(suspenseful music)
- No.
(beep) - Hey guys, it's Amy.
And I'm very excited to be here in LA
with a very special guest.
- Hi, I'm Merle and I produce for Tasty and Goodful.
- And I'm really excited
because today we're gonna be swapping
five of our favorite snacks.
- I'm very excited to see what you brought.
- I'm actually scared of some of my options.
Now sat here with you, it feels really real and I'm like,
"Why did I do that?"
- All right, let's do it. - Let's go.
- Here we go. - Are you ready?
- [Merle] Ooh, girl. - [Amy] Oh we got some sweets.
Oh my God, this is like the worst thing to compare.
This is delicious,
but it's not ice cream.
Mine are roasted chickpeas. (Merle laughs)
- I'm excited to try yours.
Tell me why you picked this snack?
- Because it's different.
They're moreish, you know?
At first you're not sure.
And then you're like,
yeah, you know, this is good.
- What does moreish mean?
Is that stupid? - Do you guys not say that?
Moreish means,
you just want more.
So these are strawberry cheesecake chickpeas.
- With chocolate? - Yes.
- I love strawberries with chocolate.
This is Van Leeuwen's Vegan Ice Cream.
I have a personal attachment to this ice cream
because me and my friend Vaughn,
we did a video with them where we learned how to make
like the best vegan ice cream.
So these two flavors are chocolate chip cookie dough
and peanut butter brownie honeycomb.
- Well, let's swap and give 'em a try.
- Let's do it, give those chickpeas.
- Ooh.
So I'm gonna go for the chocolate chip cookie dough first,
always like perfectly defrosted.
(dramatic music)
Look at me having more. (Merle laughs)
This ticks the moreish box.
- Oh, hell yeah.
- Peanut butter brownie honeycomb, okay.
I love ice cream with swirls.
Oh my world.
I thought it couldn't get better, so good.
- I'm glad you like it.
Let me try this little sweet surprise.
- Can I just say,
that I brought all of these snacks from England on a plane.
They've been to Arizona.
They've been to Sedona.
They've been on a journey.
So, if they're a bit weathered.
- I've, first I thought you were like
trying to emotionally manipulate.
These have gone the distance for you.
Didn't expect the color. (clanking sound)
Whoa, baby. - Check that out.
- These are really cute.
They look like little teeny quail eggs.
Got a nice crunch.
Ooh, I would literally never know this is a chickpea.
This tastes like cheesecake.
It knows cheesecake, it's met cheesecake.
They're acquaintances. - It's like,
cheesecake's cousin. - But it's delicious.
I could easily probably eat this entire thing.
- Moreish
- [Producer] Would you guys swap snacks?
- I'm swapping.
I can't choose a chickpea over two pints of ice cream.
- I'm not gonna lie to you.
I'm gonna have to keep the ice cream.
But these are really good.
Am I gonna split it.
Take one pint, you keep one pint, I keep this.
- So we're off to a great start.
I wanna see what else you brought.
- I'm just gonna let you know
that was the peak you just went from.
It's all downhill from now.
- Good, because that was stiff competition.
Ooh.
- [Merle] Do I spy haggis?
- (indistinct) a bit of fun, you know?
- (indistinct) tatties?
- So I have brought for you,
a rather battered bag of haggis, neeps and tatties,
crisps, or chips. (bell chimes)
- So haggis is intestines normally, correct?
- So you've heard of it?
The lungs, heart, liver of a sheep,
mixed with oats, spices, seasoning,
stuffed into a sheep stomach, boiled.
- I don't know what in the world
I'm supposed to expect flavor-wise from this.
- This is 100% vegan.
So neeps are turnips,
and tatties are tats, potatoes.
Haggis neeps and tatties
is like the national dish of Scotland.
We have it in the UK as well.
- On the flippity flop,
I've got some dark chocolate peanut buttercups.
- I mean, that sounds amazing.
Like I keep bringing you this crap,
and you're just like, "Look at this."
It's like food heaven and food hell.
- You're bringing the entertainment.
I'm bringing, chocolate.
I eat these also at night, also for lunch.
And also sometimes for breakfast.
- Let's swap.
- If I have to.
I don't wanna smell this bag.
Oh dear Lord, here we go.
Oh my God, I feel like that just like
singed a couple of my nose hairs (laughs)
This chip looks innocent enough, I can't lie.
(playful music) (crunching sounds)
It's not my favorite chip I've ever had.
It's certainly not as bad as I was anticipating.
- I'll take that, you know?
I'm not gonna ask about anymore than that.
I've never had these exact ones before,
but I've had like Reese's
- These are Justin's. - Mm.
Oh my God, that's so good.
- Right, that's pretty good.
Not your average peanut buttercup--
- No, it's not.
Justin smashed it with these.
- [Producer] Would you guys swap snacks?
- (laughs) would you like to answer that first?
- Yes, I'd take your peanut buttercup over my,
sheep's intestine, chips. (Merle laughs)
- Yeah, I would keep my snack for sure.
- Maybe on this next snack, I can change your mind.
Third time's a charm.
Ooh, what are those?
Little pickles?
See this isn't fair,
I didn't know we could do like hot snacks.
They're like, Buffalo wings.
- Yes, the cauliflower.
I had a dream about what I wanted you to experience.
Is this a snack?
Is it an appetizer?
- It's an appetizer.
- Honestly, I snack on these one.
- Uh huh. - One could call it
an appe-teaser.
Whenever I think of these,
I think myself sitting on the couch,
and just like thinking about what I'm gonna make for dinner.
- You need a snack whilst you're cooking?
- Exactly.
- Okay, so,
what is better than pickles?
Nothing, nothing is better than pickles.
Snacking pickles.
I just love that they come in this cute little packet.
- Are they dehydrated little pickles?
- No, they're moist.
- [Both] They're so cute.
- Let's swap.
These are like little martini pickles.
- Whoa, they're Buffalo.
Burn my nasal hairs.
- I love pickles.
Salty, vinegary, adorable.
These are moist, almost terrifyingly so.
Great job, guys.
- They've traveled thousands of miles.
- Let's give it up for these pickles, am I right?
(clapping)
I don't know how many I would eat in one sitting, but--
- I would eat all of them.
I'm gonna try these now.
- [Merle] Go for it.
- Mm, so good.
- Are you a ranch person or a blue cheese person?
- Both, do I have to pick?
- I'm not gonna make you do that.
- No.
You know what, I didn't think
I could trade a pickle for anything.
- I'm not gonna lie.
I'm gonna keep my snack again.
Is that awful?
I mean, it's the truth.
- Give me this pickle. (Merle laughs)
- Can they bring it back?
- I think so.
- Oh.
- Do I believe?
We've got a whole set up here, am I right?
- I've been set up. - No!
This, it is a mere toast
with almond butter and bananas and a little bit of cinnamon,
which is what I like to like have for breakfast.
Sometimes I like to have them for dessert.
- I like what you've done here.
- Thank you very much.
So we shall see.
I brought these onion bhaji snacks.
Have you heard of an onion bhaji before?
- No, but it's giving me funion vibes.
- Funion?
It makes me think of bunions.
- No, my gosh (beep)
- An onion bhaji is a Indian snack,
but Indian cuisine is like
one of the most popular in England.
Our national dish of England is the tikka masala.
- Oh, delicious.
- An onion bhaji is like thinly sliced onion
mixed with spices and gram flour and then deep fried.
I'd actually crumble them on top of my curry.
Let's swap.
- [Merle] You have to assemble mine, sorry.
- [Amy] No, that's the best part.
- Smear on as much of the almond butter as you want.
- I like a lot.
- Me too, so I like to put the banana, the,
I just said-- - Banana.
- The banana (beep)
and I'd finish with the cinnamon 'cause it looks fancy.
- [Amy] Yeah, you've gotta have a bit of--
- [Merle] Flair.
- Oh my God (mumbles)
my teeth is coated-- - In almond butter?
Yeah, that'll stick right to the roof of your mouth.
- Mm hmm. - Oh my God,
I thought you were spitting it out.
- The only thing that stops it from being too claggy
is the banana.
- Claggy?
Another word for my vocabulary?
- Claggy. - And I'm gonna guess
that means?
- Like-- - Sticking to your mouth.
- Exactly.
The banana stops it from being claggy.
Do I like this snack?
This hasn't been my favorite, you know?
I love butter,
and I feel like it needs, that layer of moistness.
And this is a bit dry.
- So it smells like pizza.
I'm gonna take a taste.
(crunching sounds)
Wow. - Great crunch.
- It's got a great crunch.
Oh, these are delicious.
Oh, I really like it.
- Yes.
- I feel like I could easily eat like 20 like cups of these
without even thinking about it.
It's like a way classier Doritos.
- Ooh.
- Like, like a Doritos with a monocle and a mustache.
These are really good. - Yay.
I would not swap snacks.
- I think I would, in this case.
I really like these.
- Yay, I got one.
Maybe I'll get one more with this final snack.
- Let's see. - So much pressure.
- Ooh. - Whoa.
Yours look like little UFOs.
- Have you seen this before?
- I certainly have.
- Have you ever tried one?
- No. - Okay.
- I'm no, maybe I'm lying to you,
but I don't really remember.
- So this is a flying saucer.
Can you say it, I like how you say it.
- A flying saucer? - Saucer.
It's like rice paper with sherbet inside.
And this is nostalgic for British people because,
or like me.
I can't speak for the all British people,
but we'd eat these at school.
You know, when we were kids.
It's just pure sugar
and I dunno how our parents let us have them.
- My snack is these chili lime chips from Trader Joe's.
- I tried the other day, Takis.
- Yes, very similar inspired.
I don't like chips generally, I'm not big chipper.
These are the only chips I go for.
- Okay, I'm excited because I found that they kind of
gently ripped off my taste bud.
- Oh my.
- So I'm hoping that these are a bit more subtle.
- Hopefully it won't be as intense.
Should we try these?
- I'm ready.
- [Merle] I'm scared for you now.
- I'm gonna open them from this way,
to get that even coating of flavoring.
- [Producer] Is that how you open chip bags?
- No, I dunno why I did that at all.
I feel like everyone's gonna be really mad
at the way I opened.
(crunching sounds)
No.
- Can I try this again? - Do yeah.
- Do I know what I'm talking about?
- It's like, pow!
- Ooh, I like it, I'm not gonna lie.
- It doesn't taste anything natural.
I mean, I'm the person that was just giving you those
extra shake.
- Mm hmm.
What do we have here?
What did you say was inside this again?
- [Amy] Sherbet. - That is sour.
Oh man, we're going full throttle, I'm sweating.
Didn't expect it. - [Amy] No?
- It really lulls you into a sense of false calm.
And then it slowly invades.
There's a dust inside.
- That's how I feel about this.
I feel like these two snacks are really good
to put next to each other 'cause they
evoke the same visceral emotions.
- Wow, we had the same reaction.
- Yeah, I was like, "Whoa!"
- [Producer] Would you guys swap?
- I would not swap.
I'd take, what are these called?
- This is your snack (beep)
- I'd take the flying saucers
over these little fiery twiglets of hell.
I love twiglets.
- I don't know what the hell that is either.
- Next time I'll bring you some twiglets.
- Okay, I would keep my snack as well,
because I like these fiery twiglets.
- Thank you so much, Merle.
That was so much fun. - So fun.
- I love getting a window
into the culinary delights of America.
- Oh gosh, I hope people don't get mad at me
for what I picked.
I definitely expanded my culinary horizons
in many directions today.
- I feel like you won hands down, though.
- We don't need to pick a winner.
But we had fun, that's all it matters.
- Thanks so much for watching, guys.
If you liked this snack swap,
check out (indistinct) Jasmine's over on Tasty YouTube.
- Bye. - Bye.