well, when I was a kid, the 'special' treat was potato soup, with bacon bits in it. I didn't understand that we had it when money was short, because it was cheap.., but in 1946, bacon was cheap again, after the war.

during later kid-hood, it was home fried chicken, and Kool-Aid (my brother & I made up every possible combination of Kool-Aid flavors possible)
but then there was this dessert of something called "Cherry Pudding" my mother made where cherries and nuts (pecans) were embedded in a dough, like a thick cobbler, and 'baked' in a cast-iron skillet on stove top...then a hot sauce of sweetened, thickened cherry juice drizzled over it all. She made that once more for me a few years before she died, but I can't find the recipe in any of her stuff...*sigh*

And always & forever, it is peanut butter and GOOD honey on the best bread I can find, preferably fresh, warm whole-wheat...etc..