 Welcome back to our channel. My name is Andrea. I'm Howard. And we are with Food and Mentory Adventures in Food. And if you hear any noise in the background from the peanut gallery, that is our five-month-old baby. So we are here today with part 2 of the Dollar Tree Taste Test. We did recorded one earlier and I'll make sure to link it in the description box of the frozen foods that we tried out. And today we're trying the sweet and salty stuff. Yes. So we are going to jump right in. And I also wanted to say if you liked this video, please make sure you give us a thumbs up. And if you haven't subscribed already, we certainly hope that you will do so. You ready? Yes. First up is apple cinnamon baked puffs. That's what it supposedly looks like there. Okay. Oh, here's an eye for you. And I actually like apple cinnamon puffs. Trader Joe's has one and then I think Aldi has one as well. Now those do not look like apple cinnamon baked puffs. Exactly what I thought. Cheers. They're puffs. Little apple cinnamon. You know what they taste like? Apple Jack cereal. It's like an Apple Jacks to me. And here's what it looks like. It has a really mild apple flavor. I like puffs like Cheetos cheese puffs. But I'm not a puff person. So if you like puffs and you like the flavor of Apple Jacks, you probably like these puffs. Okay. So next, the sister to those apple puffs are these Munch Right Cheddar and sour cream baked puffs. Okay. Open those up. And so here is what they look like. They have a really good flavor actually. It's so good. It's our Piman onion-y. Ready? Cheers. Remember these, I think, to the apple cinnamon? Actually, I like them both. To me, these remind me of the baked Cheetos puffs. That's the kind of texture and consistency. Yeah, and I like them. It tastes good. I actually like the apple and I like those too. Okay. Okay, your turn. All right. Next up, I'm going to try Tobana plantain chips. These are lightly salty. And you like? I like plantain chips. Never had this brand before. But you eat them. You snack on plantain chips. I do. And I don't really care for them. They're small. Plantain chips. They're bigger ones. They're not bad. Lightly salted. They're good. I'm not a plantain chip person. They're okay. They don't have really much of a flavor, which is kind of nice. And the other variety that we have is the sweet same brand. Chinese potato. Ooh, these have a very strong odor. Yeah. I got burnt ones. And I couldn't smell this lightly salted ones. But these sweet ones I can smell. Oh, the sweet ones usually ripe for probably why. Oh, sweet. They are sweet. Which do you prefer? Light them both, but I may go with the salty ones. I would agree. These definitely taste more plantainy than the other ones. Okay, your turn. All right. Next up, we're going to try chicken crackers. So I grew up eating chicken crackers. And how would you say you've never? Never heard of chicken crackers. I love chicken crackers. For those of you that aren't familiar, they are just basically a savory cracker. They have a really good flavor. This is what they look like. This is what the packaging looks like. Pretty decent size crackers. Let me try chicken crackers. Not bad. I don't know what to expect though. I know. So your expectations are low. Mine a little bit higher. I don't care for these. These taste, I know it says artificially flavored, but they really do taste artificial. These do not taste as good as a name brand to me. It's fine to me, but I don't have anything to compare to. Right. I'm gonna say no on these for me. Okay. So the next thing that we have are these cheese crackers. They're supposed to be similar to cheez-its, which we both like. Let me open up the bag. They do look like cheez-its. They do look like cheez-its. Here's what they look like. There you go. But they seem well, they seem like a cheez-it. I was gonna say they seem lighter, but they don't. Cheers. I don't think the taste is there though. Oh man. No. They look just like a cheez-it. They missed it on the taste. I'd agree with you. The taste is not exactly like a cheez-it. There is a mild cheese flavor. I mean, in a pinch these would do. I wouldn't get these again, but I might get these again. I'll eat either one. All right. Your turn? My turn. Okay. Let's try. What's this? Crispy honeycomb. I've never tried that before. It says with sea salt. Yes. It's something I've never heard of. It's not what I expected at all. They feel different. They do look different in the oh. Well, no. But it's real honey. Man, you want to cut it open so we can see if it looks like the package. It says handmade sponge toffee with dark cocoa or chocolate. This is... It looks like the picture. Yeah. We'll see how it tastes. Okay. Cheers. It tastes like a really light peanut brittle with no peanuts. Not for me. Probably not for me. You know what? It's not that bad, really. But that is a texture of like a really, really light peanut brittle, but it has a bit of a chew to it. Yes. Why don't you think that stick to your teeth? Yeah, it does stick to your teeth. But it's really not that bad. I might get this again. I'm still chewing. Okay. So I've always been curious about dollar trees cheese and this is a five ounce package of pepper jack as a point of comparison. You can get an eight ounce package of pepper jack at Aldi for $1.69. When Kroger has a sale on their eight ounces of cheese, it's $1.88. So five ounces for a buck for this Monterey Jack. Maybe we'll go well with the chicken crackers. Yeah, something's got to go with those chicken crackers for me because not tasty. So I'm just trying to open the package real quick and let me cut some off. Okay, looks like cheese. Well, I hope so. Hey, ready? Cheers. Not about it, I guess. I mean, not the best pepper jack you've ever had, but not the best. It tastes more, it definitely has the pepper jack flavor, but it tastes a little crock. It tastes creamy. Yeah, I was gonna say, it tastes a little like processed velvita. It has the texture of velvita cheese, not like a, what you would expect from a pepper jack. But we'll try it with the chicken crackers. Yeah, but it doesn't taste like the texture is not like pepper jack cheese. It's like a velvita cheese. Very soft. Very soft. Take your turn. All right, next up try this oatmeal cream cookies or something. Cream pie. Cream pie. Yeah. Okay. And so I do like Little Debbie's oatmeal cream pies. I've never tried any of the freshly brand and Howard, you said you've not had oatmeal cream pies. No, I don't think I've ever had a I look like a cookie. I look like a pie. So, oh actually they do call them oatmeal cream cookies on the package. I didn't realize that. So they're about the size of a Little Debbie, what you would expect and cut it and see what we got. Oh, it's soft. Yeah, it's soft. Didn't know I'd expect that. And so it has a creamy white filling. It's soft. It feels like a Little Debbie. Cheers. You won't like it. It doesn't taste like a Little Debbie. So the filling is pretty gritty. I don't taste anything. I taste cinnamon and it tastes like some oatmeal. Yeah. It doesn't taste like a Little Debbie, but it's a good substitute if you don't have an option. It's a soft cookie. All right. So the next thing we have are these Mr. Cake, Cinnamon Crumb Cake Bites, and oh, they come in a little tray. Did we do it right? Yes. Can I open that real quick? And there's the peanut gallery. He's getting a little impatient. All right. I had to take a pause and grab this little guy. He needed some attention, so I'm sorry about that. All right. So these are the little Cinnamon Crumb things. Yes. And they're small. They're probably like two inches around. They're tiny. Yeah, they cut it open. It looks like this. It looks probably more in your texture than mine. Yes, I don't think you're gonna like it. So here we go. Let me get you a little piece. Okay. We're almost there. Okay. Oh, it's dry. Good. I don't like that. It's moist. That's a weird taste. And texture. Well, it's fine. I don't mind it. Okay. We had to take a quick baby break. Okay. You ready? All right. Next up is cookie butter, which I don't think I've ever heard of before. I've heard of it. I've just never had cookie butter. And see, I know Trader Joe's has a cookie butter. I don't have anything to compare it to. It's a little harder than... And see, I don't know what the texture is. You're very brave and took a big, I took a tiny little taste of it. I'll take one for the team. Cheers. See, I don't know what this is supposed to taste like. If it's supposed to taste like this, I don't know what the rage is about. What does it taste like to you? I'm not sure. It's not peanut butter. It does not taste like peanut butter. It does taste kind of like cookie, but the texture is a little gritty. I don't know if it's supposed to be like that. I guess it won't go with the chicken crackers. It will not go with the chicken crackers. And I don't think I would repurchase this, would you? No, I stick to peanut butter. Yeah, not good. Okay, so the last thing that we have is this fluffy stuff, bacon, cotton candy. That sounds different. Bacon, cotton candy. Think Harrison thinks it sounds interesting too. I love cotton candy, but do you? So cotton candy when it's fresh, I'm not sure about cotton candy in a bag like this. I love it in a bag. I love it fresh. I love it in a bag. So it is pink. Bacon, cotton candy. It's pink. It has a smoky flavor. I mean, scent to it. Okay, maybe I get a whiff of bacon. Yeah, maybe. I'm gonna take a little piece. Cheers, I don't like the smell. It tastes bacon. Ooh, it does taste like bacon. That's not good. Yeah, it's good. It's sweet bacon. It tastes just like bacon. I don't mind it at all. I don't like that at all. I like bacon. It tastes just like bacon. A little sweet, salty with the bacon in there. I'm gonna, this is all yours, you can have it, you can knock yourself out. So I think that's it, right? Yep, that's it. I think we tried everything. Again, I hope you guys liked this video. If you did, make sure to give us a thumbs up and also subscribe to our channel because that lets us know if you like our content, if we should continue to do these types of videos. So I hope you guys liked it and thanks so much for watching and we'll see you guys next time. Bye.