Welcome to “Good Mythical More.” Are these products that have been hyped big time from Trader Joe’s worth all that hype? Let’s sample them and find out. Corn ribs? But first, how about a random disturbing fact? How about it? There have been reports of vacuum toilets commonly used on planes and cruise ships sucking the rectum out of people. Ooh! Do not make a seal with your butt cheeks. You gotta, you gotta have, you gotta have a air hole somewhere. Is there a warning on those things? Like, yeah, you do not want, you cannot form a seal. You ever taken a dump on a plane? Uh, to be sure, I have. I mean, I try to avoid it, but I mean, there’s- I think maybe one time I did. Sometimes you got, I mean, I’ve been on a- You don’t sit down to pee on a plane, do you? I did most recent time I flew ’cause of turbulence. I had to sit down. I probably should. I had to sit down to pee and I held one hand up like this and one hand on the door on like the handle. And then here I am trying to pee and not- What you’re holding your with? Nothing? That’s the problem. Get sucked right down the, right out the plane. Well, it fails under its own weight. Daddy, what’s that? Okay Gwynedd, come in here. Please break up this conversation. Oh my God. I’m gonna keep this conversation going. Yeah. You ever dookie on a plane? Constantly. That’s your seat on every plane. Yeah. Don’t use your potty mouth. But you can’t, sorry. But you also can’t- I don’t have a ticket. You can’t do safety flushes on those toilets. It’s explosive. No, I mean it’s really dangerous stuff. It scares you. Yeah. Okay. Gwenedd, so you’re over there at Sporked, you’re tasting stuff all the time. Yes. She’s over here. Smaller than us. Look how big we are. There you go. Can you help us understand the way people get so excited about Trader Joe’s and their new products? I think people get excited about new products in general, but yeah, when Trader Joe’s comes out with new things, they have like a tendency to get just like a lot of play on social media and people just get really, I mean there are like fan Instagram accounts and stuff like that. Where people are just constantly trying new Trader Joe’s products. How do we feel about Trader Joe’s? I feel like we went through a Trader Joe’s phase at the McLaughlin household and then there’s a few things that we’ll pick up from there. But actually something about the pandemic and- Yep. Yeah. They didn’t have delivery. Didn’t do Instacarts. Yes, that’s true. And so it like, it really hurt. We don’t go to Trader Joe’s. It’s like we got out of the habit. Got out of the habit. Same. So we’re more just straight up Ralphs folks. Yeah, that happened to me too. Every time you drive by a Trader Joe’s, there’d be like a line of people outside and it was like, I’m not doing that. And it was like, you can be in the store for a certain amount of time and it was like, I don’t know if should I be in the store at all? Yeah. But this is the type of stuff that’s gonna bring me back to the kitchen. You know what I’m saying? Maybe it will be. Half dipped chocolate and vanilla flavored sandwich bar. What? Is that what I think it is? So I thought we would try these first because they’re frozen and actively melting right now. Yes. These are called Figo! Bars. What? And they are like half Klondike bar and half ice cream sandwich. We like the idea, right? That’s smart. Yeah, it’s a little bit- Right? I mean it’s cool that- Two for one. How does Trader Joe’s do this? You know, it would it typically be like- A machine. Like Figo!, like Trader Joe’s, is someone already making this stuff and then Trader Joe’s buys ’em out? Or does Trader Joe’s have like an R and D department? I’m gonna bite right in the middle. It’s a good question. I bet it’s a mix of things. Get both of them. How do get both of ’em? I’m gonna do one and then the other. Smart. It seems so risky, though. But I like that. Hold on. Is it not real ice cream? It’s frozen dessert. Oh. Yeah, that’s why it tastes like crap. It tastes like sand. Oh my gosh. Why is it so bad? People were freaking out about these on the internet. It’s a great idea, but there’s no ice cream in it. What is frozen, where does it, it doesn’t say ice cream anywhere. It’s not the ice cream that’s bad. Frozen dessert, half dipped. The cookie part is not great. I was gonna say, I think there’s a side of it that’s better than another side of it. The cookie. The cookie part tastes like health food. Is it health food? I will say these are pretty low cal. I think it’s like 350 calories a bar, which is like baseline. I mean that’s kind of like diet food, right? Oh my God, and that’s a serving of two. You can eat two of these. Yeah. That’s crazy. I’m not into it. I dunno if you want to, but- Why would you want to eat two? Two of these is three. So it’s 125. No, what’s half of 350. 175. 175. It’s always confusing to me when things can be pretty low calorie and very high in fat. ‘Cause these still have 17 grams of fat. But why is a serving size two of these? I don’t know. Because they had to cut two things in half and put ’em back together. Something like that. So the only way they could do the math was to have to go with two. It’s a great idea but it needs to be with real ice cream. Klondike needs to do it. They don’t have to invent it. Klondike, y’all jump on this. Take it over. Pass, Figo! Okay, so that was the Sporked consensus as well. Good. We just didn’t really get the hype. They just, they don’t, they’re fun to look at. It’s a fun concept. Cool concept. Bad execution. But terrible execution, I think. I would never go out of my way for one of those. It kind of matches our ensemble here. I like that. Now, I’m very excited about these things. Can I just say that? Oh my God. I love “Leprechaun” movies so much. The one where they go to Vegas is like my favorite movie of all time. Which number is that? I don’t remember. It must be seven. Three! That’s the Vegas one. Oh, there it is. Oh, three they go to Vegas? Yeah. What about in space? Did you see ’em in space? I don’t think I watched that one. What about in da hood? In da hood I have seen, yes. What about back to da hood? That one I have not seen. Okay. But now I have things to do. Well, that’s five and six. Yeah, you know what you’re doing this weekend. This evening. Here’s “Leprechaun” one over here. That’s the only one I’ve seen. I think yeah, Warwick Davis is an excellent actor and elevates “Leprechaun” movies. Before I try these, I’m going to say that I feel like this is right down my alley. The idea of, I’ve really gotten into pickle brining all kinds of things. And this is dill seasoned uncured beef franks. So we’ve got dill seasoned beef franks. Sounds kind of bonkers, doesn’t it? Man, I think I’m gonna like these. Okay. This is the one product that Sporked has not tried as of yet. Oh, really? So this is my first time. You’re seeing it here first. This is my first time trying them too. Air fryer recommended. We’re to the point now where there’s air fryer instructions on stuff, which is nice. Grab one. We all love like, I don’t know, pigs in a blanket. I did not expect these to be as breaded as they are. They’re like- Did you just swallow a yawn or a burp? No, it was a burp. I thought it was a yawn. Let’s call it a yawn. I did not. I did not expect. I thought you did a pretty good job of it. Link didn’t have to bring it up. I didn’t see you at all. I just heard, I just heard your voice going sideways. No, I know. I’m constantly belching. You pay me to eat for a living. What can I do? I wanted these to be better. Can I just say that as someone who likes hot dogs and pickle stuff, I wanted to like these more than I do. I kind of like ’em. I didn’t say that I don’t like. I thought it was gonna be like- I think this would be so much better in pastry. Like a pastry puff kind of situation. But I like the flavor of the cocktail weenie. I think this would be a fun little special plate at a party. I’d like to dip it in some mustard. That would help. We don’t have any mustard. But there’s a lot of breading, I think. We’re kind of on the fence with this one. These are worth trying. Worth trying, but not a hearty endorsement. Worth trying. Is that a sticker that you got on the Sporked thing? I think that would be like, we do everything in Sporked scores from one to 10. So I think worth trying would be like a solid, like an eight. Okay. You know? Okay. That seems a little generous. We’re not freaking out for it, but- A little generous. These are just french fries. Those are just french fries. I don’t see a package. Okay. What we’re gonna do is try these new pizza and ketchup seasonings. Are these pizza? Trader Joe’s came out with these pretty recently. The one that we have at our house is the cheese one. The cheese one’s really good. Yeah. Yep. Because that one goes on the popcorn. P-corn. Yeah. And I think these, you could eat these on popcorn too. Oh my gosh. It comes out fast. And there’s like, yeah, like puffs of chemicals going through the air now. Going with pizza first. Grab you one. Okay, so this is the ketchup one. We sample these just like, we lick our hands, sprinkle, lick again like a you’re doing tequila shot. Wow, the ketchup is really interesting ’cause- Wherever you’d think to use ketchup but you don’t want to, what? Actually use liquids? I don’t know. My God, on airplanes when you’re sitting in the bathroom. Yeah. You gotta be careful when you breathe ’cause you put so much on. Mm! I don’t, it’s okay. I like the ketchup. Okay. I really can’t taste it. I think kind of the issue with it, it’s just doesn’t have- It’s not robust. You think it would have concentrated flavor in it. It doesn’t. It’s subtle. But it’s very subtle. Yeah. I don’t think pizza seasoning is worth getting excited about. But I think that ketchup flavored sprinkles- It’s better. I think that that is, I think it’s worth trying ’cause it’s so novel. It actually tastes good. I actually kind of like the pizza one on the fries. Like I said, we just ate it straight like psychos. Yeah, that’s what I’m gonna do right now too. There’s a predominant, Oregano. I was gonna say oregano. Tomato powder, paprika. I think there is dried oregano but it’s very low. I think we’re tasting paprika. Too much paprika. Yeah, and paprika’s not like a, that’s not a pizza spice. Where I come from. Yeah, it’s, I think it’s more for color. Yeah. Paprika’s for color. So we’re recommending the ketchup one over the pizza one. But I would like, I don’t know. I’d give this a shot on popcorn. Yeah, I think I would too. It’s a little too sweet. The ketchup is kind of sweet. It is sweet. I don’t know. I’m still kind of here. I mean, where did you guys end up? So actually yeah, the second ingredient on the ketchup one is sugar. It’s super sweet. It is sweet, yeah. For like a savory condiment. We, I think landed somewhere in the middle with these. They’re not terrible. I wouldn’t say it’s worth the hype, then. No. Do you have a knife? But are there any- A spreadable knife? Are there any what? A knife? I mean like it’s a good idea, though. I like the idea of concentrating a flavor of a dish and putting it in powder form- In theory. To apply to other foods, but- This is pretty exciting over here. Maybe some other ones be better. Hot cocoa inspired cream cheese. Chocolate cream cheese. Has that not existed before now? I mean it has to have, right? Chocolate cream cheese definitely exists. Yeah. But this is hot cocoa. What do they say to do with this? I think they said put it on fruit? Fruit, and bagels, and- I’m just gonna make one big bagel. Fruit’s a good idea. I’ve never put cream cheese on fruit before, but- Hot cocoa and then just rip that apart. Why not? Why not cut it in fourths so whoever likes it the most gets an extra piece. I mean, I’m a big fan of honey walnut. I love that. Yeah. Cream cheese. I think that’s my favorite cream cheese. Yeah, I don’t gravitate toward sweet bagels in general. But let’s see what we think. And I think because it calls itself hot cocoa, it should not just taste like chocolate. It should somehow communicate hot cocoa. Which is hard ’cause it’s cold. It kind of tastes like- You got some cinnamon in there? Icing. Like frosting. Mm-hmm, mm-hmm, yeah. I would call it chocolate frosting. But then you would just get frosting. But it’s got guar gum in it. It has cardamom? Guar gum. Sorry. Guar gum. Guar gum. Guar gum. He was also in the “Leprechaun” movie. Yep. Cocoa processed with alkaline. I like it. It does taste good. But I’m trying to figure out why I should like it more than just a chocolate flavored cream cheese. Well, because the cream cheese comes through, it’s complimentary to it. I like it. I like it a lot. I think it’s almost hype worthy. Okay. I think it’s very tasty. But I think that it’s marketing. I think the fact that, oh it’s hot cocoa inspired versus just calling it chocolate cream cheese spread, which you can get. Yes. Yeah I agree. It’s a different flavor, though. I just don’t think it brings enough. There’s just not enough cocoa in there for my taste. But it’s still cream cheese so it’s still tastes good. But it has three gums in there. Not just guar gum. It has carob bean gum and xantham gum. Oof. Three gums. That’s what they called it. They should have called it three gums cheese spread. Yeah. So, so far you’ve not given us anything that’s worth the hype. And does it all come down to this? I wanted to see what you guys thought. See what’s hype worthy, what’s not? Because we’re not afraid to hype something if it needs it. This was like a really trendy thing. Speaking of hype. Of course we hype up sporked.com. We want you to go over there, see how the team has rated the newest foods that TikTok is going crazy for. If you see something on TikTok, odds are they’ve sampled it and given you an unbiased opinion on sporked.com. Why am I opening this? It’s out here. Oh, I don’t know. Seasoned corn ribs. I know, they’re probably not good frozen, but- It looks like octopus legs. So what’s the point of a corn rib? Oh, I wish I could tell you. This is, oh yeah, I can tell you don’t like it. This is corn cob that’s literally just cut? Yep. And this was like a very viral thing on- But they got it. TikTok and then- It’s a quarter of the- It’s a quarter. Cob. And now you get to think of corn cobs as bones, which is fun, I guess? And you still just have to eat it off the bone. Yeah. It’s less messy. I’m holding it with one hand. And it comes, these are like, they come seasoned with- Butter? Oil. Wait. Plant-based butter. So it’s olive oil, and cocoa butter, and stuff like that. Tastes oily. Yeah, ’cause it’s vegan. The flavor’s not great. Yeah. I would almost say the flavor is actively bad. It’s a fun idea. I wanted to like this ’cause I was holding it with one hand. It’s so, it’s so oily tasting, though. That’s all I taste personally, is the oil. The flavor’s so strange. I did eat a whole one. Yeah. Just to make sure. ‘Cause I wanted to like it so bad. It’s a fun idea. Man. Just do this at home. You gotta get a sharp knife, though. Yeah, that’s gonna be hard to- You gotta be careful. Cut a cob in half. You gotta be careful. People have to be hurting themselves. Leave it to Joe. I would leave it to Joe. Cut these corn cobs up. I know. So I think there is something to be said for like, okay, well they did this for you. But I would say maybe don’t season them. Just let people season their own corn. How about you dip it. You dip your rib into to something. Dip would be good. And I think you want to cut these before you boil ’em or before you cook ’em, right? You’re gonna cut the raw cob. Is it better than just- Maybe with a bandsaw. Eating an actual corn on the cob? ‘Cause when you eat that you like got that- That’s what I’m saying. It doesn’t get in your teeth as much this way. So I do like it. Yeah, yeah. Form factor. Which it has been pointed out to me that I say that a lot. Good form factor. Not a great flavor profile. I’ve also seen- Also another word that I say a lot. When people make them at home, they’ll remove some of the corn kernels. Why? From the cob. So it has like a handle that you can hold it by. I think this is even better. I think the best thing we had is the pickled pups. Now that I’m, now that I’ve gone through ’em all. The hot cocoa is second for me. The thing I wanted to like. I would say Trader Joe’s should keep those pickled pups. But I think back to the drawing board a little bit with the corn ribs. Yeah. I really think if they just sold them plain, that would be so much better. Yeah. And then people who don’t want plant-based butter can just eat butter. I don’t want plant-based. “Try them with a squeeze of lime or a sprinkling of cheese and chile, elote style.” I mean, they might actually be kind of good with one of these jammers on it. Uh-oh. Am I right? Oh no, they both went, ugh. NO. Oof. I don’t know, Gwynedd. We’re over it. We’re over it. I think we gave it its best shot, corn ribs. Fair enough. Well, that’s what Trader Joe’s has going on. Okay, we’ll help you take this all back to your office. Thanks. Did you know Dr. Pepper had a new flavor? Curious about Starry? The Sporked team has tasted and reviewed the most exciting new products over at sporked.com.