Let's be honest, we've all had our fair share of "misses" when it comes to pairing wine with food. Chef Boyardee is hardly the Italian cuisine you’d want to pour expensive wine—or even box wine for, for that matter. Despite this, what I have discovered is that I am not the only one who loves a good junk food with a little Chardonnay.

Ray Isle, Food & Wine’s Executive Wine Editor, wrote an entire article for CNN.com on the best wines to pair with doughnuts and Slim Jims. If you don’t trust me, trust this guy—he’s got a better title than I do. He recommends the elegant combination of Champagne and French fries.

And he’s not the only one. Foodandwine.com, huffingtonpost.com, and foxnews.com also threw out little articles to highlight the best combinations for the junk food eating wine lovers. I know it’s a far cry from oysters and caviar, but believe me:  after your first introduction, you’ll never want to eat beef jerky without red wine again.

And who knows? Maybe you’ll start out the same way I did that fateful night when the only things in my refrigerator were a half-emptied bottle of White Zinfandel and an unopened, one-pound tub of Twizzlers; a combination, by the way, I highly recommend.

So, what do you like to eat with your wine when no one is watching? Comment below and tell us your favorite snack and wine combinations!

Meghan Guarino