Sludge.

Gosh, I hate pasta packets - ravioli and similar.  It's always doughy, and the filling tastes like a cross between finely milled sawdust and clay.  Not garlic chicken.  Suspension of disbelief not engaged.  I haven't eaten some for five or more years, because I know that I don't like it and that it always disappoints me.  But there it was, and it looked so simple.

Ugh.

On the other hand.

I took a finger food that was a big hit to the dance: dates stuffed with cream cheese and toasted pecans.  Toast whole pecans and allow to cool completely.  Split a date, leaving it hinged.  Remove the stone/pit/hard thing.  Stuff hollow with plain full-fat cream cheese.   Insert cool toasted pecan in the cream cheese.  Make lots.  Eat a few.  Wash your hands after stuffing your face and before continuing with stuffing the dates.