There’s the “good guy” that mom wants us to date, or better yet, marry. He’ll open the door for you, pay on the first date, and always call when he says he will—comparable to a Caesar salad.

And then there’s the “bad boy.” Nobody could actually spend forever with the bad boy, but for a moment, you pretend that this can last forever—similar to binge-eating cake. You think that you need the cake. You feel the cake wanting you back. But in the end, you probably should have gone for that refreshing Caesar salad. Yet nonetheless, you find yourself going back to that cake over and over again. Sigh.

Here are 20 “bad boys” you just can’t get enough of.

1. Spaghetti

The temptation to take a bite so big that all the spaghetti hangs out of your mouth while you chew is unbearable.

2. Pizza

Doesn’t it just make your heart throb when the pizza is so hot that the cheese just falls right off?

3. Steak

You replay that moment when you cut off the first piece of steak because you remember the way he made you feel special.

4. Donuts

When you’re at a sleepover, and dad actually brings donuts over for breakfast? Like, wait, what? Do you even know donuts? You know I won’t even ask. Just yes.

5. Ice Cream

You don’t care if your ice cream is covered in toppings or straight out of the Blue Bell carton, you’ll always say yes to this lover boy who plays it so cool.

6. Mac and Cheese

Admit it. You can’t control yourself when you’ve got a big bowl of mac and cheese in front of you.

7. Burgers

This bad boy has got it all, veggies and cheese. He’s a little good with a whole lot of bad to drive you just the right amount of crazy.

8. Brownies

Especially if you can get the edges the perfect amount of chewy, you’ll be spending all week eyeing them bad boys.

9. Queso

That feeling when your restaurant server brings the queso is a type of hubba-hubba you have never known before.

10. Bread Rolls

So golden and soft, how could you not reach for a bread roll at least three or four times until you get the point? You know, to stop.

11. Mozzarella Sticks

Fried cheese is always messing with me. My head says “No” while my heart says “Yes.” How’s that song go? “Listen to your heart, when he’s calling for you.”

12. Cookie Dough

This is the one your parents warned you about. “Don’t do it,” they said. “You’ll get sick,” they said. So you had to sneak it behind their back.

13. Cinnamon Rolls

With so many layers, of course, you want to get to the center of the cinnamon roll. You know underneath all their “bad,” that they’re really just a sweetheart with a tough past.

14. Burritos

Nothing compares to that feeling of being held by your burrito. You just feel so little in their arms. So girly. So dainty. So petite.

15. Cake Batter

You know you never even cared about the actual cake. Say it. You never even cared.

16. Flaming Hot Cheetos

Okay, this one you physically can’t stop yourself from eating no matter how bad he is. Literally one bite, and Flaming Hot Cheetos will reel you in like a fish. There ain’t no turnin’ back, honey.

17. Chicken Nuggets

You tell yourself that the 10 count won’t last forever. But with so many chickens in one box, you can at least pretend, right?

18. French Toast

Screw it, and cover your plate in as much syrup as possible. You don’t think about it. You just act before you can reason with yourself.

19. French Fries

What a typical bad boy. French Fries seem to be everywhere you go: the drive-through, the lunch line, the freezer. They never let you forget that they do, indeed, exist.

20. Ding Dongs

This bad boy is from you hometown. You met in elementary school at the Snack Bar, and you have a meaningful past. You know that things can never work out, but wouldn’t it be a fairytale if it did?

Bad boys will always be bad. They all seem to be the same shade of carbs and saturated fats. I’m sure there will be a day when reaching for a Caesar salad will sound more appealing than reaching for that sixth slice of cake. Sadly, it just might take gaining 25 pounds to realize than nobody can actually live with a bad boy. I guess you got to learn the hard way.

So, here’s to the Caesar salads who act like real men and treat women like princesses.