Do New Campbell’s Spicy Soups Really Sizzle? We Tried Them to Find Out
Campbell’s is the Kleenex of soups. That is to say, you buy it when your nose is running, it makes a product that’s so synonymous with a brand name that you don’t even have to say “tissues” or “soup,”...
View ArticleZaxby’s Sauces Are Coming to a Store Near You
As much as I love Raising Cane’s sauce (and the Raising Cane’s sauce dupe at Walmart), I have always felt that it was second to Southern fast food chicken chain Zaxby’s signature Zax sauce. Well, good...
View ArticleWe Tried a Rare New Mountain Dew Flavor Available Only in South Korea!
It feels like there’s a new Mtn Dew flavor every other week. Even when there isn’t a new Baja Blast dropping stateside, Mountain Dew releases something overseas. And who are we to ignore those foreign...
View ArticleWhat Is Demi Glace?
When it comes to French food, you have to have your sauces. There are five “mother” sauces in French food. Those sauces are tweaked and combined to make a nearly infinite number of other sauces,...
View ArticleWhat Is Marshmallow Fluff?
Mankind’s love affair with marshmallows has taken many forms: Peeps, the freeze-dried Lucky Charms niblets, and, of course, the spreadable sandwich cream known as marshmallow creme or, more...
View ArticleWhat Happened to Lean Pockets?
Hot Pockets have been around since 1983, but most people probably know them best from Jim Gaffigan’s iconic stand-up bit. The jury’s out over whether or not Gaffigan’s jokes had a negative impact on...
View ArticleBest Olipop Flavors (Updated with 12 More Flavors!)
The best Olipop flavors make drinking prebiotics pretty fun. Other people must agree, because the brand’s lineup of flavors has expanded a lot over the past couple of years. We’d previously ranked the...
View ArticleThe Best Coleslaw at the Grocery Store, Ranked (Now with Publix Coleslaw!)
The best coleslaw is made with a tangy, creamy dressing and crisp veggies that deliver a satisfying crunch. It should never be soggy, blandly seasoned, or overly sour. Most importantly, the best...
View ArticleWhich Zodiac Sign Is the Chip to Your Dip?
Admit it: We all want to believe that the perfect dip to our inner chip is out there waiting for us. That the universe will take a look at one kind of chunky guacamole and manifest a tortilla chip...
View ArticleWhat Is Cotto Salami?
When I go out with friends and we get one of those fancy meat and cheese boards, I always greedily scoop up all the meats as fast as I can. Sure, cheese is great and all. But I want those meats!...
View ArticleWhat Is Remoulade Sauce?
Is there anything better than a good dipping sauce? Well, sure, if you’re really holding my feet to the fire, there are lots of things better. But the fact remains: Dipping sauces are pretty good. And...
View ArticleRumor Has It There’s a New Sprite Flavor Coming This Winter
If I’m sure of anything, it’s this: The Coca-Cola Company is going to release Sprite Winter Spiced Cranberry every single winter until everything we know is dust in the wind, dude. So imagine my...
View ArticleHooters Makes Frozen Wings, and We Tried All 4 Flavors
Finally, you can get Hooters wings without going to a Hooters. I’m not saying you don’t sometimes want to go to a Hooters, whatever your reasoning, I’m not here to judge anything but wing quality. But...
View ArticleThese New Ruffles Have Ridges—but Do They Taste Like Korean Food?
If there’s one thing I know about Ruffles, it’s that they have ridges. If there’s two things I know about Ruffles, it’s that they do flavors RIGHT (and they have ridges). Have you ever had Cheddar...
View ArticleAn Honest Review of Trader Joe’s Yuzu Kosho
Yuzu kosho is a small but mighty condiment that packs a lot of heat and acidity. A little goes a long way when it comes to adding a lot of flavor to pretty much any dish that could use some acid,...
View ArticleThe Best Vegan Food from Our Taste Tests
Have you ever tried vegan food so good, it gave you an existential crisis? That’s an experience we’re constantly having here at Sporked—a taste-testing team of omnivores who keep stumbling across the...
View ArticleThe Best Frozen Meatloaf (and It Isn’t Even Close)
The best frozen meatloaf dinner isn’t going to live up to a fresh slab of the homemade stuff, but it should exist in that same universe. It pretty quickly became apparent we were going to have to set...
View ArticleGravy vs Sauce: What’s the Difference?
It should really go without saying (though if this kind of stuff went without saying, I’d be out of a job), but not everything wet that you pour onto food is gravy. Nor is it always technically sauce....
View ArticleWhat Flavor is the Mystery Airhead?
If you grew up in the 1990s, you no doubt had your fair share of Airheads candy. For me, they evoke childhood memories of summer at the community pool, right up there with Fun Dip, Pop Rocks, Nerds,...
View Article6 New Trader Joe’s Back-to-School Snacks
Somehow, back-to-school season is already upon us. But homework and clique-y drama have a silver lining, and that silver lining is the aluminum on the inside of a chip bag. That’s right,...
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