Now, I like cheesecake myself every now and then, but it should be a treat, a luxury item; it is not a necessity!!
In fact, I'd be in favor of abandoning food stamps altogether and going back to giving people "commodities." Let the government purchase basic food items from farmers and give those out.
I had relatives, years ago, who were "on welfare" and that was what they got. Dried beans and peas, rice, corn meal, canned tuna, peanut butter, cheese, powdered milk, and the like.
It would almost certainly decrease fraud and abuse; I doubt many people would be able to trade their dried beans for booze or drugs! People who really need the help still get food, just food they have to make some effort to prepare for themselves.
There would be an outcry, though; how would the recipients buy their chips and sodas??
I don’t know why they ever went off that program of delivering commodities...seems to me it would be far cheaper than what we have now. Now we pay farmers not to grow and pay people to buy almost what they want administered by the same organization, dept of ag.