Is it time for another hint?

yes. Flint, close your eyes.

carrots in absentia

Damn! Well, then I am out of guesses. I will probably have a "duh" moment when someone gets it correct.

This could fly since Mr. Clodfobble delivered that wonderful riposte.......

Clodfobbles In Austin

:D

I simply cannot come up with anything, so asked my housemate
Perhaps I didn't explain the game clearly enough

In response to the CIA prompting he came up with Pigs in Blankets
I am still laughing

See, now I've begun to suspect that this is just a product that no one north of the Mason-Dixon line has ever heard of. But people living in my state wouldn't consider it unusual in the slightest. Alright, how's this: I have posted at least two recipes on the Cellar that included this ingredient.

I would never have got this in a million years without the clue
So I feel a bit shabby... but it's my only chance of ever getting one:

chipotles in adobo

adobo? isn't that a little house made of clay?

Must be the Southwestern equivalent of Log Cabin Syrup.

It's the spicy sauce they usually come in.

And I would definitely put them on waffles before eating the abomination that is syrup, so I suppose they are roughly equivalent. :)