Ingredients: (Plain): Enriched wheat flour [flour, enzyme, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid, ascorbic acid (dough conditioner)], water, high-fructose corn syrup. Contains 2% or less of: yeast, salt, vital wheat gluten, mono and diglycerides, calcium sulfate, guar gum, enzyme, l-cysteine monohydrochloride (dough conditioner), yellow corn meal.

Ingredients: Enriched bleached flour [wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate (Vitamin B1), riboflavin (Vitamin B2), folic acid], water, whole wheat flour, nonfat milk, high-fructose corn syrup, yeast, wheat gluten, wheat fiber, soybean oil, salt, butter (milk), calcium carbonate, calcium sulfate, calcium propionate (preservative), calcium stearoyl, lactylate, grain vinegar, monoglycerides, ascorbic acid (dough conditioner), soy lecithin, folic acid, Vitamin D, azodicarbonamide.

Ingredients: (Everything): Unbleached, enriched wheat flour (flour, malted barley flour, reduced iron, niacin, thiamine mononitrate (Vitamin B1), riboflavin (Vitamin B2), folic acid), water, high-fructose corn syrup, sunflower seeds, yeast, sesame seeds, salt, onions, poppy seeds, cornmeal, monoglycerides, wheat gluten, garlic, preservatives (calcium propionate, sorbic acid, potassium sorbate), guar gum, citric acid, modified cornstarch, maltodextrin, soy flour.

Ingredients: Whole wheat flour, water, sugar, inulin, soy fiber, wheat gluten, yeast, soybean oil, salt, wheat bran, molasses, mono- and diglycerides, calcium propionate (preservative), Vitamin D3, calcium carbonate, monocalcium phosphate, soy lecithin.

Ingredients: Enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate [Vitamin B1], riboflavin [Vitamin B2], folic acid), sugar, whole wheat (graham) flour, vegetable oil (contains one or more of the following: cottonseed oil, partially hydrogenated soybean and cottonseed oil, hydrogenated cottonseed oil, TBHQ and citric acid for freshness), honey, high-fructose corn syrup, calcium carbonate, salt, baking soda, cinnamon, maltodextrin, soy lecithin.

Ingredients: (Lay’s Lime & Cracked Black Pepper): Potatoes, sunflower oil, salt, sugar, black pepper, sour cream (cultured cream, nonfat milk), natural flavors (including lime juice powder), corn flour, maltodextrin, citric acid, yeast, sodium diacetate, whey, malic acid and artificial colors (yellow 5, red 40, blue 1).

Ingredients: (Whole wheat): Organic whole wheat flour, water, organic expeller pressed high oleic safflower, and/or sunflower, and/or canola oils, less than 2% of the following: organic wheat gluten, salt, organic sugar, cultured whey, organic oat fiber, citric acid or tartaric acid, monocalcium phosphate or sodium bicarbonate, enzymes.

Ingredients: (Four Cheese): Enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate [Vitamin B1], riboflavin [Vitamin B2], folic acid); vegetable oil (cottonseed and/or partially hydrogenated soybean oil with TBHQ for freshness); modified corn starch; Cheddar, Romano, Blue and Monterey Jack cheeses (milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes); salt; contains 2% or less of whey; wheat gluten; autolyzed yeast extract; paprika; maltodextrin; monosodium glutamate; milk protein concentrate; buttermilk; cream; tomato, natural and artificial flavors; onion; garlic; citric acid; torula yeast; disodium phosphate; lactic acid; sodium caseinate; nonfat milk; yellow #5 lake; sodium diacetate; red pepper; celery seed; paprika oleoresin for color; caramel color; hydrolyzed casein; malic acid; sodium phosphate; soy lecithin; disodium inosinate and disodium guanylate; yellow #6; yellow #5; turmeric extract.

Welcome to The Nosh Pit, a newsection devoted to niche, not-so-mainstream bakery and snack food products. Each month, Maria Pilar Clark, Snack Food & Wholesale Bakery’s associate editor — and the magazine’s resident Roaming Gastronome — features a mishmash of creative ideas and magnificently orchestrated kitsch that is embraced with open arms … and mouths! Contact her at pilar@ascendmedia.com.

Feed your mind and your stomach with Knowledge in a Nutshell cookies from Jenny Lee Bakery. Though walnut-shaped, the cookies are completely nut-free and chock-full of popular trivia questions sure to fill your noggin with plenty of food for thought.

The Edible Game-A Smart Cookie is the brain child of KIN-JEN, who is partnered with 75-year old Jenny Lee. Both companies also have teamed up with Knowledge in a Nutshell, the creators of nine books of fun facts on history, music, sports, movies, success and any other manner of Americana you can think of. And it’s those interesting and fascinating facts that go into each cookie. As the company notes “there are cookies and there are games — this gives you both.”

“It’s America’s answer to the fortune cookie,” says Audrey Reichblum, president of arPR inc. “But they taste a lot better, and are more challenging and fun.”

Designed by international architect Sylvester Damianos, FAIA, the cookies are made from a proprietary formula reminiscent of a shortbread and sugar cookie hybrid. Each cookie is hollow inside and chocolate-iced on three sides, allowing for the questions and answers to be rolled up and tucked inside, so that only the “Q” and the “A” ends stick out.

“It’s not a mainstream cookie, and is sold via word of mouth, off the web or for special events,” Reichblum explains. “We’re the cookie that entertains … it’s a quiz, it’s a contest, it’s a puzzle.”

Cram your cranium with Knowledge in a Nutshell cookies, available at Jenny Lee Bakery stores, by calling 1-800-NUTSHELL or visiting www.knowledgeinanutshell.com. The cookies retail for $1.00 each, $12.95 for a box of 12, and $19.95 for a tub of 20.

See if you know the answer to this Knowledge in a Nutshell brain teaser: “Where is Strawberry Fields in the Beatles’ famous song?” It’s not on Abbey Road or in Norwegian Wood. The answer? “It’s an orphanage in Liverpool.”