- Hey everyone, welcome to Awesome Time.
Today we've got one, two, three, four, five, six,
seven strange flavors of classic candies.
Let's get after it.
Today we're mixing things up a little bit.
I think you guys are gonna like it, though.
Eric's gonna come in and I'm gonna show him
these seven strange flavors of classic candies.
He's gonna decide which is his favorite.
Come on in here, Eric, and let's do this.
Are you ready for your first-- - I'm ready!
- I think this could end up being your favorite.
- Right off the bat?
- Yep, this is pretty cool.
It's definitely a strange flavor of a classic candy.
You might not think soda is candy, but I do.
- I mean it's got enough sugar to be candy.
- Yeah, baby.
This is pure cane sugar made in the US.
- That's dirt.
- It's Dirt Soda. - It tastes like dirt.
Clearing my mind, I've erased all my candy memory.
Hmm.
Organic.
That's the first thing that springs to my mind.
- I feel like you're not in love with it.
- It's not terrible. - Right
- It's got the taste of dirt.
I would probably be able to drink this whole bottle.
But I don't know if I'd be like, gimme another one.
I don't, like my body doesn't reject this,
which is always a positive. - You're going back for more.
I didn't even ask you to try more
and you're going back for more.
- Yeah, it's not bad.
Like if you had dirt in your mouth,
it's got a little bit of that taste.
But it's so sweet and so smooth that it's drinkable.
I'll put this, right now, 'cause it's the only one--
- This is your favorite. - This is my favorite so far.
- This is currently your favorite.
- I'll sip on this until I find something better.
- All right, in time for the holidays, I got for you this,
candy canes, but the flavor is mac and cheese.
These candy canes have been our most popular
so far this season.
- I had a taste of one in Real or Candy Cane,
one of our hit videos.
I mean right off the bat that smell is poof.
- Oh, wow! - So smelly.
- Oh no, I like it.
- I kind of get used to it.
No, that's weird, though.
- This tastes a bit like buttered popcorn Jelly Bellys.
- The butter is strong.
It's kind of like a cheesy butter.
Going into this, I thought I would spit this
all over the table, because I did that with it originally.
I don't like it. - I hate it.
- It's growing on me.
- Now, the question is do you like it
more or less than the Dirt Soda?
- I didn't expect this to be a tough decision.
I'm gonna stick with the Dirt Soda, only because when
the smell hits my nose I'm a little bit like ick.
But then I taste it and I'm okay with it.
- Moving on to the next product.
These are gonna be your new favorite.
- Okay, I'm ready.
- These are from Jelly Belly, they're called Candy Cones.
These are made in the USA.
They are like a candy corn consistency.
Each one is dual flavored.
The cone part here tastes like an ice cream cone
and then the top tastes like whatever flavor
of ice cream's on top. - Ooh.
- So each one's dual flavored.
- Yeah, and you got five flavors.
Right out of the bag it smells like ice cream.
- This one's orange sherbet, this one's french vanilla.
Ah, man.
Oh, you're just taking the whole thing,
you're not separating the flavors.
- No, I'm not a freak.
(womp, womp, womp)
- How's that being a freak?
So every bite of ice cream you have,
you take like a little bit of cone
and a little bit of ice cream?
- No, the best part's when you get down to where you get
a bite of ice cream and cone.
Throw it in the comments.
What's the best part, eating ice cream with the cone
or just ice cream by itself?
- Right, that's chocolate.
You just get the chocolate then you get the waffle piece
after it. - No, I wanted it together.
- Oh, man, that tastes just like mint chocolate chip.
- Mint is good.
Mm, I like the strawberry.
These have made me thirsty.
(laughing)
This makes me want to go back to the Dirt Soda.
I did not think I would like Dirt Soda this much.
- Are you gonna keep the Dirt Soda
over the Jelly Belly Candy Cones?
- This is harder than I thought!
- Really?
I'm generally shocked.
You think you know someone.
- I did not expect this.
- You're gonna keep the Dirt Soda.
- I'm going with the Dirt Soda!
- He's crazy.
- This is blowing my mind right now.
- This is blowing my mind.
Eric, do you like taffy?
- I do enjoy a good taffy.
- This is chicken and waffle-flavored taffy.
- Everybody's getting in the chicken and waffle game.
- [Voiceover] New Kentucky Fried Chicken and Waffles.
- I know, but this is your saltwater taffy, made in the US.
I love taffy.
- Oh, it does, it's got a very maple syrup smell to it.
Mm, there is chicken in there.
I mean not real chicken. (laughing)
There's not like--
- That would be weird in taffy.
- Yeah, it'd be hard to ship.
Got a good chew to it, fresh.
Fresh.
I thought this was gonna really easy when you proposed
this idea, I was like oh, this will be easy.
- Well, so did I.
I thought it'd be really easy 'cause I was gonna start
with soda flavored like dirt.
I didn't think you would like it so much.
- My palate is so refined.
Right now, in this moment,
the Dirt Soda's so unique-tasting to my mouth.
It's so much different than anything else.
Like I've had chicken, I've had waffles, syrup.
I've had that candy taste before,
and this is really good and it's unique.
But just 'cause I've never tasted anything like this,
I'm sticking with it.
This is really good, though.
- I guess I'm gonna have to go buy a bunch more
Dirt Soda for you to just have in your office.
- Yes, please!
Try to beat the dirt, Jamie.
- Oh, Eric, I feel like the Dirt Soda
stands no chance against these.
These are Pixy Stix, but very interesting flavors.
You've got cucumber watermelon, mango lime,
and pineapple-flavored Pixy Stix.
These are actually from Mexico.
- Cucumber's got that veggie taste,
so this could be knocking on the door of the Dirt Soda.
- [Jamie] Who doesn't like Pixy Stix, though?
- Oh, I love 'em.
- You can really taste the cucumber in there,
and it's good, I love cucumbers.
- Ooh, that is good.
- That's gotta be better than that Dirt Soda.
- Now, don't knock my Dirt Soda.
I'm almost finished with it.
- I'm going to the mango lime next.
- Ooh, that's good.
The mango's real good, mm.
- That one is real good, too.
- All right, I'm doing pineapple last.
I think this will be my favorite.
Mm.
Sometimes like Pop Rocks and some of that stuff
gets like whoa, you know, and it hits you.
- Right, yeah.
- But this is just kind of, it's almost just nice.
I'm going, just 'cause I've never had Pixy Stix like this,
I'm going to the Pixy Stix.
- Okay, okay.
- Dirt Soda's out.
I'll give a little love to my dirt.
- We got a new winner.
All right, the Pixy Stix. - Pixy Stix.
- I don't know, I feel like this has no chance,
but knowing you, I don't know, maybe it does--
- Yeah, who knows.
- From the same people that brought you
mac and cheese candy canes come pickle-flavored candy canes.
Tell me what you think.
- All right, I'm gonna try a little smell test first.
- I like me some pickles and that is--
- I'm not getting a lot on the smell, are you?
A little bit.
It's not bad.
- I think this is better than the mac and cheese one.
- Yeah, it's subtle, it's more subtle.
- Yeah.
- Now in Real or Candy Cane, Joey got this and I had to
eat a real pickle and root beer and I did not enjoy it.
(gagging)
I do not like it more than these Pixy Stix
- I'm not surprised, I'm not surprised.
- These Pixy Stix are so good!
- Yeah, I'm not surprised.
Move onto the next one?
- Yeah, nice try, pickle candy canes.
- If anything could dethrone Pixy Stix,
it's probably this next one.
- Yeah!
- Nerds. - Oh, I do love me some Nerds.
- Ah man, these are Nerds in some pretty fun flavors.
It's guava on one side and mango chili on the other.
It's like a top-five candy for me.
- For you, really? - Oh, yeah, oh man.
- So you're the guy at the movie theater--
- Making all that noise.
- All right, I got my guava going first.
You know what also I like about this box design?
You put your mouth on it and that really lets people know
this is my box of Nerds, don't eat any of it.
- That's so unexpected for Nerds.
- Yeah, I know.
- Nerds are so traditionally like that strong candy flavor
and this is super sweet, but it's good.
- I like it, it's pretty good.
All right, I'm doing the mango chili.
This is really interesting.
- Yeah, excited about this one.
- Quiet, I'm trying to watch the movie!
Mm, that's got a little spice.
Yeah, people who really watch our channel, though,
they'll know I haven't done a spice video since we did
the Carolina Reaper powder here on this set last.
- Yeah, we destroyed Eric's stomach.
- Yeah.
(coughs, gags)
Get off my lips.
I can feel it in my stomach, like it's rejecting it.
But this I like.
It's like just enough heat that it's enjoyable.
Ooh, this is gonna be hard!
This is the last one, Jamie.
Whatever wins this just wins.
You've got a lot riding on this.
Whichever I choose, could sell millions of units
just by me touching it.
Man, I don't know.
- You get three flavors from the Pixy Stix.
You only get two from here.
- I know, you really do, that's a good point.
I'm calling it.
Eric's favorite candy of this episode--
(tapping)
Nerds! (air horn)
I'll tell you why.
The flavors are both really good.
It's the crunch and the tactile like...
I like having that like I'm eating something
a little bit more just a little bit versus the Pixy Stix.
- There you have it.
Nerds, Eric's favorite.
- My fave!
Still, dark horse, right?
- Still rocking that Dirt Soda.
You can get all seven of these classic candies
in strange flavors at vat19.com.
I hope you guys enjoyed this format.
Let us know in the comments if you want us
to keep finding out what Eric's favorite of something is.
- I mean, as long as it's delicious, I'll keep eatin' it.
- So now my job is I gotta find you like seven cool things
to eat every couple weeks?
- Ooh, what if we did like the seven best tacos?
(laughing)
- I guess you guys can put in the comments like
what stuff Eric gets to eat.
- Yeah, the seven best chicken parms.
Eric's favorite chicken parm is from Fazoli's,
and buy the chicken candy canes now, vat19.com
- Thanks for coming, I gotta wrap this thing up.
- Okay, I'll leave you, I'm gonna take my Nerds.
- Take your Nerds and you Dirt Soda.
Hey, those are my Nerds!
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