We Tried Recreating The "Smooth" PB & J Sandwich

Hello and welcome to another video!
Today we’re gonna be testing out our agar powder knowledge by attempting to make a smooth peanut butter and jelly sandwich, where not just the jelly is gelatinous, but so is the bread and the peanut butter! We know that it looks cool, but how does it taste?
Also shout-out to emmymade for the recipe! You can check out her video here: • Smooth PB & J Sandwich...
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Produced & Edited by
Carly Dawson
Nez Covington
Tyler Williams
Safiya Nygaard
Alaina Simmons
GFX by
Dayana Espinoza
Elizabeth Pinotti
MUSIC
Via Audio Network

[@tylerwilliams]

HELLO and welcome to this video! What do you guys think about the ~smooth pb&j sandwich~? Personally, I think the curb appeal of this bad boy was unbeatable, but it did taste kinda strange. What item should we smoothify next?

[@noaccount2494]

pickles or cucumbers XD

[@MrDuhonendonly]

Video idea freeze dry🤔food

[@user-xk3rr6lr5r]

Hamburgers maybe?

[@cutemuffins3567]

Nachos

[@Marshmallow0w0]

I kind of want to see a whole series of "Foods but smooth"

[@safiya]

please let me know if there is anyone else out there who does the "completely open tall jug" milk carton method or if its just this madman i am married to

[@jinseiwaitami]

there’s a part on the side where you can punch a straw through

[@mariannelortie4360]

I was part of the dexterity club that would manage to open with the pinch method

[@rhondamoore4885]

I thought the only reason to do that was to add cereal.

[@botansaluki4553]

Yes the best way to drink a small carton of milk is to open the carton completely. I did this as a child and was made fun of but then I convinced my 3rd grade class that it’s optimal for chugging. The lunch ladies were confused why one day the cartons were normal the next day fully open cartons everywhere.

[@pinksunoo9799]

I've never owned a carton of milk before. It's always sold in plastic

[@ranibowsprimkle4185]

'If you can turn a piece of coal in peanut butter into a crystal maybe you can turn something into gold' has the same energy as Jenna Marbles saying 'you're telling me we can put a man on the moon but I can't grow 7 inches in a year??'

[@dianaw4072]

😂😂 I’ve been on a Jenna Marbles binge lately!

[@nessnness]

Aw, I miss jenna!

[@milenaeverette]

the way I heard Julien going "correct. Both of those things are correct." at the end there, god I miss Jenna

[@lupakajsalisa3652]

​@@dianaw4072 I dreamt she was back just this week

[@DragonsRUs1414]

JennnnaaaaaaaaAAaaAa! .....I miss her.

[@msmarvel9543]

As a former kindergarten aide I laughed at the milk carton discussion. I was the one who opened 70 milk cartons a day because none of them had the dexterity to do it themselves until the end of the year. Can confirm there were several kids that practiced the open jug method. 😂

[@enbeast8350]

An unsung hero of our time!!

[@rachelcookie321]

They have mini cartons of milk for kids?

[@wxclim8]

I was the "open one end normally, then get a plastic knife or a spork to pierce through the paper carton and make a mess" kind of kid. 😂

[@egyptiansushi]

@@rachelcookie321 in the video they are referring to the "half pint" milk cartons that all american kids grow up drinking at every lunch in school yep

[@nedtechgirl]

youre a legend just for doing that and helping out our fumbling youth

[@charlieb7620]

I love how Safiya is the queen of bad makeup science and Tyler is the king of bad food science.

[@Deirdre6]

It’s such goals I love it too😂😂

[@hanC21317]

I would soak the milk in bread to flavor the milk, then strain it, and then gellify it! Such a fun concept, but I think my kids would label this snack “cursed.” Lol

[@Jabberwocky7890]

That's a very interesting idea! I was thinking long and hard about whether the jelly and bread aspects could be improved on but I came up blank for the bread. For the jelly though, I feel like making a concentrate from the grape juice first could definitely be the move if the jelly flavor was a little weak like they said.

[@dinafisman]

Yes! Heston Blumenthal style!

[@thespankmyfrank]

@@Jabberwocky7890 I feel like you could just go full grape juice, without the water. Sure, the sugar content might change the consistency a bit, but the taste would be a million times better.

[@Jabberwocky7890]

@@thespankmyfrank for sure, and Safiya and Tyler also noted that the peanut butter layer had a little bit of an unexpected consistency to it, but that it was their favorite part, so letting some good flavor compromise the purist idea of a fully gelatinous dish may not be so bad in this case. It may not turn out as pure blob-like in texture as say the rain drop cake, but I think it could taste better

[@CinderXiaoLong]

I wonder if you could soak the bread in milk, blend it into a puree, and then mix the bread and the bread milk in with the agar agar to really get that bread flavor. Kind of tempted to try it, but I'm too broke for any of the ingredients

[@rikkicrowder7134]

Love the Emmy Made shoutouts in this. She’s such a wonderful, consistent creator with amazing content! She needs... no DESERVES millions more subs!

[@jenniferburroughs7509]

I love that she shows everything, like when she was making dragon's beard candy and kept failing and starting over until she got it right. Sometimes knowing what not to do is just as helpful as seeing it done perfectly. I hope this video gets her some more subscriptions too.

[@solarvide0s]

yes i love emmy!!

[@AngiDas]

I agree! She is great!

[@thespankmyfrank]

@@jenniferburroughs7509 YES!!! It also shows that even the experienced cooks can fail time and time again, but you will succeed in the end. Oftentimes social media just shows the polished version, and then when you try it yourself it just turns to shit lol. It's good to know that's not your fault. Emmy is such a feel-good creator, I love her channel.

[@Kalegggg]

I love Emmy!!

[@aftonrae4038]

Carly, Safiya, and Tyler just saved me possible salmonella poisoning as I was actually craving a pb and j sandwich but they said Jiff was recalled so I checked mine and it is part of the recalled group! Thank you!

[@KristenZianourry2015]

Peter pan was also recalled for having bug parts found in it in like 2007 but i like skippy personally

[@marsh1159]

​@@KristenZianourry2015I mean bugs do privide extra protein provided they're from sanitary conditions.

[@flibbertygibbette]

NileRed is the closest thing the internet has to an alchemist, really. But to do a NileRed recipe you'd need a chemist and a lab. What a collab that'd be.

[@ellasorellabrella]

"we mixed one of each chemical from nilered's lab"

[@leahg.3393]

PLEASE THIS WOULD BE AMAAAAAZING

[@candor-and-moxie]

We need a NileRed collab!!!

[@Mayakran]

Casually handling bromine in their kitchen

[@sapphis_lazuli]

the collab we never knew we needed but we desperately need it, moreso than the joke implies

[@nyxldx]

okay, now i need Tyler especially to be on the "Phoning it in" with the try guys at least once. 😂 He did such an amazing job

[@tamimarie1918]

Emmy’s burger in a can video haunts me. But I think you should try that next. 😂

[@ghostgirl6970]

Oh god no please don't make me live through that again.

[@LunaLoveBad6969]

Burger… in a can???! 💀

[@noneness]

I have no idea what that is....but I want to see it already!

[@tamimarie1918]

@@noneness it’s worth a watch. But gross

[@honeybee347]

​@@LunaLoveBad6969 there is also chicken in a can! While the chicken in the can looked awful, the same episode also had bread in a can which looked mighty tasty to me.

[@joaopedroathayde757]

The safty crossover with emmy is everything 🥺

[@naiiiim]

riiight??? this needs to be a recurrent thing!

[@kogumasmommy]

If you guys liked the texture and look of this, it’s basically pb&j version of coffee/coconut jelly which is really popular in asian countries. If you do the same steps bur with coffee and condensed milk flavorings it would be soooo good

[@elizabethbennett5203]

I was thinking the whole time how this is just bastardized Annin Tofu and I agree, the milk version has been a long-time fave

[@sylviele3239]

This!! It'd be so fun to see Saf attempt to make those 3D flower agar jellies. Key word attempt because it looks super hard and I'd never do it myself lol

[@roblox_this1853]

Those are amazing you reminded me those exist and now I need to make some

[@its_clean]

Yes this! But they would need to either be more deliberate with the ratios of their ingredients, or just follow an authentic recipe for xingren doufu or rau cau dua. I think the biggest issue with the recipe they used here is it didn't adequately account for dilution and so all the flavors were mega watered down. Like think of the jelly layer...5 tbsp of juice into 8 oz of water? Of course it's going to taste like watery grape juice, and not even remotely like actual jelly.

[@JYYB]

Yes!!!! Asian coconut jelly is amazing!!! They need to try this, I wonder if they know what this is because they have Asian in them . Lol

[@rosebyan0thername]

I love the dynamic they have here vs most of the content on safiya's channel. I like seeing Tyler take charge and mastermind the plan and I like seeing Safiya just awkwarding it out on the side (I say affectionately as someone who is also awkward on the sidelines most of the time). It's not like they're totally different people but it's a fun little subversion

[@its_clean]

In addition to Tyler being more in the driver's seat, Carly appears to be the only producer with a hand on the wheel and they all seem to pretty much let Saf run free with whatever weirdness she wants to do, unlike the much more polished and heavily produced main channel videos. Livestream vibes (which, by the way, are they going to start streaming again?) You can tell Saf is a lot more relaxed just by the more random funny shit that comes out of her mouth, and her occasional swearing (which she never does on the main channel) that for some reason makes me inexplicably giddy lol.

[@gwendolynrobinson3900]

Saf is the peanut gallery of Tyler's channel, and vice versa 🤭

[@TurtlesDanceToo]

Safiya's glee at 14:27 for Tyler's perfect cartoon bite is incredible

[@samanthaaiello]

Petition for Tyler to make a KZbin short where he opens a school milk carton like that to demonstrate his famous chug. Lol

[@genericwannabe]

So many shoutouts to Emmy, that’s so awesome of you! So many people will maybe make one reference to someone who inspired them and leave it at that but you’re really giving her the recognition she deserves.

[@lauraamo4848]

Safiya & Tyler + Emmy? Be still, my heart . . .

[@Bluessoulphoenix]

The crossover in universes we never expected but nevertheless, love.

[@naiiiim]

seriously!!!

[@TheSongwritingCat]

No one asked for this... in the best way. Trying a recipe from a video from 3 years ago is exactly the kind of energy I want from this channel.

[@its_clean]

I mean it's totally on brand for them though. "Doing cool trends...years after they were trendy", Saf said something like that on one of the old acrylic art or soap or candle videos.

[@WitchKing-Of-Angmar]

Do you people really obsess over what's relevant.

[@naiiiim]

The crossover between Emmy and SafTy is just too much for me to handle! 😍😍😍 Y’all need to do a collab series or whatever!

[@Ur_So_Rude]

I’ve been watching Emmy since her first child was a baby and she didn’t have her second kid yet. I love her SO much. So calming.

[@naiiiim]

yessss!!!!! the girl was giving ASMR vibes before even ASMR was a thing!

[@TechTchno]

I used to watch her back when her channel was emmymadeinjapan and she tasted snacks from all over the world 👁️

[@lyssaearland618]

Love Emmy! Her “hard times” series is outstanding and so are her beekeeping adventures!

[@riverAmazonNZ]

Also her Fruity Fruits series! It’s old now but so good

[@MercantileJoes]

There's a Vietnamese Jello dessert that I imagine has a similar texture but it's usually layers of coconut, coffee and pandan. If you visit a vietnamese deli, should try it :D

[@AdaminaCarden]

OMG I love coffee & pandan so that sounds amazing! My local Viet deli does a coconut pandan jelly and I love it!

[@martificialintellige]

What is it called?

[@MercantileJoes]

@@martificialintellige it’s called “Thach Rau Cau” or i just look up “Vietnamese jello dessert” and look for the brown, white and green layers

[@johnmobley9369]

Emmy made is such a chaotic and somehow organized and wholesome creator. She’s like a blend of likable contradictions. He always teach me something new about cooking. She’s a G youtuber

[@lalalandthinkr]

this video unlocked a memory i’ve completely forgotten about. i remember coming across the smooth pb&j video one day when i was 15 and was like insanely obsessed with it for no reason 😭😭

[@mariannelortie4360]

Jellied peanut butter, something I never even imagined hahaha

[@pinknblackproductions]

Any time Tyler does a jello video I am In. It's like Safiya and mixing things together you know it's gonna slap

[@jordyelize4892]

I love Safiyas immediate approval at a glance of the perfect bite 🤣🤣

[@sillygoofy33]

this concept is terrifying

[@GassyGoat]

I agree

[@sarahbrianne3946]

A new Tyler video on a Sunday night?! Great way to end the weekend ❤

[@invisiblesteve9523]

Now I want to see this freeze dried 😂

[@abi-jd9hm]

This is soooo cool! There’s a similar Filipino delicacy named Sapin-Sapin made from rice cake and coconut milk and has different colored layers usually sliced into triangles. I love it sooo much here.

[@raymondjacque6594]

This is terrifying….I love it

[@ItzMeLee]

Love the Emmy appreciation

[@johnmobley9369]

Emmy broke her soul trying to get it out😂 bro she just let her struggle I would’ve had to go in with the spatula if I was recreating this

[@CreatrixTiara]

There's a Malaysian dessert named kueh lapis (layer cake) and some versions of it are a lot like this structurally/texture wise. It's usually made with rice flour (and other things) and then steamed, and the dominant flavour profile is usually pandan, but it's still jelly like in texture!

[@kiwiness5427]

Emmy is such a chill and wholesome channel. Just a good mom having fun in the kitchen ❤

[@BlackCatsAndCorgis]

Buttermilk bread is indeed a thing, and I love Aunt Millie's.

[@enbyennui]

Great to see Emmy getting some love, she has one of the most lovely, positive channels on the platform. If you guys wanted to try doing a more taste-focused version, it would be interesting to see if bread sauce mix (very common in the UK but I'm sure you can get it in the US, it's basically premade mix for actual 'liquid bread' as Safiya described) in the bread segments and a grape juice reduction for the grape segments could work. Great video!

[@invisiblebutvisible611]

the fact that carly trolled tyler, and just watched him suffer had me rolling on the floor🤣🤣

[@yuli.gg.o]

11:25 This whole scene is so hilarious and amazing. Carly validating Safiya to grab the whole thing with her hands is the teamwork im here for.

[@laurabadora414]

I love the use of episodes of Gilmore girls as a measure of time. 👍🏻👍🏻

[@dianarico8715]

My first time seeing a Tyler video and not a Safiya video and seeing her be so supportive of him and like out loud being like oh she loves him so much! Made me realize I guess I always took for granted Tyler's supportiveness and now I never will again! Love to see y'all love each other so much even in these fun videos!

[@brittany8325]

Tyler describing his method for opening a milk carton as a child was my favorite part of this video

[@emeeeeyy]

Glad to know I'm not the only one who's had this recipe ingrained in their brain 😭. I remember first watching it closer to when it came out and have never forgotten about it.

[@SpiritHunterDSG]

I love you guys showing Emmy’s channel ❤️ she’s so underrated and so sweet!!!

[@samfisher6606]

Fun fact: the guy who created Peter Pan peanut butter also created Skippy. He made Peter Pan with a food company but when the CEO died, this dude was ousted. So he created Skippy to compete. They were both originally made with hydrogenated peanut oil but changed to vegetable oil to compete with Jif.

[@martha06]

It reminds me of the sandwiches I’d get at Sainsbury’s or Morrisons cafe when I was little

[@YouTube]

i opened the milk carton fully as well but only because i could never open it normally... i tried the triangle method but they just ripped. what was with those milk cartons?

[@miawl9]

Is it someone’s job to just comment on random videos on behalf of KZbin? 🥲

[@dumpsterfire3214]

they were cheap milk cartons. i always stabbed it with the back of my spork then stuck a straw in the hole. the trick to opening it with the spout was to push the flaps closer together, then pull them towards you while still pushing the flaps together

[@notVulture]

Don't think we forgot about your questionable decision of removing the dislike and the sort from oldest to newest buttons

[@sumbunniii8721]

Please bring back the dislike button !!! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🧎🏼‍♀️🧎🏼‍♀️🧎🏼‍♀️

[@WitchKing-Of-Angmar]

Much like all of gen z, your ability to joke does not make you intelligent.

[@NK-ju6el]

I love that yall gave Emmy tye credit she deserves! 🥰

[@sinyaaj]

I love when my favorite KZbin people also watch my other favorite KZbin people!

[@nurulabidahnajihahjaini9317]

“Slimy, cold thing” 😂😂😂 Agreed!! Maybe because we live in a hot weather, things like this is very common to find. My favorite flavor would be pandan and rose.

[@magicalneko2652]

Cristine would be proud of how Tyler uses the word "opaque" 😁

[@SakyraElliott]

Tyler looks like the kid who would open their cartoon of milk completely and start dunking random foods in it🤣🤣

[@melissabloemen]

Haha love the little shout out to the Gilmore Girls! Literally been binge watching that this week

[@f_xnch]

this concept is so unsettling that i didn’t even bat an eye when i saw it was your video 😭

[@WriterOnTheEdge]

Thanks for making me laugh today. I love Emmy’s channel. She deserves more love.

[@unofficialcatra7380]

WHOOO TYLER AND SAF CONTWNT 💪

[@rhianbrimble7253]

Saf and Ty ya'll make me so happy! Keep doing your thing and don't stress too much about doing all the things. We love your content no matter what x

[@gracebohler4380]

I kept seeing images of this floating around the internet and was always so curious as to what it tasted like! Great video! Really want some PB&J now...

[@missrobyn]

Thanks for putting out fun and interesting content. I truly miss the live shows, they were my favorite hours of chaotic fun ❤

[@buriednavid]

it looks like it just straight up tastes like water :P also i think that myth of turning coal into a clear crystal has been debunked btw

[@makerofthebroken]

Don't worry, Tyler. I did that with my milk cartons too. Partly because I liked that it was more like I was drinking out of a cool cup and partly because I had learned from painful experience that there's a high likelyhood of the milk being bad. The sour skims and sliming vanella and choclate sludges I encountered at a scarily high rate still make me gave to this day. When is followed me to middle school I actually learned how to check the dates to see what's past due or not.

[@tutucute486]

thank u for always having captions love u

[@RachaelP131]

Opening the fridge and seeing a loaf of bread in there was probably the craziest part of this video.

[@isabeldubarry2361]

It's pretty normal to keep bread in the fridge since it helps it last longer

[@RachaelP131]

@@isabeldubarry2361 I heard and read that it doesn't and makes it moldy quicker.

[@DuskFrost.Dawnfire.]

put my bread in the freezer but never in the fridge

[@johnmobley9369]

Y’all really learn from her initial mistakes in her video. It was great to watch her personality and having her teach me so much food science and now I get to watch it again with ingredients in methods. I was curious about when she mentioned them the first time.

[@heathersayhey]

It makes me so happy that you guys watch Emmy!! She’s like the sweetest human being I swear. I’ve watched like all of her and your videos ❤

[@long_term_karma9899]

I once saw an image of one of these as the thumbnail of one of those satisfying videos several years, and as a non-American, a PB&J was not my first thought, and always wondered what it was, some kind of weird cheesecake, maybe? But this video has finally answered the question I've had in the dark recesses of my mind for all those years now, so thank you, Tyler.

[@CraftyCheshire]

I HATE gelatin. I've tried so many times, even tried alcoholic gelatin.. I cannot get down with the texture. With that being said, I love how pleasant it looks 😍 I remember Emmy's video and I was obsessed with the concept. I'm glad to see you guys test the waters with it 🥰

[@bibigemini5347]

This feels extremely cursed, I fear

[@wynter.2433]

i LOVE Emmys Channel!! She's so wholesome and so cute which adds to her videos, it's so awesome to see her Channel get shoutout like this ❤️

[@theartist_harlivi]

I don’t think I’ve ever seen Tyler’s square opening milk carton thing! Surprised me good haha

[@vickitimlin7558]

I feel like Saf could use that to apply makeup 😂

[@MelissaALacy]

We need a crossover with Evan and Katelyn where they find a way to put this in resin!

[@mahi-fn6to]

u guys always post when im in search for a new s&t video !! love it

[@Limeyvip]

idk why the fact that you guys watch emmymade makes me so happy. we stan emmy in this house

[@ellykate2136]

I LOVE YOU GUYS!!! Can’t wait for the live streams to return!!

[@cardtower]

still love that crusty is in the intro

[@chrisylockhart]

This is an Emmy video that has stayed so vivid in my mind, so interesting to see someone else take a crack at it! Good job! I’m new to your channels and have been watching a ton of videos this past week (I am chronically ill/disabled/bed bound) and I love all the shoutouts to Gilmore Girls!

[@Melohav]

Oohhh I’m soooooo happy!!! I love your videos. You are some of my all time favourite KZbinrs. ❤.

[@ashleyriggs7883]

I've always wondered why Emmy didn't use strained steeped bread in a little milk for the bread layer.... sounds better than just milk!

[@lajoyous1568]

Wonder bread would probably become one with the milk rather easily.

[@finleynedelka819]

I never knew I needed *s m o o t h* pb & j in my life, but I'm so happy it is now!!

[@ScottWallace5]

Excellent video and this went flawlessly! Wow, props! I agree, it does look MUCH cooler than it probably tastes.

[@TalenynWren]

I wonder if you could have used milk and grape juice instead of water for their respective layers for a less watered down flavor.

[@victoriabautista1754]

I miss when you guys used to go live😭

[@kendra6577]

BEST way to end this week love you guys 🥸

[@SingLadyCaitlin88]

I seriously think we would be really great friends if I knew both of you in person! I'm so happy that you both are doing more videos again and I hope the livestreams will come back eventually!

[@BlackCatsAndCorgis]

This makes me want a peanut butter and jelly, and I already had one for dinner.

[@awesomesause3219]

I remember in kindergarten always seriously judging the kids who fully opened the carton 😂

[@lorifiedler13]

My mom would measure out pudding mix so I would drink half the carton, add the mix and close the carton to mix. Yep. Opened the carton up box style. By the time t finished my sandwich, I had pudding ready.

[@DanielleYvonne4]

I love Emmy's channel! she is so relaxing and soothing to watch. her personality is so chill and likable

[@Unknown-us1fc]

I absolutely love these cooking videos. Thank you guys 😂

[@meganhuffmanwrites]

I know this is insanely random, but the smooth Spanish guitar music playing while you guys are making and pouring the peanut butter layer sounds *exactly* like the melody of the 90's X-Men cartoon theme song. 😂

[@its_clean]

Dude yes that is 100% the X-Men animated theme 😄

[@meganhuffmanwrites]

I'm so glad I'm not the only one who hears it! I would love to know where the editing team found it because I kind of want to get this version to listen to myself. It's both nerdy and classy at the same time. 😁

[@SweetSauce2023]

Oh, I would love a traditional PB &J now.

[@sabscribedd]

im eating it as i watch this

[@sabscribedd]

im eating it as i watch this

[@anamazing2297]

I remember watching in fascination as Emmy made this. Now I watched you guys make this, and it's just great to reminisce and laugh! 😄

[@sandrabailey6888]

WOW… Safiya’s face when she first taste’s it,Priceless.🥴

[@jennifermiller1042]

I love Emmy! Here for this crossover.

[@michaels621]

Tyler entering his thiq era

[@jaredpati936]

Yessss Emmymade !! I think about this sandwich all the time, I’m glad you guys tried it !

[@AlgyPond]

The peanut butter brand discussion made me chuckle. When I was little we only used Peter Pan peanut butter, but when in 2007 the recalled ALL peanut butter they'd made since 2004 my parents moved to jif... and now we've moved to skippy

[@purpletortoise9830]

You need to make a picnic series of horrible curse versions of traditional picnic food and then take your friends on a picnic and watch them squirm