Taste Tests
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We Tried 16 Potato Chips Brands — These Are the Best (and Worst)
Americans have been snacking on potato chips for a long, long time. Legend has it that potato chips were invented in the 1850s by a chef in Saratoga Springs, New York, although recipes for thin-sliced, fried potatoes appeared in cookbooks…
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Is Costco Pumpkin Pie Really Tops? We Tried 7 Store Bought Pies to Find Out
Can you even have Thanksgiving dinner without a pumpkin pie? We think not. So we set out to taste a bunch of store-bought pumpkin pies — fresh from the bakery, not the freezer — and determine which one will impress…
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We Tried 7 Popular Alfredo Sauces and Lived to Share the Best
Alfredo sauce is a surprisingly tough sauce to get right. It doesn’t enjoy the same popularity as marinara or mac and cheese. It’s similar but not the same as buttered noodles, and it also sometimes tastes like cacio e pepe,…
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I Tried 21 Dunkin’ Donuts Flavors and These Are the Best (and Worst)
Dunkin’ (who no longer has “Donuts” as part of its name) is known for donuts above all. Sure, the chain has some famous iced coffee and a slew of breakfast sandwiches, but donuts are the heart and soul of the…
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I Tried 7 Frozen Mozzarella Sticks — This Is the Best
Big Italian dinner feasts can hit our wallets pretty hard, but there’s always a way around these things. Looking to fill the dinner table with apps everybody’s gonna love? You may want to reach for some frozen mozzarella sticks. But…
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I Tried Every Chicken Item on Wendy’s Menu and This Is the Best
We know Wendy’s makes a mean chocolate shake. We know Wendy’s has a good grip on bacon. But what about the chicken game? With 10+ chicken items on the menu, how should you know what to order? I serve the…
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Every Fried Chicken Dish at Hardee’s, Ranked
Though Hardee’s isn’t typically known for its chicken, that portion of the menu stands eight items high. The chain has rolled out some updated tenders, so I figured it was…
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All the Oreo Flavors We Could Get Our Hands On, Ranked
Oreo cookies debuted in 1912, and have since become the world’s top-selling cookie, according to Mondelēz, the company that owns the brand. The stamped chocolate wafers and white creme filling…
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I Tried 9 Kinds of Buttermilk Pancake Mix and This Was the Winner
I’m not sure how we all agreed that it’s OK to eat stacks of fried cake for breakfast, but I’m not here to argue about it. And on a nice,…
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10 of the Most Popular Newman’s Own Salad Dressings, Ranked
Since 1982, Paul Newman’s salad dressings have been at the forefront of the dressing game. The actor’s friendly face has decorated bottles in my house since I was just a…
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I Tasted All 8 Chick-fil-A Sides, and Waffle Fries Weren’t Even in the Top 5
Chick-fil-A is known for a lot of things: Fried chicken, donating to anti-LGBTQ groups even after saying they stopped, and even some of the best ice in the fast food…
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I Drank 11 Hard Iced Teas, and Only One Brand Is Stocking My Cooler This Summer
The hard seltzer trend seems to be on the downswing, while hard iced tea is gaining steam. That’ll make for a very delicious and fun summer, at least if you…
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7 Flavors of Blue Bunny Drumsticks, Ranked
Frozen desserts are looking better and better as the sun gets hotter and hotter, and the feeling of reaching into your freezer and pulling out a tiny little ice cream…
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All 7 Side Dishes from Long John Silver’s, Ranked
Is fast-food seafood your thing? Long John Silver’s is frying up shrimp, chicken, and fish on the daily, and in several of its combo meals, you’re given the option for…
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The Best Bojangles Biscuit Sandwiches, Ranked
Bojangles is a fried chicken chain first and foremost, but the menu is far from over after the chicken section ends. They do sides. They do desserts. They even sell…
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I Ate 7 Ice Cream Cookie Sandwiches, and the Worst Was a Rainbow Disaster
Forget boring popsicles — the only frozen summer treat I want is an ice cream cookie sandwich. How can you go wrong with creamy vanilla ice cream in between two…
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If You Drink Only One Hard Seltzer This Summer, Make It This One
If you find yourself by a beach, pool, or lake (or even just your front porch), that’s an experience only made better with an ice-cold beverage. It’s hard seltzer season,…
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Party Like It’s 1999: Arizona Hard Beverages, Ranked
It may have taken a few decades, but Arizona has finally ventured into the world of alcoholic beverages. The nostalgic brand, known for its iconic 99-cent cans of iced tea,…
