It's sin and salvation as that savory treat enters his mouth, breaks against his teeth with a satisfying crack, melts on his tongue, and slides down his gullet. It's part courage, part foolishness, part aphrodisiac, and part comforter, but what it is always temptation.

"Scooby want a snack?" they ask to make him braver and stronger, to urge him into the haunted house or abandoned, ghost-filled mine. For the snack's sake, he doesn't mind. "Re're the reatest retectives!" he says; he has his treat, and Shaggy has one too; they're ready for adventure...