GMMore 2234: Original vs. New Snack Flavor

Welcome to Good Mythical More. We’ve got the original of something and a new, improved flavor. So which ones are better? Is it actually an improvement? Let’s find out. But first, let’s give $1000 to Equal Justice Initiative to aid in their mission to end mass incarceration and excessive punishment, to challenge racial and economic injustice, and to product basic human rights for the most vulnerable people in American society. Please join us in giving at egi.org. Great organization. Thank you for being your mythical best. Gwynedd, hop on in here. Gwynedd from Sporked. Check out Sporked.com They’re hard at work at tasting things so that you know what to buy. You know, what’s it called when like an embarrassment of riches? A proclivity to choose from lots of choices? We’ve got an embarrassment of choices. We do. On the grocery store aisles. There’s so much. That’s what I’m tryin’ to say. I’m embarrassed right now. No! Don’t be embarrassed. It’s true. There is an embarrassing amount of stuff in the grocery store. And the Sporked team is always trying things. And one of the things that we always trying are these, like, updates on classics. Oh, yeah. New flavors! The newfangled stuff. The new, yeah. Ew, I almost said “flangled.” You can say “flangled.” Okay. So we’re gonna start with- Our grandparents didn’t need this crap! You know what I’m sayin’? They didn’t need these things to be mixed up. They got it right the first time. But then we came along and said, “It’s not good enough.” “We get bored. We get bored with foods. We want them to be strawberry.” “Make it pretty, and make it taste different.” “We want it to have milkshake.” “Give it a bigger box, and make it family size.” I don’t know if this had anything to do with this one in particular though. I’m so glad you brought this ’cause when I mentioned this in Round 1, like all the existing flavors, I was like, “Strawberry milkshake? I wanna taste that.” Yeah. So this is one of two new flavors that they came out with, like, this summer. And the other one was cinnamon French toast, which was also good. But this one. I thought this was really good. We’ll see what you guys think. Yeah. You just pulled a Nicole. Oh, you’re settin’ the expectations. Okay, I won’t do that anymore. You just told us we had to like it or we’re gonna make you mad. I won’t do that anymore, oh my god. Okay. All right, can you just say they all suck to make it all even? Disgusting. Yeah, okay, now my expectations are right in the middle. Barf. Can we talk about the elephant in the room on that new box? Which is “of corn.” Yeah, I wasn’t gonna say anything about it. What? What? I need more information there. Because, like, Frosted Flakes are wheat, right? No, they’re corn. ‘Cause corn flakes are corn. No, Frosted Flakes are wheat. No, Frosted Flakes are corn flakes with sweetener? Ingredients: milled corn, sugar, malt flavor. They don’t taste like corn. It’s corn and sugar. So then why did they put “of corn”- The difference between corn flake and a Frosted Flake is the frosted part. On the other packaging? ‘Cause it doesn’t say- [Rhett and Gwynedd] It does say it. Very, very small. Oh. Except when you go strawberry, you gotta really emphasize the corn. Why does it say “of corn”? I know you’ve had it- People might be like, “Are these Frosted Flakes of strawberries?” You’re welcome to try. I think that Frosted Flakes are, like, the best corn flake, actually. They’re crunchy. They’re good. They’re so good, Stevie didn’t even think they were corn. Yeah, right. I’m trying to access my memory of the taste of Frosted Flakes to find the corn. Okay. In every flake. Now, Gwynedd, you probably like strawberry ice cream. I love strawberry ice cream! Okay? This is not a strawberry flavor, but a strawberry flavor, flavor. You know what I’m sayin’? Yeah, it’s, like, creamy tasting. With milk, I think it brings it all out. I think it’s pretty cool. If you like strawberry ice cream… What about strawberry milk, like Nesquik? If you like strawberry milk, you’ll like this. So that’s like part of the draw here. It says that this makes delicious strawberry milk. See? You always gotta take it into account. The milk! But you didn’t even say anything about it. Drink it like strawberry milk. Yeah, so the longer that the flakes live in the bowl, the more strawberry-ish the milk becomes. But it’s a mild strawberry. Well, I think if it was, like, too, like, overpowering, it would be, like, kinda gross, maybe. You could technically just use strawberry milk with regular Frosted Flakes and create a similar experience. Wow! Oh, did I give you a good idea? It’s like a pretty good idea. That would be a bold move. What about strawberry milk with, like, a chocolate cereal, and you’ve made almost Neapolitan in a bowl. I think that’s an incredible idea. What do you think? I prefer the regular ones only because the strawberry flavor is not something I gravitate towards. Okay. That’s fair. Me neither. My kids love strawberry But you like eating Flavored stuff. It’s a perfect expression of strawberry flavor. Strawberry flavor, flavor, not strawberry flavor. You know the difference? Strawberry flavor, flavor, and strawberry flavor are two different things. ‘Cause strawberries really don’t have much of a flavor. No, it’s true. Yeah, if you’re into strawberry ice cream, you like strawberry milkshakes, then, like, what fun. This is a good one. And they’re “of corn.” Don’t get it twisted. It’s very difficult to see. You could definitely see the milk is pink, but the flake itself is very difficult to see. So the frosting bit is slightly pink? They’re actually pretty pink. They’re pink. They’re pretty pink. It’s kinda hard. You can’t really pick it up on these cameras. If you like strawberry like Gwynedd, you’ll love it. I think it’s cool. Yeah. I’m proud of showin’ you the tiger. He’s proud of himself. Look. Tony’s workin’ hard. I didn’t know how big his family was. Wait. Wait what? He has a family? Oh, yeah, his son Tony Jr. Tony Jr. And his daughter, Antoinette. And there’s other ones. Let’s go back to the facts. T-O-N-I Tony, okay. Gwynedd, I, too, was looking at Tony’s finger. Which I think was a choice. I mean, there’s somethin’. No, no, on the strawberry packaging. They chose to include his finger. It makes you look twice. Which is weird. What, let me see. Oh, his finger’s up there. Yeah. What do you think? And there’s a whole hand down here. It looks like he’s holdin’ a banana. I thought it was a banana too. He’s like, “Yeah, I thought we should put bananas in there when I changed by mind! But I’m still bitter, so I’m gonna hold it on the packaging.” He’s been declawed. Poor guy. Oh, that was the first thing Tony had to do. The first thing Tony had to do when he signed the contract was get declawed. He’s also be detoothed. So, he’s in pretty rough shape, actually. He’s, like, being a great sport about it. Yeah, he’s been gummin’ that corn. He’s got no teeth. But he does have a wife. But her name is Mrs. Tony. And his mom is Mama Tony. Like, I think that Tony might be a narcissist. Like, you don’t call my wife Mrs. Rhett and my mom Mama Rhett. And if I started expecting you to do it, you’d be like, “Yeah…” So Tony, I’m sorry. Kinda makes me think of, like, how Luigi feels about being called a Mario Brother. Oh, yeah, totally. I always play as Luigi whenever I play Mario games. What does that say about me? I think Mario is their last name. Regular. It’s Mario Mario. Okay, so next we have both traditional Peanut M&M’s, and then we have White Chocolate Peanut M&M’s. Oh, really? White Chocolate Peanut? Yeah, I mean, this is, like, fresh. Seems like a new in front of me, for sure. Yeah, it’s just the ring in there is white, see? White chocolate. They didn’t think you weren’t gonna do this. They didn’t call that bluff. There’s really white chocolate in there. I don’t think it tastes all the much different, weirdly. Did you get one though? I didn’t taste a regular one. But I feel like I know. It does. Okay. White chocolate isn’t chocolate. That’s very true. It’s like a cream. Yeah. It’s just, like, creamy- It’s like a waxy cream. There’s no cacao. Creamy white. Yeah, it’s good. I like white chocolate, but… So, all the newfangled stuff like this, Sporked is gonna talk about it. What was the assertion on this? Did you talk about this? I’m gonna be honest, we didn’t try the peanut kind. We tried the regular white chocolate kind. Yeah? Which have been pretty hard to find in stores. I think those actually had more, of, like, you can taste taste the white chocolate more. Since these are so peanut forward. The peanut’s doin’ a lot of heavy lifting in this. Exactly, yeah. And did you like them just as good? Not just as good, no. These aren’t as good either. I think they’re their own thing. I don’t think, yeah, again, it’s just like if you’re thinking, “Man, I really want some M&M’s, but I’m also in the mood for white chocolate,” okay, maybe. But they’re not better than a regular M&M, they’re definitely not better than a Peanut M&M. Do people have chocolate allergies? Yeah. They must, right? Some people. Some very unfortunate people do. I know. I was gonna say, like, “Oh, they made this for people with chocolate allergies.” But that’s probably not true. I think I know somebody who’s had a chocolate allergy. Okay, see? You defriended him? Not like a close friend. It was too complicated. Oh my god. “Not a close friend.” No, no, I remember hearing somebody, I was like, “Oh, you’ve really gotta look out.” The worst allergy I ever heard of was garlic. Somebody was allergic to garlic. That’s a vampire. But think about how many things at a restaurant have garlic in ’em. I know! Her name is Sarah, so. Wait, I don’t get it. She’s a real person, Gwynedd. Oh, sorry. Oh my god, and you defaced her? It wasn’t a joke. It’s just, her name is Sarah. It means nothing to any of you. We’re talkin’ about a real person here. I’m so sorry! It’s not a bit, Gwynedd. Everything is not a bit. Sometimes I’m just tellin’ you things about my life. Wow. This is going really poorly. Should we quit? I bet you have a friend who is a vampire. I have some breaking news. Jessica Simpson, that’s how breaking news this is, is allergic to both chocolate and “of corn.” That’s the friend I was thinking about. Okay. Listen, I’m gonna save the day with some Twinkies. Do you know anyone who’s allergic to Twinkies? Nope. Yeah, I’m sure. So we got the orig. Is there gluten in there? Yeah, no, I know, I guess we all no people who are allergic to Twinkies, huh? So we have original, and then we have this new Tropical Blast! Tropical Blast. Tropical Blast? Yeah. Limited edish. Well, I have to say every once in a while I snoop around on the Sporked side. I come into your office because it just looks so fun over there. And I saw these on somebody’s desk, and I was like, “Are we gonna get to taste those?” And I almost said to myself, “I could just steal one right now.” But it was sealed- Steal from my own company. “So, maybe if I’m a good boy, delayed gratification, I’ll get one in real life.” And here it is happening right now. You know what? Bein’ a patient boy paid off again. Get ready for the blast, patient boy. “I am a patient boy.” Right? A little Fugazi. This is bad. First of all, it just taste like lemon cream. Okay. That they turned blue. If you think about it like lemon… I’ve actually been really wanting to- I am not that familiar with the taste of, like, a traditional Twinkie. These are not things I, like, purchase all that often. First one I ate was on this show many years ago when they said they were takin’ ’em away. Okay, here’s the thing. I think, mmm! Yeah. See? It tastes like a Froot Loop. I really like Twinkies, I think. They’re so moist. Now that you’re eatin’ one. Yeah. Yeah. The filling, it tastes just like a Froot Loop. Taste the filling again and tell me that doesn’t taste like a Froot Loop. Right there’s yours, right there. It does. I think they, like, so it’s just like, “What flavor is it?” “Tropical flavor.” So it’s just, like, okay, it’s just, like- It doesn’t work for me. It’s not as good as the regular. I hate it. I don’t dislike it. “I hate it.” The regular one is so, like, you know, it’s cake and, like, cream together. You don’t need to fruit it up. Yeah! You can stick your tongue all the way down in it and just get the cream out. That’s fun, huh? You can. I’m not gonna look. You can also just do it on your own time. I did it. It’s good. Okay. She did it. It’s good. So, I think that, yeah, we’re in agreement. Like, just go with tradish. Yeah, that sucks. This is kinda like “Bring it Back/Nah, That’s Wack.” Like a discontinued snack. We were sayin’ what snacks should be discontinued. We’re doin’ the opposite here. But I do appreciate the mentality of constantly mixin’ it up, tryin’ somethin’. You gotta keep throwin’ stuff out to people, you know? So next we have- this is fun, okay. So you got your marshmallows, you got your Jet-Puffed Marshmallows like we all know, we all love. And then what we have here are stuffed marshmallows. Oh, no they didn’t. They’ve stuffed marshmallows. I’ve had a problem with these for years. Okay. I just haven’t enjoyed. I just haven’t gotten it. Like you put it with a s’more? Yes. But just eating this alone? I don’t even wanna put that in my mouth. It’s like a building material. Oh, God. Then I think these are for you ’cause they have more going on. Oh, yeah. I can feel the hardness in the middle. You can feel it. It’s a little strange. I ate the whole chocolate part. I bit all the way through it almost. It was a big nugget in the middle. I bit too far. There it is. Oh my gosh. That nugget is hard. What’s that nugget made of? Fun! Okay, so here’s the thing- Imma pop it like a zit. It says it’s made with real milk chocolate, which I think is impressive, ’cause usually it says like, “A chocolatey filling.” Which is like shorthand for, “This isn’t chocolate.” But I think it’s got a really nice amount of filling, and when you heat these up and stuff ’em between a couple of graham crackers, you’re in business! Can you imagine? Yes! Going camping and doing this. They show that right there. I think it’s supposed to be like a less sloppy version. I love it! Yeah, you don’t have to get the- I love less sloppy! And you know the thing that’s always the problem with a s’mores? How am I gonna melt this chocolate? What am I gonna do? Place it near the fire? Hope that the hot marshmallow melts the chocolate? It never happens. It never works. S’mores indoors. They tell ya on the package. And we, in fact, at Sporked HQ stuck one of these puppies in the microwave- I was gonna say the microwave. Delicious! Yeah. For about 10 seconds, it says. Hold on- Yeah, it’ll just explode or something. This is fun for home, for the kids. Put a regular marshmallow in the microwave for, like, a minute, it’ll get this big. This little thing will get this big. Will it splatter against your… No. It just gets big, and when you turn the microwave off it goes away. It gets small again. Have you guys ever put Peeps in the microwave? I assume they also get big. They do. It’s really fun. That’s basically it. ‘Cause a Peep is a marshmallow that’s shaped like a- A Peep. A chicken. That’s a revolutionary product. This is awesome. We love this. This is an improvement for camping. And just for some casual snacking. You know me and my marshmallows. We’re always casually snacking. It’s good though, right? I really like those. We’ve discovered somethin’. All right. Coming up next, we have a Coca-Cola that is Marshmellow, who’s a man. He’s been on the show. Amazing! Okay. Did he wear his helmet? The entire time. He never spoke. You know what? I don’t know if it was really him. It may not have been. We have no idea. We don’t know how these things work. That’s kinda smart. He drove up in an SUV. Well, he didn’t drive up, he was driven up in an SUV- No, he was drivin’. And he walked out of the thing, and he had on a marshmallow head. I know, but then you can just have other people do stuff for you all the time. It coulda been Link’s cousin. We don’t know. Just wear your marshmallow hat. Okay, so listen. This is the first artist collaboration that Coca-Cola has ever done in the history of Coca-Cola. Are you kidding me? This is the fact of the matter, I think the really wild thing about this soda is that it’s not marshmallow flavored. Let’s see if you can detect what the flavor is. That actually makes sense. It smells kind of good, actually. It smells like alcohol. What is that? Is it fruit? There is a fruit flavor, for sure. Yeah, let me know when you want me to tell you ’cause I will. Is that a raspberry? It’s still very much Coke-ish. It’s a cherry. Cherry Coke already exists. It’s kind of hard to tell. It’s, like, a fruit flavor kind of melding with the- DJ sweat. Yes! Ding, ding, ding! The juice from glow sticks. From inside of his helmet. Yeah, I don’t know. Molly. I don’t know. I love everything about it. It’s like the most amazing beverage I’ve ever tasted. I love you guys so much. Sorry, that was me being on Molly. This is watermelon and strawberry flavored. Oh, it’s strawberry. The watermelon is a… Now that you told me, I don’t like it. Okay, I don’t get any watermelon flavor from it, but the strawberry I do. The strawberry’s pretty strong. And there’s no marshmallow in it. Like, why? It says it right here. Watermelon strawberry. What percentage of people who buy this think they’re getting marshmallow flavored Coke? 90? We’re up there in, like, the 85 territory, I’d say. Yeah. A lot. I betcha that would be better. Yeah. I think that’s not a terrible idea. Perhaps a missed opportunity. Well, he has a communication issue, you know? He goes into, like, the Coke boardroom, and they’re like, “Marshmellow, we’re thinkin’ strawberry watermelon.” All he can do is like, yes or no. Or, like, ehh. And they’re like, “Yeah, sure, whatever.” So, yeah, do you wanna taste regular Coke? No, I think I’m good. I didn’t hate it. Now, I do that flavored Coke thing. I’ll tell ya, those Coca-Cola Freestyle machines they got at the movie theater, I tell ya, I can spend a lot of time there. I love them. Sometimes he’ll just go to the movie theater just to go there. 5 Guys has ’em. A lot of places have ’em. I mean, I would never buy a flavored Coke beverage, like to have in my home. But if you give me one of those things and all the possibilities, I’d just seem like such a dork to get, like, Coke at one of those, right? What direction do you usually go? Well, usually I’m watching a movie at night, so it’s gonna be caffeine free. Let’s just get that outta the way. Very smart. It’s gonna be diet, you know, because I am watching myself. Diet caffeine free. And then, so I’m already kinda gettin’ experimental right there. And then you gotta start with the flavors. And what I’ll do is I’ll do half cherry, half vanilla. Even though they have cherry vanilla, it’s different if you do half cherry and half vanilla. I’m, like, so excited to be having this conversation. Try it! I was at AMC Theatres the other day. I’m an AMC Stubs A-List member. I’m very proud of this, it’s a huge part of my identity. But I got cherry vanilla, but not the way you’re describing it. I’m gonna try that next time. ‘Cause here’s the thing, I don’t want somebody who put the cherry and the vanilla together, I want to put it together myself, and I want “This is pristine cherry, this is pristine vanilla,” and it’s just one more button that you can press. I want the people behind me to get even more frustrated. Totally. “Caffeine free, diet, cherry, oh, what’s he doin’ now? Oh, now he’s doin’ vanilla!” I love that, yes. And there’s always someone, like, looking over your shoulder breathing heavily into your ear. That’s me. Or if somebody in front of you who doesn’t know how to work it. I know. I know. They’re kind of always out of ice though, which is really frustrating. But you’re a Stubs member, huh? Every time I don’t get in that line I think, “Man.” In fact, every time we go to the movies, Shepherd says, “Dad, why are we not an AMC Stubs member?” And I’m like, “‘Cause I only think about it now, and I don’t wanna talk the time to talk to this guy about it right now. Because all I want him is to give me popcorn, then I wanna get to the freakin’ movie.” But this is what I envision when I’m in that line, is people looking at me and going like, “Why can’t I be her?” And it’s happening! Amazing. It’s cool. The little, like, the yellow, you know, the yellow guards and stuff. You just feel very cool. It’s not yellow, it’s gold. It’s gold, I know. Excuse me. I didn’t wanna say it because I think it would intimidate Link. Yeah. It’s cool. Is that it? You can get access to Good Mythical Evening to see all the wild moments with the video on demand at goodmythicalevening.com.

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