Ep. 40 - Foods Made to Taste Like Other Foods

​Zach and Lexi subject themselves— and you— to another food episode, woooo!! They have sought out all the best, worst, and strangest foods that taste like other foods.

As mentioned in the episode:

Below you can find our wonderful menu for the evening. Bone apple teeth, my raddies.

Hors d'oeuvres

Rotisserie Chicken Pringles, beloved by all and very chickeny.

Zach's Ranking: 12, Rad

Lexi's Ranking: 12, Rad

Philly Cheesesteak Lays, a controverisal snack filled with highs, lows, and beefy flavor.

Zach's Ranking: -3, Sad

Lexi's Ranking: 5, Rad

Appetizers

Sharkleberry Fin Kool-Aid, unranked in the episode and unmatched in its sharkleberry flavor.

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Starburst Yogurt, horrifying to look at and mildly decent to eat.

Zach's Ranking: 8, Rad

Lexi's Ranking: 2, Srad

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Gushers Yogurt, radiant in the worst ways and, ahem, bursting with flavor.

Zach's Ranking: -5, Sad

Lexi's Ranking: 8, Rad

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Vanilla Cupcake Goldfish Grahams, upfront about who it is, which maybe isn't a good thing.

Zach's Ranking: 2, Sad (which we forgot to actually say in the episode, oops)

Lexi's Ranking: 6, Srad (as aformentioned, oops)

"Salad"

Cotton Candy Captain Crunch, fun to say and-- shockingly-- fun to eat.

Zach's Ranking: 15, Rad (okay by this point we're consistently forgetting the non-numbers part of the rankings, oooops)

Lexi's Ranking: 7, Rad (oops)

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Froot Loop Flavored Pop-Tarts, our childhood in a convenient breakfast snack.

Zach's Ranking: 16, Rad (i'm going to be done explaining that we forgot, at this point you get it, sorryyyy bye)

Lexi's Ranking: 15, Rad

Main Course

Cheetos Mac'N Cheese, the main event and the most perfect distillation of chaos.

Zach's Ranking: 9, Rad

Lexi's Ranking: 4, Sad

Flavors, starting in the bottom left and going clockwise: Bold & Cheesy, Creamy Jalapeno, and Flamin' Hot.

Dessert

Southern Tier Brewing Co Pumking Imperial Pumpkin Ale, seasonally festive and surprisngly good, unless you're Lexi.

Zach's Ranking: 11, Rad

Lexi's Ranking: -4, Sad 

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Brown Sugar Cinnamon Pop-Tarts Ice Cream Bar, sickening to look at but oh so tasty to eat.

Zach's Ranking: 11, Rad

Lexi's Ranking: 5, Rad 

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Twix Cookies & Creme Ice Cream Bar, believe it or not, the lumps and the bumps weren't the most dissapointing part.

Zach's Ranking: 7, Rad

Lexi's Ranking: 5, Rad 

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Apple Pie Kit Kat, great in theory, but lacking in practice.

Zach's Ranking: 2, Sad

Lexi's Ranking: 1, Sad 

Lexi's small business highlight:

Trade Street Jam Company gets the highlight for this week! They make stellar small batch jams, which you can order samples of to try out. Check out their website at the link included above, and their Instagram here.

​We've gotten the Blueberry Lemon Basil, the Blackberry Mulled Merlot, and the Sour Cherry Ginger (our favorite was the Sour Cherry).