Sweetroll Sweetrolls , sometimes spelled as Sweet Rolls , are a confectionery food in series , starting in the first game , . They are pastries with a light brown sweetbread as the lower part , with icing covering the top . Sweetrolls are typically made from milk , flour , butter , eggs , and salt . Games . Arena . The Sweetroll is a staple for many of Bethesda ' s games , and could be considered a running gag . The joke itself originated in where , at the beginning of the game , one of the class - determining questions is : Daggerfall and Morrowind . The same question appears with slight variation in and to determine starting skill levels . The following quote and three options appear : Oblivion . For the first time in the series , sweetrolls have been implemented as an edible food item . Occasionally , in Skingrad , if a character is asked about rumors , they talk about Salmo ' s sweetrolls . Then they will say , " " One time I took a sweetroll into an alleyway to eat when three thugs jumped out at me . So I took the sweetroll and . . . " " in reference to its usage in previous titles . Salmo himself will also comment about the quality of his sweetrolls . Additionally , Fimmion in has a notable obsession with the treat and will ask for one during related quests . Skyrim . The sweetroll phenomenon also appears in . When the Dragonborn passes Hold Guard s , on occasion they are known to make comical voices towards the Dragonborn while saying , " " Let me guess , someone stole your sweetroll ? , " " where the possible intention is to make fun of the Dragonborn by making them seem weak , or even more likely be a joke about the starting questions in " Arena " and " Daggerfall " . Dagny will regularly comment on the poor quality of the sweetrolls in Whiterun , and children will occasionally chase one another around while saying , " " Give me back my sweetroll ! " " Cicero will also randomly comment , " " Cicero is hungry , need a sweetroll . . . or a carrot . " " In the DLC in Glover Mallory ' s basement there are several sweetrolls beside the loot on the table . This is most likely a reference to the Hold Guard ' s remarks , as Glover was once a thief . Online . Sweetrolls can be crafted in with honey , flour , and other grains . Additionally , a Breton named Ennia will comment to the Vestige , " " Let me guess . You ' re looking for some place to buy sweetrolls . " " as a parody of the Hold Guards ' line in " Skyrim " . Guards will also comment , " " I love to crush skulls and eat sweetrolls , and I ' ve no more sweetrolls , " " in reference to " " and subsequently " " . Other characters will comment about how desirable sweetrolls are in general ; for example there is Javierre Mathierry , who calls them " delicious , " and Harcourt Rernis , who laments Javierre eating the last one . There is also a purchasable horse whose default name is " Sweetroll . " In areas added with the DLC , sweetrolls can now be found as obtainable items without the need for crafting . Most of them are considered private property , meaning that if one takes them , it will be considered stealing . This is likely a reference to the quote " " Let me guess , someone stole your sweetroll ? " " . In the DLC , sweetrolls are involved in the quest The Sweetroll Killer , where a serial killer has been planting sweetrolls at the sights of their latest murder victims . Legends . Sweet Rolls have a small chance to be summoned in , when the Wabbajack is used on a creature . It turns into a weak token card with 0 attack and 1 defense points , with its only default use being to heal creatures that eat it . Its race is the humorous " Pastry " race , of which it is the only member . Loading Screens tease at the Wabbajack having a small chance to turn enemies into delicious food . Fallout . In a cross - over reference , sweetrolls are present within the " Fallout " universe , another game series developed by Bethesda . Fallout 3 . In " Fallout 3 " , there is a scene acted out for the phenomenon . At the player ' s 10th birthday party , a kind old lady gives you a sweetroll . When the birthday cake is ruined , the local bully attempts to coerce you into giving him the sweetroll . Most responses will result in him punching the player until security steps in . Fallout Shelter . In " Fallout Shelter " , characters will sometimes comment , " " Someone stole my sweetroll ! , " " and another will reply either , " " That ' s terrible ! You just don ' t mess with a person ' s sweetroll . . . " " or , " " My goodness ! Who could have done such a thing ! * burp * . " " Fallout 4 . In " Fallout 4 " , sweetroll s can be found throughout the wasteland . A considerable number of them can be found inside Mean Pastries , a pre - war bakery .