- Today, we're going to be swapping ice creams
between Korean ice creams and American ice creams.
- Like on a stick?
- It's mostly on a stick,
or it's in a thick, plastic package
that you can open up and just like squeeze.
- I'm coming with an open mind and an empty stomach.
- I feel like your ice cream is going to be great
but America, like we got it on lock.
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- This is a Creamsicle.
It's amazing.
It's America.
It is a classic.
It's orange vanilla.
- This one is called Melona.
- Okay. - Melona.
It's melon flavored.
- Very simple, rectangular, cubic shape.
- This is also a very classic one
but it's still like really, really cold to the taste.
It's kind of like Eminem.
It's always like at the top.
It's a lot more softer than this Popsicle I think
I feel like.
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- Oh, this is good.
- Ooh, there's something inside.
- Vanilla.
- I thought it was just the bottom.
Okay.
- I like the outside texture.
It's kind of like icy and the inside is a cream.
This is bomb.
- I really... - Yeah.
- I love this.
It's soft, it's delicate.
It reminds me of before all the hoeing began.
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- The innocent days.
- Innocent.
- It's very like vaguely melon-y.
It's delicious, it's creamy.
It's not like brittle like if it's just water-based.
I think there's maybe some dairy in this.
It's really delicious.
Ugh, can't, tie.
Both amazing.
- I'm actually very Korean-biased,
but I really like this one.
- I think this one is my favorite.
- Pass.
It's not too sugary, it's so delicate.
I'm sorry.
At me, guys, at me.
I don't know what to say.
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- Korean won.
It's called (speaking in foreign language).
Little translation is Pig Bar.
I have no idea why it's called Pig Bar.
- Is it bacon?
- This has nothing to do with pig.
- It's basically strawberry filling
with vanilla ice cream covered with chocolate crumbles.
- This is Strawberry Shortcake.
- Strawberry Shortcake with the cream on top.
Tell me the name of your true love.
This is the one I want you to experience.
This is the truest ice cream bar of all time.
- There's crumbles on the outside.
It's like very vanilla, strawberry flavored.
It's good. - They look like brothers.
- Yeah, they're long lost brothers.
- Ooh.
It's like cereal.
- I don't know if it really tastes like strawberries
or a shortcake or a cake.
But it definitely tastes pink and I know pink.
- There's jelly in the middle,
which is kind of confusing to me.
- I like it. - I like this, too.
It tastes very fancy.
- It looks really fancy.
- This tastes like something you would serve
at a restaurant.
- I like this one a lot.
It's like a slightly different version of that.
- It's like a chocolate bar with strawberry filling.
- Do you want a little bite to decide?
- Yeah, I need to decide.
Okay, so not saying that one tastes all natural,
but this is very artificial.
- Tastes pink, right?
- This I think may be good because it's artificial.
It all sort of like melts in your mouth
as one flavor whereas this, you're getting like
different textures.
So I don't know.
- You know what?
I'm gonna go with the pink.
- This one? - Yes.
Since it's my favorite color.
I can't decide so pink.
- I kind of still like this one, too.
- Yeah, pink is best.
- [Sam] It's like it's so pretty.
It's very Instagram-able.
- Yeah, yeah. - Right?
- I was about to say that.
- That's the thing that put it over the edge.
- I think they're both really good.
- I think they're both good.
I think they're the same.
- Yeah, I'm gonna give it a tie.
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- I have the true American classic.
The god of all ice creams.
The one that's greater than anyone
that's ever existed.
An ice cream sandwich.
- Is it literally called an ice cream sandwich?
There's no like brand name?
- This doesn't need it.
This is so iconic. - Oh, really?
- That the format is the name.
- Samanco, as you can see, it's like guppy shaped.
- Yeah. - Kind of like
a goldfish shape.
- Yeah, I was gonna say it looks like a goldfish.
- And it has a little casing kind of.
- I know, I almost don't want to bite into it.
- It's like a soft version of a cone.
- Okay, so my biggest question is like
what is the deal with red bean?
- It's so popular in Korean desserts.
- Yeah. - Me, personally,
I'm not a big fan of red beans.
- Most of my friends kind of freaked out
when I said like oh, do you want like ice cream
but there's red beans inside?
They're like what?
- Oh, that's good.
- That's so soft.
- Oh, this is so good.
Oh, man, take my money.
Oh, gosh.
- Yeah.
- Have you bit into the red bean yet?
- There's more? - It's actually inside.
- Oh. - Yeah,
so you might have to take a second bite.
- I mean you don't have to ask me twice.
Oh, here it is.
That's the spot.
Here we've got a little bean.
I'm going to have a little bean.
It's good. - It's good?
- Yeah, the bean flavor is very mild
and it's like pleasant.
Kind of like cinnamon-y.
- Uh-huh. - I liked it.
- The sandwich part, not the inside ice cream part,
but the sandwich part kind of reminds me
of chocolate graham crackers I had
but a little bit soggier, but not in a bad way.
- This one, I like it.
She's young, she's fresh.
She's ready for the world.
She just got her masters in like cultural art or something.
- She's about to make the six digits, yeah.
- Yeah, she's about to make the six digit
because she just got married and she's in stocks.
I love it.
- She's in the stocks.
- She's in it.
- I like this better, the ice cream sandwich.
- I think I would choose that over this.
Even like flavor-wise, it's very different
so I can't choose.
- Yeah, I can't pick on flavor but this wins
on pure convenience.
- Yeah, convenience.
- And size, you get double your money.
- Exactly. - Hello.
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- What the (beep)? - Yeah.
We are presented by Papico.
This is actually my favorite.
It's creamy chocolate flavored ice cream,
which is in a plastic container.
So no mess whatsoever.
- I've seen some crazy (beep) in my time at BuzzFeed.
I'm so intrigued by this right now.
- Did you ever have an Icee as a kid?
- Oh.
- It's kind of like that.
- It's a lot thicker.
It's a lot thicker than that.
- Yeah, she's thick.
- We've got the peanut, chocolate shell.
You have the vanilla ice cream.
You have the waffle cone.
You have, I think there's like fudge sauce filling,
and then at the bottom you've got like frozen chocolate
at the bottom.
- Oh. - So there's like
five different layers you've gotta go through.
- It's a full ice cream experience.
- I'm sold.
- And right there, as you can see,
there's a little plastic handle.
You pop that. - Oh, popped it.
- And then you pull it.
Boom.
- And then you drink it?
- And then you eat it.
Well, not really drink it.
Try it.
- Oh, that's good.
That's like chocolate.
- The hard part you have to rub it or twist it
or bite into it to melt it.
- I just hope they don't turn this into a gif.
I would bite into the shell at the top.
- Okay. - Yeah.
- Okay, that's really good.
Who knew ice cream could be so satisfyingly messy?
Like, if your ice cream isn't all over your hands
and face, did you really eat ice cream?
- These are some great peanuts.
I'm not gonna lie.
- I love it.
- It's good, I really like the combination
of the nuts and the chocolate.
Almost reminds me of Snickers.
You know? - Yeah.
That's like Snickers' like twin sister ice cream, you know?
- Oh yeah, I can see that.
- I like this.
- I mean, that's good, but this is...
- Yeah, Papico kind of takes the cake.
- I think so.
- I actually really like this.
- You're just going ham at it.
- I'm gonna choose that one.
But this is a close second.
The Drumstick only because...
- I think I like Drumsticks.
- It's an American classic.
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- First of all, this isn't the original Jaws bar,
or (speaking in foreign language).
So originally Jaws bars looks like blue shark with...
- A stick? - Yeah,
a little Popsicle stick inside of it.
That when you bite into it, it's a pink inside
and it's orange and strawberry flavored.
- It's like blood.
- No, it's like the inside of the mouth.
Basically, this is the newer version.
More safer to eat version.
- In America, we have Great White Pops.
- Oh, okay. - Which is
kind of similar but it's a lemon pop.
It looks like a shark but it's a lemon pop
and it's white like a great white shark.
- Now, this is red, white, and blue.
True America.
- This is a Bomb Pop.
This is such an American thing.
Once again, now, I know it doesn't look like
it's gonna create a mess, these things are messy (beep)
who live for drama.
You get it all over your face.
If you're a little kid it's like.
You would think the red and the blue
would mix together to create a purple.
It's like a dark gray purple
and it just gets all over your face,
on your tongue, and it's super sticky and gross.
- I'm not supposed to bite this one?
- Yeah, it's more of like a licking thing.
- Oh, okay.
- Just by the look of it, it just looks like dyed ice,
you know what I mean? - It does.
- Yeah. - I never know
what white flavor is in ice cream.
- I don't know either.
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- It's always like mystery.
I don't know what it is. - Let's find out.
- Oh, that's good.
- The red part tastes like cherry
but very artificial flavor.
But I can see how it's very American.
Like when you look at it.
- Well, the artificial part is American too.
- It's like lemonade-ish.
- That sounds like America.
- Yeah, I don't know what blue tastes like.
Let me taste the blue.
It tastes like just blue ice cream.
- Maybe they just like got tired.
- Yeah. - They're like oh.
- They put all the effort into cherry
and they're like you know what, guys?
It's just the bottom part.
- It doesn't have a distinct flavor.
Like I know it says orange and strawberry.
It just tastes kind of like frozen tropical.
- I love this.
I think it's perfect packaging.
- Yeah.
- It makes it last a long time.
I think it's really, really sweet,
but like not too sweet, because I'm not a sugar queen.
- That's a classic, but you don't get messy with this.
They both taste artificial though.
Kind of like fun and interactive,
that's why I like it.
I'm team Jaws.
- You know, this is growing on me.
I like it.
It's very lemony though.
- It is light too.
Like it's basically just water and sugar, I think.
- I think this one wins.
- Yeah, me too, Jaws. - Oh, my gosh.
Am I hypocritical?
I just went for America and I'm really enjoying.
- You know, sometimes in life, you know, you have to.
- Try something new?
- Yeah, you've got to try something new
and if you like it, you have to go for it.
- I liked a lot of both.
- Same here.
- I don't think there were any bad ones.
Whatever creating college there is,
their major for ice cream packaging design
is the best of the best
and the Americans are playing catch up
and it's embarrassing.
- Joyce, it seems like you enjoyed a lot
of Korean ice cream.
- I think Koreans really have the sugar game down.
- Yeah. - But the Koreans
just really have the flavor pallette.
It's just really good and I like think American sweets,
though delicious, though bomb, don't at me,
but we can work on it.
- Yeah. - Can't wait
to go to Korea. - Yeah.
- Eat all your stuff.
- All yours, Joyce.
Live your dream, live your dream.
- If Sunbae could notice me.
I'd do anything.
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