Pass the breath mints, Hollywood. Liam Hemsworth has revealed that he once had a penchant for peanut butter and onion sandwiches. Appearing on The Kelly Clarkson Show, the star says that he was inspired to try the (ahem) unusual combo as a kidlet, after watching the film Little Monsters, in which child actor Fred Savage makes a PB and onion sandwich. While onions alone are usually enough to make anyone cry, and this pairing may want to make sandwich purists weep a little, Hemsworth is not flying solo here – Ernest Hemingway was also a fan. He even referenced a PB and onion sambo in his novel Islands in the Stream, calling it the “Mount Everest Special”, because it was “one of the highest points in the sandwich-maker’s art”. If you’re game enough to try it, you might find yourself a convert – the pungency of the onion will be tempered by the PB’s creamy sweetness while adding a delightful crispness, and the onion’s savoury notes are highlighted by the butter’s salty ones. You’ve had satay with onions before, right? And that was delicious.

Much like many of the world’s great discoveries, this surprising culinary match was stumbled upon quite by accident. Because seriously, how else would it ever occur to anyone to put some mustard on a chocolate cream biscuit? But before you start posting little green-face spew emojis, you should give News Editor Elizabeth McDonald’s palate-pushing pairing a chance. Consider the spicy sharpness of Dijon, and imagine a touch of that added to the cloying sweetness of an Oreo cookie. The tang would carry though the sugar, and let the earthy chocolate flavours of the biscuit come to the fore. It’s almost musical, really.

You might need a glass of water after you read this one. Our Creative Director Hayley Incoll enjoys her Weetbix with butter. None of that pesky milk getting in the way with its annoying moisture content. But after you’ve taken a big glug of H2O to relieve that sudden case of desert mouth, you might realise she’s onto something. The ‘bix’ is for biscuit, after all. And a good slather of a quality rich and salty butter on a wheaty biscuit is pretty much a match made in heaven. So sorry for all the pointing and laughing, Hayls. I’ll do better, I promise.

This just sounds like my regular Friday night on the couch, until I realise that Digital Director John Hannan is talking about eating these two foods together. But while I’m on my way to HR to report my concerns, I realise that he might not be having a breakdown, after all. Who were the first chocolate lovers? The ancient Aztecs. And what else did they like to eat? Corn. A quick bit of googling confirms that they used to pair these two together, and you can still find this combo in Mexico today. So let’s think about John’s choice for a moment: chocolate is sweet and slightly bitter. Corn is sweet and slightly nutty. Then throw in some salt from corn chips and boom! You’ve got one helluva flavour fiesta going on in your mouth. So yes, I was wrong. Milk chocolate and corn chips is a good idea. John is smart. Be like John.

Moving on to my regular Saturday night on the couch (I really should get out more), we have the delightful Corinne Parkes’ sweet and salty selection. But our Social Media Editor’s choice is an interesting one, because it’s not just about the pairing of the sweetness of the choc and the saltiness of the chips – the vinegar throws in a whole new bitter-acid curveball, which really gives your mouth something to think about. But the show ain’t over yet. Then there’s the textures to consider – the light-as-air crispiness of Maltesers with their smooth chocolate shell juxtaposed with the satisfying hard crunch of the chips. A spectacular combination.

Here, News Editor Elizabeth has taken the classic pairing of chocolate and cheese and boldly pushed both ingredients to either end of their respective flavour spectrums. And I salute her chutzpah. While both white chocolate and blue cheese can be a tad overwhelming when eaten on their own, bringing the super-sweet smooth choc and the super-salty, sharp and funky cheese together creates this beautiful balance, like some kind of tiny mellow tightrope walker teetering his way along your taste buds. Am I high? Only on life, my friend.