- How long does it really take for food to go stale?
- Let's talk about that.
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Good Mythical morning!
- All great snacks eventually go stale.
Tastes turn, textures change.
A cruel, inevitable fate for your favorite munchies.
- But how long do you actually have
before your food's freshness officially runs out?
- Is it a few weeks?
Is it a few days?
Is it a few minutes?
- We are here to find that out!
It's time for Which Open Snacks Stay Fresh
After Forever and a Day?
I Once Ate a Year-Old Sandwich
That was Quite Good, I Must Say.
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All right, we got some Cheetos.
We got fresh Cheetos.
We've got three day old Cheetos.
We've got two week old Cheetos and we've got one month old
and when we say old, we mean they've been opened, right?
They've been exposed.
- Yeah, just like when I go into my freaking pantry and-
- Okay, settle out.
- The chips are just opened, exposed to the air.
- Yeah.
- Or like, I reach into the the cereal box
to unravel the bag inside and then it's not unraveled.
It is unraveled!
I'm becoming unraveled!
Why can't my kids just put a freaking clothes pin
on the bags of stuff to keep them fresh?
- I'm not your kid.
Don't talk to me like this.
- So this is why we're doing this.
- For your kids. - So that we can find out
what we should stock our pantries with
so that I won't get this angry.
It'll be like, you know what?
This level one month Cheetos are actually still acceptable.
- I certainly doubt that they are.
- And we're gonna find the freshness leader
each round to replace the previous winner.
- Is it just me or do they get less orange
as they get older?
- Yeah.
- Because these are the orangest ones.
- Oh, that's good.
I'm gonna hide that back there in case
I want another little bit of it.
I've started doing that.
- You only ate half of a Cheeto?
You're really prepping yourself.
I think that-
(Link groans) (crew laughs)
Cheetos don't last long at all. It's my-
- Oh, my gosh.
- Oh, yeah. I mean.
- Three days?
- Three days. You're not having a Cheeto experience anymore.
- The cheese still tastes great, but it's...
- There's no crunch. It's a chew.
- There's a lot of give.
- I can only imagine what happens after two weeks.
- [Link] Two weeks? I mean...
- It's almost exactly the same as three days.
- It's a little worse, but.
- It's amazing how quickly it fell off
and then it kind of stayed.
- Yeah, you could have told me this was three days
and this was five days.
- So I wonder within this fresh to three day,
like when do Cheetos go bad?
That's not what we're finding out today.
We're finding out like, which one, you know,
of all these snacks we're tasting is good
after a lengthy period of time, but-
- One month.
No different than three days.
- The one month, the flavor's worse.
Texture's the same.
But really, really take in the flavor.
- You mean the cheese?
- Yeah. The cheese has turnt.
- No. - After a month.
It has.
It tastes different.
After three days, it gets horrible.
I don't want to eat any of these.
These are great.
- It's growing on me, actually.
- Okay, well, we gotta put these up here, anyway.
We gotta put the Cheetos
and just like, the one month old ones
because that's really what we're.
Hold on. Did I take a bite of that and put it back?
No, I don't think we did.
Cheetos. - Bring it.
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Twinkies.
You ever left a Twinky hanging out?
Now, Twinkies are individually-
- Wrapped. - Packaged, right? So.
- Yeah, but you might eat one of them
and leave the other one out.
- There's not two in a package.
- Is there?
- No.
- You might open one and forget about it.
- So if you open one and forget about it,
what's gonna happen?
- Yeah, so these have been exposed to air.
Why are you starting with the second one?
- Because I think- - Because you're a weirdo.
- No, I'm not.
I think starting with the first one.
- Well, embrace it, man.
- The first one is fresh and then I just think
it decreases the chances that I might find this palatable.
- Well, I'm gonna do the thing that seems logical to me.
I'm gonna start with the fresh one and move down.
- So am I. - Okay.
- I'm gonna start with this one,
not having anything to compare it to
and then I'm gonna be like, you know what?
I like this. This is just like a Twinky.
- Oh, my gosh, this thing is so hard!
- It's hard. - It's like a pencil!
- Yeah, but I've never tasted a fresh one recently
so I have nothing to compare it to.
This might be what a Twinky feels like.
Oh, God.
Wow.
- The taste is pretty much unchanged.
Like, if you told me that this was like,
some sort of like German dessert and there was like,
well, it's kinda like a Twinky, but harder.
- Or if you never ate the original.
- Yeah, but I think we both came to the same conclusion
and I just got to eat a fresh Twinky.
Now, this feels like toast.
- Now, listen to this. Listen.
(Twinky banging)
- I don't even know I can my mouth around this.
- This one doesn't do that.
This one.
- I'm gonna use your...
- You hear the difference?
- And here's the original.
Just a nice little thud.
It sounds like somebody
just hitting their thumb on the table.
- Styrofoam.
- I don't know if your tongue has picked up on this,
but this tastes horrible.
It tastes completely different.
The three day one is hard, but tastes the same.
The two week old one is much harder
and it has a lost flavor and actually begin to taste bad.
- It started and it's leaving a film in my mouth.
- Yeah, that's a protective film.
- One month.
No, no, no.
- It already got as hard as it can get after two weeks.
(Twinkies banging on table)
It's not any harder.
- But look at. Well, if I bite it.
(Link grunts)
And then I'll do like this.
Not nearly as much crust is coming off of it.
- Okay. I'm not gonna swallow that.
- Yeah.
(Link spitting)
- Twinkies took it on the chin
in a more aggressive way than Cheetos, in my opinion.
Like, I can eat a month old Cheetos
and I'm not gonna enjoy it,
but I don't feel like my life is in danger.
But this cream? This cream is sitting in there for a month?
- This is, yeah. This is absolutely worse.
It does not replace it,
especially when you're take into account
that they're individually wrapped
so the chances of this happening, it's your own fault.
- It'd be quite a scenario.
- It's your own fault. - Yeah.
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- Oreos. - Oreos.
- Okay, so are you okay?
- (gasping) Oreos.
(clears throat) Yes.
- This is more likely because unlike the Twinkie,
they are not individually wrapped.
They have this, you know, the packaging works.
You pull it open.
- And there they are exposed.
They're all exposed.
- Now, you do this.
You reseal it, but the thing is, is that this isn't.
First of all, most people don't get a great seal.
- There's a hole right in there.
- Like, see? I didn't do a great job there.
But the thing is, it's not just about sealing it.
These have been exposed to oxygen.
Case closed. It's over.
At that point, they have been.
They're beginning the process of being oxidized.
Just because you seal them back up doesn't mean that.
It's gonna help, but like, I mean,
you don't wanna leave them out like this.
What I'm saying is that the resealing
really doesn't do a whole lot.
- Yeah and you really think that that our kids are going.
- Oh, yeah.
- Like, meticulously.
- Yeah. Our kids, first of all, rip this apart.
They didn't peel it off.
- Well, I will tell you. Lando is doing that.
- He's unusual.
- Yeah. Okay.
Again, I'll wait for you.
I bet that's great.
It's an Oreo.
- But you'll never know how much it has changed
between fresh and three days.
- I don't when I eat stuff in my pantry, either.
- Okay, man. You do you.
- There's a softness at the beginning.
- You're really missing the crunch,
but the taste is completely intact.
- Three days. Still good to go.
- I would not agree with you that they're still good to go.
- Well, I mean, if these are in your pantry
and you ate one. - I'm still gonna eat them.
- That's what I mean.
- Especially if you're dipping in milk.
That is the X factor.
- hat's what I mean. They're still good to go.
You would still consume them.
They're acceptable.
- These I would start having an issue with
because I actually had to squish some cream out the sides
as I bit down because the crunch, it wouldn't give.
You know what I'm saying?
It's gotten too supple.
Taste wise, it's still there.
- Taste wise still there, so I'm asking you.
If you just dig one of these out of your pantry.
- Well, you know me. - Would you keep eating?
- If I buried an Oreo, two years later, I'd eat it.
But that, I mean, I'm not a normal person.
- So I think this is still acceptable.
Now over here.
- If you're dipping in milk, I gotta say.
I do believe that's a huge thing
because all bets are off once you dip it into milk.
So if this tastes good, it's gonna replace Cheetos.
- Yeah.
Wow. Did it get harder again?
- It got crunchier again.
It got better!
It got better than two months.
What's this? One month?
- Oh, no. - Three days.
- Oh, gosh. But taste it, actually.
- Three days!
- No. Now think about it.
Use your taste buds because this tastes horrible.
It tastes awful, like.
- But it's crunchy, so you're losing the taste.
- It got hard again because it went through a softening
and then a staling to get harder again
so the crunch came back, but the cream is now turned again.
- It's not that it tastes bad.
It tastes more bland.
- It tastes bad.
It tastes like something that's gone bad.
Like, if I bit into this in my pantry,
I would be like, we gotta throw these away.
These, I would be like,
we gotta find some milk to dip them in.
Now, I don't know how it compares to Cheetos, though.
Because both of them got really bad at the end,
but I think that- - You made a great argument.
Listen to yourself.
- Well, so they did hold up longer. I agree with that.
So the month old is real bad,
but the three week old or the two week old
is much better than the Cheetos.
- And I ate more of the month old
of this than anything else.
- Well, that's just a lot about you.
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- Beef jerky.
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Just kinda like beef jerky.
- Yeah. Good segue.
- Very cool and very fun.
- You remember segways?
- Yes.
- Oh man, this is.
I know you're not gonna eat it, but it's so supple.
- Right. But then this...
- You're really sticking to your guns on this.
Not eating the fresh one.
- When I go out on my pantry, I don't have the fresh one.
I only have the stale one and is it acceptable to me?
This is really hard.
- Yeah.
This is not.
- Still taste good.
- Some beef jerky comes hard.
- Is hard. Yeah.
- And I don't mean like, like goes hard.
I mean it shows up hard.
- It's like, so it's not that petrified.
It's still within the realm of ex expectable jerky.
- This is like how the cowboys enjoyed it.
This is just us modern folk.
- I'm really thinking this is gonna work
all the way for that reason.
Cowboy put it in their little tasseled vest.
- It's the point of beef jerk.
- Just pull it out.
- It's the point of bee jerky, right?
- Pull it outta your tasseled vest.
Put it in your mouth.
- I feel like I could shuffle these like cards.
- Oh, gosh.
- Okay. That's, okay.
Gotta have cowboy teeth.
I had to break it apart.
- I think if you rehydrate it on a long cattle drive
before you start cowboy teething it.
- Stick it in your horse's mouth?
Let them work it around?
Then take it out before they swallow it.
- This is disappointing. This is bad.
- Will a horse eat beef?
Because that seems wrong.
- Well, why? Why does it seem wrong?
Because they're friends?
- Because it just seems like, yeah.
Yeah. It's like me eating you.
- It's like what happens at the end of Todd and Copper?
- I'm not familiar with this.
- You know, "The Fox and the Hound".
The hound eats the fox, dude, and they're friends.
- Oh yeah, yeah, yeah.
But don't they kiss first?
- They kiss first. Yeah.
There's a noodle involved.
- Noodles and spaghetti. Yeah, right.
That's what it is, right?
- I mean it still tastes fine, but you could lose the tooth.
- Yeah, yeah. I mean.
I think hardness is, and by the time a month rolls around,
it's like a crystal.
- How could this be?
- It's like sucking on a cow crystal.
- (laughs) It is like that.
A crystal, huh? Okay.
- I like the taste, though.
It gets too hard after two weeks, man.
Again, I'm having a better experience
with the Oreos after two weeks.
- Especially when you factor in the milk,
which we didn't even have to use.
This is the biggest fail I've ever experienced on this show.
If beef jerky can't last exposed
to the elements for one month.
- What do we have to believe in?
- Yeah, but it doesn't.
- It doesn't.
- And it won't go up here. - Yeah. It won't.
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- I think my mouth is bleeding from the jerky round.
- Well, you know what?
Take a soft, fresh Snickers and seal up the wound.
- Okay.
- This might be your chance to eat a fresh piece of food.
- That's great.
That is a superior candy bar.
You don't just walk down the street,
pick up any candy bar and have this experience.
- You're picking candy bars up off the street?
- Yeah, here in LA, every time you're looking around,
I see like, lots of like, candy bars on the sidewalk.
- Yeah. That's human feces.
(crew laughing)
- Oh, really? - Yeah. Yeah.
- I even saw a guy squat down and then when he-
- He took a candy bar right out of his butt?
- Yeah.
- Yeah. That's human feces.
- Yeah. - Sorry.
- And I will tell you how it compares.
- Okay.
Three days. No change.
- I wouldn't know.
I wouldn't know I was eating a three day old Snickers.
- Do the peanuts taste different to you?
Because I'd hate to say that they taste different to me
and then, you know, they don't taste it different to you.
You know?
- I do not notice a difference. Do you taste a difference?
- I thought I did, but I guess I don't
because if you don't, then I can't.
- You can trust your pallet.
It's just no one else should.
(laughs) Okay?
- The coloring of this is starting to frost.
We're getting a little bit of whiteness on the chocolate.
Two weeks.
- We still got a pretty good Snickers bar.
(Rhett coughing)
That's just me choking. Unrelated.
- Everything is stickier.
- A slight decrease in flavor.
Like, I think I'd have to do,
it would have to be side by side for me to know.
- I was not prepared to expect this.
- Well, I think the chocolate acts as a sealant.
- One month?
Holy moly.
(crew laughing)
- Now, let's go back because these taste different.
Still not bad.
- But still much better than the one I ate off the street.
- Go back to the original bar and taste it.
- I think it's the actual peanuts that taste different.
I'm telling you. Maybe it's the nougat.
The peanuts really sing.
That's what's not going good over here.
It's not that it's going bad,
it's just that I can't taste the fresh peanuts.
But other than that, it's great.
This is clearly replacing Oreos.
- Oh, yeah.
It's definitely in first place without a doubt.
- [Link] So what do you think?
- I can't. I don't-
- This is a miracle!
- I don't know what's happened.
- This is a freaking Christmas miracle!
- Scientifically. I don't wanna over promise, though.
I don't want you to go out and age your Snickers.
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- Now, I'm gonna eat this because I don't like it.
See? See how this works?
- No, I don't, actually. (laughing)
- That's soft.
- It's also very red.
- It gets darker.
- This is a deeper red. - Just darker.
- Harder. Wow.
Yeah.
- Tastes the same.
- Similar flavor.
(Link spitting)
Oh, wow. These are sticking together.
Oh, man. They're really hard.
- Yeah. It's so much harder down here.
- This might cause from dental damage.
- Two weeks.
- Flavor has begun to fade.
Now I'm just getting like, the wax flavor
of whatever makes these structurally,
but the strawberry flavor has died.
- Yeah. We already know that this has not beaten Snickers.
But how bad is this?
- But we have to go all the way.
One month Twizzlers.
- I mean. - Now it's a hard candy.
Hold on. This is a whole different thing.
Don't bite it. Lick it.
- There's no flavor.
It's like sucking on He Man's hand.
- Yeah, He Man's hand has no flavor?
- He Man's hand has no flavor.
- Why is that?
- It's a plastic action figure.
- Oh. (laughs)
As a fan of Twizzlers, which are not licorice, by the way.
Okay? They're not black licorice.
They're not licorice at all.
They don't hold up much past three days,
to be honest with you.
Keep them sealed and eat them when you get them.
- But we've discovered something very important.
You can leave a Snicker out anywhere.
You can set it afloat on a pool.
You can just leave it out in your pantry opened.
- And I think the practical application-
- For a month!
- Now, here's what we don't know.
We don't know because we didn't test this.
Can you bite us Snickers in half?
Can you break the seal of chocolate
and then come back a month later?
We don't know that.
But most likely, you've got a big stash of Snickers
that are in their packaging and you left them
in the pantry for a month, two months, three months.
They're probably still really, really good.
- Yeah, so like, a Halloween,
after the Halloween when you got your fun size,
you're still good to go.
- Or next Halloween when you're getting ready
and you're making room for new candy.
- So we crown you, Snickers.
- The longest lasting doo-doo like food.
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