who deff has a secret chocolate chip recipe. Either way, this is literally the least of our worries when it comes to what's happening in the White House.

You've heard of 'Cheeto Fingers' but how about 'Sour Patch Pointers'?

Sour Patch Kids teamed up with Sally Hansen for a Halloween nail polish line. Yes, you read that correctly. The ~spooky~ colors in the collection include: Ghouls Night Out, Pump-kid, The Un-red, First Sour Then Sweet, Hallogreen, R.I.P-urple, and Boo-lue. If you thought this collab couldn't get any better, the nail polish uses Sally Hansen's instant dry formula so you can paint your nails and then immediately stick your hand back in the candy box without worrying about smudging. This is what we call a win-win.

Slapping the bag

Franzia, the boxed wine you drank and then threw up in college, is releasing a Box Wine Backpack that actually dispenses wine. Too bad it's not that discrete; my mom can get away with drinking wine in a lot more places with her off-brand wine purse. Other merch that Franzia released includes a Franzship Necklace, a Franz for Life Box Speaker, some Francy solo cups, and more. We wonder if Kylie Jenner would have gotten more heat if she put Stormi in a Franzia backpack instead of a $12,000 Hermès backpack.

Pop(corn) Culture

We elves try to stick to the four main food groups: candy, candy canes, candy corns, and syrup.

Actually, there's a fifth, and it's cereal. General Mills announces an all-new Elf cereal that tastes like spaghetti and syrup (minus the spaghetti). The maple-flavored cereal with green and red Christmas tree marshmallows will hit the shelves this holiday season. And speaking of 'holiday cereal,' which we didn't even realize was a thing, Cinnamon Toast Crunch is coming out with a limited-edition flavor, Sugar Cookie Toast Crunch, and holy f-a la la la la that sounds delicious.

Buddy the Elf meets Buddy Valastro Last month, Buddy Valastro of Cake Boss injured his moneymaker during a bowling accident, and like, that's so Buddy. The horrific accident, which involved a malfunction with the pinsetter and a hole in Buddy's right hand, had Buddy feeling like he might never be able to bake again. Now, Buddy is practicing icing cake with his left-hand and yes, it was a slow news week.

Fast Food Frenzy

When you are the idiot sandwich Gordon Ramsey called someone on TikTok an 'idiot sandwich' while dueting a video showing McDonald's chicken nuggets and fries stuffed in a grilled cheese sandwich. We're sorry Gordon, but we have to disagree with you this time... we're going to assume you meant to call @caughtsnackin a 'genious between bread.' Brb headed to McDonald's now.