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So if you’re looking for gifts this holiday season, shop Mythical gifts on Etsy. Head to etsy.me/mythical today. Thanks again to Etsy for sponsoring this portion of today’s episode. Gwynedd, get in here. Apparently, protein is important. Yeah. And I’m seeing it on everything. Like if things that I didn’t think had protein, now they’re bragging about how much protein they have. Milk? Yeah. Milk. Let me first start with milk. Something that literally is almost entirely protein. Like, I mean, think about, I thought it was, I thought milk was its own thing. Like whey, whey protein is like take, that’s like Dairy is a food group. That has a bunch of protein in it. Okay. Yep. And fat. Is protein not a food group? No. Don’t answer that. I mean, You do the talking. I know. I was like really hoping no one was gonna ask me questions about protein. Well, don’t worry. Because he started by complaining about things that had protein. He’s like, what? Milk’s got protein now? Come on. What? Eggs? What’s next? What are we trying to do? Chicken? Well, listen, we’re gonna have some, we are gonna have some things. We are gonna have some things today that have protein in them that probably shouldn’t have protein in them, but that’s okay. Right. All right. Are these things you like, or things that you’re just testing on us? Some of them are things I am just testing on you. And some of them are things we genuinely like. And I wanna start with something we genuinely like. So we get off on the right foot and, no, that’s not it. No, I’m just kidding. That’s fine. No, that’s good. They’re hot. Waffles? With protein? Yes. So we have sampled these protein waffles and we thought that they were pretty good. I think for the most part, when you’re like eating a protein thing, you don’t wanna know it has protein in it, you know what I mean? [Stevie] What is it? 10 grams per one waffle or 10 grams? It’s probably two, right? [Stevie] They, they always like to mess with you on the 10 grams per two waffles. Yeah. 10 grams per two waffles. That’s not a whole lot of protein. It doesn’t even seem like a lot. They’re, oh, they’re, they’re butter, vanilla, vanilla. Yeah, it tastes good. They’re a little dry and I think that’s a problem with protein products. So they, they have, believe it or not, Link, whey protein in them, so that’s milk. Milk. But that’s how they made it this way. They used milk to add protein in things. Yeah. Yeah. Wow. Mm-hmm. You were onto something. I know. Um, I think they’re good. I think if you put butter and syrup on them, If you’re gonna eat some waffles you might as well eat this one. If you want protein, I don’t know what pro like protein makes you full. Does that sound good? It builds your muscles. And it builds your muscles. It gives you that, that building material that you need. Right. And it and um, it does the body good. That’s so true. Yeah. Protein does. Yeah. Mm-hmm. Okay. It’s good for your bones. How about protein ice cream? That’s milk. Now that makes sense. That’s a milk object. So why? Why say protein ice cream if it already had protein? ‘Cause it doesn’t have a lot. I was gonna say, I do think like regular ice cream must have protein in it. But how much does this have? This has like. 30 grams per pint. Okay, so, So 10 grams per serving, which is a third. Okay. You’re telling me the, the whole thing, if I ate the whole pint, I would get 30 grams. That doesn’t, it feels like you could have packed it in a little bit more. This is a brand called Protein Pints. As far as I know, this is one of the only brands of like protein ice cream right now. And we tried a bunch of their flavors. I thought this one was the best one. I made Josh, uh, Chef Josh tastes with me and he liked them too. Because he’s a muscly boy. Yeah, there’s a lot of cookie dough in this. Right. There’s a lot less sugar than normal ice cream, too. 85% less sugar. So just so you know that. It’s probably, yeah, it’s probably, oh yeah, it’s got like monk fruit and allulose and the things they put in food when they wanna have less sugar in it. It’s got no like artificial sweeteners though. Yeah. Not they’re, they’re still real sweeteners. They’re just not sugar. Now if I didn’t know that going in, I would think that this was not very good ice cream. Okay. But if I, like, if I was at Baskin Robins and I was just sampling and I got to this one, I’d be like, I don’t want that one. But if I knew that it was very low sugar and very high protein, I would be like, Hmm. I think, like a lot of protein products, I think benefit, like when we taste test them because our expectations are pretty low. Yeah. And then it’s like, oh no, that’s good. Why is the first thing I taste… citrus, almost. Oh, weird. There’s a citrusy. Can I have a spoon? I think that might be in your mouth. I’m gonna give you this fork because Thanks. I don’t taste any citrus in my mouth. I think this spoon has been in my mouth. So I gave you this fork. Now just first taste now. First, first thing that hits you. Mm-hmm. I get what you’re saying. Is it? It’s a fruitiness. Yeah. Once you get to the chocolate. It starts to become okay. Kind of. I don’t, I don’t like it as much anymore. I swear it was better the first time we tried it. Did we ruin it for you? No, I think it just is like, kind of pasty, like it’s like a little bit grainy? It’s got that grain. Yeah. Yeah. I don’t hate it, but… I can’t figure it out. Yeah. Yeah. It just has a weird, it leaves a little bit of a weird aftertaste. I keep wanting to taste it. Are you gonna have to revise your, uh, thoughts on this one? Mm-hmm. I think I might have to. Yeah. Well then sometimes, you know what? That’s the way tasting works. We do, we do frequently retaste things. Because you know, you never know. You never know what kind of mood your mouth was in. Yeah. Never know. How about, oh yeah. Protein water. They put protein in the water. Come on. Come on. Now. That ain’t now, that would’ve been a good joke. If you go back and you said joke. I wasn’t making a joke. You could’ve said water. I think I made a really good joke. Uh, I know it seems like it would taste milky, doesn’t it? Protein water, zesty lemon ginger, 30% of your daily protein. 15 grams. 15 grams. 60 calories. Yeah. Caffeine free. So it’s flavored. I mean, I think it’s, yeah. Zesty lemon ginger. Yeah. Yeah. I just feel like if I want protein, I’m gonna just put, I’m just gonna get the shake. I’m gonna make it real fast. Mm-hmm. Versus make protein water. If you’re trying to bulk up. Hmm, you. It is really hard to get enough protein. That’s what I hear from the people. Okay. Who are trying to bulk up. Right. It’s actually hard to eat enough protein. To actually add muscle, yeah. To add muscle. You have to start drinking it. So do you, does, this has to help with that, right? I mean, you’re just sitting there drinking water with protein in it. Yeah. I mean, because what, you’re supposed to get like a gram of protein per pound of weight or something. Oh really? Every day. And it tastes fine. This says 30% of your daily value of protein, which seems Not mine. [Matt] Does it have a graininess to it? No. I would say there’s a filmy-ness that it leaves in your mouth a little bit. Right? Okay. Well that’s fair. But see, like if I’m trying, if I was trying to get up to a protein goal, which I am not currently doing, that there would be 215 grams of protein. There’s only, there’s 15 grams in here. That’s not 30% of my daily value. No, not even close. Not even close. It’s not even 10%. You’re gonna have to eat all of this stuff completely. I’m gonna be drinking. I’m gonna be double fisting protein water. I know. That sounds like a bad day, man. I don’t know if bulky is worth it. To be honest. You can use this water for yoga, hiking, or running. Fun suggestions. Yeah. It’s like, thank you. Thank you for helping me out. How do I use this water? Hiking, running, cycling. Have you ever considered? Cross fit? Um, yeah. It’s, so we tasted, Justine did a whole taste test of protein water. There’s actually a lot of protein water on the market and that was the best one. This is the best one. That is. The bar is pretty low. [Stevie] It’s named after that, uh, older fake lesbian pop band. Running through my head. Running through my head. [Stevie] Okay. Alright. Content ID. All right. You can’t sing on this show. Oh. Creates all kinds of problems for us. Content ID is, is just some AI [Stevie] and Tatu’s out there looking. Looking for something to claim. Probably. That was a really spot on rendition too. So. Here we go. Here we go. I’m excited about this one. This has got, this has gotta be good, right? Well. Flap jack what? It’s a power cup, s’mores. The reason I think that this might be good is because It looks insane. I have used this brand of, protein, uh, pancake batter. Yeah. Yes. And I like it. Okay. But I still don’t know what this product is. So, okay. It’s like a pancake in a cup. Here’s the thing, it’s like, um, it comes as powder. Um, if you can see that, it just powder. Pour it out right here. With marshmallows and chocolate chips in it. Back in please. And then, and then, Oh, and it bakes into a And then you put a quarter cup cold water, and then you stir it, and then you microwave it for a minute and it fluffs up. It’s like a, it’s like a cupcake in a cup. Exactly. Come on. I was enjoying it. I didn’t do that on purpose. Put it in upside down and eat a little bit of it. I wanted to show what was in there. Nobody knew what it would look like. I mean, it, it is pancake. Um. Consistency. Mm-hmm. [Stevie] What’s the protein count? I think pretty high. 12. 12 grams. [Stevie] 12 for the whole, mm-hmm. Whole muff. Okay. Not very high. Mm-hmm. But it’s like a pretty small little cup. Uh oh. Oh, oh. No. Not good. Well, when I make my pancakes, I put butter and syrup on ’em and they’re very like moist. ‘Cause that’s just, it’s too dry. But, The, the chocolate chips help. Oh, sorry. It’s a lot. A lot. Yeah. This has been dipped into, uh, the completely dry, I’m breathing in this. Um. It’s fun though. Yep. I’m glad I got it. I gotta say I recommend this brand for the protein pancakes, but this is a little, I would take, you know what I do, take butter and more chocolate syrup and put it on top of that. Yeah. And that would be good. Yeah. Because you’re still getting your protein and you’re just getting a lot of other things like butter. The butter group. I think that’s a good idea. Butter group’s good for you. Butter group represent. Butter makes it better. Okay, bring something else now. What else we got? Ah, protein mashed potatoes. Come on, now I’ve heard of everything. Plus protein. Idahoan. This feels like it could work ’cause it’s like you can make potatoes, taste, like anything. This is the first time I am personally trying these, but, uh, one of our food critics did and really liked them. So this is loaded. This is the best thing that we’ve had today. There it is. Yeah. So it’s che is it cheesy? Yeah. Mm. They’re good. And sour creamy. Mm. Is there bacon bits? [Stevie] I mean, that’s quite a feat if it’s, it’s instant mashed potatoes. So it’s all like powder inside and you add water. Yeah. I think they’re good. Just add water. Six grams. So the whole thing would have 24 grams if you ate this whole thing. I mean, that would be a lot of mashed potatoes. Mm-hmm. Just for yourself. Um, I think I could do it. But yeah. It’s better than just eating potatoes by themselves, but are just, they’re very carby. I feel like if you didn’t hydrate after eating this, it will kill you. Like it’s that, like, hefty and absorbent. It is. It feels like it would, it would, it would desiccate your entire body. You got a lot of, uh, sodium in there too. 22% in just one serving. So there’s Wow. Four servings getting all the sodium you need for the day. I like the sound of that. Mm, yeah. Slap em. I think they’re pretty good. I like the, I like this loaded flavor. Yeah, it’s good. I like the loaded flavor. Yeah, that’s fun. Are we ranking these? I think that’s like the only, Well, this is, this is the best one. This is number one. Oh, I, let’s put the waffles back out at number two. Okay. Let’s put the water at number three, because we didn’t like the protein. But, and then we’ll get mm-hmm. We’ll get rid of this. That seems fair. Um, these I have not personally tried yet. Wow. But they’re Pop-Tarts that have a lot of protein in them. Oh, no. 20 grams of protein in a, in a toaster pastry style of object. It’s more Fig Newton, to be honest with you. Ooh, that’s a good point. Yeah. It feels like balsa wood. The stuff in inside of it Can make a model plain outta this thing. It does not look good. It’s, it’s like if you made a Pop Tart out Play-Doh, it’s so strange. It really is. I’m sorry. Um, it’s a, it’s F Newton, you know what I’m saying? F that Newton. It tastes just like a protein bar. Yeah. The thing I hate about protein bars. Yeah, you’re right. It’s just a fatter, bigger protein bar. You know what it tastes like? It tastes like a power bar. Remember those? Mm-hmm. Yeah. They all taste, Like, one of the first protein bars. Oh God. It’s pretty crazy. [Stevie] Is that straight out of the package or is it toasted? I don’t think this was toasted. No, it’s toasted Now one of these has 20 grams of protein and now you’re talking like, No way that makes it better. Legitimate levels of protein. I mean, you can really taste. Ooh, and you get, The whey protein in it for sure. Nine grams of fiber in one of those. That’s a lot of fiber. Now, Link. It contains milk. That’s pretty good. Fiber. I love fiber. Wow. That was a lot to take in with… I can’t, I can’t bite it again. I can’t bite it. This is, I’m sorry. This is, this is, this is the loser. Oh. It’s got, uh, how do you say that? Ery- Erythritol? Urethra-tol? Yeah. Doesn’t that make you do the, the poops? Um, I think if you have enough of it, it’s probably not great. Put it, no, no, no. Put that over here Not great for the gut. We’re putting this as the loser. Okay. Put down here. But now we got Wilde, Highly controversial. Olivia Wilde. Um, these are protein chips. Oh. This is just straight chicken. [Stevie] Controversial? Yeah. Don’t you think that chips made out of, uh, chicken and egg whites are weird. I’ve heard about them. [Stevie] Oh, like not for ethic, like you’re just saying, some people are split on these. Yeah. [Matt] Talk about a mouth film on these. Hold on. I had these in a taste test and I genuinely like them. I love them. Okay, good. [Stevie] I eat, I, I have Nashville Hot of these and controversial. I’m. I’m into it. Oh yeah, I’m into it. I don’t know how to interact with it. And if you make a, um, a yogurt, a Greek yogurt dip to dip them in. I, I, I haven’t tried this flavor though. I didn’t even know about these. Now I do. They’re so crunchy. They taste very savory ’cause they’re made of chicken. I really like ’em. And I think this flavor, especially, I think you’re, you’re responding to the sweetness of them, but, um, They’re so sweet. And then it becomes just like. Chicken in your mouth. But it’s, I mean, as much as I like dog treats, I’m not into this one. I’m very into this one, but I think I would like a savory one like that buffalo flavor. Mm-hmm. Yeah. I think they have a bunch of flavors, I got this one, which is super fun. ‘Cause it’s like, well they are made of chicken, so chicken and waffles. Yeah. They did it. They did something. Is anybody’s head hurting? Oh, no, no. It satisfies that crispy. You’re putting this before, I’m not gonna put this above Carby thing. the ice cream. Mm-hmm. But I know you are. This. Yeah. I know you are. Okay. But it’s not as good as the potatoes. Yeah. Ghost. So I think even the Sporked team is split on this cereal. ‘Cause we tried it once and gave it a good review and then Justine and I tried it in our marshmallow cereal taste test and we were like, I don’t know about that. I think if you’re, you’re not tasting it next to actual, alongside actual like marshmallow cereals, then you might be, um, tripped into thinking that it tastes, pretty okay. So the protein is in what? All of it? I think the protein’s in, in all of it, not just the marshmallows. Okay, good. They’re in the morsels, the protein’s in the morsel. How much protein do we have? 17 grams per serving. It’s not bad. I’m a Lucky Charms fan, so I’m comparing it to that. I’m not. It was a, it was a good, it started good and the aftertaste gets a little bit The texture. The texture. Mm-hmm. It kind of gets flaky in your mouth. Mm-hmm. It’s kind of weird. Mm-hmm. Let’s keep this one down here, but let’s celebrate what we can agree on. I feel like it’s almost good, right? If you were really hungry and you’ve been doing the, like… If you’ve been depriving yourself of good food, that that’s another thing about, a lot of this type of stuff. Protein in my… Is that you’re typically not eating like good cereal. Mm-hmm. You’re like limiting yourself to this and that and this is all you had. I think I could make myself like it. I think I could make myself like it too. But if you needed to buy something, Of course go to Sporked.com. They’ll tell you what to buy. I’m struggling guys. Wrap this up. I’m sorry. This is your last chance to save 20% on all things Mythical. That’s all the merch and all the memberships. Plus score a free gift with purchase when you shop mythical.com today only.