http://np.reddit.com/r/grilledcheese/comments/2or1p3/you_people_make_me_sick/

Credit http://cheezburger.com/Rogge93/

I cannot believe this has not been realized before, and yes its not perfect, like my Perfect Midnight Grilled Cheese Sandwich; but this approaches brilliance. Caution, do this at your own risk.  Mess this up and you can ruin your toaster or worse.  So really, be careful.

Now let it be said I have not tried this and in fact do not have a pop up toaster anymore, but in theory, it should work. Even better if you have an extra wide popup toaster. From my years of grilled cheese making experience I’m going to take a stab the instructions for making a grilled cheese with a pop up toaster:

0) FIRST, clean the toaster.  If you do not will start a fire.  A reader tried and thus smokes an old toaster.

1) pre toast the toast.  Part of what makes a good grill cheese is getting the bread toasted just right.  Set it to light.

2) Butter the toast LIGHTLY on one side. If you put it upside down and there is even a HINT of dripping, you put on too much.

3) Add cheese to the non butter side of the toast. How much cheese you ad depends on the width of the toaster slot.

4) Set the toaster on the Dark setting. You want to get the cheese to just start melting.  Make sure you slowly release the toaster spring (holder, cradle or whatever its called) before it pops itself.  You may want to place a plate or a catchers mitt to catch the toast just in case.

5) Assemble the sandwich.  Add tomatoes typically.

6) Set the toaster right side up, put your sandwith on top over the two slots if you need any extra cooking or if you like your cheese gooey.

And there you go!  A wonderful grilled cheese sandwich with nothing more then a pop up toaster.

If anyone tries this, let me know.

Ok, first, lets get the ingredients together..

• Wisconsin medium (or sharp) cheddar ( or any other non over processed cheese)
• Bread.  I go between 7 whole grain to the low of the low, safeway French toast bread.  Today it was the French bread cut.
• Tomato.  The fresher the better.  Get heirloom if you can.
• Turkey based Pepperoni slices. (yea, really not kidding about this bit)

Ok, so prep your ingredients ..  Toast the bread lightly!

Only add a SMALL pinch of salt and black pepper to the tomatoes.

Now here is a trick.  Microwave the pepperoni slices in a paper towel. About 20s should be fine. Dry and crispy.

ok.. now the secret step..  The “Lean mean fat grilling machine! ”  Yea baby…

Toast the bread, apply a light bit of butter and assemble.

Close the lid and let it cook.  After the top had been browned, unplug and let it sit for a few minutes and TaDa!! The perfect midnight grilled cheese sandwich!  Enjoy!!!  Yea, I’m sure there are better things I could be doing with my time.

{update..}

As you can see from the comments, I seem to have inspired a similar and it seems just as perfect midnight grilled cheese bagel.  Have to thank Max for this image, who, for some reason disappears from my twitter records after a day or two.