 Hey guys, welcome back to our channel. My name is Andrea. I'm Howard. And this is Harrison, and we are with Food and Mentory Adventures in Food. And we are here today with a taste test from the Dollar Tree. We did one, like... A year ago. About a year ago, and it was pretty successful. Everyone seemed to enjoy it, so I'll make sure to link that one in the description box. But we have a 2020 version that we wanna share with you guys. If you hear some noise from the Peanut Gallery, it's this guy right here, but it's real life. We waited until he went to sleep or was quiet. We never record a video. So anyway, we are gonna get started. We have tons of stuff. We have ice cream. We have chicken. I'm looking forward to try some of this stuff. Yeah, so we are gonna get started. Okay, so you ready to get started? Let's get started. All right. First thing up is Alice's Caribbean Kitchen Jamaican brand Spice Beef Patties. So I'm Jamaican, so we'll see how this tastes. I've never heard of this brand before. And these are very small patties and we'll see what it tastes like and if I like them. And so the package directions say that you can microwave them or you can cook them in the oven and I bake them in the oven. They look a small little thing. Do they look like a traditional shape? No. They don't look right, but hopefully they taste good. Okay. All right. Oh, she doesn't look like beef. It does not look like beef. I just broke mine open. This is what it looks like. It's not beef. Okay. Okay. Cheers. Cheers. Not bad. The texture is weird. It's like a paste. It's not like a beef. It's not to be mislabeled because that's that chicken. I don't know. But is this the texture of the beef patty? It can be, yeah. You think so? Yeah, it's not like you expect sometimes you do have all the ground beef. Yeah, yeah. Sometimes you don't really get that. It's more mixed up. Yeah. Well, that's definitely. It doesn't taste too bad. It's spicy, but I'm not sure it's beef. But it's not bad. Okay. So next up we have. Oh, it's like a hot dog. Yes. It says fast. I can't see. It says fast bites classic hot dog. Yeah. I've never heard of a microwave me either. So, and I'm not big on microwave food. I prefer to put everything in the oven, but Howard followed the package directions, microwaved it, and this is what it looks like. As you can see, it kind of split a little bit. Yeah. But we both like hot dogs. Like we grill hot dogs and stuff all the time. You want to cut it in half here. Ooh. We can't even cut it. That's how hard the bread is. Maybe I followed directions too well. Oh my goodness. Cause it said what, 75 seconds? Yeah. That's a minute and 15 seconds. Oh, this is hard. It's hard. And it's burnt. Look, show me yours. So it burnt. You can see the bun kind of, well, it didn't kind of, it's burnt. And it's like. Hard is the, I don't think we can eat the bread. Maybe I over microwaved it. Well, we'll see. I'll try the. The hot dog? What if I get it from the, yeah. Okay. Yeah, this don't follow the microwave directions. Cheers. Maybe I'm microwaved it's too strong. It's like a cheap hot dog. Yeah. It has a smoky flavor. Maybe cause it's burnt. It has a grilled flavor. The hot dog is not bad. But this bread. The bun is inedible. Oh, the bun, the bun is a no go. The bun is burnt. So. All right. I don't think I've repurchased that again. I don't think I do that. Would you do the Jamaican beef patties again? Maybe I'll try it. For a little snack. I can't eat anything else. Okay. Cut your turn. All right, next up. Now, these are boneless pork riblets. So I remember growing up, my dad used to love the McDonald's McRiblet. When it would come out once a year, he would look forward to that. And so this comes in like a tray. Yeah. And you get like little riblet patties. How many? One, two, like seven. You get seven little riblet patties. Riblet down. And this is what they look like. And you microwaved them for, how long was it like three? I think about two minutes. Like two minutes. So we're gonna give these a try. Yeah. So if you were a fan of the McRiblet, like my dad was, you might like this. Let me see what they taste like. Cause I was never a big fan, but let's see. Here it is. I'm gonna give it a taste. That's no bad. Cheers. It tastes barbecue sauce. Some questionable meat. It's not bad. Not bad. I would clean the sandwich or something. I'd try it. And I would eat it like that by itself. It does have a good flavor. It definitely has more of a beef texture than those beef patties. For sure. I think it has a good flavor. Now I, like you said, I don't know what kind of meat it is. It's probably textured vegetable soy protein or something like that, but. I did like the McRib stuff, so I like this stuff. Yeah, it's actually not bad at all. Okay. So the next thing that we're gonna try are these fast bites. They are mini chicken biscuits. You get two in a pack and you microwave them. And this is what they look like when you, after they're finished. So actually these are spill. It's still soft. Yeah. That's still soft. Same brand as this one. Yeah. Same brand of fast. It's a hot dog. Fast bites. Maybe it was operator error. Maybe I messed up somehow cause I don't know, that's wrong. That is wrong. But this is what the little patty looks like. So you get two of them and we're gonna cut them so that you can see with the inside. Now it's a little chewy. I mean to the cut. I don't know, that didn't make sense. But just a little kind of chew. Yeah, spongy. It feels spongy. Yeah, it feels spongy. They look like cheaters. So I think it needs some sauce or something. Catch up. Something to very dry. So I can taste the biscuit, but I can't taste the chicken. So let me try to taste that bite. That's true, I don't taste anything. I don't taste chicken. Has no taste. Is it real chicken? I don't know, but you taste it cause you can't even taste the chicken. Like there's nothing distinguishable about it. Has zero flavor. Yeah. Mm, okay. Okay, what's next? Next up. It's a pepperoni pizza stick. From Tombstone. I recognize the name. Did you microwave that too? I did. Two minutes on the microwave. You want to show them what it looks like? Oh, it ends up with this pepperoni stick. All right. It's about, I don't know, five inches long maybe. Oh, having trouble cutting it. I don't know. Did you cook this in the package or out of the package? No, they said remove from the package and microwave it. And the contents right there. Is that pepperoni? Oh yeah, you can see the little pepperoni bits in there. Oh, pepperoni. So he's having trouble cutting this. Yes. It's very tough looking. Right, you want to choose? Okay. This one. Here's what it looks like. I just pulled my top off. Like mushed up pepperoni. Cheers. The bread's very tough. Tough, right? If you taste pepperoni though. Mm-hmm. I wonder if I need to lower the time for the microwave. Maybe the microwave is. Is there cheese in here? Let me see. The picture of that is. The picture shows that there's cheese. Our thing is nothing like that, picture. But you see, I don't see any cheese in here at all. And I don't see this whole big thing filled with pepperoni and cheese and stuff. Mm-mm. I would probably not buy this one again, would you? No, let's keep it. Mm, okay. So we have some stuff that we baked in the oven. And so we're gonna take a pause and go grab that and we'll be right back. All right, we're back. Okay. So we have some chicken strips. Yes. From. These are, it's either cock or coch. I would say coch food. Chicken strips, you get, you can microwave them or bake them in the oven. I bake them in the oven. And you get about eight pieces in a pack. And these are about what? Two, three inches long, maybe two, three inches. Maybe. So let's give these a try. So cut one open. A little bit better than that. Chicken biscuit. Chicken biscuit. Yeah, definitely the chicken has more flavor than the chicken biscuit. But it's still questionable chicken. Well, I mean, it was a dollar. I mean, I'm sure it's not pure chicken. And then we also have some chicken nuggets from the same place. Yep, same company. And you get the same amount, like about eight or nine chicken nuggets. And this is what they look like. And so... I bet they're gonna taste the same. Probably gonna taste exactly the same. But two chicken nuggets are the size of these little strips. So if I had a chicken nugget here and a chicken nugget here. So anyway. All right. Oh, it's my chicken nugget. I was playing the chicken nugget. Oh, you're gonna cut the chicken nugget to see what it looks like. Sure. Yeah, I just tore it apart. It looks like the other one. Yeah, it looks just like the chicken tender. So cheers. Tastes exactly the same. Mm-hmm. Even though they taste the same, I think I'll prefer the tender. The nugget? Yeah. Actually, I don't think they taste the same. I think the chicken tender tastes better. Is it psychological? To me, it just tastes the same. I don't know. Okay. All right. Next. All right. Next thing, we have some pot stickers. We have two different ones. One's pork, one's pork, and one's chicken. And you get a six in each package. You get seven in each package. This is what it looks like. One's pork, one's chicken. I think this is chicken, and I think this is pork. And so you have to try. Yeah. And so you can either pan fry them or microwave them. We did pan fry them. I will say Howard and I are big fans of... Asian food. Yeah, we love Asian food, and we like want, I mean, dumplings and things like that. So I was excited to see these there for a buck. All right, so I think this actually is chicken. Oops. I cut it, but I got some... Show them. Yeah. So this is what it looks like. The contents came out. Yeah, so the contents came out a little bit. So I'm gonna have to eat mine with my fingers because it's gonna break open. Okay. Ready? Cheers. Not bad. It's not bad. It's not bad. I think I would probably prefer the pork. All right, let's try the pork one. So he's cutting it open for us. We're cutting in half, I should say, for us. Right, the pork. Looks just like the chicken. It does. Hold it with your finger. Here we go. Looks just like chicken. Well, yeah. I thought it would be a little different. Okay, you ready? There you go. Cheers. Tastes a little different though. Mm-hmm. Tastes ginger or something. Mm-hmm. I think I'd prefer the pork to the chicken. Mm-hmm. The other white meat. Yeah, you can taste ginger in the pork. The chicken, not so much. Okay, not bad. Yeah. Okay, so the last thing that we have as far as food is concerned is pizza. And these are, I'm looking at the back of it. It says distributed by Greenbrier International, which we all know is a Dollar Tree. And for the cheese, you get low moisture skin mozzarella, and then you get mozzarella substitute. So I don't know why it can all be all mozzarella, but here it is. You can bake it in the oven or microwave it. I baked it in the oven. I over baked it just to smidge. This is what it looks like on the front. This is what it looks like on the back. The back looks like the front. Ha ha ha. Let's see how it tastes. I know. So cutting open, cutting in half. Peace for us. Here's my little slice. Not much cheese or anything. We'll see how it tastes. Cheers. Not so good. Now I will say I do love a cheap pizza. I grew up eating Totino's little party pizzas. This is not a Totino's party pizza. The crust is very different. It's very thick. To me, a little flowery. The sauce, how does the sauce taste to you? Non-existent. And the cheese. Imitation cheese. I don't know. I can't taste any real mozzarella there. I don't think I would repurchase this pizza again. No. Okay. So now we have, did we get all the food? We have the food. Next up. Dessert. Dessert. Ice cream. Yeah. So we have three different ice cream products to try. So, stay tuned. All right, we're back. So next up is butter pecan ice cream. And I'm a huge ice cream person that is probably my favorite treat. I think they get the point. Ha ha ha. Butter pecan. Okay. Ooh, first thing I see is like, pecans right in the middle there. And it says real ice cream on here, made with skim milk, cream, corn syrup. So it's starting off pretty good. All right, let's see. So I like butter pecan ice cream. And we'll see how this one tastes. I had to get a pecan. You know what? There are two pecans on top. I think that might be the only two. Ha ha ha ha. The content is very crunchy. It doesn't taste like butter pecan. It doesn't really taste like anything. No, I don't. It doesn't have any flavor. It doesn't taste sweet. It's like a mild, mild pecan flavor. It's like. I think it's a mild ice cream flavor. It doesn't even taste like ice cream. I know that frozen milk. That's very weird. I know. What does it say? It's naturally flavored. Enjoy our rich and delicious ice cream made with the finest ingredients. Oh, real ice cream. It tastes like. It tastes like fake ice cream. It does. OK. So next ice cream. I've seen this in there a million times. Arctic classic, excuse me, cookies and cream. Now this one says a frozen dairy dessert. It does not say ice cream. First ingredient in this one is corn syrup. First ingredient in that one was skim milk. So let's see. Pulled it off. This is what it looks like. There. So I'm nervous. Texture is very different. Yeah. This one is sweeter, I guess, because the first ingredient is corn syrup. It's icy. I think that's because maybe dig deeper. It has a weird taste. Been in the freezer for a while. Weird taste. Maybe a little bit deeper in, you'll get past the iciness. No, it tastes like cheap ice cream to me. It does. But if you had to choose between the two, the butter pecan and this one. So the butter pecan, I didn't have the fake taste. Just didn't have any taste. So I don't know. I'll just stick to how to get the other or something. That's my favorite brand. But if I had to choose between, if I was craving ice cream and I had a dollar, I would not get that butter pecan. I would get this Arctic classic stuff, because at least it's sweet. That butter pecan had no sugar in it, something or something. I would save my dollars onto that a couple of dollars and buy real ice cream. OK, so the very last thing that we have are these ice cream sandwiches. It is by Party Treat, which is a different brand. I'm a big ice cream sandwich person, but I'm a big one. Yeah, I like ice cream sandwiches. Yes, this one is a, I mean. You get three in a package in there. I don't know. They're not very big. They're not the size of a traditional ice cream sandwich. They're smaller. So I'm just going to open these up. Open this up so I can cut it open. See what it tastes like. It's wrapped very well. I'll tell you that. I mean, if we just cut some off with our spoon, because it's kind of, oh, I forgot. Let me show you guys. So this is what it looks like. I started cutting it with the spoon already. But this is what it looks like. It looks pretty good. OK. So here's my ice cream sandwich right here. Cheers. Cheers. Not bad. This is not real ice cream. It says a frozen dairy dessert. Same thing as at Arctic Stuff. But if I had to choose between the three ice cream products, I would probably choose. I would probably get these again. They're not bad. What do you think? They're not bad. They have more taste than this one. Yeah, that one's terrible. I would never buy that again. And it doesn't taste as fake as this one. Yeah. So this one tastes more ice creamy, less artificial, so it's just better all the way around. So I think we did everything right? Yeah, we're good. We had food and we have dessert at the end. Yes. Oh, awesome. So I hope you guys enjoyed this video. Like I said, what I'll do is link the 2019 taste test, Frozen Foods from Dollar Tree in the description box. I hope you guys enjoyed this video. We do have another one coming up with sweet and savory treats coming up pretty soon. So be on the lookout for that. If you have not subscribed to our channel, I certainly hope that you'll do so. Thank you so much for watching. And we'll see you guys next time. Bye. Bye.