Taste Test

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A blind taste test to determine the best steak sauce

Trader Joe's xiao long bao is—dare this Chinese food writer say it—pretty decent

In Lay's 2018 chips saluting American regional flavors, the best come from the Central time zone

Seaweed Pearls

What exactly is vegan caviar? IKEA sells it.

Hot Sauce

What Tabasco Diamond Reserve, going for $2,500 on eBay, tastes like

Blizzard

Dairy Queen's Jurassic Chomp Blizzard is a giant cup of candy garnished with ice cream

Potato chips

Snackgold and Torres Selecta

Spanish potato chips reach peak Spain with caviar and Iberico ham flavors

Mackie's of Scotland

Haggis-flavored potato chips are offal fun

Trader Joe's captures Thanksgiving in chip form minus the tryptophan

Coffee

Starbucks decides foam is a dish best served cold

Strike up the bland: Starbucks' Black And White Mocha Collection is a one-note trio

Burger

Love/hate Burger King? You'll love/hate the Sourdough King

White Castle's Impossible Slider cleverly disguises its fake meat subterfuge

Fried Chicken

KFC's Smoky Mountain BBQ chicken continues the hot streak for fast food fried chicken

Raising Cane's serves a more-than-able chicken finger

Why the hype over McDonald's Buttermilk Crispy Tenders?

Drink

With Taco Bell's Strawberry Skittles Freeze, you may actually taste the rainbow

Yogurt

Carrot cake yogurt offers guilt-free indulgence without the requisite post-nap

Baked Goods

Don’t be the sad person who makes mug cakes from a mix

Ghirardelli’s Salted Caramel Brownie mix barely worthy of the name

Sauce

McDonald's Szechuan Sauce is America encapsulated in nugget-dipping form

Pizza

California Pizza Kitchen

California Pizza Kitchen's bake-at-home BBQ chicken pizza is frozen sophistication

Pizza Hut's Ultimate Cheesy Crust Pizza is 2017 in pie form

Soda

Canada Dry’s Ginger Ale And Lemonade dares to update a classic

Fries

A&W debuts poutine not with a squeak, but a whimper

With Nacho Fries, Taco Bell enters—and dominates—the French fry game

Panda Express

Panda Express' orange chicken remains the pinnacle of junky Chinese-American takeout

Biscuits

Cheddar Bay Biscuit Mix lets you take the best part of Red Lobster home

Ramen

Just how good is an $8 packet of instant ramen?

Taste Test

Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen

Popeyes’ Cajun turkey is tastier than whatever you’re roasting this Thanksgiving