Food and beverage

The following is a list of food and beverage shown in the series.

Friendship is Magic, part 1

 * Twilight Sparkle is introduced to the Apple family over brunch, whom Applejack summons with a call of "soup's on."
 * Various dishes are seen delivered to the table by family members, with implications that they are associated by name, but either some treats look very similar or there are more family members than treats.
 * In a long shot, after the introductions, an uncovered dish is holding carrots.
 * Pinkie Pie throws a welcoming party for Twilight. Treats on the table include cupcakes and beverages in wide, green bottles clearly meant to be drunk from large goblets and labeled with bubbles. There is also a large bottle of hot sauce.
 * During the opening of the Summer Sun Celebration, a table with food can be seen. On the table are cupcakes and fresh apples, the latter which is used to silence Pinkie Pie.

Friendship is Magic, part 2

 * Applejack mentions candy apples.

The Ticket Master

 * Spike eats a fresh apple (whole, and messily) after tossing aside several others in a search for a "perfect" one. Apples were also eaten raw in "Boast Busters."
 * Pinkie Pie describes treats that she expects will be available at the Grand Galloping Gala. This list includes sugar cubes, sugar canes, (ice cream) sundays, and sasparilla (a flavor of soft drink). She also imagines a piñata breaking open, releasing lollypops, banded candy sticks, and a wrapped sweet. At least four of the apple dishes presented to Twilight in "Friendship is Magic, part 1" appear during her imaginary sequence.
 * Immediately after eating the petals she pulled off a flower in her table's centerpiece, Twilight Sparkle orders a "daffodil and daisy sandwich" at a cafe. Spike, unable to get rubies, asks for the hay fries, "extra crispy." (In real life, daffodils taste nasty and can be toxic to the point of poisoning; even deer don't like them. The petals of some varieties of daisy are edible by humans, but their pollen can produce allergic reations.)
 * Applejack offers the hungry Twilight her choice of apple-themed treats. Her cart is filled with mostly the same images as used in the first episode.
 * A Background pony (Linky) offers Twilight carrots.

Applebuck Season

 * Jars of what appear to be strawberry preserves are seen on a shelf in Sugarcube Corner during the episode "Applebuck Season," as are bags of potato chips and at least three different colors of soda pop bottles.
 * Muffins are made at Sugarcube Corner.
 * Applejack offers apple juice to her friends that are helping her finish the harvest.

Griffon the Brush Off

 * Pinkie Pie consoles herself with what appears to be a malted milk.
 * Treats at the party Pinkie throws for Gilda include vanilla lemon drops, punch, and cake.

Boast Busters

 * Snip and Snipe bring Trixie a "smoothie," which in the real world is a thick beverage usually made primarily from blended fruits. Hers, however, has "extra hay, just how you like it."

Look Before You Sleep

 * S'mores (a sandwich-like treat, chocolate and marshmallow between graham crackers) are made during Twilight's slumber party. Applejack is shown roasting three marshmallows at a fireplace.

Swarm of the Century

 * The Parasprites will eat any food they can get to. (Such as?)

Winter Wrap Up

 * Carrots, celery, and flowers (already mentioned as edible by the ponies) are referenced in the episode "Winter Wrap Up." A large turnip is visible in the basket of vegetables offered a pair of ferrets.
 * Spike bathes Twilight Sparkle in canned tomato juice to counter skunk spray.

Call of the Cutie

 * Pinkie Pie takes Apple Bloom off to bake cupcakes.
 * Cake is available at the party held in Sugarcube Corner.
 * One pony drinks directly from the punchbowl.

Fall Weather Friends

 * Pinkie Pie mentions a hot dog eating contest. Her exchange with Spike mentions ketchup, mustard, and pickles.
 * Tree sap is being harvested in Whitetail Wood during the Running of the Leaves. In the real world, the method used is typical for the making of maple syrup and maple sugar -- in the spring.

Suited for Success

 * Hoity Toity, upon seeing the outfit Rarity made for Applejack, mentions a sudden craving for several dishes.

Sonic Rainboom

 * Despite her affection for hot sauce covered cupcakes, Pinkie Pie thinks rainbows taste too spicy.

Stare Master

 * Early in the episode, Twilight mentions going out to Zecora's place in the Everfree Forest to get some of her favorite tea.
 * Near the end of the episode, Fluttershy and Twilight are seen sitting with a teapot and cups between them.

The Show Stoppers

 * The Cutie Mark Crusaders make taffy at Sugarcube Corner. Lollypops and spiraled candy sticks can be seen in the background.

A Dog and Pony Show

 * During a brief pampering during her captivity, Rarity requests "sparkling" (carbonated or soda) water (also known as club soda or seltzer) but doesn't receive it.

Cooks and recipes
As should be clear by now, the ponies in the show don't just eat raw or unexplained "it's magic" dishes. They also combine ingredients and cook.


 * Applejack is described by Pinkie Pie as "the best baker ever" during "Applebuck Season."
 * Fluttershy's rabbit companion Angel mixes a salad that is offered to Twilight Sparkle during "The Ticket Master."
 * Pinkie Pie is herself an enthusiastic baker, although her tendency to enjoy hot sauce (in "Friendship is Magic, part 1") and blackened cupcakes (in "Call of the Cutie") raises questions about the quality of her results.
 * The young pony Twist makes her own peppermint sticks, mentioned by her in "Call of the Cutie."
 * Apple Bloom tries to bake cupcakes with Pinkie Pie during "Call of the Cutie," but the results are a messy kitchen, blackened cupcakes that only Pinkie Pie finds edible, and a very unhappy young filly.

Episodes 1, 3, and 14 make use of a running gag -- the listing off of various apple-themed treats. Mentioned are:


 * Apple pie
 * Apple fritter
 * Apple dumpling
 * Apple crisp
 * Apple crumble
 * Apple Brown Bettie
 * Dutch apple pie
 * Candied apple on a stick
 * Apple turnover
 * Apple cobbler

In "Applebuck Season," Pinkie Pie names the following ingredients for muffins:


 * Sugar
 * Eggs
 * Chocolate chips
 * Baking soda
 * Flour (a cup)
 * Wheat germ

In "Call of the Cutie," Pinkie Pie sings about the ingredients for cupcakes in "Baking Cupcakes":

Other ingredients mentioned elsewhere include:
 * Flour (a cup)
 * Mix (the flour is added to it)
 * Something sweet (shown as a lollypop, a candy stick, and a wrapped sweet)
 * Salt ("just a pinch")
 * Vanilla (a teaspoon, but "add a little more, and you count to four")


 * Pepper and vanilla ("Griffon the Brush Off")