"Okay, uh --" He spreads out his hands flat over the table, by way of illustration. "It starts with a layer of chocolate chip cookie bars. Then over that there's a layer of caramel and nuts, and over that a layer of Rice Krispies treats -- that's crisped rice in melted marshmallows, formed into bars -- and then over that there's a layer of bittersweet chocolate."

A beat.

"And then over the chocolate you can put toffee bits, candy-coated peanuts, or anything else you think is excessive."