The 10 Most Hated Junk Foods

🍫 What are the most hated candies, chocolates and junk foods? 😀 We look at the worst Oreos, the worst M&M's and the twinkie's troubled history.
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[@kieravermeal9127]

I always was a bit weirded by how much candy corn is hated. They're actually one of my favorite Halloween specific candies, but to each their own

[@Beaglegirl19]

Dude, same. I love candy corn.

[@OriginalContent89]

Same! I've always loved candy corn and never understood the hate. That just means we get all the candy corn that no one else wants 😁

[@thevillageidiotyeah]

Same

[@Author-Chan_1]

Yeah! Same!

[@Craxin01]

I used to love them as a kid, my school would hand out a few as rewards. As an adult though, it's cloyingly sweet to me. I can't eat more than a couple without reaching for something salty to get all the overpowered sweetness out of my mouth.

[@SaviroLPs]

As someone from Puerto Rico, hearing people hate chocolate and coconut is wild. We love dried coconut and coconut shavings over to death, it's a common topping on desserts.

[@sardonicprincess]

Chocolate and coconut is a great combo

[@AiLoveAidoru]

There’s actually a common dessert in Newfoundland called snowballs that’s just marshmallows rolled into a ball and covered with chocolate and coconut. It’s actually pretty popular, especially around the holidays because of its wintery name.

[@viatrixaoctavius]

​@@AiLoveAidoru They have those here too! They're damn good. Personally I love the combination of coconut and choccy!

[@SuperRat420]

it tastes how sunscreen smells; revolting

[@becca53444]

Chocolate and coconut is my favorite candy combination. But I love coconut flavored things in general

[@SWDude2710]

Never did I hear about our Smarties being one of the most hated sweets, as I personally grew up eating them and have enjoyed getting them from time to time, especially the white chocolate variety! What a strange world, we live in!

[@oofman3990]

Same I know it kinda tastes like chalk but that's actually wha I like about it. My dad also loves American smarties.

[@RVAdada]

I freaking love American smarties

[@Theawesomeninja_XD]

I love smarties! I've never heard of it being so hated.

[@Killshotarcher]

@@Theawesomeninja_XD same here.

[@Shugunou]

I grew up with the American Smarties and always really liked them. It was like eating pills made of sugar which sounds bad but is actually really fun.

[@robertajill3070]

For those of us who remember the schoolyard Halloween candy currency exchange, we coconut lovers made out like BANDITS! I have always loved coconut! The going rate of one Mars bar to 3-5 coconut bars meant I could easily triple my candy haul.

[@Grayvorn]

Now that's good economics.

[@75aces97]

That’s true. In a Halloween bag you were almost certain to get almond joys, so if you were the rare bird who liked them you had a lot of leverage.

[@Avatar-fc2qi]

The fact that mint M&Ms were on the list and the fact that circus peanuts weren’t are both really surprising to me.

[@candiedpandie]

I tried Circus Peanuts for the first time a year ago and they were SO confusing to me. Both the texture and flavor were completely different than I expected. I didn't like it.. lol

[@pinkdiamond1847]

I like the green M&M. That's it!

[@cassiebarber4669]

sad to see. Pretzel m&ms are listed as one of the worst m&ms its my favorite.

[@switchblade6]

​@@cassiebarber4669 Yeah I love the pretzel ones. Peanut butter and pretzel are my favorites.

[@wolly875]

@@candiedpandie oh basically they are peanut-shaped marshmallows that are flavored like the Gros Michel banana.

[@CaitCher]

My step family are Dutch, and I can confirm that licorice is definitely a European thing. My mom gets my stepdad licorice for Christmas as his candy in the stocking, and my sister and I can never understand how he is able to eat those things without cringing.

[@citroenboter]

As a Dutch person: too bad, more for us ;)

[@kingofichigo]

I find licorice is best enjoyed in small amounts

[@bartswinnen341]

@@citroenboter you can keep al the licorice in the Netherlands. In belgium liquorice is not common. Groetjes vanuit vlaanderen.

[@jacksonteller3973]

My dad is of Polish descent but he loves licorice

[@fae206]

I agree. I was born in the UK and lived there until I was 12. My family all really like Licorice Allsorts

[@bigmakk9528]

Ive always compared eating cheap easter eggs to taking a bite out of a candle

[@Lakshmi1118]

😂

[@planescaped]

They're usually kinda chalky, waxy, and sickly sweet.

[@Bronwen5579]

In defense of the original twinkie... When Hostess was purchased by Andy and Dean, all of the products have a different recipe. The filling is different in all of the products, not just the twinkie. For instance, the fruit pies don't have fruit in them. I grew up on them and abandoned them after the change. Just not worth the calories anymore 😢

[@josephcontreras8930]

In sure the new filling is toxic in its raw natural form where has mat suits and o2 respirators are required ppe. The filling might melt you like that bad guy in robocop if you got it on you.

[@marksnyder8022]

I had one new Twinkie. No thanks. They were never my favorite but they were ok. The new ones? Not so much.

[@tallyp.7643]

Yeah. I got some recently out of desperation because I needed some quick sugar... and that's what I got. Just tasted sugary creme and the cake had no flavor to speak of. I remember when they had that light scent and flavor of banana. Now it's less flavorful than plain angel food cake.

[@RVAdada]

I love Twinkies

[@Lakshmi1118]

I once loved to get a few coins to grab Twinkies or Hostess Pies. The new recipes are horrendous.

[@Matpit18]

I felt so bad for Strider while I was watching him eat that generic brand Easter Egg chocolate. You know a candy is truly terrible when it sparks early childhood mental trauma in someone almost in their mid 30’s.

[@nine_tails137]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't generic brand Easter eggs just milk chocolate wrapped in colored tin foil?

[@pinkdiamond1847]

​​@@nine_tails137 milk chocolate that's been left to go bad for a year. I suspect it was the good chocolate left over from the Easter previously repackaged for poor people.

[@nine_tails137]

@@pinkdiamond1847 Ooooh, now I see why it's so hated.🤮 And yeah, it definitely sounds like I'm thinking of something different.

[@maeneandy5343]

I´m lucky I live in Belgium. Even generic branded Easter eggs taste good because they´re still made from Belgian chocolat. I´m sorry for the rest of the world. 😅

[@BeautifulMutant]

​@@pinkdiamond1847 And they left out the cocoa.

[@marbles8641]

For those who don't know, Bounty Bars aren't available in the US, but are similar to what we have called "Mounds," with the nut version called "Almond Joy" I adore Almond Joys.

[@hiok4748]

didja know they are actually avalible in halloween mix bags and stuff

[@KaijuEdits875]

WHAT BOUNTY IS SO GOOD!?!?!

[@MaoRatto]

Weird thing is that I am in the US, and I tried bounty bars before, via those miniature collection celebrations.

[@prankmonkeyxs650]

@ラット魔王 are they worse than mounds? Because mounds and almond joy are great

[@MaoRatto]

@@prankmonkeyxs650 They are relatively inoffensive.

[@marklane2718]

14:48 It was good enough to convince Edmund to sell out his siblings

[@charadreemurr4839]

The lion, witch and the wardrobe. That was my first thought too!

[@carcola]

I've always found it weird that people hate coconut and chocolate. I'm from Puerto Rico, and coconut and chocolate is one of our favorite candy combinations!

[@yaboimecha6317]

We may hate these junk foods. But man, we will always love Strider and his amazing videos. Keep up the good work man.

[@Mainlymaniacal]

True

[@Mooms]

Tbh I enjoy the videos about junk food but I’m beginning to miss when he used to make videos about cartoons

[@manuelvasconcelos8982]

He should be a taste tester someday, but he should definitely stay away from Coca-Cola since he hates it so much

[@ScribbleEnigma47]

Lol here before this is popular

[@JamietheEmperor]

same

[@justarandomquagsire4268]

Smarties are actually one of my favorite candies, but I can see why they’re despised. I personally like the chalky texture

[@jturner2577]

Glad there widely available then.

[@Garyisubercool]

Same here. Idk why but I always preferred the "chalk" candies to chocolate.

[@teterdfgdsgdrgsfd348]

Same here, Smarties are my favorite candy.

[@jacksonteller3973]

same with Necco Wafers which my dad loves

[@oraw1234W]

@@Garyisubercool For me, I have the same deal because I'm sensitive to caffeine (it gives me a headache)

[@MovieFan1912]

18:51-18:56; 21:06-21:08 Seeing those clips of Moose and Zee singing about not liking candy corn took me back. Thank you for using those in the video!

[@haleyhersh3850]

Same!

[@jakedoesyoutube]

As an american, smarties were always decently popular among young boys, due to the fact some would crush them into a fine powder and recreate drug usage. Yes, some turned the mouth candy into nose candy. I kinda like them, but i also remember liking circus peanuts, and I love Bounty, so maybe I'm just a scientific anomaly.

[@JesusMartinez-rr2ry]

I actually love candy corn and I couldn't get enough of them. I am that proud to be the minority when it comes to the taste of these waxy confections. Also, I found it really hilarious that Moose & Zee of all characters are desperate and willing enough to decide that they would resort to hacking just so they don't have to see a single kernel of candy corn in store shelves.

[@hiygamer]

As someone with a nut allergy, I'm actually a fan of British smarties and generic Easter eggs. They might not be the best tasting chocolates out there, but there's a lot to be said for not needing to worry about whether or not a dessert is going to kill me.

[@arilawrence5853]

Same!! :)

[@chip4039]

Don't diss my childhood snacks

[@pinkdiamond1847]

I don't have a nut allergy but as a child I preferred Smarties to M&Ms. As an adult, I prefer the M&Ms but I still like Smarties and I will eat them if they're on offer. I think the colourful branding of Smarties probably appeals more to children so maybe that's why.

[@bewd4310]

There is a better option pick up generic organic or cooking chocolate and make your own chocolate eggs using a mould. Of course double check about if they are near nuts but as it’s such a serious allergy there has to be some never near nuts.

[@bewd4310]

Or make the chocolate using cocoa powder etc (sieve it for smoothness)

[@hissignaturestudios6869]

People don't like pretzel M&M's?! But pretzels and chocolate go together so well!! It's salty and sweet!! Who doesn't like salty with sweet?!!😱 I miss pretzel M&M's. Edit: Thank goodness we always got Hershey's eggs. I didn't know they had generic ones, but the wrappers look almost identical to the Hershey's!! I imagine the packaging is the only way to tell them apart, so if you just saw them in a bowl or Easter basket you'd never know!

[@booboodafoo3247]

Pretzel M&M are still on store shelves soo…..

[@NecromancyForKids]

People also pretend that pineapple pizza is an abomination, even though though the saltiness of pork and the sweetness of pineapple is a classic combo

[@booboodafoo3247]

@@NecromancyForKids nah. Fruit and cheese together is disgusting. Period.

[@JetteroHeller83]

I like Rold Gold which are fudge coated pretzels. For M&Ms I'll stick to the peanut M&Ms.

[@trixxart777]

Yeah the pretzel M&M's are my favourite probably helps that I usually have to go to a bigger city to get it because it's not that common were I'm at so it feels kind of special. Also I just tend to like savoury and sweet combos.

[@KdotStew]

The way I died laughing at the comment 'GO HOME NABISCO, YOU'RE DRUNK' 🤣🤣

[@williamcrowe2576]

The Bounty debate brings to mind Mounds and Almond Joy. I can't help but wonder if the addition of whole almonds to dark chocolate and coconut only makes matters worse.

[@jacksonteller3973]

I remember when Family Guy made fun of Mounds bars

[@tim_the_traveler]

Personally the flavor of Bounty ain't my issue. It's the texture. The mix of soft creamy chocolate mixed with rough flakey coconut is just not a good combo.

[@user-rt8vu7kk9h]

I personally enjoy bounty I remember my brother doesn’t like the taste of the candy lol

[@williampj3573]

Next time do the 6 best nick jr shows please 🙏

[@Twinklethefox9022]

I actually like almond joy but I always had to remove the almonds when I was younger. I don't like mounds because of dark chocolate.

[@RingLight1]

Generic easter chocolate is one of my guilty pleasures Its really hard to match the "unique" taste of bottom of the barrel chocolate like that, but man do I love it, in very limited moderation

[@zeepyrope6624]

Omg thank you!! Me and my mom also have one or two bags each year, like when theyre still in stores months after easter and are 50% off. The experience of unwrapping them and trying to bite only one half off makes them almost taste better than actual good chocolate

[@nancyking]

I bought some Palmer brand Easter bunnies after Easter along with some Lindt ones. I also bought Reese's eggs and Hershey.

[@GlobalsoftPirka]

This is exactly how I feel as well! I have always loved those terrible Easter eggs. I don’t know why. Nothing hits the way that they do.

[@enerioffutt1881]

Reminds of how much I actually enjoy Sixlets, which are cheap chocolate (I think they don't have any actual chocolate in them, just the flavor). They are oddly addicting.

[@Mushroom._.Goblin]

I struggled with money growing up and usually I had these for Easter, however that chalky texture is so bad but I can't stop eating them

[@randomdude581]

One candy I hate and don’t see mentioned enough is the generic strawberry hard candies. I don’t even know what they’re called, who makes them, or where people even get them, but they always seem to show up around Halloween, and every old person will probably have them if they’re the type to have a candy dish/bowl somewhere around the house. The outside is okay, but they have this thick, gel-like center that has such an overly strong taste to it, it honestly reminds me of a cough medicine.

[@KdotStew]

Lol those be the ones at the bottom of grandma purse. She'll dig it out and blow the crumbs away before she hands it to you when sitting in church.

[@davidmetlesits972]

Memories of a 90's kid from Hungary: way back when, the Bounty bar used to be something new and exciting for us. It was one of the first "Western" chocolate bars distributed in my area, available for a larger consumer base, not just the super rich. There were TV commecials for it, I still remember it showing a tropical island with the tagline "Bounty: The tase of Eden" or similar. We used to love it! And there were some really good generic Easter eggs, right from the "100 forintos bolt", the Hungarian equivalent of the dollar store. I think they were made from real chocolate, not nougat or similar. They were available for a couple of years. What you can get now are really bad

[@heamac]

Seeing you juggling those tiny, wonky-shaped, foil-wrapped eggs is even more impressive than your usual juggling! They look so awkward to handle, so kudos to you!

[@ladydeliriumlyriumstone357]

Do you remember when bits of the Foyle would actually get stuck on the chocolate

[@bewd4310]

Are they as bad as the generic peanut/choc flavour eggs in America at easter? Had them on a family holiday, revolting things!

[@phantomstrider]

Thanks! 😁 Had to do 3 takes of that one lol.

[@RLucas3000]

@@phantomstrider chocolate coins are worse. Imagine the worst chocolate you could imagine, shaped into coin shapes and surrounded in bright gold foil, then put in bags and left to sit for (years?) in shops. For worst savory snack, try dry loathsome Combos.

[@bewd4310]

The lidl chocolate coins are ok ish. Not unlike galaxy in taste. I raise you with the chocolate In generic advent calendars 😩(not the branded ones)

[@corymorimacori1059]

“Caramels, they’d get stuck in your braces wouldn’t it? Lollipops, what we called ‘cavities on a stick.’ Then we have all this, all this chocolate.” Dr. Wilbur Wonka

[@jturner2577]

I instantly remembered Sir Christopher Lee protrayed Wilbur Wonka .

[@MrNetWraith]

I've always been a mint-chocolate junkie, so I legitimately liked the mint M&Ms; was sad to see them vanish. As for black licorice, I can't stand the stuff. I'll always remember Codename: Kids Next Door literally associating black licorice with a curse and portraying even candy pirates as despising the stuff.

[@adrevenue1496]

As a Gen Z American Im shocked candy corn is so hated. I always loved it when i during Halloween, alongside peanut butter cups and twix. I totally agree with the Easter egg candy, i still ate it as a kid, but it used to give me headaches if i ate more than a few bites.

[@krisq1589]

The best part of actually being a fan of Frys Turkish Delight is that whenever a box of favourites is pulled out I won't have to fight anyone for it

[@ronan-outoftime]

you would hate to meet my dad at a party then, i think they're okay but i wouldn't go out of my way to eat them, whenever someone brought favourites over he'd be the only one eating them

[@cantin8697]

It's always nice to have something that only you like! My siblings can't stand nuts but I've grown to find them _bearable!_ :) Same with coffee, my sibling still hate it. When I get coffee, I know it's definitely only for me, safe from my siblings' grasps lol.

[@googamp32]

Two howdys in one video? This MUST be a special video!

[@leeeeeeeeeeeeeviathan]

Personally, I really like American smarties. I'm not really a fan of very overly sweet things, so the more, I guess, mild taste of smarties is appealing to me. In fact, when my friends and I were staying in a hotel together we got a bunch of smarties, opened them, put them all in a cup, and took "sips" of the cup, which was really just eating a mouthful of smarties

[@ObsydianShade]

I have a three pound bag of them in my room. Odd thing is I got it before I had my gall bladder removed, and afterwards, I had issues with heartburn, so started buying the store brand of Tums chewables, which taste exactly like Smarties candy, much to my delight.

[@NecromancyForKids]

Ironically, when the company that owned twinkies went out of business and we bought up a few years later, they had to increase the shelf life to make them profitable again.

[@Iron_Hawk]

I never realized bounty's were so hated, always enjoyed them every once and a while. Not my all time favorite as peanut butter & chocolate is always my favorite combo, but I always thought the cocoanut & chocolate combo was nice too. Guess you learn something new every day lol.

[@eyeseeyou1214]

Yeah, it is common in Puerto Rico. We eat coconut things all the time XD. I was just so surprise that people hate it. Love from Puerto Rican ❤🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷

[@Aileil]

I always liked these. I don't get them very often, but Bountys and Mounds are both on my 'good' list.

[@pinkdiamond1847]

You must be everyone's favourite family member.

[@AmyraCarter]

"Sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes you don't; Almond Joy's got nuts, Bounty don't..."

[@hugorodriguez8672]

Damn I didn't knew Bountys were so hated, they're one of my favourite bars, also I was really confused when you mentioned the dry coconut, in my country at least the coconut in the Bounty bars is super juicy and moist.

[@isabelaeyris6932]

Same. Bountys rocks! (I'm from central Europe). Americans seems so delusional about their sweets. They have the worst chocolate bars in the world but still complain about mixing coconut with milk chocolate. WTF?!

[@BennyLlama39]

@@isabelaeyris6932 Whoa! Hold up, there. I'm American and I *like* coconut and chocolate combined. Especially in the form of 7 Layer Cookies. 🙂

[@cheesypies5166]

I love bounty, and never had it be dry? how strange

[@Aksaarben]

I'm American, I prefer Mounds with the dark chocolate and coconut.

[@jermfanaccount]

wait people don't like em? i think they're nice, chocolate and coconut is one of my favourite combinations! clearly they haven't tried marshmallow snowballs, those are really nice :)

[@user-ks8vx9wc6r]

19:24 People are so desperate even Moose and Zee joined the fun!

[@christosdoesthings]

im one of the very rare people who loves bounty chocolate. I just love coconut flavored things, and it never bothered my throat personally. I totally understand why some dont like it, but ill be here in my corner loving them. (theyre not hated where i come from too, i had no idea people didnt like them in other parts of the world until this video) The coconut inside is also never dry, its always very juicy in my country.

[@ObsydianShade]

Over here in the States, we have Mounds bars instead, and they are a beloved candy bar, so I don't know what Bounty is doing wrong, though I did read they only have the milk chocolate version available now, while Mounds uses a less sweet dark chocolate. Bounty is more like an Almond Joy bar, sans almonds.

[@miya705]

It's really funny that at first I was offended that Smarties was on this list, but then I realized that I loved to eat chalk as a kid, so the entire reason I loved Smarties was because they had the taste and texture of something you shouldn't even be eating XD

[@HungryWarden]

Good to know.

[@alteridolriley]

I can't believe I grew up thinking a lot of people liked American Smarties. I actually really enjoy the taste and I still take them from friends to eat lol it's definitely an acquired taste with the chalk texture.

[@charadreemurr4839]

I really like them too although I'm in Canada

[@jacquelynrich5864]

I like both American and Canadian Smarties (I like the chocolate better in Canadian Smarties than M&Ms). I like that they are little pieces that you can eat rather than a bar . And there is something about American Smarties (known as Rockets in Canada) that are really addictive

[@charadreemurr4839]

​@@jacquelynrich5864 taking your time with them with slowly sucking on them makes them taste great

[@steadholderharrington9035]

The problem with American Smarties, is that they are mostly just compressed tablets of dextrose sugar, and little else. Whereas the British, and Canadian Smarties are chocolate buttons with a candy coating. I personally will take a bulk bag of them to snack on whenever I can, over one of M&M's almost any day, as the M&M's are just too sweet for my palette at least. But this is just a personal opinion of mine and should in no way be construed as a generalized statement about British/Canadian Smarties vs. American Smarties.

[@jasperjazzie]

i honestly had no idea there were a different kind of smarties, tbh i like american smarties, they aren't something i'd seek out but honestly i think they're pretty tasty, but also i ate chalk as a kid so it might just be a result of that lmao

[@Mediocremiimakings]

21:48 Almond Joy has left the chat

[@General_Thanksgiving]

18:34 Strider maybe you could have said once you pop you’ll want to stop 😂

[@MasterOfViewership]

I guess those "Circus Peanuts" that taste like nothing were so bad, he couldn't even rate them without vomiting

[@averageytviewer6893]

As someone who has a peanut allergy and avoids M&Ms due to cross contamination concerns, British Smarties are rather special to me cause they were about as close as I got lol

[@phantomstrider]

That's completely understandable. I hadn't thought of peanut allergies before and I definitely should've mentioned that :)

[@averageytviewer6893]

@@phantomstrider :)

[@pikachuhutch234]

@@phantomstrider You forgot to show a celebrations commercial where they advertised Bounty to come back to the box.

[@bewd4310]

They have changed recipe smarties used to be unbelievable and moreish could easily eat a tube in one sitting now they’re overly sweet and taste awful!

[@therealrockstargamer]

​@@phantomstriderIf I would fix the mint m&Ms I would actually put mint leaves in there grounded up. That's how it should have been Eminem's with mint leaves grounded up in there

[@GeeEm1313]

How to eat candy corn: 1. Buy candy corn 2. Put straight into trash

[@sunmi2066]

I think the mint m&ms are best used in baking. Mix them in chocolate cookies and you get a flavor as delicious as those overpriced Thin Mint Girl Scout cookies 🍪 😋

[@Tristanissilly478]

Oreo Exectutive: Alright, what type of new oreo flavor should we make next? Some random worker: SWEDISH. FISH! Oreo Executive: Give this man a raise he's a literal GENIUS!!!

[@titanqueen7217]

What is it with Oreo and all these whack-ass flavours? Give it up, Nabisco, you’ve already made the world’s favorite sandwich cookie. You don’t need to do anything else

[@captainfinn64]

As a person from the uk the smarties hate is unbelievable. I bet most kids in the uk would pick smarties over m&m's. m&m's chocolate might just be different here in the uk but it tastes far better as well imo. The colours are all natural which even leads the orange one to have an orange fruit flavour to it. I do understand though that they are more ment for kids which is why they might be less sweet and have more 'healthy' attributes to them...

[@inky.64]

I'm American and while we do have smarties there the crappy chalk like candy and not M&Ms brother in law. As far as I know, you can't get *_real_* smarties in the states, or at least I can't find them here in Michigan.

[@TheBestCat1290]

i have always loved smarties and didnt like the nutty m and ms. especially now that i know m and ms are not vegetarian. smarties are so so cool and i used to always love it as a kid. it is like skittles but with chocolate. i didn't know that american smarties are chalky wth

[@PandemicEv]

British here, Smarties top normal M&Ms, I like the peanut ones though

[@booboodafoo3247]

@@TheBestCat1290vegetarian? Get a life

[@jwoolman5]

I actually liked the pretzel m&m's. Nice texture. Pretzels and chocolate are a rather classic combination.

[@S4BT00NZ]

up here in brazil we have this candy called "prestigio"- it's basically a bounty bar except it's quite crunchy and the coconut is in the perfect level of sweetness, and in fact it's my favorite chocolate bar of all time! so yeah, i think coconut + chocolate is actually a very nice combination; if you ever go to são paulo or pretty much anywhere in brazil, i very much recommend trying it out

[@janaxelblomberg7768]

I love how he does his silly personal opinion bits, it's wholesome af Glad this channel has been so amazing for so long

[@bridgettherose609]

I personally love candy corn but I kind of understand why others don't like it. It's definitely an acquired taste

[@thedarklord4017]

22:00 mounds are good

[@Andrew-fq3gm]

I work for Fred Meyer which is owned by Kroger and was working there when the Swedish Fish Oreo cookies came out. As you know the Swedish fish Oreo was exclusive to Kroger and it was no surprise that they didn’t sell well.

[@sonicfunguy]

I never tried the Swedish Fish Oreos, but I feel like it would've been more palatable if they used the golden Oreo cookie instead of the chocolate one

[@tallyp.7643]

I love the golden oreos... and you might have something there. Vanilla goes with damn near everything.

[@hazelleblanc8969]

My husband did an experiment similar to that Twinkie one, but with a Devil Dog. It's similar to a Twinkie but chocolate cake. He left one on the dashboard of his car and didn't want to eat it, so he decided to see what would happen if he left it there. Apparently, the plastic wrapper decayed and fell apart, and the Devil Dog still had no mold on it.

[@nancyking]

I like Twinkies, and I'll get them if I can find them on the Manager's Special shelf. I liked Suzy Qs, too, but I can't find them anymore. Oh, well. I guess I'll have to find some copycat recipes on the internet.

[@booboodafoo3247]

Preservatives dipsh!t duh

[@Wendy-oo7gz]

18:46 the apple cheddar chips were probably thinking of a savory version of apple pie with cheese. However the cheese you use with apple pie is NOT smoked.

[@petergriffiinbirdistheword]

Sour patch kids Oreos is a new contender. I'm surprised people hate the lemon ones, they're really good.

[@punklover99]

I thought minty chocolate would be a home run, had no idea people disliked the pretzel one

[@Stonex180]

Same! The pretzel ones are my favorite

[@JohannahFaythe]

Those pretzel ones are so good! I remember buying them throughout my high school years, crying when they stopped production, and crying again a year or so ago when I saw them while checking out at Walmart. They're one of my favourite chocolates!

[@Twinklethefox9022]

Yeah. I'm surprised to hear that too.

[@Silent_Mochi]

Pretzel was my fav flavor Also suprised to hear that one is towards the bottom

[@mooli7777]

I loved Pretzel and Crispy Mint

[@Mainlymaniacal]

As a Smarties lover, I can see how a lot more people hate it.

[@gacd2104]

Which ones?

[@ravenspurplebeats5412]

smarties give you the smarts also :D but these on list do not!

[@Angryginger2421]

I also like smarties

[@pkmnlover3812]

there were chocolate buttons also called Smarties? i've only had the tart like candy version

[@Nakia11798]

​@@pkmnlover3812 American spotting.

[@A3BigPanda]

I adored the generic easter chocolate eggs as a kid. No one would ever eat them so I would munch on them for weeks on end. I still seek them out at times as an adult!

[@Joshua429]

20:39 I’m a kid and I love candy corn is there something wrong with me *gets killed by candy corn haters *

[@drbluzer]

I'm a Senior Citizen anf I can only stand a few pieces of candy corn as it is too sweet !!

[@TheoMcAllister]

I'm German, and I absolutely love Black Licorice. The more south you get to Europe, the sweeter they seem to be, but only the real salty Scandinavian one is the best. But I also don't like sweet candies, so give me all the licorice you don't want!

[@Topbeehler]

I'm the weird one here with the Mint Chocolate MnMs. I absolutely love them! That said I kind of had a feeling it's not very popular. My entire family hates them meaning when I get them I don't have to share lol. No one else will touch these and I feel like I have my very own snack in my big family. I thought they were discontinued but thanks to your video I looked them up and I guess I can still buy them from the company directly. Just ordered 12 large bags

[@steampunk-llama]

They’re just so satisfying to eat!! I like how the mint compliments the chocolate

[@brighteyes4927]

I love them too

[@honeybee2587]

I love the Swedish Fish. Truly a very unique flavor for candy. That being said I never tried the Swedish Fish Oreos. Because they kind of grossed me out. And never really found them appealing from the get go.

[@seangunnell9451]

I actually liked Twinkies. I even tried them recently during my break at my job at Fred Meyers. But one junk food I didn't like was chocolate flavored Skittles. I tried them from my college vending machine and I regretted it and couldn't even finish the bag.

[@biianka26]

I'll never forget buying a family pack of strawberry twizzlers thinking they'd taste like any strawberry gummy, and finding out then and there that I despise anything resembling licorice.

[@Dariaosu]

Oh yeah they taste awful...like wax with very artificial flavour

[@w.reidripley1968]

Australian licorice that tastes of molasses is much better than the not-much of Red Vines.

[@joegiles7785]

I used to eat a ton of chocolate eggs. I once ate a 1 lb. chocolate rabbit during a school trip. I eat any milk chocolate that lacks a filling. These days it's Jersey Milk, Dairy Milk, AERO, and Lindt Bars. I think I might be a Chocoholic.😆

[@OriginalContent89]

Is it true that eating that much chocolate at once has a laxative effect?

[@joegiles7785]

@@OriginalContent89 Not when I was young. I have a high tolerance. I'm in my 40s now, so I only eat a bar a day (plus Malteasers). So I don't know if I have the same tolerance. During Christmas I eat many Lindt chocolates and I feel fine.

[@quantumleap1491]

I must have old person taste buds because seeing the “worst” Halloween candy list kinda made me question why some were hated like I was shocked, I love Tootsie rolls, peanut butter kisses, candy corn and circus peanuts, I think some people are just exaggerating those candies are so good.

[@anokata-kd8oc]

I see that Twinkies are not the most popular candy here too. Basically every original US sweet in Germany is rather expensive, but Twinkies are available in the 1€ stores.

[@knux7468]

Phantomstrider has gifted us today with content! I am grateful 🙇

[@christianparrish3292]

I like your profile picture. Metal sonic is awesome!

[@harryfleutv666]

8:35 I keep forgetting that Hoodlum and Strider are friends! 😂 whenever Hoodlum appears on screen it takes me back to when I used to watch his KZbin channel when I first got into Creepypasta and 😂

[@jayelizaa]

I live in the town that Twinkies were made for alll those many years. We had a Hostess Outlet that you could get all those treats and bread super cheap…it was great. When it was announced they just up and closed without notice, that was really crappy for those workers. If I remember right, another factory took anyone that wanted a job quickly. Now the factory is a really cool cycle bar with amazing microbrews. It was a great addition for our downtown.

[@lunasif]

UK here and I actually prefer smarties to m&ms because they're less sweet so I can enjoy the chocolate more. (Plus lots of childhood memories of them as a treat lol.) Also bounty bars were my mums favourite chocolate, but we cant seem to find them anymore. She likes any coconut and chocolate possibly because it reminds her of tropical holidays, so I guess she's in that 18%. And we both adore that Turkish delight, I love roses and it's like eating the essence of a sweet rose wrapped up in sultry chocolate... Though I love the normal Turkish delight with powdered sugar too, but then I was brought up on it. If you dont like liquorice I'd love to see your reaction to sarsaparilla, it's like drinking liquorice lol. I used to have that when I was little too, definitely an acquired taste...

[@angrytheclown801]

I can tell right now, my mind will never switch to chocolate. To me it Smarties will always be tart, chalky, and fruity. The closest comparison to better candy will be Skittles. As for Sarsparilla, I love it, it tastes like an early version of Root Beer, which can have licorice root in it. Not much of an acquired taste in the states.

[@NordTimmy]

As a danish person it sound unreal that licorice would be such a hated thing especially among kids. It's simply a delicacy.

[@jturner2577]

Different Cultures. Different Taste buds.

[@timelapse11]

I love liquorice, they sell these liquorice sticks at a shop near by and I always have to grab one for a snack!

[@LikaLaruku]

Popular in Sweden.

[@Jeppe-Covid1959]

Im danish too.

[@renezescribe1229]

*Rockets or Smarties?* Here, in Canada, we have both! Funny story: my mother used to be under the unfortunate _care_ of a doctor who would prescribe her lots and lots of pills. This meant that there were lots of empty pill bottles around the house. Since my favourite candy, at the time, was the chocolate Smarties, I would sort them by colour, put them in cleaned pill bottles and create my own little Smarties medecine cabinet in an old shoe box. When my mother would be taking a pill, I would eat a Smarties button candy to mimic her. Seeing me eat so many candies made her realize just how many pills she was gulping down so she eventually quit the pills and the doctor. So did I, lay off the Smarties... Another triumph for Smarties!

[@BarfyBag]

I absolutely love licorice. I even loved it when I was a child, It was so weird to me when I realized people actually hated the candy.

[@MisterE80]

Everything you mentioned that I have tried I absolutely love! And everything that you mentioned that I haven't tried sounds rather good to me!

[@bluejay6447]

It's funny hearing you bring up the generic Easter egg chocolates. As a kid my mom exclusively bought Easter chocolates from the Dollar Tree. I noticed it tasted kinda weird but I still liked it enough to eat them all. Maybe I had an acquired taste from eating then for so many years. I wonder if adult me would still like it as I haven't had them for years now 😂

[@saralojacono-evans8992]

I always got the generic chocolate Easter eggs on Easter, I like the ones covered in foil but I hate the ones with the hard shell

[@sleepygremlin2000]

Sadly, I actually really enjoy the generic rate eggs, candy corn, and licorice (and I would probably LOVE bounty bars) but I get where others are coming from. I think my not so good taste in candy comes from only being allowed sugar free stuff as a child. 🤣

[@hissignaturestudios6869]

I like red licorice, but not black.

[@drewhanilf9283]

My favorite Jelly Bean flavor is Black Licorice, and I love candy corn. The good thing about liking gross candy is that you never have to share it.

[@MidoriyamaRArekusu]

I used to look at candy corn on tv and wonder what flavour it had (I had fantasies of it tasting like buttery sweet popcorn) then I finally tried one as a young adult and found that they taste like a crumbly old honey scented candle.

[@jturner2577]

Phantomstrider uploading a video brightens my day. Especially when I really need it brightened.

[@Superluigi881]

Nothing can match the disappointment of opening up a Celebrations and seeing only the Bounties in there.

[@maxshea1829]

One more thing. The hated Turkish Delight appears in Kenneth Branagh's "Belfast" (2021). Bobby shoplifts from Mr. Singh on a dare. He panics and grabs the first thing he can and runs. His friend scolds him for swiping a Turkish Delight because nobody likes them!

[@omegatheshadow1538]

To me, one of the most prominent 'why do these exist' foods that come to mind is Peeps.

[@KysEcstacy]

Marshmellows in general are already way too sweet for me but peeps take it to another level. They are so grossly sweet. Thise heart candies are similar on hoe gross theu are but theyre both hross for a different reason, those heart things are rock fucking hard and taste like paper sprinkled with a microgram of sugar while peeps feel like my tongue is being violated and is itchy. I dont like intense amounts of sugar, hell i cant even finish a bowl of cinnamon toast crunch. Most american "foods" are too overloaded with sugar for me so i may just not be used to clogging my arteries but eugh

[@TakBonez]

Agree Marshmallows are perfectly fine on their own, doesn't need to be covered in disgusting sugar. Peeps and Neco Waffers are the worst candy, Change My Mind. I actually like Swedish Fish, Licorice, Circus Peanuts, Artificial Banana. Don't mind Candy Corn in moderation.

[@bigotis9042]

How can someone not like chocolate and coconut?? It's like one of the best combinations ever

[@bewd4310]

You tried coconut with dark chocolate it’s next level taste!

[@patricklauer4452]

I agree

[@missylou725]

I love chocolate + coconut!

[@growlie2676]

I definitely hate coconut.

[@susanbezio6708]

Mounds

[@jwoolman5]

Have never had a Bounty bar, but have always liked Almond Joy, which is chocolate-covered sweetened moist coconut with an almond on top. Oskri has a really good dark chocolate-covered moist sweetened coconut bar also. I usually don't like dark chocolate much, but when it enrobes coconut, it actually tastes good. I tried Ocho dark chocolate coconut bar once and liked it. Maybe the problem with Bounty bars is that their coconut filling is too dry and maybe not sweet enough. Moist and sweet is the way to go for coconut filling.

[@cassandraspoelhof3752]

@ 3:17 I love pretzel M&Ms. They’re my favorite kind of M&M. Sweet and salty is such a great combination!

[@henryogan2017]

Surprised to see bounty at no. 2. I actually really enjoy it. It's like my 2nd favorite chocolate bar, right after snickers.

[@minji03]

As someone with peanut allergy, i love the british smarties because its pretty rare to have peanut free chocolat candy.

[@pinkdarkboy7127]

Ooh as a poor kid growing up in America in the 2000s, we also had those generic mini easter egg chocolates! I never threw them up, but they were definitely the chocolate that I would only eat weeks later after I'd eaten all the good candy and was in desperation mode for sweets. From what I remember, they just taste like cheap sugar and maybe the factory worker making them was thinking about chocolate, but that's the closest it gets to tasting like chocolate. It's funny as someone who grew up in a small town in Texas that the only other person I've seen mention them is an Australian lol. Did you also have those pink bubblegums that came in a yellow and blue wrapper that literally tasted like garbage? That was my most hated Halloween "candy" growing up and I swear I always got a million of them. Side note, I love Almond Joys which seem to be the American equivalent of Bounty bars but with almonds on top of the coconut. There's a few vegan companies that make Almond Joy equivalents, so they're one of the only chocolate bars from my childhood that I can still kind of experience now. IDK why British people hate coconut and chocolate so much lol.

[@BinglesP]

The song at 2:51 is “Get Out of Town” from M&M’s the Lost Formulas/Shell Shocked! Good and fitting music choice, that song is really good.

[@shaunalennon3144]

Smarties actually started out as having different flavors for the candy coating. I don't know when or why they stopped doing that.

[@duchenefan]

The only flavour I remember is the orange ones tasting of orange

[@moonbunny24]

During the Twinkie Panic of 2012, my family managed to get a single box because my brother and I had never actually tasted them. That was the last Twinkie I've ever had. I tasted it and promptly decided it would not be a tragedy if they were discontinued.

[@bewd4310]

Same here I tried one last year the chocolate one and the original they’re disgusting! Never again!

[@avacornthelastponybender8583]

British Smarties: "They do everything I do" M&Ms: "But better"

[@McLightZ]

I think the idea of a banana split oreo sounds amazing if done well but I guess it wasn't done very well 😅

[@westonsgenericchannel]

Perfect timing! Now i have something to watch while waiting for the zelda presentation

[@SkunkySpinda]

I love every little Strider morsel we get, no bad "strider snacks" in this package! For an episode idea, why not look at banned or wacky commercials? Perhaps look at the "Blank the rainbow taste the rainbow." commercials from Skittles, I know they got StRaNgE.

[@jturner2577]

😮

[@Ponderosa518]

I LOVED the pumpkin spice Oreos. They need to make a comeback.

[@NYM0]

Kids in American school including my own got so bored of smarties that they would crush them up inside the wrapper, slightly untwist one end, and pretend to smoke it and puff out stale powdered sugar. I'm lucky enough to have been old enough to avoid that trend, I wasn't free from finding my own.... *interesting* way of eating these sugar pills. When I was young I got bored of the candy at the bottom of my trick-or-treat bag which included smarties, so I took a smarties, crushed it up and added water to make a paste. It tasted better this way to me and to this day I still don't know what possessed me to try it that way.

[@christianparrish3292]

Good morning everyone. I hope you have an excellent day this morning.

[@jturner2577]

Thanks you too.