What's the best food at Trader Joe's.
According to the people?
Let's talk about that.
Good Mythical Morning.
Ladies and gentlemen.
It is time once again for the Trader Joe's customer choice awards.
Twenty twenty-four marks the fifteenth time Trader Joe's has presented its
annual list of top foods as voted on by its beloved customers.
That means they started back in
nineteen seventy-one.
Math, not his strong suit.
We tasted and traded our way through last year's best in a
fierce competition where I won,
of course.
And now we're bringing it back with new foods and new ranks.
Trader Joe,
please bless me with redemption in this game.
It's time for We're Doing It Again, Joe.
The Best of Trader Joe's Twenty Twenty-four Edition.
Okay, traders,
today you'll be trying all kinds of Trader Joe's foods and
competing to guess and grab,
which is ranked the highest.
The number one ranked item is worth one point.
The second ranked item is worth two points,
and so on.
And the person with the lowest score at the end
wins the chance to trade seats
with me
for sixty seconds in Good Mythical More.
Get your fingers ready.
That can be fun.
This first round is the appetizer category.
The top ranked Trader Joe's appetizers, in no particular order,
are
Mac and Cheese Bites,
Parmesan Pastry Pups,
Creamy Spinach and Artichoke Dip,
and Greek
Spanakopita.
I love to say it.
Spanakopita.
She says, spanakopita.
Spanakopita.
Have you read the?
Have you read the Wikipedia on spanakopita?
Spanakopita.
I've been reading the Wikipedia on spanikopita all day.
You need to determine who will pick first.
So, go ahead and pull bananas from the bag.
Longest banana wins.
I won the power of choice.
Hey, you way overdid it, bro.
Yeah, I did.
Way overdid it.
But we have to eat first.
Let's try these
Mac and Cheese Bites.
They want you to dip them in red stuff, that doesn't look like.
What is that?
What do you want it to be?
Because I believe it is marinara.
Marinara?
Yeah.
I was reading the Wikipedia on spanakopita and I ran across a
link to the marinara Wikipedia.
Okay, that's pretty good.
That's pretty good.
Want me to feed you the other half?
I love a pig in a blanket.
These have to be the most.
The parmesan.
They're crunchy with parm.
Those are dangerous.
Now this is just the dip.
Mac and cheese bites ain't bad.
But that stuff right there, the pups.
The crackers are
from us.
Yeah, it's just the dip.
How is anybody
voting for this one?
People love dips.
Yeah, but it's been around.
Dips have been around?
This dip has been around.
But dips are still around.
Many years.
Just because something's been around for a long time doesn't mean people
aren't still excited about it,
Link.
But I think.
Hello.
When it comes to Trader Joe.
Have you read the Wikipedia on Rhett and Link?
I have not.
It's very long.
People tend to like the new thing at Trader Joe's.
You know, like,
I didn't know about the spanakopita.
Did you ever have spanakopita with me?
I've never had the spanakopita with you.
I quite love it.
What else is in that besides?
I think it's spinach, cheese, and then
what do you call the layers?
Phyllo dough.
You've been reading Wikipedia, too?
No.
All right, now you got the power of choice.
Wait, is there another Wikipedia?
I was trying to come up with another place to read stuff,
but there's not really?
I mean, what is it?
Nothing that sounds like.
worldbook.
com.
Is that still a thing?
These are good.
Obviously I want this
and I get to choose it.
So, that's what I'm gonna do.
I love these.
They're gonna go in my
big old
lunch box.
And don't worry, you can trade me for it later.
I don't know, man.
I think people are really loving Mac and Cheese Bites.
Fine, you can have it
and I can trade for it later.
Next we have the breakfast and brunch category.
The top Trader Joe's brekkies, in no particular order,
are
Double Chocolate Croissants.
Look at that.
Chocolate Croissants.
Look at that.
Almond Croissants.
Look at that.
And
Hash Browns.
Potato
croissants.
They're back.
They were here last year.
Memory.
Nothing but potatoes.
Power of choice.
That's not gonna work out for me.
Compensating for something?
Whoa.
Good gracious.
Man.
Shorty and longy again.
But backwards.
Double
Yes.
Oh, man, look at.
Look at that.
Chocolate on chocolate.
Is it too much?
No.
I don't think so.
That's good.
That's real good.
I mean, first of all,
just a regular chocolate croissant
already great.
It's got two bars.
I can tell that there's like two
bars of chocolate down there.
That's,
I actually like it better than the double chocolate.
I think I like it better, too.
It's a nice, fun little gimmick, but.
Almonds, they say.
Are there almond rods?
They're almond rods, Link.
See, one of the almond rods snuck out.
It came out and made it crunchy.
A crunchy almond rod.
Oh, that's pretty good, too.
Is it?
Well, I mean,
it's no chocolate, but it's,
you know.
I don't like it.
Well, spit it out, why don't you?
I love almonds.
I love almond butter.
You don't like almond rods?
What did they put in the almond rod
that made it taste
different?
And then the all potato
croissant.
Still good.
Very reliable.
You can use it instead of bread.
In, like, a breakfast sandwich.
You get to go first.
Polarizing.
Yep.
Polarizing.
Well, not.
Crowd favorite.
Yep.
This has definitely been on the list before.
I'm gonna be like, a water diviner.
I'm gonna take.
You want to do it with this?
No, no, no.
I'm gonna take my chocolate rods.
Well, that doesn't.
Because it's one of them.
Yeah, I need that.
Let's see.
Which one does it naturally gravitate towards?
Don't grunt so much.
People have.
Okay.
People have been paying people to, like,
find water with a rod, like.
Chocolate croissant.
Normal time.
So, you picked our favorite.
See,
but the gimmickiness of the double chocolate croissant,
if you're not tasting them back to back,
when we first tasted that, we were flipping out about it.
So I feel pretty good about this being
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Next up, we've got the cheese category.
The top ranked Trader Joe's cheeses, in no particular order,
are burrata,
English Farmhouse Cheddar with Caramelized Onions,
Toscano Cheese with Black Pepper,
and goat cheese,
and also a quick note that the number two ranked cheese is Syrah Soaked
Toscano Cheese Spread and Dip,
but it's
a limited time product, so we swapped it out with a number five
on the list.
And some points were affected, but, yeah.
Burrata.
Power of choice.
You committed now.
I feel decent about that.
I got him.
Okay.
Burrata is a great cheese.
I remember being introduced to burrata
by my wife.
She was like, I want you to meet burrata tonight.
I was like, hold on now.
We haven't talked about this.
I mean, I'm.
Okay.
I want to hear a little bit more, but.
It's kind of.
I like it, because
it's kind of like cottage cheese
in my mind, but a little less.
Don't ruin it for me.
Cottagey.
Only Link could ruin burrata.
It's kind of like cottage cheese.
This is good.
I know it.
It's got that onion in it.
I like onions, too.
Oh,
that is tasty cheese.
That is good.
It's strong, that English Cheddar.
You know, I'm not a huge cheese lover, but
I'm loving these, so far.
So, part of it.
I have to assume I love this,
because I love black pepper on stuff so much.
It's like, the bigger the
little pieces, the better.
What are they called?
The black pieces of pepper?
Corns.
Yeah, corns.
Boy, that's good.
And then you said, this is just goat?
Yeah.
I don't even want to taste that.
I don't hate it, but I don't love it.
And these are.
Ooh, that one's got a really good aftertaste.
Like, you're just eating a bunch of pepper.
I'm not gonna overthink it.
This is tough, dude.
English Cheddar.
Everybody loves those caramelized onions.
Yeah, that's the one I wanted to choose.
But this black pepper one.
It's great.
Is nice, too.
So I'm gonna go with that one, the Toscano.
And then I'm gonna, like,
gingerly place it in here, but from a distance.
Ooh, nice.
And lastly, we've got the overall category.
The foods that ranked the highest, regardless of what type of food they are,
and in no particular
order.
That is
Steamed Chicken Soup Dumplings,
Chili and Lime Flavored Rolled Corn Tortilla Chips,
Kimbap,
and Steamed Pork and Ginger Soup Dumplings.
These were here last year.
They were here last year.
They won.
They were the best of everything.
We gotta do our thing, man.
Oh, crap.
Here we go.
I'll let you choose because you've been doing a great job for me.
All right.
This is what I would choose from me, so I'm choosing it for you.
Yeah.
Yes.
You shouldn't do that so often.
Yeah, see, I should.
I shouldn't have given you the secret.
I needed the power.
I gave you the secret.
I seem to remember that we also tried these.
Maybe?
Is this
chicken?
Chicken soup.
And these.
Chicken soup dumpling ain't a bad thing.
It's a good thing.
Because it's a soup dumpling and it's chicken soup.
So,
it's like a before and after on Wheel of Fortune,
now, hosted by Ryan Seacrest,
of all people.
What?
I gotta start watching again.
Really?
No, it was a joke.
Okay.
This is definitely something that
I wouldn't try.
But I might try the stuff on the inside
if I just, like, pooch it out of the
black wrapping.
Look away.
You made that difficult for me on a number of levels.
Sorry.
That middle is pretty good.
It's not that great, though.
How could that be one of the things?
Well, because it's not bad.
What is that, Rhett?
Pork and ginger.
What are you doing this afternoon?
Pork and ginger.
I saw where you were going.
I like the chicken
soup ones better than the pork and ginger.
You have the power of choice.
Oh, I do.
These are so good.
Did it retain its title?
It's such a beautiful packaging.
It's so eye catching.
It's unforgettable.
Maybe they're trying to compensate for something.
Did it win two years in a row, though?
I've tasted nothing
that could top it.
Yes.
Boy, that's a good, safe choice, Link.
That's the choice I would make if I had a long banana.
But you don't.
Pork and ginger
Kimbap.
Yeah, you.
Chicken.
Okay, so before
I tell you how you did, you have the opportunity to trade
one item from your opponent's lunchbox that they cannot block
and you cannot trade it back.
You know what I'm saying.
And if you want to make any additional trades,
you have to
both agree.
Link,
you are currently
losing, so you may make the
first trade.
Okay.
I know that I want that
caramel onion cheese.
I know
that that one.
I really wanted that one.
And
I guess that means I want to give you this cheese
because.
Yeah, I want to trade the cheeses.
You could trade anything, though.
I know, but why would I not do that?
Because I think this one's better than that.
So, now I have this.
Oh, that was good.
Because that has to be the best cheese.
I've been at several parties where people have talked about it extensively.
I'm going to.
I don't know.
This is the one that I didn't want to do, and I feel like I was forced into it.
So, I'm going to say that the
I don't know.
Do you think the people of Trader Joe's are going to just vote
for the same thing again?
It's a safe choice.
I'm going to trade the dumplings for the tortilla.
Boo.
I didn't want that.
Okay,
so now we have negotiable trades for anything.
Yeah.
Is there anything else you want over here?
You want some pups?
I'll trade you this for the Mac and Cheese Bites.
It's new.
It's crunchy.
Nope.
Well, I guess we're.
I guess we're locked in.
We're locked in.
All right.
Let's see how you did.
Okay, starting with appetizers.
Rhett, you chose the Mac and cheese.
Bless you, Mac and Cheese Bites,
which ranked second, making it worth two points.
Link, you chose the Parmesan Pastry Pups,
which ranked third, making it worth three points.
What?
So, then, what was number one there?
Well, number one
was the Spinach and Artichoke Dip, which you crapped all over.
You crapped all over, and I said,
people love it.
Then for the brekkie round, Rhett,
you chose Chocolate Croissants, which ranked second,
making it worth two points.
Link, you chose Double Chocolate Croissants,
which ranked fourth, making it
four points.
For the cheese round,
the points are shifted a little bit because of that one that dropped out,
but Rhett,
you were traded the Toscano Cheese With Black Pepper,
which ranked third, making it worth two points.
Link,
you have English Farmhouse Cheddar With Caramelized Onions,
which ranked fourth, making it worth three points.
And finally, for the overall round,
Rhett,
you traded for the Chili and Lime Flavored Rolled Corn Tortilla Chips,
which ranked first, making it worth one point.
Link,
you have the Steamed Chicken Soup Dumplings,
which ranked second, making it worth two points.
So,
that means that Rhett ended up with eight points,
and Link ended up with thirteen points, which means Rhett is our winner,
and he gets to trade seats with me for sixty seconds in Good Mythical More.
So, this was number one two years in a row.
That's right.
And what was the other number one that we didn't get to,
for the cheese?
What was the cheese?
Well,
hash browns was number one in the breakfast round,
and goat cheese was number one in the cheese.
You didn't even taste it.
It's just goat cheese, man.
Y'all been sleeping on the English Cheddar,
though.
Come on.
All right, I'm jealous you get that mic.
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