I would argue that possibly the biggest fad that has occurred in the past decade has been the cupcake. With the advent of a multitude of shows like Cupcake Wars, gourmet cupcake shops began popping up everywhere. Anything that looked like a cake was not actually a cake, it was just a bunch of cupcakes put together in the form of a cake. What kind of nonsense is that? It was impossible to go anywhere without being surrounded by cupcakes. The cupcake tends to be viewed as a very simple, portable, easy to eat dessert, but this description is not even close to accurate. Eating a cupcake has become a tricky and variable art form: here are four common methods and what they say about the people who adhere to them.

1. The Biter

These are the people who know what they want and know that they want it now. They often do not take time to think before acting. They see an opportunity right in front of them and dive in.They are risk takers that fear nothing. The biters dig into that whole cupcake with no regrets, not even the frosting that inevitably ends up all over their face.

2. The Licker

These are the people who want immediate satisfaction. They tend to only focus on what is good for them short term without analyzing the future hardships that may occur from their rash actions. They often do not learn from their mistakes. The lickers will always take off all the frosting first, in an ice cream cone-eating manner and, alas, only be left with the boring cake at the end.

3. The Scraper

These are the people that tend to play things safe. They prefer to follow the same routine and don’t like surprises. Often they do not care what other people think and will remain stuck in their ways. The truly destructive people in this world, they create the war zone above, but on purpose. The scrapers take all of the frosting off of their cupcake leaving a mess on their plate and drawing the attention of aghast passersby.

4. The Sandwicher

These are the people who refuse to accept things at just their surface value. They are adventurers always looking to answer questions differently than any person that has come before them. The true engineers of our time, the sandwichers really bring the cupcake to its fullest potential. By ripping off a portion of the cake and re-positioning it on top of the frosting they create a perfect ratio of cake to frosting in each bite, without the mess that the biters experience.

As you can see the way you eat a cupcake says a lot about who you are as a person. Make sure to keep that in mind the next time you visit your favorite gourmet cupcake bakery.