Would you pay $100 for a doughnut? One Brooklyn eatery thinks you should.
The Manila Social Club recently debuted the Golden Cristal Ube Donut, a $100 snack filled with ube (a purple yam — the latest in trendy food) mousse and Champagne jelly, and covered in Cristal-infused icing and 24 karat edible gold. Worth it?
I’m not going to lie — I’d love to get my hands on one of these bad boys, if — and that’s a big if — I didn’t have to pay for it. As a matter of fact, there are plenty of foods I wouldn’t mind tasting gratis, if for no other reason than to say I had tried them.
Take a look at these ridiculously pricey bites. Would you pony up your hard-earned cash for them?
Pro tip for fancying up lowbrow snacks: Use gold flake with a heavy hand. Instant price hike.
World’s most expensive potato chips
St. Erik’s Brewery with Swedish chef Pi Le created these potato chips with rare Nordic ingredients. ($56/box)
Donutopia
Another $100 doughnut: Dolicious Donut’s Donutopia, boasting gold flake and edible diamonds… kind of.
Fabergé egg chocolate dessert
Now this intricate treat is topped with a real diamond. And it costs $35,000. Yes, really.
Berco’s Billion Dollar Popcorn
OK, it’s actually $250, which is still a whole lot for popcorn. But it’s got fancy salt and gold flake.
Dom Pérignon jelly doughnut
Krispy Kreme UK created this $1,685 doughnut to benefit a children’s charity. That counts for something.
Dragon dog
A $100 foot-long brat infused with 100-year-old Louis XIII cognac, lobster, Kobe beef and truffle sauce.
Whole Foods chips
It’s probably a typo, but they don’t call it Whole Paycheck for nothing — $24 for tortilla chips sounds about right.
Golden Opulence sundae
Parts of this $1,000 sundae from NYC’s Serendipity 3 are flown in from around the world, so preordering is a must.
Douche Burger
One food truck’s response to the gourmet burger trend. Coming in at $666, it’s “full of rich people s***.”
Yubari melons
These trendy cantaloupes pull in $50 – $100, but perfect pairs have gone for as much as $26,000 at auction.
Tokyo Dog
$169 gets you a ‘dog full of caviar, wagyu beef, foie gras, shaved black truffles and more. No ketchup allowed.
Golden Phoenix cupcake
Nothing to see here, just a $1,000 dessert (with more edible gold) from Bloomsbury’s Cupcakes in Dubai.
Ostrich egg
At $40, one ostrich egg had better equal about 12 dozen chicken eggs.
Victoria ice cream sundae
There’s ultra-rare Rémy Martin Louis XIII cognac in this $1,000 sundae. And yes, that crown is edible.
Pineapple split
$25 actually sounds pretty reasonable after seeing the other options here.
Walmart cookies
Walmart’s just trying to keep up with the fancy food trends.
Glamburger
No 99-cent menu at this London joint. This burger costs $1,768 and of course comes complete with a gold leaf bun.
Cauliflower
OK, $7 is not that much, but I assure you this in not the way to get the masses to eat cauliflower.
Gold leaf pizza
Supposedly this lobster thermidor pizza costs only about $25, but it has gold leaf, so… it’s on the list.
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