Come to the dark side! We have ice cream!
That's right, we're continuing our frozen conflict in Part 2 of the epic vanilla versus chocolate battle with chocolate ice cream, a flavor as old as the Olmecs and Aztecs.
It's cool and creamy, but also dark and mysterious. Will it be our favorite of the big two ice cream flavors? Find out next on Junk Feud!
It's the most popular flavor of ice cream in the world and the second most expensive spice you can buy, so why do so many people think that vanilla is plain?
From the tender petals of a Mexican orchid straight to your mouth, vanilla is the flavor that drives the global ice cream industry and the favorite snack of everyone from the Founding Fathers to the all-time stolen base leader.
Vanilla ice cream is great, but does it have what it takes to be the champ? Find out next on Junk Feud!
It's been called the world's best chocolate cake and the most famous desert in history, and if you want the one and only original version you have to visit a single hotel in Austria.
That's right, it's the world famous Sachertorte, allegedly created by a 16 year old apprentice for a Prince, the subject of a seven year long legal battle, and single-handedly responsible for the fame and fortune of an entire family.
But is it actually any good? Find out next on Junk Feud!
Play ball! Baseball season is back and so is our discussion of the best baseball snacks.
While it's undeniable that ice cream tastes 50% better when served in a mini helmet, will the Slider Sundae have what it takes to become the reigning, defending, undisputed champion of snacks?
Find out next on Junk Feud!
Straight from your local pub, it's Scotch Eggs - the decidedly un-Scottish treat that's perfect for Easter.
From it's northern African roots to the posh carriages lined up outside Fortnum and Mason, the Scotch Egg has been sustaining famished snackers for centuries.
Will we love this sausage-wrapped, Easter themed treat? Find out next on Junk Feud!
Peanut butter and chocolate are two great tastes that taste great together, but what about Italian hoagies and potato chips?
Through the miracle of modern food science it's now possible to put meat, cheese, bread, and toppings into a flavor packed powder and sprinkle them on crinkle cut spuds. And it works!
How do you fit a whole sandwich into a single potato chip? Find out next on Junk Feud!
They're magically delicious, but will they be our favorite snack?
The oaty, marshmallowy breakfast that's got leprechaun's everywhere chasing rainbows vies for the undisputed championship of junk food this week in honor of St. Patrick's Day and we're chowing down hoping to ingest a little bit of the luck of the Irish.
How many patents are there for cereal marshmallows? How old is Lucky the Leprechaun? Which rabbit's foot is the lucky one? Find out next on Junk Feud!
Never before have just a handful of ingredients led to such international intrigue. You'd be forgiven for thinking that hummus is a simple food, but simple foods don't cause countries to go to "war."
From the cradle of civilization to your mouth, hummus has a rich history and an even richer flavor, but will it be tasty enough for us to crown it the champion of snacks?
Find out next on Junk Feud!
It's the thrilling conclusion of our first-ever two-part episode pitting the two most popular spicy snacks against each other in savory combat!
Although there's no wild creation myth behind Takis, the rolled corn tortilla chip snack is no less popular for it.
Which spicy snack will reign supreme? Find out next on Junk Feud!
Hot Cheetos and Takis, Hot Cheetos and Takis, we can't get enough of those Hot Cheetos and Takis!
It's finally here, the most heated (see what we did there?) rivalry in all of snackdom, and it's a match-up so big we need two episodes to do it justice.
This week on Part 1 of the epic showdown between Hot Cheetos and Takis, we take a look at the wild story behind the invention of America's favorite hot chip, the Flamin' Hot Cheeto. It's inspired business school case studies and Hollywood feature films, but will it inspire you to pick a side in this hot war for spicy snack supremacy? Find out next on Junk Feud!
If cheese is good, then fried cheese must be better, right? Right!
Today we're discussing mozzarella sticks, the natural outcome of the confluence of midwestern dairy farming and the rise of sports bar kitchen automation in the late 1970s that make up our favorite bowling alley snack.
What do Wisconsinites and medieval French housewives have in common? Find out next on Junk Feud!
Love is in the air, cinnamon spice is on our tongues, and Saint Valentine's actual preserved skull is in a glass case in Rome.
It's the Valentine's Day episode of Junk Feud! and we're trying those little red treats that you might have seen in your Grandma's candy dish each February, Cinnamon Imperial Hearts.
Roses are read, the ocean is vast, you should listen to the Junk Feud! podcast!
What's more fun than a cookie? A cookie with a hole in the middle! Bonus points if it's covered in fudge.
These sweet, round, chocolatey biscuits are the pride of Hollow Tree and the mythical Keebler Elves, but will they be our favorite snack?
Find out next on Junk Feud!
There's only one thing you should ever drink with a hot, fresh slice of pizza and there's only one place in the world you can get it.
It's birch beer, the hyper-regional bubbly beverage from Colonial times, and it's been a Philadelphia delicacy for more than three decades.
Will the spicy crackle of birch beer on our palates be enough to earn it the undisputed championship of snacks? Find out next on Junk Feud!
Hidden rooms, secret doors, and stand-up comedy... what do they all have in common? Well, not much. But they're similar in a weird way to today's snack, the Wawa Stuffed Pretzel.
Come with us as we discuss the history and appeal of things stuffed inside of other things; the Russian nesting doll of junk food.
From Tomorrowland to Delmarva, we're talking about cheese inside of bread that then goes inside of your mouth. Listen now!
Psst. Wanna know a secret? There's a better Snickers out there, but you can only get it on the East Coast. Wanna know what it is?
That's right! It's a Goldenberg's Peanut Chew, the dainty candy bar in the brown wrapper that's been stuck in the teeth of Philly folk since 1917.
Does this tasty treat have what it takes to become the undisputed champion of snacks? Find out next on Junk Feud!
We're stretching the integrity of our premise this week for the triumphant return of Jawnuary, our monthlong celebration of the Philadelphia junk food scene, and there's no better way to honor America's snackiest city than with the sandwich it invented (sort of) - the hoagie!
From Hog Island (maybe) to your mouth (definitely), the stuffed-to-bursting Italian sandwich is the quintessential snack (?) to welcome us back to the City of Brotherly Love (enough with the parentheses already.)
But is a hoagie even a snack? Find out next on Junk Feud!
Is there a better way to celebrate the totally chill week between Christmas and New Years than with an ice cold Sprite? We say there is not!
From Sprite Boy and Mr. Lymon to Drake and Lebron, come on a journey through time and space (and the McDonald's Drive-Thru) wherein we obey our thirst for the crispiest, spiciest beverage in the universe.
Friend of the show Uncle Matt drops by JFHQ to chat about Ernest P. Worrell and the various other Sprite ad campaigns, and don't miss a special appearance by little brother Chase, all this week on Junk Feud!
Merry Christmas! Panty's full!
It's Snaxmas time once again, and we've figured out the best way to celebrate... With our annual glass of eggnog!
Learn all about the controversial history of this tempered custard, the West Point Eggnog Riot of 1826, and whether or not Buddhist monks leave butt imprints on the floor when they pray.
It's our Christmas Snacktacular! Don't miss it!
Christmastime is here, and that means cookies. Specifically, that means the toasty, chocolatey goodness of Ruth Wakefield's original Toll House Chocolate Chip Cookie.
It's no accident that this recipe has stood the test of time, but we here at Junk Feud! think we've cracked the code on the best cookie recipe not only in this universe, but in any world in the multiverse (and you can check it out below...)
There's nothing finer in the world than a fresh, warm, home baked chocolate chip cookie, but does it have what it takes to take home the Kringle Kup and be the world champion of holiday snacks? Find out next on Junk Feud!
Multiversal Chocolate Chip Cookies of Madness
These cookies use all of the contemporary internet chocolate chip cookie secret ingredients and techniques to produce a cookie that tastes equally homemade and store bought at the same time.
2 sticks butter An ice cube 20 grams crisco 200 grams brown sugar 85 grams white sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp pure vanilla extract 1 tsp imitation vanilla 1 tsp white vanilla 1 tsp vanilla powder 1 tsp vanilla paste
300 grams flour 14 grams baking powder 14 grams baking soda 8 grams cornstarch 10 grams milk powder 5 grams kosher salt
225 grams chopped chocolate 225 grams chocolate discs
Flaky sea salt
Brown the butter, remove from heat and transfer to a bowl, stir in the ice cube, and chill until firm.
Cream the butter, sugar, and crisco until light and fluffy. Scrape the bowl.
Add the eggs one at a time and beat well until combined. Add in the vanillas and beat until combined. Scrape the bowl.
Stir together the dry ingredients and add to the wet ingredients. Mix just until combined. Scrape the bowl.
Chop the chocolate into chunks then add with the discs to the dough. Mix until just combined.
Portion into 60 gram balls on a cookie sheet and chill for 72 hours. Bake 12 minutes at 350 with convection until edges are golden brown and set and middle is still gooey. Remove from oven and sprinkle with flaky sea salt. Let cool on cookie sheet ten minutes and transfer to wire rack to finish cooling.
Eat.
