Cherryvale Farms Everything But the...Corn Cornbread Mix Follow CHOW.com's Supertaster on YouTube. Supertaster has long wished for a make-from-a-box cornbread mix that requires adding real corn. Thanks, Cherryvale Farms

Ruffles Crispy Fries Frito-Lay and Ruffles promise to render obsolete the question "Chips or fries?" with their new Crispy Fries potato strips. Follow CHOW.com's Supertaster on YouTube.

Dream Water Not sufficiently creeped out by the concept of sleeping pills? Dream Water is a "sleep & relaxation shot" that makes a number of claims not evaluated by the FDA. Follow CHOW.com's Supertaster on YouTube.

Natural Jones Soda The artisan soda makers at Jones are at it again, this time whipping up Natural Jones, a soda with 30 calories a bottle, fiber(!), and a mix of stevia, agave, and cane sugar sweeteners. Follow CHOW.com's Supertaster on YouTube.

Watermelon- and Sherbet-Flavored Oreos Never content to leave well enough alone, Oreo has pushed into the realm of summer flavors, including Watermelon and Rainbow Sherbet (or rather, "Shure, Bert!") varieties. Follow CHOW.com's Supertaster on YouTube.

McDonald's Bacon Habanero Ranch Quarter Pounder The brashest of the new McDonald's Quarter Pounders must surely be the Bacon Habanero Ranch version. Follow CHOW.com's Supertaster on YouTube.

La Terra Fina Greek Yogurt Dips & Spreads At the rate Greek yogurt is being consumed around here, Greece won't have any of the stuff left. Case in point: La Terra Fina Greek Yogurt Dips & Spreads. Follow CHOW.com's Supertaster on YouTube.

Red Robin Can-Crafted Beer Cocktails Cocktails served in beer cans? Way to class it up, Red Robin! Follow CHOW.com's Supertaster on YouTube.

IHOP Jelly Donut and Tiramisu Pancakes Perhaps because National Donut Day coincided with IHOP's celebration of its 55th birthday, we as a nation received some weird pancakes to sample, including Tiramisu and Jelly Donut varieties. Follow CHOW.com's Supertaster on YouTube.

McDonald's Dulce de Leche Shake The mainstreaming of the caramel-esque Latin American dessert dulce de leche reaches its final conclusion as McDonald's bases a milk shake on it. Follow CHOW.com's Supertaster on YouTube.

5-in-3: Instant Coffee Taste-Off Nothing jump-starts the week like coffee, and while the world rushes to drink the most elite of organic, free-trade beans, Supertaster dashes in the opposite direction with instant coffees, including Folgers, fancy-pants Starbucks VIA, and Maxwell House. Follow CHOW.com's Supertaster on YouTube.

Pepperidge Farm's Boston Cream Pie Milano Melts If you're dissatisfied with your Milano cookies being stuffed with pedestrian stuff such as chocolate or mint chocolate, get ready for a Pepperidge Farm–led Boston cream pie dessert revolution. Follow CHOW.com's Supertaster on YouTube.

Oscar Mayer Bacon Dogs Because the bacon party can't, won't, and apparently don't stop, Oscar Mayer presents Bacon Dogs, hot dogs made with turkey and chicken and pork and (of course) bits of bacon. Follow CHOW.com's Supertaster on YouTube.

Hardee's Six Dollar Super Bacon Cheese Thickburger Hardee's brings the cardiac pain with the massive new Six Dollar Super Bacon Cheese Thickburger. Follow CHOW.com's Supertaster on YouTube.

Bud Light Lime Straw-Ber-Rita The new Bud Light Lime Straw-Ber-Rita malt beverage packs a sugary wallop, and promises artificially flavored good times for the Memorial Day weekend. Follow CHOW.com's Supertaster on YouTube.

Burger King's Boneless Rib Sandwich Go ahead, try not calling Burger King's new Boneless Rib Sandwich the BK McRib by accident. You won't be able to. Follow CHOW.com's Supertaster on YouTube.

10 Kinds of SPAM Didn't know that SPAM made 10 varieties? Join the club. Supertaster pops open some cans and chows down on a full SPAM rainbow. Follow CHOW.com's Supertaster on YouTube.

Banana Slicers by Hutzler and Chef'n As debate raged over the best banana slicer to buy and use at home, Supertaster tried the economical Hutzler and the Rolls-Royce-equivalent Bananza. Follow CHOW.com's Supertaster on YouTube.

Egg White Delight McMuffin at McDonald's McDonald's is going low(er) calorie and low cholesterol in a big way with the breakfast-friendly launch of its new Egg White Delight McMuffin. Follow CHOW.com's Supertaster on YouTube.

Sriracha Egg Sandwich at Bruegger’s Bagels That damned rooster is everywhere: The latest item wearing Asian-inspired hot sauce is the Sriracha Egg Sandwich from Bruegger's Bagels. Follow CHOW.com's Supertaster on YouTube.

Samurai Surf & Turf at Panda Express The pretense of supper-club surf and turf trickles down to what may be the lowest common denominator: the fast-food Chinese chain known as Panda Express. Follow CHOW.com's Supertaster on YouTube.

Häagen-Dazs Gelato Upscale ice cream maker Häagen-Dazs is touting its new line of gelato as "a spoonful of Italy"; we'll be the judge of that. Follow CHOW.com's Supertaster on YouTube.

KFC Original Recipe Boneless Chicken KFC is promising that its new boneless chicken—also known generically as "chicken strips"—is going to change the way America eats. Follow CHOW.com's Supertaster on YouTube.

SEXCEREAL For reasons not entirely clear to Supertaster, SEXCEREAL, the breakfast cereal that helps you have sex, has become a national phenomenon. He investigates. Follow CHOW.com's Supertaster on YouTube.

Kashi Steam Meals Kashi gets hot and steamy with its new high-profile frozen-to-hot-via-microwave Steam Meals. Follow CHOW.com's Supertaster on YouTube.

Baby Food in Honor of a Newly Arrived Baby As Supertaster prepared for impending fatherhood, he got into the mood by trying three varieties of sweet potato baby food: Gerber, Full Circle, and Earth's Best. Follow CHOW.com's Supertaster on YouTube.

Honey Maid Grahamfuls Honey Maid's new Grahamfuls bridge the gap between graham crackers and cookies (though we're not sure why). Plus they're vaguely healthy. But how do they taste? Follow CHOW.com's Supertaster on YouTube.

Doritos Locos Tacos Flavored Tortilla Chips Supertaster samples Locos Tacos Doritos and takes the recursive Taco Bell/Frito-Lay trend to its natural absurd conclusion. Follow CHOW.com's Supertaster on YouTube.

Crazy Cheesy Crust Pizza by Pizza Hut The future of American pop food seems to be products based on the fever dreams of a madman, if stuff like the new Crazy Cheesy Crust Pizza by Pizza Hut is anything to judge by. Follow CHOW.com's Supertaster on YouTube.

Barefoot Contessa Sauté Dinners for Two When TV personalities wade into the world of vanity-branded packaged foods, the results aren't always pretty. Can Ina Garten (of "Barefoot Contessa" fame) pull it off with her Sauté Dinners for Two? Follow CHOW.com's Supertaster on YouTube.

Brown Rice Triscuits Nabisco turns the old-school, people-pleasing Triscuit cracker recipe on its head with some new brown rice versions. Follow CHOW.com's Supertaster on YouTube.

FreeBird Frozen Popcorn Chicken and Chickasaurus Rex Chicken Bites FreeBird's chickens may be "Free to Roam Inside the Barns," but how freely do the company's frozen chicken products please the taste buds? Follow CHOW.com's Supertaster on YouTube.

Little Caesars's Deep!Deep! Dish Pizza A large Little Caesars Deep!Deep! Dish Pizza delivers eight giant slices for $8. But even at that price, is it a value? Follow CHOW.com's Supertaster on YouTube.

Hardee's Jim Beam Bourbon Thickburger Will the addition of a bourbon-based sauce help elevate Hardee's Jim Beam Bourbon Thickburger to boozy new heights? Follow CHOW.com's Supertaster on YouTube.

Mountain Dew Kickstart Mountain Dew's new Kickstart soda-and-juice beverage promises to start your day right, but is it just the boost you need, or an early-morning boot to the face? Follow CHOW.com's Supertaster on YouTube.

McDonald's Chicken McWrap The McDonald's Chicken McWrap has rolled out nationwide, so we put all six of its incarnations through their paces. Follow CHOW.com's Supertaster on YouTube.

Ommegang's "Game of Thrones" Iron Throne Blonde Ale Can Ommegang's new Game of Thrones tribute beer, Iron Throne blonde ale, possibly be brutal enough to keep up with the HBO swords-n-blood gorefest for which it's named? Follow CHOW.com's Supertaster on YouTube.

5 Tastes from Burger King's New Spring Menu A lightning-fast tour of some of Burger King's new menu items: the Loaded Tater Tots, Bacon Cheddar Stuffed Burger, Piña Colada Smoothie, Turkey Burger, and Donut Holes. Follow CHOW.com's Supertaster on YouTube.

Cracker Jack'd Vanilla Mocha Power Bites At long last, controversy comes to the staid world of Cracker Jack, as the ancient snack brand introduces coffee- and caffeine-boosted Cracker Jack'd Vanilla Mocha Power Bites. Follow CHOW.com's Supertaster on YouTube.

The Chipotle Secret-Menu Quesarito What do you get if you wrap a burrito with a quesadilla? A secret Chipotle menu item known as the "quesarito." It's big; it's bold; we tried one. Follow CHOW.com's Supertaster on YouTube.

Taco Bell Cool Ranch Doritos Locos Tacos The sad parade of Taco Bell novelty tacos grinds another block down the street with the addition of Cool Ranch Doritos Locos Tacos. Follow CHOW.com's Supertaster on YouTube.

Red Bull Blue and Silver Editions Late-night club-fuel drink Red Bull is branching out into flavor country with its new editions; Supertaster gives the Blue and Silver flavors the old college try. Follow CHOW.com's Supertaster on YouTube.

Burger King Smooth Roast Taste Test Burger King is giving its new Smooth Roast Coffee the hard sell; Supertaster sizes it up against the flavor of its main rival, McDonald's. Follow CHOW.com's Supertaster on YouTube.

Girl Scout Cookies Supertaster hosts a long overdue, candid assessment of Girl Scout Cookies. Follow CHOW.com's Supertaster on YouTube.

Krispy Kreme's Glazed Banana Kreme Pie Does anybody really care about March 2, a.k.a. National Banana Cream Pie Day? Maybe, maybe not. With the rollout of its Glazed Banana Kreme Pie in grocery and convenience stores, Krispy Kreme is hoping the snack will help the bottom line. But is it celebration-ready? Follow CHOW.com's Supertaster on YouTube.

McDonald's Shamrock Shake Valentine's Day is a memory, which can only mean one thing: the McDonald's McCafé Shamrock Shake. Follow CHOW.com's Supertaster on YouTube.

Lay's "Do Us a Flavor" Potato Chip Varieties Supertaster tries the three "Do Us a Flavor" finalists from Lay's potato chips—Sriracha, Chicken & Waffles, and Cheesy Garlic Bread—and renders his verdict on which flavor should stick around. Follow CHOW.com's Supertaster on YouTube.

5-in-3: Hot Cocoa Mixes Supertaster executes a horizontal tasting of hot chocolate mixes ranging from the plebeian (Swiss Miss) to the distinguished (Equal Exchange) to the truly fancy (Theo). Follow CHOW.com's Supertaster on YouTube.

McDonald's Fish McBites All hail the newest Food in Pellet Form Experience: Fish McBites from McDonald's. Follow CHOW.com's Supertaster on YouTube.

Kinky and X-Rated Liqueurs for Valentine's Day Supertaster gets Kinky and X-Rated (liqueurs) for Valentine's Day and assesses their relative sexiness. Follow CHOW.com's Supertaster on YouTube.

"Celebrating" Chinese New Year with P.F. Chang's Home Appetizers It's not fair to Chinese cuisine in general to conflate it with P.F. Chang's new line of frozen dumplings and egg rolls, but them's the breaks. Plus: red bean cakes! Follow CHOW.com's Supertaster on YouTube.

Budweiser Black Crown Beer Tired of craft beer drinking its lunch, Anheuser-Busch debuts a golden amber lager called Budweiser Black Crown, a craft beer with macrobrew Super Bowl marketing behind it. Follow CHOW.com's Supertaster on YouTube.

Super Bowl Snackdown: Guacamole Battle It ain't the Super Bowl unless there's a pile of guac on the table. Supertaster taste-tests four popular varieties. Follow CHOW.com's Supertaster on YouTube.

Burns Night Special: Haggis Potato Chips and Canned Haggis Supertaster celebrates the birthday of Scotland's national poet, Robert Burns, with the offal-licious taste of haggis, both canned and in potato chip form. Follow CHOW.com's Supertaster on YouTube.

Face-Off: Whole Foods' Calhoun Diner vs. Denny's The Whole Foods restaurant concept (Calhoun Diner here in Minneapolis) promises high-quality, carefully nurtured ingredients and comes at a premium price. The real question: How does its burger fare against the competition at Denny's? Follow CHOW.com's Supertaster on YouTube.

Kale Chips Comparison Kale chips promise the best of both worlds: the health benefits of kale and the edibility of chips. But between Alive & Radiant and Rhythm Superfoods, whose kale chip reigns supreme? Follow CHOW.com's Supertaster on YouTube.

The Applebee's Under 550 Calories Menu Few people go to Applebee's to lose (or even just maintain) weight, but for calorie-minded folks there is a tool in Applebee’s arsenal: the Under 550 Calories menu, which just added two new chicken entrées. Supertaster tastes both the Zesty Roma Chicken & Shrimp and the Napa Chicken & Portobellos. Follow CHOW.com's Supertaster on YouTube.

The Sweet Taste of Chobani Bites Because nothing is ever good enough until it's turned into dessert: Chobani Bites, chocolate- and caramel-kissed twists on Chobani Greek yogurt. Follow CHOW.com's Supertaster on YouTube.

Oscar Mayer Hickory Smoked Seasoned Pulled Pork Can food giant Oscar Mayer pull off a plausible prepackaged interpretation of pulled pork? Supertaster tastes the refrigerated barbecue product to find out. Follow CHOW.com's Supertaster on YouTube.

Burger King in 2013: Nuggets, Tots, and Fudge Bites Burger King is putting its chips down on poppable bite-sized offerings for 2013 with its new crispy Chicken Nuggets, Molten Fudge Bites, and reintroduced Cheesy Tots. Follow CHOW.com's Supertaster on YouTube.

Taco Bell Grillers Taco Bell's endless carousel of recombined ingredients has brought us the new stuffed snack Grillers, tortillas grilled and stuffed with loaded potatoes, beef nachos, or buffalo chicken. Follow CHOW.com's Supertaster on YouTube.

The Return of the McRib McDonald's fan-favorite McRib is back on offer, and Supertaster decides to try the ersatz barbecue sandwich for the first time. Follow CHOW.com's Supertaster on YouTube.

Cheap, Fizzy, and Festive: Sparkling Wines for 2013 In search of a New Year's bargain, Supertaster loads up on as many under-$10 sparkling wines as he can find—and then readies himself for a massive hangover. Follow CHOW.com's Supertaster on YouTube.

Supertaster's 2012: The Worst of the Year Here they are: the five worst things Supertaster was compelled to ingest in the name of flavor exploration in 2012. Follow CHOW.com's Supertaster on YouTube.

Supertaster's 2012: The Best of the Year Supertaster delves into his archives and ranks his five favorite pop-food taste sensations of 2012. Follow CHOW.com's Supertaster on YouTube.

Food Rations for the Mayan Apocalypse Anticipating the world's end (with a possible post-apocalypse zombie crisis), Supertaster stocks up on rations, including bars from Datrex, Survivor Industries, and Emergency Suppliers. But do these food-as-fuel bars have anything to offer in terms of taste? Follow CHOW.com's Supertaster on YouTube.

Flavored Smirnoff Vodkas 'Tis the season for ridiculous flavored vodka. Supertaster raids the Smirnoff pantry and comes away with some doozies, including Iced Cake and Kissed Caramel. Follow CHOW.com's Supertaster on YouTube.

The Dreaded Holiday Fruitcake Supertaster tackles one of the season's least popular giftable (and re-giftable) food options: the fruitcake. (Featuring the criminally underrated Abbey Cake from the Society of St. John in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Follow CHOW.com's Supertaster on YouTube.

Firecracker Chicken Breast at Panda Express Panda Express's new Firecracker Chicken Breast promises a "sizzling" and "spicy" "delicious taste sensation." Supertaster finds out if it delivers. Follow CHOW.com's Supertaster on YouTube.

The Christmas Gift Basket, Deconstructed Supertaster dives into the "26 Surefire Pleasers" basket from Swiss Colony to figure out just what people get when they send one of these things. Featuring top three/bottom three rankings! Follow CHOW.com's Supertaster on YouTube.

The Magical Holiday Taste of Lutefisk Once upon a time, Scandinavians discovered that you can preserve fish by soaking it in caustic lye. Today, Supertaster tastes the result: the improbable Minnesota holiday treat known as lutefisk. Follow CHOW.com's Supertaster on YouTube.

A Roundup of Latke Mixes for Hanukkah Supertaster gets in the holiday spirit with a tasting of three potato-pancake mixes: Carmel, Streit's, and Manischewitz. Follow CHOW.com's Supertaster on YouTube.

Betty Crocker Shake -N- Pour: Liquid Cupcakes Betty Crocker presents Shake -N- Pour, cupcake mix that pours like a liquid, and Supertaster gives it a try. Follow CHOW.com's Supertaster on YouTube.

Flavored "Holiday Milk" from Target Thanks to the geniuses at Target's Market Pantry brand, we now have access to chocolate mint and red velvet chocolate Holiday Milk. Follow CHOW.com's Supertaster on YouTube.

The "Premium" Taste of McDonald's Angus CBO Burger McDonald's continues to develop its upmarket menu with the release of the cheddar, bacon, and onion "CBO" Angus hamburger. Follow CHOW.com's Supertaster on YouTube.

Long John Silver's Onion Ring Reboot Long John Silver's rolls the dice in an attempt to perk up the franchise with fresh-cut and -fried onion rings. Supertaster heads to the Mall of America to see if the bet has paid off. Follow CHOW.com's Supertaster on YouTube.

Denny's Unexpected Hobbit Menu It may be a stretch to connect classic English breakfast fare with mass-market American diner grub, but Denny's is taking a run at it with its The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Menu. Follow CHOW.com's Supertaster on YouTube.

A Vertical Tasting of Campbell's Chicken Soups Laid low by a cold, Supertaster decides to taste five different Campbell's chicken soups, from least to most expensive. The tasting features Homestyle, 100% Natural, Chunky, Slow Kettle Style, and Campbell's Go soup in a pouch. Follow CHOW.com's Supertaster on YouTube.

Are the Three Cheese Egg Beaters Three Times as Good? The popular low-cholesterol egg substitute known as Egg Beaters comes in a new triple-cheese-infused variety. Does it deliver on its promise of dairy goodness? Follow CHOW.com's Supertaster on YouTube.

The Holiday "Gift" of Mike's Hard Chocolate Cherry The Mike's Hard limited-edition Chocolate Cherry malt liquor promises to be either a yuletide bonanza or a liquid white elephant. Which is it? Follow CHOW.com's Supertaster on YouTube.

Pepperidge Farm Milanos Should Not Be a Cake Because every brand needs random extensions, Pepperidge Farm's excellent Milano cookies can now be had in cake form in your grocery's freezer aisle. Follow CHOW.com's Supertaster on YouTube.

Ben & Jerry's Puts Cannoli in Ice Cream Putting a classic Italian dessert like cannoli into an ice cream flavor without disrespecting the Sicilian pastry takes class and moxie. Do Ben and Jerry have what it takes? Follow CHOW.com's Supertaster on YouTube.

Wendy's Portobella Umami-Bomb Melt Wendy's Bacon Portobella Melt promises to dump a truckload of umami on the American palate. Is that a good thing? Follow CHOW.com's Supertaster on YouTube.

Eat Your Veggies: Green Giant Seasoned Steamers An ambitious new line of Green Giant Seasoned Steamers microwavable vegetable sides promises to make vegetables both easy and edible. Is this seriously possible? Follow CHOW.com's Supertaster on YouTube.

Totally Stacked Wines in Vinoware A new single-serving, plastic-based wine-packaging system called Stacked Wines in Vinoware is either totally brilliant or totally stupid. Follow CHOW.com's Supertaster on YouTube.

The Romney-Obama Fast Food Debate What does Mitt Romney have to do with Chipotle, and what does Barack Obama have to do with Five Guys? An election-time dip into the politics of fast food. Follow CHOW.com's Supertaster on YouTube.

Domino's "Fresh Dough" Pan Pizza Domino's makes the latest in a series of aggressive marketing moves and launches a new fresh-never-frozen-dough Handmade Pan Pizza. Follow CHOW.com's Supertaster on YouTube.

Baskin-Robbins Waffle Chip Dippers Supertaster drives 300 miles to Janesville, Wisconsin—300 miles!—for the new Baskin-Robbins Waffle Chip Dippers, which are essentially "ice cream nachos." Let's just say they weren't totally worth the trip. Follow CHOW.com's Supertaster on YouTube.

Tasting the PSL: Starbucks' Pumpkin Spice Latte Since 2003, the Starbucks Pumpkin Spice Latte has been a cult favorite. Supertaster plunges into the spicy froth. Follow CHOW.com's Supertaster on YouTube.

Back to School: College Eating at University of Wisconsin–Madison Fifteen years after graduation, Supertaster heads back to his alma mater and sees what today's UW-Madison undergrads have in terms of lunch options. Featuring visits to Union South restaurants Urban Slice, Harvest Grains, and Ginger Root. Follow CHOW.com's Supertaster on YouTube.

"Mexican" "Pizza" at Taco Bell What do you get when you Americanize Mexican food so much that you have to use a bastardized Italian term to describe it? Mexican Pizza at Taco Bell, that's what. Follow CHOW.com's Supertaster on YouTube.

Red Robin's Sam Adams Octoberfest Beer Milk Shake In honor of Oktoberfest, Red Robin throws down the tuba-and-suspenders Germanic festival gauntlet with a Sam Adams Octoberfest beer milk shake, a pretzel-bun-and-Black-Forest-ham burger, and pretzel bites with a beer-cheese dipping sauce. Follow CHOW.com's Supertaster on YouTube.

Candy Corn Oreos Raise a Question: Why? Target and Oreos have teamed up on a product that nobody has asked for: Oreos filled with candy corn–flavored cream. Follow CHOW.com's Supertaster on YouTube.

Riding the Salty Hog of Bakers Square Salted caramel and the dessertification of bacon are two major trends that Bakers Square has combined into one crazily multilayered new pie, the Salty Hog. Follow CHOW.com's Supertaster on YouTube.

Burger King's Armada of Premium Chicken Products Supertaster tackles a few of the new premium chicken products that Burger King is unleashing upon the world, including its popcorn chicken and chicken Parm sandwich. Follow CHOW.com's Supertaster on YouTube.

Ron F***ing Swanson Barbecue Sauce (on a Turf 'n' Turf) The new Parks and Rec Ron Swanson barbecue sauce was intriguing. But the idea that it's meant to be served on a 24-ounce porterhouse steak plus a 16-ounce T-bone steak, with whiskey and a cigar, was absolutely compelling. Follow CHOW.com's Supertaster on YouTube.

Cheddar Beer Kettle Chips (and More) As Kettle Brand Potato Chips turn 30, they haul some discontinued gourmet flavors back out of the vault; Supertaster tries three (Jalapeño Jack, Cheddar Beer, and Red Chili) blind. Follow CHOW.com's Supertaster on YouTube.

Hardee's Memphis BBQ Thickburger Hardee's Memphis BBQ Thickburger, a "meat on meat" combination of pork barbecue and a hamburger, tastes like one thing ... and it's not actually meat. Follow CHOW.com's Supertaster on YouTube.

Supertaster Versus the Minnesota State Fair Supertaster heads to the Minnesota State Fair, where he does an annual deep-dive of 30 to 50 new and unusual foods. This year's offerings include fried lamb testicles and hog ankles. Follow CHOW.com's Supertaster on YouTube.

Build Your Own Japanese Gummi Pizza A new correspondent with Japanese connections hooks Supertaster up with a bounty of weird stuff straight from the marketplace. Follow CHOW.com's Supertaster on YouTube.

Munching on Hot Cheetos and Takis The North Minneapolis–born video sensation "Hot Cheetos & Takis" inspires Supertaster to hit the local bodega and check the snacks out. Follow CHOW.com's Supertaster on YouTube.

Digging Into Lean Pockets "Pretzel" Bread Sandwiches Pretzels are heating up as an alternative to boring old bread, but do Lean Pockets Pretzel Bread Sandwiches truly represent real pretzel flavor and texture? Follow CHOW.com's Supertaster on YouTube.

Munching Down on the Sonic Fritos Hot Dog Supertaster adds Sonic's new Chili Cheese Fritos Coney dog to his collection of "Brand X suped up by Brand Y" scalps. Follow CHOW.com's Supertaster on YouTube.

American Arteries vs. Hardee's Bacon Cheddar Fries How do you attack a triple threat? With gusto: a taste of Hardee's cheese-and-bacon-bedecked french fries. Follow CHOW.com's Supertaster on YouTube.

Hooters Double "D" Burger Can't Lift Fumbling Chain A new marketing campaign and new menu items promise to reinvent Hooters. Supertaster asks: Can you really fix anything this broken? Follow CHOW.com's Supertaster on YouTube.

Red Robin's Fiery Ghost Burger Will Kick Your Ass The bhut jolokia (or "ghost pepper") is reputedly the world's hottest—so what's it doing on a Red Robin hamburger? And is it lethal, boring, or balanced? Follow CHOW.com's Supertaster on YouTube

Questionable Drinking: Captain Morgan Long Island Iced Tea Will a mass-market, five-liquors-in-one-bottle product called Captain Morgan Long Island Iced Tea be Supertaster's undoing? He gives it the old college try. Follow CHOW.com's Supertaster on YouTube

Cult Food: The Tim Tam Slam It's dangerous, it's ridiculous, it's delicious, and it's one of the national pastimes of Australia and New Zealand: It's the legendary Tim Tam Slam. Follow CHOW.com's Supertaster on YouTube

Five Cold Pizzas Reviewed in 3 Minutes We all have our favorite delivery pizza chain, but who makes the best pie for the morning after? Supertaster tries Papa John's, Pizza Hut, Papa Murphy's, Domino's, and local Minneapolis deep dish favorite DiNoko's. Follow CHOW.com's Supertaster on YouTube

Cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs: The Insanity of Betty Crocker Cereal Muffins Could Betty Crocker's Cocoa Puffs- and Cinnamon Toast Crunch-themed muffins be the Least Essential New Product of 2012? Follow CHOW.com's Supertaster on YouTube

Breakfast at White Castle White Castle broke Supertaster's heart once before with its terrible sliders. Will breakfast be the key to its redemption? Follow CHOW.com's Supertaster on YouTube

Pillsbury Easy Frost Spray Frosting: Spray Directly Into Mouth Pillsbury's plan of making frosting that you can shoot out of a can like whipped cream is either genius or insanity. Follow CHOW.com's Supertaster on YouTube

The Perplexing Rise of Mike and Ike Candies For obscure reasons, the marginal, old-school candies known as Mike and Ike have emerged from the shadows to mount a major national publicity campaign. Supertaster grabs a handful (in various flavors) and tries to answer the question: WTF? Follow CHOW.com's Supertaster on YouTube.

Sucking on Air, an "Alcohol Inspired Refresher" The latest taste in lowbrow drinking is no taste at all—Supertaster gets funky with the newly released Air, which calls itself an "alcohol inspired refresher." Follow CHOW.com's Supertaster on YouTube.

The Cult Appeal of Sonic Drive-In Ice At least 216,000 people have an intense devotion to chewing on ice from Sonic Drive-In. But why?

Are McDonald's and Coke Olympic-Glory Fuel? Supertaster takes on his first physical challenge and puts himself through three pseudo-Olympic trials after eating a healthy breakfast, and then after eating a lunch consisting of food from Olympic sponsors: a Big Mac and a giant Coca-Cola.

Pizza Hut's Garlic Bread Pizza Takes Lazy to the Max Garlic bread pizza is what you make at home when you're too lazy to make toaster-oven bagel pizza. But Pizza Hut has gone pro with it.

5-in-3 Bottled Water Taste-Off Is it even possible to have a taste-off between five different waters? Supertaster puts his palate to the test with Dasani, Aquafina, Minneapolis tap water, and more.

Bruegger's Jewish-Japanese-American Sushi Bagel Thing The new California Roll Smoked Salmon Sandwich at Bruegger's may be one topping too many. Or several toppings too many, for that matter.

The Tantalizing Promise of Starbucks Refreshers Can Starbucks' green coffee extract (made by pulling caffeine and flavor out of coffee beans without roasting them) successfully power a breakout hit called Refreshers?

The Joy of Ben & Jerry's Greek Frozen Yogurt Ben & Jerry's, the titans of full-fat premium ice cream, jump into the ultrahot world of Greek yogurt with a frozen version.

Supertaster Daily: 5-in-3 Peanut Butter Tasting Five different brands of creamy peanut butter tasted in three minutes: Jif, Skippy, Trader Joe's, Whole Foods 365, and Reginald's.

Wendy's Son of Baconator: Half a Coronary on a Bun Just what we've been waiting for: a junior version of the deliberately huge Baconator from Wendy's.

Denny's Midwestern Meat & Potatoes Sandwich: A Culinary Three Mile Island What happens when the Denny's menu tours America? The ever-skeptical Supertaster hopes for the best, but finds disaster.

Supertaster Daily: Tasting Pork Rinds with David Pistrang CHOW.com's David Pistrang (@DaveMpHound on Twitter) flies all the way out from San Francisco to offer Supertaster a blind tasting of fried pork rinds that he won't soon forget.

Supertaster Daily: Vegemite Supertaster takes on a classic Australian rite of passage: the yeast extract paste known as Vegemite.

Supertaster Daily: Taco Bell's Cantina Bell Menu Taco Bell goes upscale-casual and enters Chipotle territory. Do the Cantina Bowl and Cantina Burrito represent a true evolution?

Supertaster Daily: The Seattle-Style Hot Dog Supertaster heads out to Seattle, Washington; meets up with viewer Daryl; and chows down on one of the city's infamous cream-cheese-laden hot dogs at Dog in the Park.

Supertaster Daily: Whole Grain Beefaroni Supertaster dives into the nutrition and flavor of a suspect-sounding new Chef Boyardee product: Whole Grain Beefaroni.

Supertaster Daily: El Monterey Breakfast Taquitos Supertaster pushes frozen fare to its logical extreme: miniature Mexican food. Which is to say, El Monterey Breakfast Taquitos.

Supertaster Daily: Coco Breve Supertaster sips on the presumably refreshing Coco Breve, a new alcoholic beverage made with coconut water.

Supertaster Daily: Larry the Cable Guy's Classic American Burgers When you think, "Trusted names in food," perhaps Larry the Cable Guy doesn't immediately come to mind. He and his branded hamburgers would like to change that.

Supertaster Daily: Pillsbury Cinnamon Rolls with Hershey's Icing When the power of Pillsbury Cinnamon Rolls is united with the power of Hershey's chocolate, the (possibly dubious) result is Pillsbury Special Edition Cinnamon Rolls with Hershey's Icing.

Supertaster Daily: Domino's Artisan Pizzas Are the terms "Domino's Pizza" and "artisan" mutually exclusive, or is there some wiggle room? Supertaster tries the new Domino's Artisan Pizzas to find out.

Supertaster Daily: Burger King BBQ Sandwiches Burger King is going on a nationwide road trip with its new line of BBQ sandwiches, and we're going with them, trying sandwiches attributed to Memphis, Texas, and the Carolinas.

Supertaster Daily: Bulletproof Coffee Supertaster noticed that one of his Facebook friends had taken to drinking a half-liter of coffee with nearly a stick of grass-fed butter in it in the morning. It's called Bulletproof coffee, apparently. But how does it taste?

Supertaster Daily: 5-in-3 Instant Ramen Gourmet ramen is huge coast to coast, but how do five good old-fashioned instant ramens stand up when tasted head-to-head? (Extra-credit reading: ratings from a guy who's put 670 different ramen varieties to the test.)

Supertaster Daily: Pizza Hut P'Zolo Supertaster tries to come to grips with the terrifying reality that is the eggroll/pizza/gut-bomb called the Pizza Hut P'Zolo.

Supertaster Daily: Nestlé Crunch Girl Scout Candy Bars Supertaster explores what happens when Nestlé teams up with and co-opts the perennially popular Girl Scout Cookie brand.

Supertaster Daily: The Treasure of ALDI Supertaster visits his neighborhood ALDI - terra incognita before this - to see what wonders this German-owned discount grocery chain has to offer.

Supertaster Daily: A Care Package from Australia One of Supertaster's fans Down Under keeps the International Thursdays flag flying high with a care package of "lollies" and other treats.

Supertaster Daily: 5 Fries in 3 Minutes We've tackled colas and cheeseburgers; now, the triad is complete with a five-in-three-minutes face-off between fast-food fries: McDonald's, Five Guys, Wendy's, Burger King, and KFC.

Supertaster Daily: PB2, Just Add Water Supertaster plays with various approaches to eating PB2, the dehydrated (or should that be "de-oiled") peanut butter powder that's taken the dieting world by storm.

Supertaster Daily: Burger King's Bacon Sundae Supertaster brings his wry skepticism to the hype around the Burger King Bacon Sundae.

Supertaster Daily: Highland Park Thor Scotch with Paul Jennings Supertaster joins up with professional percussionist and authentic Scotsman Paul Jennings (of playcajon.org) to sample a new, ballsy Norse-god-themed scotch by Highland Park named Thor.

Supertaster Daily: The Cola Wars Edition of 5-in-3-Minutes Supertaster gets inspired by the fancy and pricy Fentimans Curiosity Cola and does a three-minute blind head-to-head with RC, Coke, Pepsi, and the stevia-sweetened Zevia.

Supertaster Daily: Happy National Peanut Butter Cookie Day Supertaster jumps on the National Peanut Butter Cookie bandwagon with a tasting of three of the finest peanut butter cookies known to humanity: Nabisco Nutter Butters, Peanut Butter Creme Oreos, and Back to Nature Peanut Butter Creme Cookies.

Supertaster Daily: Quorn for Dinner Supertaster confronts the specter of vat-grown fungus-as-"chicken" in the form of Quorn frozen dinners: Kung Pao Chik'n and Spaghetti & Meatless Meatballs.

Supertaster Daily: International Delight Iced Coffee and Reader Feedback Supertaster tries some ready-made iced coffee by International Delight, toasts an Oreo Cakester, and puts up some sweet prizes for loyal viewers.

Supertaster Daily: A Taste of Italian "Mother-in-Law Sugar" Combine mint, sugar cubes, and Everclear, and you've got a potent Italian dessert known as "mother-in-law sugar."

Miso Is the New Mayo in Salad Dressing Can miso make for a full-flavored, healthier spin on traditional salad dressing?

Take a Hit of the AeroShot Caffeine Inhaler AeroShot Pure Energy is the equivalent of a vaporized cup of coffee. And it's Supertaster's favorite new caffeine delivery device.

Can McBites Modernize the McNugget? New little chicken bits are McDonald's defensive move against Popeyes and KFC.

A Cleanse That Does Not Suck Supertaster emerges from Cooler Cleanse's Raw Cooler—a three-day raw-, vegan-, organic-food cleanse—with a higher opinion of raw food and a lower opinion of his own GI tract.

New Halloween Candy Taste-Off Supertaster reviews new candy in time for Halloween.

I Vowed to Drink Wedding Cake Vodka Most wedding cake is pretty bad but you eat it anyway. Could a wedding cake in vodka form be any better? I decided to find out with Pearl Wedding Cake vodka.

Back-to-School Food Reviewed! [supertaster_rating] Supertaster samples the good, the passable, and the terrible foods for students headed back to class. Got Milk? Magic Milk Straws I Paid: $1.99 for a package of six straws (prices may vary by region) Taste: 3 stars Marketing: 3 stars Juicy Juice Sparkling Fruit Juice Beverage I Paid: $2.99 for four 8.4-ounce cans (prices may vary by region) Taste: 4 stars Marketing: 4 stars

What the Heck: IHOP Bacon Burger [supertaster_rating] International House of Pancakes enters the burger market, much to the dismay of Supertaster.

Quiznos Hops on the Farmers' Market Bandwagon [supertaster_rating] We try Quiznos's new salad against a salad made from actual farmers' market produce. Guess which one is better?

Like Water, Only Enhanced More interesting than boring old water, but not as bad for you as soda. That's what they're going for with MiO, intended to "enhance" your water.

Sonic Brings Hot Dog Variety to the People [supertaster_rating] Sonic draws inspiration from hot dog world capitals New York, Chicago, and Michigan.

A Whiff of Luxury in Taco Bell Shrimp Tacos [supertaster_rating] Taco Bell reveals a new item, shrimp tacos, in an apparent attempt to capture the high-end shrimp-eating market. Six shrimp per taco, people. Call Robin Leach.

Eggnog Treat Roundup This week's mission: a variety of nogs, in shake, latte, and straight-up form.

Fake Street Food from Taco Bell [supertaster_rating] The new Cantina Tacos from Taco Bell are cashing in on the street food trend. They're soft corn tortillas, meat, onion, and cilantro. And that's all.

Cheesecake-Filled Pancakes This week's mission: IHOP does the KFC Double Down thing.

Back to the Olive Garden This week's mission: an exotically named ravioli to tempt suburbanites.

Pizza's Reinvention This week's mission: a dough-encased slice with a cheese-tube crust.

World's Priciest Beer This week's mission: rich, strong suds.

Seeking Delicious Fake Blood This week's mission: blood capsules from Target and Living Nightmare, plus a homemade alternative.

Ice Cream Topping Insanity This week's mission: flavored, syrupy ice cream toppings.

Supertaster Hits the Minnesota State Fair This week's mission: running the gastronomic gauntlet that is the Minnesota State Fair.

Lazy Man's Panini This week's mission: three brands of frozen, microwavable panini.

Huffable Chocolate This week's mission: no-calorie powdered chocolate in an asthma inhaler–type device.

The Ultimate Carb Machine This week's mission: Pasta dinner inside hollowed-out rolls.

The Fun Side of Indigestion This week's mission: coating your insides with cherry goodness.

Dead Shellfish Ale This week's mission: low-grade beer mixed with Clamato.

Baby Food Taste-Off This week's mission: mushy orange veg and turkey dinners for tots.

The Most Expensive Booze This week's mission: $2,000 single-malt Scotch whisky.

Snackable Bacteria This week's mission: a kiddie yogurt snack you can drink.

Delivery Pasta Done Right This week's mission: over three pounds of baked pasta delivered to your door.

Landlocked Seafood Fiesta This week's mission: two new jazzy shellfish dishes from the seafood chain I can no longer ignore.

Better Bad Pizza This week's mission: a new higher-end pie by Pizza Hut.

Whiskey Steak on a Diet This week's mission: Low-cal frozen food that gets steamed and sauced.

White Lotus Vodka vs. a Hangover James Norton bravely tests the hangover claims of White Lotus. See his full review here.

Rally's Lil' Philly Sandwich and Baconzilla! Fries Follow CHOW.com's Supertaster on YouTube. A cheesesteak sandwich and a loaded-with-bacon-and-cheese french fry dish called Baconzilla! serve as our introduction to the food of Rally's

Chicken Waffle Tenders at Popeyes The increasingly popular "chicken and waffles" flavor crops up at Popeyes in the form of waffle-battered chicken strips dipped in maple-honey sauce. Follow CHOW.com's Supertaster on YouTube.

Skinny Freezers by Slim Chillers Follow CHOW.com's Supertaster on YouTube. Those sweet, liquid, stick-'em-in-the-freezer popsicles in a bag are now kind of grown-up and selling themselves as alcoholic freezer drinks called Skinny Freezers