- What's the best fall snack to fall for
from Trader Joe's this fall?
- Let's talk about that.
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Good Mythical morning.
- It's fall in California, which means the temperature drops
from 75 to 70 and people have started wearing winter coats
for absolutely no reason.
- Right.
- What do you miss most about real fall?
- I think it's the gloves.
I look in my glove department. (laughing)
- You have a glove department?
- I have a whole glove department in my car.
- Oh, okay.
- And there's a glove compartment in the department.
- Okay.
- I put it up and it just feels so empty.
There's no gloves in there because I don't need them.
- You could still put gloves in there and never open it.
- Okay, maybe I will, maybe I will.
- The closest thing to leaves changing here
is the shelves changing at Trader Joe's.
- Right.
- They have an entire fall product line they come out with
and now, we're gonna rake them up into a pile
and dive into them, metaphorically speaking.
It's time for as the leaves begin to change
and the wind starts to blow, one wonders,
which is the tastiest fall snack from old man Trader Joe?
- Okay, we got our hands on six
of the most enticing Trader Joe's seasonal fall snacks.
Some are returning favorites to the store.
Some are brand new brand.
- Brand freaking new!
- And which one of these is worthy of being brought
to your next holiday party?
Well, we're gonna find out.
That's what we're doing this for.
- We're gonna taste them and we're gonna rank them
and place them back here.
- On a scale of one to six, starting with Joe no-nas.
G.I. don't like this, Joe.
Joe-why tribbi-yawn-i.
Joe Manganiell-ok, not bad.
Joe-seph Gordon love it!
And Joe Joe si- wow!
- (laughing) Let's taste some fall, autumn-al snacks.
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Kicking it off with a promising start.
Ain't nothing wrong with a kettle chip,
especially if it's Thanksgiving stuffing season.
- [Rhett] I've never heard of these.
- Yeah, they say it's packed with flavor
and experience of Thanksgiving stuffing meal.
- Meal, you know, Thanksgiving stuffing meal.
- I hope they use better grammar than that.
And you might even taste a hint of gravy.
- Oh, okay.
- [Link] You can have that fold-y.
- [Rhett] Yeah, I got it.
- I found another fold-y.
- Boy, it smells just like, we call it dressing.
You know, where we come from.
- Yeah, if it's not stuffed, but it is stuffing,
then it's dressing.
- Oh, my.
- [Link] Salt, celery, sage, thyme.
- Now, I love dressing.
- Me, too.
- The next day, a lot of times,
I'll do a leftovers and it's just dressing.
I won't even get anything out, so.
- It's not overpowering.
- It tastes exactly like a good dressing slash stuffing.
- I think they've nailed it.
They've met, if not exceeded, my expectations.
- [Rhett] Put it in the middle, right?
- [Link] It's definitely three.
It may go up.
- [Rhett] It may go up.
- All the way, maybe.
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- You've probably watched a movie
where they had a big roasted pig
with a apple in its mouth.
- Yeah.
- Well, Trader Joe saw that movie and thought to himself,
we should serve that in some form.
So they've got the apple cider pork loin roast.
Now, I can smell the cinnamon,
maybe because there is literally a cinnamon stick
on top of this thing.
- Yeah, it's marinated an apple cider
with whole cinnamon and cloves.
chirp47 on Reddit said, "I had it tonight
and thought it was delicious.
Tasted like fall."
How do you feel about this, in general?
Because it seems like it could be gimmicky,
to just fall-ify something.
Excuse me for just by biting this.
- That's not how I interpret it.
I'm just thinking about how the flavors are gonna be
because this kind of flavor does compliment,
but there's a reviewer on the website,
wherever you leave reviews for Trader Joe's things,
who said- - It's on Reddit.
- "It's very strong in regards to cinnamon and cloves."
- I would not say too strong.
I think it tastes nice.
I do think it tastes like fall
and I do think that it's a good thing.
Again, we wanna celebrate the seasons, too.
And we rely on Joe to do that out here
and I think it's working.
It's not overbearing, but it ain't better than those chips.
- I'm taking issue with everything you're saying.
- We can agree to disagree.
You think it's better than the chips?
- No, I think it's worse than you're giving it credit for.
- Okay.
- I think it is very strong in regards to cinnamon
and cloves and I don't really like that to be in my pork.
Cloves, I just feel like it's doing too much work.
- The more that I eat it and listen to you,
the more you're kind of ruining it for me.
- Yeah, right, okay.
I think put it at five and let's see what happens.
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Okay, we're gonna pivot away from the savory snacks
and into a sweet breakfast snack on the go.
Trader Joe's apple cinnamon oatmeal bites.
We prepared these in the air fryer,
which is an option on the back
because that's what Reddit said we should do.
We only do what Reddit says.
- Grab you one of these balls, man.
- Oh.
- Smell it, dink it, break it, or bite it.
If you look at the inside of that, that's-
- [Rhett] Wow.
- [Link] Strange looking.
- It's so much more moist in the middle than I anticipated.
That's good.
- There's a debate on whether this is breakfast
or if it's just a snack.
- Who makes these rules and why do we have to follow them?
- That's a good point.
- You know?
- Oh, don't you dare.
- The pork fell.
- You've given up.
You still have a chance, pork.
- A chance to be the last thing.
- You can move up or you can go down,
so you better hold it together.
You know what this needs?
- A dip.
- Icing.
- [Rhett] Yeah.
- It needs a frosting.
- But don't be misleading, though, because they're not dry.
- No, they're moist.
They're just not as sweet as I wanted them to be.
- Well, I'm an oatmeal guy
and oatmeal, if you make it too sweet,
you start feeling like you're undoing everything
that you're trying to do with oatmeal.
So I feel like they would be better with icing, but-
- You can add icing, like a drizzle.
- They're definitely not as good as the kettle chips,
but they're way better than that pork loin.
- Yeah.
- So maybe we just move these up.
Those are solid.
You're gonna be happy with that.
- Yeah, especially if you've got
an extra Toaster Strudel icing drizzle.
- [Both] Always save that.
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- You knew we had to go here.
We had to do something that was pumpkin related.
The first pumpkin related snack on the list is savory.
That's interesting.
This is Trader Joe's pumpkin four cheese
and I'm not saying pumpkin for cheese, pumpkin four cheese.
These aren't pumpkins doing thing for cheese.
- Sounded the same, but I did read it.
- Pumpkin four cheese Greek style yogurt dip?
- There's a lot going on here.
A savory creamy pumpkin dip
with shredded monterey jack sharp cheddar cheese,
cream cheese, and parmesan cheese.
- I like everything you just said except the pumpkin part,
which is the only thing that I'm a little bit nervous about.
- So you're supposed to heat this up for 20 seconds
in a microwave safe dish and stir.
That's what you did, I'm sure.
- Yeah, it smells good.
- [Link] What's your hope?
You seem to be skeptical.
- I love cheese dips and creamy yogurt dips.
I'm a big creamy dip dude.
- Over on the Instagram account @traderjoeslist,
which is not the official Trader Joe's account,
but it is verified.
There's debate in the comments.
@duchessmel_187 said, Duchess thought it was gonna be great,
but it was absolutely revolting.
Trader Joe's List said, oh no.
(crew laughing)
- [Rhett] Has it got spinach in it?
This is something-
- There's something nasty that I know what you're saying
about spinach, but it's like, is that the yogurt part?
- No, yogurt doesn't taste like that.
- That's doing that?
- There's a spice in there or an herb.
- I think it's the pumpkin thing,
but what we're saying is that it is pretty revolting.
- Let me just be-
- Could I acquire this taste?
- I think it's got something in there.
- $3.60 worth of revolt.
- You know how you go to those parties?
If you're me and they've got something like this
and you taste it and it's like, that's not very good,
but then you just keep eating it
because it has the consistency and it has the profile
of something that would be good.
- Yeah, it's like sniffing toenails.
- That's what's happening to me right now.
I could easily eat that whole thing
and complain about it the whole time.
- Yeah because there's something about it
that implies you're the problem.
- Yeah.
It's better than that pork.
- No, it's not.
- Yeah, it is, man.
- It is not better than the pork.
You said it was hard.
You were like, what's in this?
You didn't say that with the pork.
- Look at how much I'm eating, though.
- You're the problem.
- If you wanna put it lower than the pork, I don't care.
That part of that list is not that important to me.
- I'm a completionist.
- What a party this is.
- I'm putting it at the bottom,
but these are basically tied, according to Rhett,
but not me.
- Y'all got something besides this dip?
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- These little eggs are actually pumpkin spice
espresso beans. - [Rhett] Are not eggs.
- They are new to Trader Joe's this fall.
Seems like a perfect way for a basic B like me
to get my latte fix on the go.
- That's what I was thinking.
Well, they're so new that at the time of recording this,
no one has talked about them on Reddit, but listen.
Sweetontraderjoes.com.
Mark, he's already said something,
including that he begins his review with,
"I'm excited for another fall pumpkin spice review."
Mark, slow your roll, buddy.
You don't have to say you're excited about a review.
Just do the review.
But he goes on to say, "This leaves me wanting more spice
and less espresso bean."
- Oh, really?
Well, first of all, pumpkin spice is on the way out.
Less of it's making its way to the shelves.
It's had its day.
Is this gonna bring it back
or is this a desperate, final whimper
to the pumpkin spice dead body?
- You okay?
Arms up.
- Go on without me.
(Link coughing)
- I kinda like them.
- Once you get to the coffee bean
and you start crunching that puppy up.
- That's good.
- [Link] It wants to-
- Go right in your lungs.
- It wants to go in my lungs.
- (coughing) Oh, you're right.
Yeah!
- There's a hazard to this.
- I love it!
- It is chocolate.
- It'd be better if it was just chocolate
over espresso beans, which that's one of my favorite snacks.
- There's two servings in here.
If you eat the whole bag, 360 calories.
That's the equivalent of caffeine of one cup of coffee.
- These are better than the oatmeal bites, man.
- Yes, they are.
Even if they do kill you.
- Not better than the chips, though.
- You're right, you're right.
So we're gonna throw these up there.
Nice little novelty.
Get yourself a little bit more caffeine in your life
and the pumpkin spice before it dies forever.
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- It wouldn't feel like fall without a little turkey
in your belly, but in a burrito with pumpkin mole sauce?
Yes, that is a thing.
Okay, so either this is gonna be incredible
or it will be the final nail in the coffin of pumpkin spice.
It's Trader Joe's turkey and pumpkin mole burrito.
- So weird.
So weird.
This is not something that anybody could have wanted.
- This is experimental.
I like mole.
I'm not a huge fan of pumpkin stuff, though.
- I don't love mole,
but maybe it's because it's not pumpkin-y enough for me.
There's no way that's the case.
This tip right here doesn't have anything in it,
so I'm gonna get rid of that.
- But just the tip.
Oh, it's spicy.
- [Link] Turkey meat.
- [Rhett] It's not bad.
- It's very mole-y.
If you like that, you'd like this, I think.
- Surprisingly, the pumpkin flavor compliments mole
in a way that I would not have been able to anticipate.
I don't know how much I would recommend this, though.
- It's not bad.
I feel like I might be sick if I eat the whole thing
because it's so, but it doesn't taste bad.
- I feel like I might get sick, y'all.
Go on without me.
(Link laughing)
@tellmenowjerk.
- This is the last one.
We're gonna have to put it at number one
and we're gonna have to move stuff.
- This is what most people's response to this would be.
And @tellmenowjerk on Reddit said,
"At this point, I think TJ's just might be trolling us.
Like how did they even think of this?
- [Link] Exactly.
- That's a great question.
I never, even as someone who likes mole,
I would never grab this.
I want to say it exceeds expectations,
but expectations were rock bottom.
- So low.
It's just a question of where does this thing go?
Below the bites, even though they don't have cinnamon.
You hate the pork loin.
It's better than the pork loin.
- [Rhett] It's better than the pork loin.
- Yeah, so slide-y, slide-y, slide-y.
- There it is.
The definitive list of fall themed seasonal products
from TJs.
It doesn't get any better than the seasoned kettle chips
that taste just like Thanksgiving stuffing, y'all.
You need to get yourself some of those!
- Congratulations to the kettle chips,
but anything three and above, I can heartily recommend.
So Trader Joe it up, all right?
- Hardly recommend or heartily recommend?
- Heartily.
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