Dive into the peculiar origins of Graham crackers, created not just as a tasty treat but as part of a moral crusade against lustful thoughts. Turns out, the quest for health can be a little weird!

Sylvester Graham believed bland food could quash impure urges, so Graham crackers: the strange invention with a moral agenda, were born. By the 1880s, his followers were snacking for righteousness, but America sweetened the recipe, making Graham crackers a treat, not a tool for virtue.