What Does Your D&D Snack Say About You? 🤔
One of our favourite non-cooking activities is playing Dungeons & Dragons — it’s fun, it’s sociable, it’s a great opportunity to hang out with friends for hours while rolling dice and doing math! 🎲
When your party is knee deep in a fight with an ancient demon, and half of the characters are unconscious, it feels like the stakes have never been higher. Since the typical D&D session tends to last several hours, you need snacks! Your party needs fuel to overcome the challenges they face. Food solves everything (except for that one puzzle that no one can seem to figure out even after spending like half an hour of real time trying to work it out).
But what should you bring? What kind of snack options are there?
We’ve categorized the different classes into groups of players — you can choose to bring a snack based on the class you chose, or just use our snack lists as general inspiration for your next tabletop get together!
The D&D Mom
The D&D mom likes to make sure everyone is doing okay — they know the other players tend to bring junk food to snack on, so they opt to bring a healthy snack to share. They’re just as concerned with the health of the actual players as the health of the player’s characters.
If you’re a D&D mom, you probably bring:
a fruit or veggie tray
maybe some hummus
sparkling water instead of pop
The fruit and veggie trays are probably homemade, unless they don’t have time, in which case they bring that generic tray that every grocery store in the universe has.
Healthy snacks can still be delicious snacks!
They are also probably playing a Cleric, a Paladin, or a Druid — just like all of the healing and support spells you provide, you also provide support in the form of healthy food.
The Lazy D&D Player
The lazy player doesn’t have time to make something to share with the group, so they make a quick pit stop at the grocery store before the session starts. Usually they can be counted on to bring the same thing over and over again (e.g. chips) so the rest of the party knows to avoid bringing the same thing. However, if a whole group is comprised of lazy people, you can run into everyone bringing the same thing: chips, chips, and more chips. Or, everyone brings a frozen food that requires the oven — and then you spend the entire session rotating food out of the oven.
The other lazy player route: “Does anyone want anything from McDonalds?”
If you’re a lazy D&D player, you probably bring:
Chips
Taquitos
Bagel Bites
Mozzarella sticks
Pigs in a blanket
Popcorn chicken
Doritos are a classic chip choice, but they also give you cheesy fingers. Eat with caution.
If you’re a lazy D&D player when it comes to snacks, you’re likely a Rogue, Monk, or Fighter. You truly are lazy — you’d rather spend every turn rolling to attack instead of thinking about what spell you’re going to cast next.
The D&D Roleplayer
The D&D roleplayer is all about creating an in-depth backstory, staying in character, using different accents, and sometimes belting out a tune (if a Bard). As a roleplayer invested in the story, the food you eat during the session helps make the world feel more real.
At a tavern? You’re drinking ale or wine IRL. Failed a constitution save? Time to pound back that drink. You’re drunk!
On a mission? You’re snacking on dried meat, nuts, and fruit. Aren’t rations tasty? If you’re dedicated, you’ve even prepared yourself rations based on your character’s race. Now that’s commitment!
If you’re a roleplayer, you probably bring:
Cheese and crackers
Beef jerky
Dried fruit/berries
Nuts
Beer
Wine
Cider
You can’t go wrong with bringing meat and cheese to a D&D session!
If you’re a D&D roleplayer, you’re probably a Bard, Ranger, or Warlock. If you rolled a Bard and you’re not super into roleplaying — why are you a Bard? Warlocks are usually invested in their edgy backstory, and if you’re a Ranger you’re probably channeling your inner Legolas.
The D&D Player Who Doesn’t Give a Sh*t About Their Health
When you walk into any room, everyone knows who you are. When it comes to dealing massive damage in combat you’re the guy: you’re either swinging your war-hammer around in a blood thirsty rage, or narrowly avoiding a TPK by casting yet another fireball. You don’t give a sh*t about your health (or the health of your party members), and this spills over into real life.
If you don’t care about calories, you probably bring:
Mountain Dew (unpopular opinion: Mountain Dew tastes like flat battery acid)
Mini doughnuts
Cookies
Candy & chocolate
Pizza (“Anyone want Dominoes?”)
Fried chicken
We’ll take one of each, please.
Because who has time for healthy food when you’ve got 34 spells to memorize?
If you’re a D&D player who just doesn’t care about their health, then you're probably playing a Barbarian, Wizard, or a Sorcerer. You either have so many hit points that you don’t know what to do with them, or you have so few that you’re willing to sacrifice party members to get combat over with quickly.
What does your D&D snack say about you? Are you the D&D mom? The lazy player or the roleplayer? Or the person who encourages the group to eat a ton of calories while sitting for hours on end?
If we missed your favourite D&D snack, let us know in the comments below!