well hello ladies gentlemen and everyone watching welcome one and all to this latest video I'm your
host the report of the week again thank you all so much for checking in so if you saw the last
video that I did I decided to compile the five worst fast food items of 2023 I went through
all the reviews that I did in the last year and I found the five worst I went threw them
in order from the fifth worst to obviously the single worst item that was released in
the last year based on the reviews that I did and I was shocked by the uh really just the
response that came into it I wasn't sure how the video was going to do I wasn't sure what
people would think of it and the feedback was so encouraging it was great to see most surprisingly
there was request after request for the five best items of 2023 so that's exactly what I'm
going to be doing here today the format is going to be just like the last one I combed
through all of my reviews in the last year I compiled the scores that I gave of the items
so now in order we're going to go through the five best items in the last year of course the
fifth being the fifth best and then number one being the single best item of 2023 now some of
these items surprised me and I I if just at a glance I would not have expected these to
have been the best items at least some of them but I looked through the reviews it speaks for
itself so let's get into it the fifth best item of 2023 we go over to KFC and check out their
new chicken nuggets they are 100% white meat chicken and you can get them in a variety of
sizes you can get a five piece an eight piece a 12 piece and a 36 piece I got the eight piece of the
Nuggets today and it's $5 for an eight piece of the Nuggets uh they come as you could see
right here in their own exclusive packaging with the kernel there giving you the death
stair yeah crispy you could see the seasoning on it the Kentucky
Fried Chicken Nuggets from KFC let's see how good they are they're going
in and I am pleased to say that these chicken nuggets from KFC are good they are enjoyable it
tastes good it's flavorful it's juicy but still despite it not having tons and tons of breading
on the outside there is just enough that it's able to give it that little bit of a crisp and crunch
which is just a nice little balance it's able to offset it it gives it some nice texture as
well and I just like it it's flavorful it tastes good easy to eat as you could see I'm going to be
giving the new Kentucky fried chicken nuggets from KFC an 8.8 out of 10 yeah those got an 8.8 out of
10 the best way to describe those nuggets in my opinion just plain good they were simple but in
some cases that Simplicity really is the key you can have a great item without it needing to have
all sorts of fancy bells and whist and sauces you name it they were just good they held their own
and they were a very flavorful addition to the KFC menu now we're going to stick with chicken
but this time let's go over to Taco Bell one of the first items of 2023 that I tried were their
limited edition bone in Wings these were pretty good you could get these as a five piece that's
all that they come in five Wings they are bone in Wings they have spicy ranch dressing that you can
dip the wings in or I guess if you want you can be a bit Brazen and you could pour the ranch dressing
over the wings or if you really want to go there now now you have to be almost a devilish to do
this you could eat the wing and then you could sip on the sauce as well they look well seasoned well
breaded and crispy as the name of course implies but they are not dripping in sauce decent size
I remember last year someone was calling these pigeon Wings because they were so small apparently
so these seem to have a bit more bulk to them than they were initially portrayed a year ago going
in as far as Wings go they're actually not that bad and uh I am very pleased to say that again
good amount of meat on them the meat itself it was tender it was juicy flavorful I would say
I like the balance between the crunchiness of the breading and again the tender juiciness of
the meat that's good I am pleasantly surprised by them I'm impressed by them I think especially for
Taco Bell the quality is a bit better than what I was anticipating and what I was expecting they
might be a bit pricey but they're still good for what they are they're four out of 10 I'm
going to be giving the crispy chicken wings from Taco Bell an 8.9 out of 10 they were crispy they
were flavorful I enjoyed them I actually went out they were for a limited time but they while
they had them I went out and I actually got them a couple more times I just enjoyed them
that much and the sauce that they were paired with was also quite nice they were crispy they
were flavorful and that's why they had an 8.9 out of 10 rating surprisingly the next item which got
a 99 out of 10 rating is also from Taco Bell it's their grilled cheese burrito it has seasoned beef
seasoned rice nacho cheese chipotle sauce SAU cream Fiesta strips a three cheese blend and
then it is wrapped in a tortilla and then the tortilla is wrapped around with another three
cheese blend thus giving the impression that you have the drilled cheese on the exterior
very oily very greasy the glistening cheese on the outside and you could see just by handling
it you could see this is why I wanted to wear these gloves even if it's silly it's going
in that the grilled cheese burrito with the seasoned beef they did a good job with it the
only criticism that I could even make is just the messiness of its appearance in that again
if you know some people might consider it a bad thing having all that oil and grease you
know on their hands even if you hold it with the paper some of that might still get there and you
might consider that more of an annoyance than anything else but look if that's the only thing
that I would even have to criticize and that pretty much says Ah this isn't a bad product
at all because it's not does everything blend together does all the the various elements to
it do they complement each other yes does it taste good indeed it does overall I'm happy
with it what I notice of course it's a very cheesy burrito I've always mentioned that in
every assessment of this that I have done but the chipotle sauce what I notice the most is
that it adds a bit of a spicy kick uh for lack of a better word it just adds some spice some
extra flavor and it really takes it up to the next level so therefore out of 10 the grilled
cheese burrito with the seasoned beef from Taco Bell I am going to give it a 9 out of 10 it's
nice to see it back price is 479 Taco Bell I'd say they did a good job here so uh now get it
whenever you want because it's here and it's staying here Taco Bell is one of those places
they could be very hit or miss and some of their items of course were some of the worst of 2023
but likewise they have their hits and indeed the grilled cheese burrito was one of them for all
the ingredients that it had everything just came together so nicely and I would say this is a good
example of excellent execution as far as fast food is concerned now this one I don't know if
you could necessarily consider this your typical fast food but it was available from Little Caesars
I tried it out a couple months ago I enjoyed it quite a bit it's a drink this time around but it
got itself a 9 out of 10 rating as well it's the pineapple Pepsi from Little Caesars this
is review pineapple flavored Pepsi it is marketed
they say well this is supposed to be a very pleasant tasting sweet refreshing
beverage especially for the summer season it is sold in 16 flu ounce
cans going
in I am pleased to say that it tastes exactly how they said it was going to taste and again
there is no sort of hidden flavor to this it smells like pineapple they say that it
tastes like pineapple there are pineapples on the packaging so I think it's safe to say it
tastes like pineapple too it's refreshing and I could see this being like a good beverage to
order especially on a hot day tastes good good product good design I again I do like the the
packaging I think it's cool when they kind of give it that sort of unique flare limited time
and uh tastes good as well good refreshing summertime beverage so therefore I'm quite
happy with it I like it i' get it again so out of 10 I would give the pineapple Pepsi from Little
Caesars honestly I'd give it a 9 out of 10 it may have been a drink but it was a good drink at that
again it was available just for a limited time from Little Caesars but especially when it was
released really in the midst of the summertime it was very refreshing it was flavorful and it
was just a pleasure to drink so that's why that one got a 9 out of 10 rating but this final item
there might have been a few surprises in this list again the Taco Bell stuff personally uh took me by
surprise I knew that they had some good releases but I was actually surprised to see that two of
the five best items from 2023 actually happened to be Taco Bell that still that caught me off
guard admittedly but the single best item of 2023 there really weren't any surprises there at all
it's what I figured it would be in August or maybe it was early September of this year Chick-fil-A
released for a limited time their honey pepper pimento chicken sandwich that was amazing it was
an excellent release and that's why it is the single best item of 2023 but what was so good
about it let's take a look so they have released their new Honey pepper pimento chicken sandwich
obviously as the name sake it comes with pimento cheese and that's a blend they said specifically
a for Chick-fil-A of sharp cheddar cheese green chili red pimentos and they describe it as being
a very Savory spread likewise it comes with jalapenos and honey as well I could actually
smell the jalapeno and speaking of there's a jalapeno but I believe there are more it's going
in I personally am very satisfied with it my impression of Chick-fil-A as far as uh
the quality of their product is is generally concerned they may not have too many releases
but anything that they do release I always get the feeling that they put a lot of thought into
it and they know what they're doing and this to me is no exception number one the quality of
the chicken is outstanding I'm very happy with it very flavorful the combination of the p Mento the
honey glaze and the jalapenos blends perfectly and it is one of those instances where all of
the flavors complement each other and it all just comes together so the pimento what I notic there
especially is the fact that it it would be I would describe it as being very creamy very Savory but
it also has this interesting little tanginess to it as well I I think this is a good example of one
of these items where you have numerous ingredients and you may initially see it and you might think
well is this something that would actually work I think though this is a good example
of execution that is outstanding and where all of the corresponding ingredients combine together and
uh result in a very very tasty product little bit of that spicy note to it but some nice sweetness
that ties it all together a little bit of a Tangy kick as well all the top a good quality chicken
filet very happy with it the Honey pepper pimento chicken sandwich from Chick-fil-A out of 10 I am
going to give it a 9.3 out of 10 yeah as I said in that review the thing about Chick-fil-A they don't
have tons of new releases but generally speaking when they do come out with a new item they always
seem to put a lot of thought into it and it always for the most part ends up being quite
good and that sandwich was no exception to that it was really just excellence in my opinion the
quality of the chicken was great the toppings were great everything just combined it so nicely and it
made for really what I would say a delicious sandwich so Chick-fil-A they really delivered
the results that's why they got a 9.3 out of 10 rating it was an excellent item and even even if
it was a little expensive going out to the price of around $9 for the sandwich I would say though
this was an instance of getting what you paid for it was a very good item and again the single
best item of 2023 so there you have it I hope you found this video to be enjoyable again I know the
style of it is a little different but it was fun just combing through it and finding you know the
sorts of items that I liked the best obviously the last video were the worst ones so it's kind of fun
to see the flip side of the coin what do you think the best item of 2023 was do you think it was also
the pimento sandwich from Chick-fil-A or do you think it was something else if you have an opinion
as to what you think the favorite or best item in the last year was leave a comment curious to
see what your thoughts are and that's all that I have for you we'll see what 2024 brings hopefully
it'll bring many more good items so and I'm sure it'll have some bad ones too but of course we will
see what the future brings and that's all that I have for you thank you for watching and until next
time I'm your host the report of the week I wish each and every one of you a very happy New Year