Today we use democracy for good: M&M’S flavor ranking. – Let’s talk about that. (trippy music) Good Mythical Morning. – A few months back, we premiered a new format where we allowed crew members to override us in deciding something very, very important: Which flavor of Doritos was best? – And y’all, there was drama. There was highs, there were lows, arguments, upsets and triumphs. I really did not like having my power diluted. – That was clear. – But the winner lives on in the rafters, and I do like that. – Mm hm. – You know, one day it may fall, but then we’ll just put it back up, because I really like that. – And it’s just Doritos. – Yeah. – And we’re gonna do it again today, but with M&M’S, and may God help us all. It’s time for “In Flavor Of: M&M’S Edition”. Welcome to the Voting Vortex Zone. – [Stevie] Alright boys, we’ve got a brand new panel of tasters ready to help you make these determinations today. We have Gwynedd from Sporked, who wrote Sporked’s definitive ranking of M&M’S, AKA, our M&M’S Expert. – Oh. – Oh. – Okay. – That’s me. – We’ve got Aubrey, who always keeps a bag of original M&M’S at home, AKA, our M&M’S Loyalist. – Oh. Mm. – ‘Kay. – [Stevie] And we’ve got Mikayla, whose mother fed her peanut M&M’S to cure her peanut allergy, AKA, our M&M’S Survivor. – Hah! Hold on. Is that true? – A hundred percent. – Did it work? – Yeah. – How? Did she start with like a piece of one, and then like get bigger and bigger? – No, a whole one. I would swell up and break out in hives and all that stuff, and then she was like, “I can’t have this.” And she literally… But if it comes back today, that’d be fun. – Okay. Did she ever start loving you? – She never stopped. (panelists laughing) – [Stevie] Okay, here’s how this is gonna work. You will each try permanent M&M flavors available in the US, and by that I mean not seasonal, one by one. – Perfect. – [Stevie] For each flavor, Rhett and Link will lead our panel of tasters in deciding if the flavor at hand is good enough to oust the current leader. In order for a flavor to remain or become the front runner, it needs a minimum of three votes. So that means, Rhett and Link, if you’re in agreement as to which flavor is superior, you only need one vote from the panel to agree with you. – Yeah, yeah, yeah. – Yeah, I get that. – [Stevie] If you’re split, you’ll need to convince at least two people on the panel to vote with you in order to push your flavor forward. And last time- – Simple majority. – there was- – Still trying to get used to other people’s- – Sorry, Stevie. – opinions mattering. – Thank you, Rhett. – Yeah, I see that. – [Stevie] Last time, there was a lot of chatter in the comments about the order being unfair, so today, we’ve left the order up to fate by putting the list of flavors in a randomizer. So the first matchup is between Crunchy Cookie M&M’S and Fudge Brownie M&M’S. And you may all begin tasting. – And it doesn’t matter the color, right? That’s been thoroughly determined. – They all taste the same. I can sense it with my mind, but that’s irrelevant. – These are so small. They’re like a third the size- – But here’s the thing. You said that you- – of a brownie. – You have a problem with taking other people’s opinions into account. But the whole reason we did this format is because of you. Because you have what some might say are, I’ll be gracious in this, unorthodox opinions about food, and specifically, you hate M&M’S. You’ve made it clear that you don’t like M&M’S, so why should you count just as much as me and three normal people? – I love your mom, Mikayla. – No answer. – I know. She loves you too. – I’ve met her multiple times. – Yeah. She calls me and asks about you specifically, not me. – Oh, yeah? – Yeah. – Yeah, you should take notes. – (chuckling) Maybe. – I need you to love me as much as your mom loves me, but not as much as your mom loves you, which I’m still questioning. – It’s way above you, though. – I’m already on Brownies. Have you guys tasted the Brownie? – Not yet. – No. – There’s a clear winner here in my mind. I really appreciate the crunch of the cookie. It’s nice and airy. – It’s so small though. It’s like a- – But I appreciate the girth of this one. – And yes, I will respond to what you said. I don’t really like M&M’S that much. – Yeah. See? – So. But I like these brownie ones a lot better than those cookie ones. – [Stevie] Okay, so then I guess you’re ready to hold up your paddles. – I am. Are you? – It’s gonna be just Rhett and Link first, not the panel. Three, two, one. – Yeah. Gotta go with that Brownie. – Yeah. It’s excellent. – It’s so soft in there. – Okay, – So nice. – [Stevie] so you only need one from the panel. Panelists, hold up your paddles in- – [Link] Only need one. – [Stevie] three, two, one. – Sorry. – But we got two. – [Stevie] Thank you, Mikayla. – Right, Aubrey, what’s wrong with you? – Okay. (clearing throat) Well, it kind of does, it kinda tastes like dirt, if I’m being honest. – Dirt? – What? Really? – Like, I, I, I agree with the softness. I do like it, but it just, yeah, I don’t know., taste is dirt. A little dirty. – (chuckling) Maybe you just got a dirty one. I don’t know. Hm. Who knows? – So sorry, but the Cookies are going to M&M hell. (flames exploding) (people screaming) Whoo! – [Stevie] Okay, our next contender is Dark Chocolate. Taste away. – So this is like a traditional M&M in shape and size, just with dark chocolate on the inside. – Alright, I’m ready to vote. – Me too. This is easy. – [Stevie] Three, two, one. – This is not gonna usurp the Brownies. – Yeah. It’s easy, ’cause they’re both trying to be chocolatey, but. – [Stevie] Okay, panel, please show me your paddles in three, two, one. – We have a unanimous vote! – Whoa! We got Aubrey liking dirty M&M’S! (crew laughing) – What happens when that happens? Does hell get a little cooler? Hmm? – No, I think the episode just ends. No, we continue on to the next round. – Everybody feel good about this? Gwynedd? – Yup. – Am I throwing the right one in here? – Yep. Get rid of it. (fire exploding) (people screaming) – Yes! – So long. – [Stevie] Next up, we have Dark Chocolate Peanut. Please taste away. – So this is like the peanut, but with dark chocolate. I’m that guy who just says what it is. – There’s a peanut in there, surrounded by dark chocolate. – And peanut M&M’S are, you know, they’re a big deal, because you can do this. Oh, see, Gwynedd already did it. – Two bite food. – See that? Okay. – I don’t even wanna eat that other half. – Are you ready? – Yep. – [Stevie] Three, two, one. – Okay, I’m still on Team Brownie. – Gotta stick with Team Brownie. – [Stevie] Okay. And we just need one panelist. Is it gonna be unanimous? Three, two, one. – Whoa! – Unanimous again! – These Brownies are cleaning up! – Hell hath no fury. (crew laughing) – Can you pass those over here so I can throw ’em into hell? – Oh yeah. Yeah. Forgot about that. (flames exploding) (people screaming) – Yes! Okay, we’re not just doing this because Gwynedd’s here. (chuckling) (panelists laughing) – Well, I, I am. – Let’s talk about Sporked. Er, you know, Gwynedd, you do what we do, but you actually do it a little bit more and more regularly than us. You taste even more stuff than we do over at Sporked, including your favorite candies, including your favorite M&M flavor, which, if we don’t agree today, either you or us are fired. – Okay. We’ll see. – But y’all ranked every candy that was your favorite? – So, yeah. Like we’ve done like M&M’S rankings, and we’ve done like gummy candy and sour candy. So then you can see like the favorite from each of those taste tests. – Alright. Sporked.com. – Best candy. _ Check it out. – Do it. – [Stevie] Okay, Fudge Brownie has been holding On, but will Caramel Cold Brew kick it? Taste it. – Did not know that this was a thing. – I’m scared. – Me too. – I mean, there’s literally a dollop of carmel in there, of caramel. – It’s hard to make sense of it, because, yeah, you get the, like… The cold brew feels like it’s a crispy layer, and then you get like a Werther’s Original sort of like hanging out in your mouth. – We’re getting visceral negative responses- from the panel. – Hold on. What’s up? I think it’s pretty good. – Uh-uh. – Mm-mm. – It’s interesting. – Hey, what do you think? – I don’t love it. I’m not a big caramel guy. But it’s really the coffee that is going against me in this one. – Ready? – Okay. – [Stevie] Three, two, one. – Give these a chance. They’re not as good as the Brownies, though. – [Stevie] Oh, you agree again. What does the panel think in three, two, one. – Unanimous! Wow. And you know, we haven’t disagreed yet. – Yet. – And they haven’t overridden us. – There’s still time. – So I’m, what I’m pointing out is that I just don’t know if we need ’em. – They’re not necessary? – Yeah. – Okay. – [Link] They just haven’t been necessary yet. – [Rhett] Well. – You wanna give it a shot? – I didn’t say it. – You know what, we can let, we can let Gwynedd do it. That’ll give them something to… – No, look. – Hell! (flames exploding) (people screaming) – [Stevie] Almond is up next. – Almond? You don’t say- – Almond. – You don’t say almond. You know, the people who grow almonds here in California, they could call ’em almonds. – [Stevie] Al-monds? – Almond, yeah. – No. – How do you know that? – I met a almond farmer one time. (Gwynedd laughing) Yeah. – Named Al? – I did. – Well, that’s just one guy. – Yeah, but he probably is representative of all farmers. That’s how I judge people. – It is weird that- – I meet one person and I apply it to everyone like them. – If you grow it, you call it an al-mond? That is so strange. – Yes. (Gwynedd laughing) – Yeah. And if you grow a pistachio, you call it a pistayshio. It’s weird. Farmers, I don’t know. They spend a lot of time, there’s a lot of fertilizer involved. – Yeah. – These are awful. Can I say that out loud? – Whoa. – I don’t think it’s awful. You just don’t like a good al-mond. – It tastes like the inside of the back of a thrift store. – Yeah, that’s an al-mond. I like it. Not an almond, though. Totally different thing. – Okay. – [Stevie] Three, two, one. – I’m gonna give it some love. – Whoa! – I am going to demand that the panel be useful. – Oh. Why do you look at me? – [Stevie] Okay, panel, here we go. Three, two, one. – [Rhett] Whoa-ho! – Everybody. Well, I, now I kinda feel like, I was on the fence a little bit. – You like these? – Yeah. – They’re really good. – Explain it to me. – I think they’re really good. – I like the nuttiness. – They are good. – It’s different than just like the full sweetness of the, the brownie. – I just like the peanut better than- – Exactly. – Yeah. – I’m gonna miss these brownies though. – They are really good. It’s true. – They were really good. – Can I have ’em? – I love those. – I like the al-monds. – I feel bad sending it to hell. Can we, is there a purgatory or something? – It had a good run. It had a… No, we’re not Catholic. (flames exploding) (people screaming) We’re Baptist. – [Stevie] It’s the time we’ve all been waiting for, the original M&M’S have entered. – And they’re over here now. – I thought you were gonna say, “Entered the chat.” – The chat. – Thank you for that. I never eat one M&M at once. – Wow. I forgot how discus-like an original is. – Oh, you can skip it on a pond. – It’s flatter. In ponds it’s skippable? – You ever had a, a pond skipping contest with a couple of M&M’S? – Uh-uh. – What’re you doing later? – It’s all about the side spin. – Okay. (panelists laughing) I think, I think I know what I’m saying. – [Stevie] Three, two, one. – Original, man. – Nope. Sticking with the al-mond. – [Stevie] Wow. Bold move from Link here. Panel, are you going to agree? – No problem. – [Stevie] Three, two, one. – Yes! – Ooh! – Yes, we’ve done it! The almond board. (panelists laughing) We’re taking over. – Well, I mean, what? – Look at the shock on his face. – Hold on, Link. – Oh, no! (panelists laughing) – Are you getting paid by al-monds? – I just, (panelists laughing) I mean, I just really like it. It’s huge, it’s nutty. – [Gwynedd] It is. – I think it’s more healthy. – Aubrey? – No, I’m an Original girl all the way. I have to. I have to stick with it. They’re so good. – Right. – It’s just a nostalgia vote for you two. – Well, it’s also because we took a little extra fabric here and made a shirt for Aubrey out of it. And that’s why I think she decided that she had to go blue. – Dress for the job you want. (crew and panelists laughing) – Yep. – So. – I get it. I get it. I get it. – Aubrey, do the honors. – Well, that makes me sad. – [Link] I know. (Rhett laughing) (flames exploding) (people screaming) – Woo! – [Stevie] Peanut is here. – Wow. The nut off. (crew laughing) – Now, the peanuts are bigger. Peanut M&M’S are bigger. Well, no, they’re not. The almond M&M’S are bigger than the peanut M&M’S, because an almond is bigger than a peanut. – Very good, Link. – But there’s still more chocolate in the peanut than in the almond. – No contest on this one. You break into that peanut M&M, dang! A peanut is so much more, it’s a better nut, man. Especially with chocolate. I mean, but listen, I’m not trying to influence you. – Peanut’s not actually even a nut. I’m just trying to address the fact that I think I’m drawn to the almond because it reduces the amount of chocolate and candy in the ratio. So it’s much more about the almond than the peanut one is about the peanut. – Right, because you don’t like M&M’S. – Right. – Yeah. – So you know where I’m voting. – [Stevie] Three, two, one. – Sticking with almond. – Peanuts, man. – [Stevie] Splitsies. Panel, let’s see it. Three, – We need you. – [Stevie] Two, one. – Yeah! – Oooo! – So you guys have got different opinions about nuts. – I just think peanut is a better nut. I agree. This was a really good, – I don’t like peanuts. – Really? – Yeah. The little bits get stuck in my throat and they make me cough. – Okay. – Yeah. – [Aubrey] So. – I mean, I just think it’s a better complement to the chocolate flavor. – Agreed. – It is. – I think ultimately that’s what it comes down to. – It’s really beautiful. – This is a classic, classic flavor. – We gotta get rid of you, almond. Go to hell! (flames exploding) (people screaming) (panelists laughing) – [Stevie] Peanut versus Caramel now. – Okay, so just straight up caramel. – And why, they’re not shiny at all. They’re matte finish. – What happened, some of the caramel came out in the bag, and caramel, when you finish something with caramel, it puts a matte finish on it. I’ve done it on my walls. – That’s very astute, Rhett. – Yeah. – When it’s just caramel, it makes me realize I shouldn’t have been hating on caramel. I do like that. – Hm. – It’s very Rolo-ish. – Mm hm. – Yeah. Rolo with a little candy. – With a crunch, yeah. – Hold on. I thought this was gonna be easy for me. – Crunchy Rolo. – It also forces you to slow down. – Yes. And we need that in life. – Well I need it. – Does it also shut down your phone? – I usually get through my candy in the movie theater by like trailer four. I need to slow down. – I’m ready to vote. – Okay. – [Stevie] Three, two, one. – Curve ball. – Yeah. Me and you both. – Yeah. – Wow. – Panel, – These are good! – [Stevie] do you feel the same way? Three, two, one. – Oh! – Yes. Just enough, Aubrey. Thank you. – Alright. – You’re welcome. – This is a huge upset. You can hear it amongst the people. (crew laughing) – It’s very tense here right now. – People love peanut M&M’S. I feel bad about this. – [Stevie] Well, we are all very intrigued back here, I will say. (flames exploding) (people screaming) – Wo-ho! – Wow! – [Stevie] We’re not against your decision. We support you all the way, for now. How are you gonna feel about peanut butter? – You, well, what do you think? – I wonder. – [Stevie] Well, you just sent peanuts, so, you know, there’s still a question mark there. – I love these M&M’S. – It’s just a disc filled with peanut butter. – I love the way it breaks in my mouth. Hold on. We still got caramel over here. (Link chuckling dismissively) (crew laughing) – All together they’re pretty good. – It’s a good peanut butter too. I wonder what kind of peanut butter it is, you know? What do they source it from? Mars. – I’ll look into it and let you know. – [Stevie] Three. – Does the Mars make Jif is what I’m asking. – [Stevie] Two. One. – No contest. – That’s amazing. – Panel. – It’s soft. – [Stevie] Panel panel, panel. What are you gonna do? Three, two, one. – Yes! – Oh yeah! – We are back in unanimous territory. – It was tough. – [Link] Something we can all agree on. It was tough for you? – I think so. I think that peanut butter was a little weird. – In what way? – But it’s still peanut butter. Kinda oily. – It’s better than- – Yeah. – Caramel. – That’s the thing I like about it, – Yeah. I think it is- – Is it’s very much like they put real peanut butter in there, versus like a peanut butter that was made to go in candy. – Like the dry, like kind of- – Yeah. It’s got like, it’s got that consistency – That’s true. – that’s so good. – “Please don’t do this. No!” Too late. (flames exploding) (people screaming) – [Stevie] It’s mini time. Minis time? It’s the time for minis. – Before you reach for your minis, I just want you to understand. You see the packaging of the mini? It’s two. – Oh. – [Rhett] There’s only one way you eat it. – [Link] You just go like this with that? – So I’m gonna just pour ’em into your mouth. Just however many you get, you get, okay? Open wide. (panelists laughing) – But I’m gonna close my mouth when I’m done. – Yeah, yeah. Just, I mean, I mean, make room. – I can’t eat all of those. – You don’t, and you’re not, you’re not, I’m not gonna pour the whole bowl into your mouth. Just. Can you? (panelists laughing) Make it a little, just a little bit bigger. You’re not blowing a whistle. – [Gwynedd] Why? No. (laughing) (M&M’S clattering) – If you hadda opened wider, I woulda got more in there. – I know. I didn’t want one. That’s too many. – Too many minis. – [Link] I don’t, I don’t want all of these. (Link mumbling) – So. – I’m just doing it on the side. – The side of the inside of the bowl. (panelists laughing) Now, the thing you’ll notice about this. – I didn’t give consent. – As you chew it. – I just went like this. – You didn’t get to do this because you spit it out. But if you like the outside of an M&M, this is all about the outside of the M&M. And you do the multiple ones in your mouth and chew, and the way they interact on your molars, it’s exquisite. – Mm hm. – It’s beautiful. – Yeah. – Link, you see, didn’t get to experience that. – No. That’s just the part I don’t like. I don’t like the outside of an M&M. – [Stevie] Okay, well, then I think we know where you’re going. – Can we get some skinless? Skinless M&M’S? (panelists laughing) – [Stevie] Three, two, one. – But it’s not better than Peanut Butter. – (chuckling) After all that. – Okay, panel. – Who’s with us? – [Stevie] Three, two, one. – Yes! There we go! There’s a reason why in 2001 they released a Peanut Butter, that’s just the M&M Peanut Butter, in the UK. – How did you know that? – ‘Cause Carney told me. – Oh. – Burn! (flames exploding) (people screaming) – [Stevie] Up next is Dark Chocolate Mint. – Oh, there’s dark green and light green. Is it all the same? Oh. – Oh yeah. – That packs a punch. – It’s refreshing. Feels like you’re brushing your teeth with candy. – Does it feel like it should be an M&M at all? – Wow! Junior Mints, look out. – You think so? – Yeah. This is like a crunchy Junior Mint. Must be… There ain’t no way we’re voting for this. – Oh, but you put Peanut Butter and… – Peanut Butter and Mint? It makes my lip balm. – Let me try it. Oh, tastes like your lip balm. Put it on your lips. – I, I don’t, I don’t. I don’t want to eat any more M&M’s. – Okay. – [Stevie] Three, two, one. – It’s not as good as peanut butter, though. – Panel? – Anyone beg to differ? – [Stevie] Three, two, one. – Whoa. Okay. – Mikayla, what happened? – [Rhett] Mikayla, you like this. – I was. I had fun with it. It was a fun experience, actually. – It is fun. – Yeah. It was a fun little burst of mint. Different. – It’s the most unexpected of all the M&M flavors. – [Mikayla] Yeah. – It wasn’t what I expected at all. I thought it was gonna have stuff, or something. – It is pretty. – Like a Junior Mint. – Not enough to it. And when it goes to hell, it smells like burning flesh. (flames exploding) (people screaming) – [Stevie] It all comes down to this. Will Pretzel oust Peanut Butter? – That’s a big round M&M. – [Rhett] It’s got a fun texture, let me just say that. – It crunches like malt. – Very malt-like. – And then it’s got that signature burnt pretzel flavor that I’ve never completely understood. – If you like pretzels, you’ll love this. Okay. – Three, two, one. – Gotta stick with the Peanut Butter, right? – Yeah. – [Stevie] No surprise there. But, panel, – We can lose it all. – [Stevie] do you agree? In three, two, one. – Whoa! – Everyone agrees. It’s great to go off, go out. (crew laughing) – Go off! – Than to go in. – Go off, king! – Go low! – We went off together, ’cause we went out in unison, agreeing that Peanuts are the best, with an honorable mention to the Brownies. – So, there you have it. – We have got to throw Pretzel to hell. – Bring her down. We are throwing, (flames exploding) (people screaming) or not throwing, we are raising Peanut M&M’S, Peanut Butter M&M’S, into the official GMM Flavor Hall of Fame. (soaring orchestral music) You’re so little. (crew and panel laughing) Thank you for joining us today, panel. – You were needed. – Thank you for having us. – You were very much needed. – Thank you. – Thank you. – Thanks for subscribing and clicking that bell. Now y’all say, “You know what time it is.” – [Panelists] You know what what time it is. – Hi, my name’s Shelby. – And I’m Gardner. And we’re spending this Halloween in Savannah, Georgia, trying to taste colors. Green. – No. It’s time to spin the Wheel of Mythicality. – Well, you coulda used the take where he got it right. (crew laughing) – Just, that’s not what we did, though. – No. Click the top link to watch us figure out if mini versions of snacks taste better than the full size version. – And to find out where the Wheel of Mythicality is gonna land. Check out all the best candy the Sporked team has ever tasted at Sporked.com, and get the inside scoop on what makes your favorite candies like M&M’S and Butterfinger’s so good.