Solar Eclipse-Themed Foods

While Monday's eclipse is indeed a once-in-a-lifetime experience, you're going to need something else to do outside the two and a half minutes you'll be staring at the sky. From Charleston to Portland, cities across the country are celebrating this blackout with their own set of pitch-black treats you can snack on as you don your goggles in anticipation. 

Sprinkles Cupcakes
(Multiple Locations) 

At locations nationwide, the cult-fave cupcake bakery is paying homage to this day of darkness with an intensely chocolaty black velvet cake made from Dutch cocoa, which is then smothered in a blanket of whipped ganache.

Lincoln's Bar-B-Que 
(Silver Spring, MD) 

Perched way above a stratosphere of whipped-cream clouds sits an Oreo ice cream sandwich, dusted in a corona of yellow sugar, meaning you can literally have your eclipse and eat it, too.

Krispy Kreme
(Multiple Locations)

In honor of the eclipse, Krispy Kreme is covering its original rings in a dark, shiny chocolate glaze for the first time ever.

Crux Fermentation Project
(Bend, OR)

If you want to, ahem, black out in more ways than one, head to Crux's brewery for a few bottles of this refreshingly crisp lager, whose roast malts lend a toasted flavor and shadowy appearance. 

Wiz Bang Bar
(Portland, OR)

If you're driving through Oregon this weekend, stop by Salt & Straw's soft-serve bar for a sunny core of coconut and turmeric ice cream enrobed in a black sesame shell. 

Excel Bottling Company
(Breese, IL)

Available at local grocery stores, this Illinois-based soda company's limited-edition flavor is a bubbly, dark sipper perfect for watching the moon pass by.

Morgenstern's Finest Ice Cream
(New York, NY)

Luckily, you don't have to wait until April 2024 for the next opportunity to enjoy this inky-black flavor. Made from coconut cream, burnt coconut ash gives this year-round ice cream its trademark color (or lack thereof).