- [Joey] Mmmm. I will say, though, that's another thing.
It gives your mouth a workout.
- [Host] Welcome to Snack Talk, the show that answers every
snack-related question you can imagine.
You know, I love road trips.
I like making playlists.
I like doing that thing with my hand in the wind.
It makes me feel kind of like a bird.
But most of all I like eating snacks.
But one question I've never been able to answer.
Which of the road trip snacks are the best?
And who better than today's guest
to help us answer this question?
He's traveled the roads of the world in the band NSYNC.
Most recently, he's been a host
of numerous television shows,
and he's best friends with Lance Bass.
I'm so jealous.
Please welcome Joey Fatone.
(door squeaking)
- [Joey] I like the squeak, what's goin' on?
- [Host] Thanks, dude, we tried and make
the like real, authentic Brooklyn experience.
- [Joey] You know what, that made me feel like being
in a bodega, something like that, you know?
- [Host] Right, see, this guy knows his stuff already.
- [Joey] I know my stuff.
- [Host] Perfect. Please, Joey, welcome.
- [Joey] I also heard that we're going to be probably eating
some snacks today, but I want to give you a gift.
- [Host] Whoo.
- [Joey] Since I'm gonna be getting snacks as a gift,
I want to give you a Fat One's tee shirt.
- [Host] Oh my goodness, that's your restaurant in Orlando.
- [Joey] That's right sir, Fat One's in Orlando right now.
Hopefully we're gonna open up some more,
but there's one store in Orlando, Florida
where we sell our hotdogs and italian ices, and also online.
- [Host] And italian ices?
- [Joey] Yep.
- [Host] Home of the fat one.
- [Joey] Home of the fat one.
- [Host] Joey. You are here because you are an expert.
You've traveled all over. And today,
we are answering the question: what is
the best road trip snack?
- [Joey] I'm ready.
- [Host] So give me an example of
what your snacking habits were like
when you were touring with NSYNC.
- [Joey] Oh, they were horrible.
- [Host] Yeah?
- [Joey] A lot of chips, a lot of dips.
Lance, actually was on - we shared a bus together.
His snack was peanut butter and jelly,
but then you had to mash the bananas.
But you had the mash the bananas,
and he did it in a cup. And he would mash the bananas,
completely whip the jelly and the peanut butter
'till it's all one consistency,
and then he would put it on bread.
- [Host] Whoa.
- [Joey] That was his snack. We weren't very healthy,
I think, just because of the fact that we were
always dancing around anyway?
- [Host] Yeah.
- [Joey] So we were able to lose the weight.
As you can see, I haven't been dancing lately.
- [Host] So I stayed up all night to devise a rubric.
- [Joey] Okay.
- [Host] Which I've named in your honor.
- [Joey] Oh, thank you.
- [Host] Behold. The FATONE Test.
- [Joey] Gotcha
- [Host] For analyzing road trip snacks.
- [Joey] Okay. I like this.
- [Host] Alright. So here we go.
- [Both] "F" is for freshness.
- [Joey] Nilla Wafers are actually pretty good stale.
- [Host] Really?
- [Joey] I will say that, they're softer. Yeah.
- [Host] Huh!
- [Joey] Try that one day, open up the box, leave it open.
- [Host] "A" is for accessibility. It has to be something
that you can get everywhere, right?
- [Joey] Yes. I think so.
- [Host] And then the "T," c'mon.
- [Joey] Taste, it's gotta be good.
- [Host] Right? It's gotta be good. "O," any guess?
- [Joey] "O?" Oreos, I don't know.
- [Host] Odor.
- [Joey] Odor!
- [Host] You don't want 'em stinking up the whip!
"N" is for...
- [Both] Neatness!
- [Host] Right?
- [Joey] That's a long one.
- [Host] It is a long one.
- [Joey] It looks like it.
- [Host] It is.
- [Joey] Easy to eat while driving.
- [Host] Right?
- [Joey] You really were scrounging for that one on "E."
- [Host] We gotta figure out the best, which means
there are going to be winners and losers.
- [Joey] Correct.
- [Host] And for the losers, please, we have a receptacle.
Indeed. Thank you Johnny. Now that you've tested it,
do you mind flipping the lid for us?
First up, Combos. I have a lot of emotions about this food.
- [Joey] I had good emotions about these.
- [Host] It's some stuff, right? You want some?
- [Joey] I'm a little annoyed, though,
there's one that you don't have.
- [Host] Which one?
- [Joey] Pizza ones.
- [Host] I know, I know. But at least we have both
the cracker and the pretzel version. Right?
- [Joey] And how do you just eat them? Do you just
shove them in your mouth and just chew on them?
- [Host] I'm a shover. I know some people like
to suck them out.
- [Joey] Nah, I don't suck them out,
but I do bite them lightly so that it does separate.
And then you mess around, you get the flavor more
with the pizza ones, of course. But with the cheese,
as well. They're very good.
(speaking gibberish)
- [Host] The thing I love about these,
it's got some texture to it.
It's got multiple sensations. This is as close to
a savory Gobstopper as you get.
- [Joey] Yep. You have that crunch,
you've got that saltiness.
- [Host] Yeah.
- [Joey] And then you also got
the cheese, obviously, inside.
- [Host] Yeah.
- [Joey] And you don't have to make a sandwich
or anything like that. But do you like
the crackers as opposed to the pretzel?
- [Host] If I were to probably have my dream Combo bag,
it would be a variety. Could you imagine that?
- [Joey] Just call it "Mystery Bag."
- [Host] Oh my god.
- [Joey] Every time you open it, you never know
which flavor you're going to get.
- [Host] Right?
- [Joey] It's a trail mix of Combos.
- [Host] I can't see a negative.
- [Joey] I don't see one either. I mean,
neatness is not bad, you just pop them in your mouth.
- [Host] Alright, let's save these.
- [Joey] Cheese sticks.
- [Host] Yeah.
- [Joey] These are not bad. Except, there's
not a whole lot of flavor to them.
- [Host] There's not.
- [Joey] They're good, they're a healthy snack.
- [Host] Do you still, if you were to open this right now -
- [Joey] 100%, 100%, 100%.
- [Host] I don't know what happened, I had like a moment
the other day where I grabbed a stick of cheese,
and I was like, "This is string cheese, I don't have time,"
or "I'm too adult to sit here and peel this,"
and I was like, "What have I become?" I felt like
three more gray hairs pop out.
Do you drive with your hands at ten and two?
- [Joey] No, sometimes noon and three.
- [Host] Noon and three? Ooh, yeah, you got that top arm.
I understand, I understand.
- [Joey] It depends. Or sometimes I just do noon.
And then I get in trouble.
I've done it where I've actually made little pizza.
It's really cool, it's a good little snack for you.
You get pizza sauce, English muffins, toaster, pop it out,
sauce, take string cheese, cut a little bit,
put it on there, put it in the oven, melt it, pizza.
- [Host] Done! Wow. I'm into it.
- [Joey] That's a little snack,
but that's just too much work.
- [Host] Yeah, maybe we'll have you back for our
toaster oven snacks episode. He dismisses it! Done!
- [Joey] I don't - I tried it.
- [Host] Oh my god, alright. Here's something,
I don't even know really what it is.
- [Joey] I've had - exactly what you - Corn Nuts.
- [Host] Are they corn? Are they nuts?
- [Joey] What the hell are they?
- [Host] Apparently they're corn kernels but all like
toasted to the point of having a nut-like consistency.
- [Joey] "Taste the real roasted corn kernels."
So they are corn kernels?
- [Host] Yeah, terrifying, huh?
- [Joey] Yeah, that's not what...when you make popcorn,
that's not what they look like.
- [Host] Where I come from, we call that duck food.
I just can't, man.
- [Joey] Yeah, I'm with you.
- [Host] Way too many questions. The next person that I'm
going to introduce to this equation,
and it is a person to me, is beef jerky.
Because I really like beef jerky.
- [Joey] Yeah, jerky is a staple in a lot of
shoots and tv show things that I do.
- [Host] This is why we called a professional.
One thing that I really like about beef jerky,
you ever go to a health club or a sauna or something,
or you sit in the -
- [Joey] And someone smells like beef jerky?
- [Host] No, no, no. They tell you, "Hey, after you've
been in here for so long, drink some water
and eat a salty snack."
- [Joey] Right.
- [Host] Because it actually aids in water retention.
And I think water retention is something that
people don't think about on road trips.
I mean, I don't like pulling over, do you?
- [Joey] No.
- [Host] Unless it's to get more snacks.
- [Joey] True. True, true, true, you just want to
get to the destination, you want to get there. I got you.
- [Host] Oh my god, dude. That first puff? Diggy dang!
- [Joey] It's good stuff! Accessibility, of course.
Taste, we're gonna find out about in a second.
- [Host] It's at the front of every gas station,
you know that? It's never in the back.
- [Joey] I will say, though, and that's another thing,
it gives your mouth a workout.
- [Host] I'm starting to get full on snacks.
- [Joey] I'm not.
- [Host] Sunflower seeds!
- [Joey] I like them.
- [Host] I like them.
- [Joey] They're messy as hell, though.
- [Host] They are, but I'll tell you
something I love about these as a road snack.
They keep you engaged. You have to work to -
- [Joey] But can you drive
and eat sunflower seeds at the same time?
- [Host] Oh, hell, you just can't sit in my backseat
because sometimes they'll blow back.
- [Joey] Now that's the other question - do you
separate and spit, or do you take all and chew?
- [Host] I don't eat the whole seed.
- [Joey] I won't eat the whole seed
but for some stupid reason when I was younger,
I'd put a whole handful of these in there,
chew, and then basically just suck the juice
and then spit the whole thing out.
- [Host] Sadly, they're just too messy.
That's it. Twinkies.
- [Joey] Hey, this my heart right here, though.
- [Host] Yeah?
- [Joey] Yeah. Especially if you put them in the
refrigerator and they're cold? Oh man.
- [Host] Really?
- [Joey] Yeah.
- [Host] Alright, I'm gonna try it.
- [Joey] Try it, trust me. Go for it.
- [Host] How does one even - you just gotta
take it and bite it, right?
- [Joey] You can just take it and bite it.
- [Host] You know what part I would like?
It's probably scraping that residue off of there.
- [Joey] You go right ahead, cause I've done that too.
- [Host] That looks like you just
take your bottom teeth and scrape it.
- [Joey] I love the cake cause it's like a
spongy, like a devil food cake, kinda sorta.
Neatness...not too messy.
- [Host] No, not at all.
- [Joey] And easy to drive, actually. You just pop,
open up the bag, you're good.
Yeah, I don't even know why you're making that go to waste.
- [Host] Yeah, I don't disagree with any of it.
I've also been eating snacks all damn day.
- [Joey] (muffled gibberish)
- [Host] I'm dying. Alright, so if you think it's there,
I think it's there, too. It is a classic.
Let's address though, this fake news. Remember last year,
they said there were going to be no more Twinkies?
- [Joey] Well the company, I think they stopped making it
or some stupid thing, or maybe was it all a ploy?
- [Host] I think it was a ploy.
- [Joey] But I heard, I think a Canadian company,
did they buy it? Is that what happened?
- [Host] Maybe, something like that.
- [Joey] I remember I was hearing something,
because I was very upset. I started buying them
just because I thought it was the end of the world.
- [Host] It's honestly not that bad for you.
- [Joey] Not that bad.
- [Host] It's really not. I'm not going to eat, eight -
- [Joey] Eighty of them.
- [Host] Yeah, eight more packs of Twinkies -
- [Joey] Well, I might.
- [Host] You might? Joey, what is the record number
of Twinkies you've eaten?
- [Joey] Oh, I couldn't even tell you.
- [Host] You've eaten more than one pack at a time?
- [Joey] Oh yeah, I've probably eaten a whole box.
- [Host] Wow. Oh my god.
- [Joey] They usually have boxes back - obviously,
again, this is back in the day when I was running around,
jumping, and doing stuff.
- [Host] There's a reason you're you, you know?
You're the esteemed guest on our lowly webshow.
- [Joey] No, that's why I've gotta stop doing this.
- [Host] Alright, Joey. It's time for us to pick a winner.
We've got Combos.
- [Joey] Yep, I'm gonna have another one of those.
- [Host] We've got Twinkie.
- [Joey] Yep, I ate that.
- [Host] We've got beef jerky.
- [Joey] Alright. If we're looking at
the "FATONE" chart here, I would cancel that out.
- [Host] Yeah, Twinkie, I'm on the fence.
But these two I love.
- [Joey] Yep. This is...this is tough.
We'll say it at the same time then.
See if we might be on the same path.
- [Host] Okay.
- [Joey] Alright? 1, 2, 3:
- [Both] Beef jerky!
(hushed cheering)
- [Joey] Get rid of those things.
See, because it has everything you kinda want!
And it's easy! You rip and eat!
- [Host] Beef jerky, yes, yes! It's the
absolute best road trip snack, and we've determined it
using the "FATONE" test.
- [Joey] It worked! I hope everybody agrees with us.
- [Host] Joey, thank you so much for being here,
for crowning beef jerky as the number one road trip snack.
- [Joey] I love it.
- [Host] You gave me this t-shirt.
- [Joey] Yes sir.
- [Host] And I'm dying to wear it.
- [Joey] Wear it well.
- [Host] But, in exchange for wearing the t-shirt -
- [Joey] Yes.
- [Host] I'd like you to evaluate my dance moves.
- [Joey] Evaluate your dance moves.
- [Host] I think you're uniquely qualified for this, Joey.
- [Joey] Right, okay. Alright.
- [Host] The shirt's going on.
- [Joey] Yeah.
- [Host] It kinda matches with my pants.
I'm thinking of starting a band -
- [Joey] Okay.
- [Host] Called "NSNACK," do you want to join?
- [Joey] That would probably "NSUCK."
- [Host] So I'm the kind of guy, so I'll warm up -
- [Joey] You know, I gotta - I gotta go, actually.
- [Host] You don't want to see Beef Twerky?
- [Joey] Nah, I'm good, I don't want to see Beef Twerky.
- [Host] Beef Twerky!
- [Joey] I'm good, though, I appreciate it.
- [Host] You inspired it.
- [Joey] No, this is great. No, really.
Just, wear the shirt.
- [Host] Thanks, Joey.
- [Joey] You're welcome!
(door closes)
- [Host] Well, my friends, if you wanted
to see my dance moves, let us know in the comments.
Joey didn't want to see it, and that's fine.
Whether or not you agree with our verdict,
that beef jerky is, in fact,
the best of all road trip snacks, please let us know.
If there are any burning questions about snacks,
of course we'd like to hear them.
Thanks for tuning in to Snack Talk.
(door creaks)
(munching)
(door creaks)
- [Joey] Shh!
- [Host] Thanks for watching Snack Talk.
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