Are store brand chips better than name brand chips? – Let’s talk about that. (upbeat music) – Good Mythical Morning. – Hey, you wanna win a trip to meet and eat with us? Well, all you gotta do is pre-order our new novel, “The Lost Causes of Bleak Creek”, and submit your proof of purchase at bleakcreek.com to enter the sweepstakes, the Bleak Creek BBQ Bonanza. – Yes, two winners and their guests will get an all-expense-paid trip out to L.A. for a very mythical pig-picking with us and the crew and tickets to Bleak Creek Conversations, and any pre-order from the past count as proof of purchase. – Void where prohibited, no purchase necessary, full rules on the website. – Now, potatoes. They’re an incredibly versatile root vegetable. With some skill, you can turn ’em into anything, french fries, a small battery, or even a tiny rotting friend. – Or just chips, which I have a tremendous weakness for. And I think that the name brands, Lay’s, Doritos, Tostitos, Fritos, Cheetos, all the o’s, make me the weakest, but I could be wrong. Do store brands have more game than I thought? It’s time for Knock-Off Knockout, Chips Edition. – Each round, we’ll have four bowls of chips in front of us. One will contain a big name brand that we all know, and the other three will have some variety of store brand or generic versions of that same type of chip. – Okay, and we’re gonna be competing to correctly guess the name brand, and the winner will be named Chippy Longstocking. – Ah, there you go. – Let’s taste. – [Both] Round one. – Okay, first up, we got the triangle that’s wrecked more lives than the Bermuda based on addictive taste alone. Let’s find the Dorito that is nacho flavored. Now, this has got a lot of nacho cheese. – That’s a good chip. I could get lost in a bag of those. – Mm hmm. I would say that’s a Dorito. – Oh, this is distinctly different. – That is not a Dorito. Oh, we’re competing, I shouldn’t tell you that. – [Rhett] That’s a Dorito, that’s not a Dorito, got it! (Link laughs) – This one is more corny. – It’s a corn chip. – It’s way too corny. – They’re all corn chips. – This one looks like a Dorito. It tastes like a Dorito. – This is not gonna be easy. I thought this would be so easy. – This one has a lot of cheese, which I just dump cheese on some of those by accident. This one’s got a darker flavor, like a darker corn flavor. – Whoops. – You’re breaking something. This sucks. This is not a Dorito. This is not anything I wanna taste again. This one, I feel like, is my favorite, because it’s my flavor-ite. – I don’t know. They made these look the same. They look the same, man. – [Producer] All right, at this point, you’re just eating a bunch of Doritos. – And I’m having a great time. – I love my job. – All right, are you ready – You gonna make a man not do his job? – To guess? – I’m ready, I’m ready. – I don’t know, freakin’, I don’t freakin’ know. These three are (stammering). – I feel like I know. I’m making an educated guess. – Okay. – Okay, here we go. Three, two, one. – Bam! I’m going with my initial instinct. – [Producer] Okay, the Doritos are in bowl three. – Yes. – How did you know? – I knew that these were definitely not it. – What is that? – [Producer] Okay, so, starting from my left, it’s Clover Valley from Dollar General. So, those are your favorite, Link. – Those are good. – [Producer] Then Market Pantry from Target. – Dollar General. They didn’t taste good. – [Producer] Then Doritos, and then, Great Value from Walmart. – I thought the Great Value did a great job of almost getting to a Dorito, but there is an almost intangible quality that hit me is a Dorito-ness, and it just hit me when I ate ’em. And that’s what I went with. It was a soul connection. – [Both] Round two. – Okay, here we have four different corn chips, all shaped like long-ass toenail clippings. Our job is to identify the Fritos. I’ve had a lot of Fritos in my life, but I never really, I don’t ever look at my food. I just eat it. I just open the bag and I eat it. – These are darker. All right, just by scent alone, I know which one it is. – Okay, well, I’m gonna eat ’em. Quit putting your freakin’ nose in ’em. – I’m not actually touching. Mm, that’s a good Frito in number one slot. Number two tastes a lot better than I… Ugh, not good. That number two slot is jinxed. – Huh, number four is very salty. – That’s burnt. Number three is unsalted and unburnt. Number four, hmm. I’ve lost all perspective. – You said when you smelled ’em, you knew. – But when I tasted ’em, I forgot. – You didn’t. I thought that… – We need some chili up in here. That would help. – [Producer] ‘Kay, you ready? – No! – You ready? You’re eatin’ everything. Get your flag. – [Producer] Well, Link, you have, yep. (laughing) All right, here we go. Three, two, one. – All right, so you agree. And that was my scent assessment as well as taste. – But I’ll tell you right now, I’m like 70% sure I’m right, ’cause these could be Fritos. – That could be it, not these two. – These could be Fritos. – [Producer] The real Fritos are in bowl number two. – No they’re not. – Oh no, you are wrong. – Guys? Are you sure? – The others are Market Pantry from Target. – Why are they so dark? – [Producer] Then Fritos, then Great Value from Walmart, and then Clover Valley from Dollar General. – Fritos are so much darker than anyone ever thought. – [Producer] Again, Link, your favorites were the Dollar General. – Dollar General. – I feel betrayed. – [Both] Round three. – Chester Cheetah says that the cheese puffs are dangerously delicious, but are they actually dangerously overpriced? Let’s find out. These have less cheese. – Again, I just feel like I haven’t been looking at my food enough. – These are cheese-less. Oh my gosh. – They’re not good. That tastes like, are you sure that’s just not a packing peanut? – [Link] Yeah, that’s horrible. – I think that might be actual styrofoam. – And what about these? More cheese. – They’re better than the first ones, but I wouldn’t binge on those. – Look at the diameter. It’s a smaller finger. – I feel like somebody who’s actually really familiar with a Cheeto puff would be like, oh, guys, it’s so obvious which ones they are, but again, I never look, it just goes (crunches). – Now that’s a good one. Finally, we’re getting to the good stuff. Now these are short and stubby, and these are longer and C’d. – Seed? That’s not how Cheetos are made. You don’t plant these and they turn into trees. – It’s like a C. I think these are the tastiest. Now y’all didn’t throw Planters up in this piece, did you? – Hold on, but do Cheetos cheese puffs have a curve to them? – I don’t know. ‘Cause I was a Planters cheese ball man growing up. – Yeah, a totally different world. They’re just balls. – But they also had cylinders. – [Rhett] That tastes the best. – These are an honorable mention. – [Producer] All right. – The Fritos thing really threw me off. – I don’t know if there’s a bend to ’em or not. – [Producer] Okay, here we go. Three, two, one. – Okay. – I thought there was a bend, but these taste better, so I’m going with them. – I agree these taste the best. I’m going out on a limb here, a curved limb. – [Producer] The real Cheetos are in bowl number four. – Yes, okay – Ah, yep. – So, what is, what? – [Producer] The ones that you absolutely hated were Sprouts and then Market Pantry from Target and then Great Value from Walmart. – Great Value’s doing a good job. – So, we didn’t have no Dollar General in this round. They would’ve been the best. – [Both] Round four. – Okay, it’s time for the ultimate chip to dip, and the most underwhelming, but healthful snack to bring to a party, Tostitos tortilla chips. – Now, if I asked you before looking at these to describe Tostitos, what would you say is a hallmark of that chip? I would say thinness. – I wouldn’t have said that. – Don’t love that. – It’s just a corn chip. – Not salty enough. – They’re big. – These taste exactly the same as number one. – No they don’t. – [Link] What’s different to you? – I don’t think I can tell you. – Sure you can. You think they’re better? – I don’t think I can tell you. – Now these are consistently more curly. Not as flat, a lot more structural integrity. – Thicker. That’ll really dip something. – Oh yeah, and they’re tasty too. Then, down here we’ve got– – But your thinness comment is really throwing me off. – These are the thickest ones so far, but not as curly. Those are the thinnest ones. – And you think thinness is the hallmark? – These do not taste, these taste the best. These don’t taste as good. – Man. – Which one of these would you want? – This sitting here eating chips and confusing myself. – Mm hmm, especially after so much flavor in the other rounds, it’s kind of making me sad. – There’s nothing, you can’t just look at ’em and tell. – Tostitos. All right, we’re gonna have to vote. – [Producer] All right, sticks up. Here we go. Three, two, one. – I’m going for the thinnest one. – And you know what, you may be right. I’ve never thought about that. These just taste the most nostalgic to me. So I’m going with three. – [Producer] The real Tostitos are in bowl number two. – Yes. – Uh, you’re right. They are thin. – [Producer] So which ones were your favorite? – Link said he’d liked the taste of the ones that I chose. – I like these a lot. – [Producer] Okay, so, from the left, it’s Signature Select from Albertson’s, then Kroger, and then number four is Clover Valley. – Clover Valley? – So, Kroger is doing a really good job. And Kroger did a really good job with some other test we did. Kroger brings it pretty hard. – [Both] Round five. – Lay’s Original, big name in chips, and a desirable bargaining chip in school playgrounds and prison yards. – Oh yeah, that one time I was in prison. – And I like, I like the curly ones, the ones that flop over on themselves. – If you gave me these and told me they were Lay’s, I would believe you. – Yes. They are great. You ate two. – I ate two of all of ’em. – Hmm. – Oh? – Our sample size here, they’re all smaller in size. – The oil on those is real good. – I was gonna say that it’s actually potato-ier. – And that’s a good thing. Look at that, aw, look at that, it’s a double fold. – See, I don’t think Lay’s actually do that double fold. – That’s a good chip though. – Yeah it is. Moving on over here. That one’s different. – This is a fine line here. – Yeah. This one’s real good. – They’re so crispy. – This one here puts that one to shame. Number four. – That’s solid too. – They’re all great, all those are small. Now I’m just eating them. They’re all in my mouth together. – That’s what I do. – But I know which one is the Lay’s. – Okay, you ready? – I don’t, hold on. I only have a chance to tie. I gotta take this very seriously. – I know. – Okay. – [Producer] Now are you ready? – I got a weakness for chips, man. – Okay. – [Producer] Okay, three, two, one. – You were close, but it’s gotta be three, right? – [Producer] The Lay’s Original chips are in bowl number four. (screaming) – What? – Hey. – What? – [Producer] The others were Great Value, Signature Select, and Kroger. – They’re all good. My personal opinion is that they’re all good. Again, I dug into my soul, I dug into this place where it’s not this decipherable taste. It’s just this thing, it’s a connection with like a deep part of myself. – I thought I’d made the connection. – No, I think you were overthinking it, man. Those are good though. – I was feelin’. These are the best. You think those are the best? – I think that they’re all really good. I don’t know which one is the best. I just knew that was Lay’s. But you know what, all I know is we tied and that we are both officially Chippy Longstocking. – Oh, what’s happening? You were prepared for us to tie. Isn’t that cute? – Wow, okay, this is awesome. (laughing) We’re all winners today. Thanks for liking, commenting, and subscribing. – You know what time it is. – Hey, I’m Matt. – And I’m Noah. – And we’re eatin’ chips. Just got our haircuts and waiting for the car to be washed, and– – It’s time to spin the Wheel of Mythicality. – Chips and a haircut. Click the top link to watch us try wild chip combinations. And Good Mythical Morning. – And to find out where the Wheel of Mythicality’s gonna land. – [Rhett] Need some new accessories for your pup? Look no further than our Mythical Pattern Pack for Pups, available now at mythical.com.