Taste Test

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  Taste Test Lady Liquor vs. Man Booze 

  Who wins in the battle-of-the-sexes confrontation between SkinnyGirl and Bear Semen? 

  July 29, 2011 | 12:00pm -

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  Taste Test Candwich sandwich-in-a-can

  It's a sandwich in a can. But it's not as exciting as it sounds.

  June 17, 2011 | 12:00pm -

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  Taste Test A place sweeter than sweetness itself: The 2011 Sweets & Snacks Expo

  The A.V. Club makes its annual pilgrimage to the sweetest place on earth and reports back on its many wonders.

  June 2, 2011 | 12:00pm -

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  Taste Test Lazy Cakes and Jacked Up Java Brownies

  We try the brownie that coyly suggests it might be “baked” in more ways than one, then counteract it with a caffeinated counterpart.

  March 18, 2011 | 12:00am -

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  Taste Test New Fast-Food Round-Up: Taco Bell Beefy Crunch Burrito and Burger King BK Stuffed Steakhouse

  Trying out two new, heavily promoted fast food items. 

  March 4, 2011 | 12:00am -

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  Taste Test Hamburger, sushi, beer, sake, tuna, and “first kiss” candy drops

  Taste Test examines a recent Japanese phenomenon: hard candy flavored like everything under the sun.

  February 18, 2011 | 12:00am -

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  Taste Test Breakfast in a can

  Taste Test returns with a time-saving, highly unsavory English solution for breakfast-on-the-go.

  February 4, 2011 | 12:00pm -

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  Taste Test Honey-pepper, cotton-candy, and whipped-cream vodka

  Vodka. Sweet, sweet vodka.

  September 1, 2010 | 12:02pm -

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  Taste Test Pulque, Spike Your Juice fermenting kit, and double-hop beer

  Ah, fermentation. Where would we be without you?

  July 6, 2010 | 3:56pm -

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  Taste Test The A.V. Club Meets A Giant Building Full Of Candy

  The annual visit to Chicago's major snack and candy expo proceeded as usual, as we crammed ourselves with sugar.

  June 8, 2010 | 12:00pm -

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  Taste Test Pretzel M&Ms, chocolate-covered potato chips, and ramen chocolate

  Is everything better when covered in chocolate?

  May 25, 2010 | 10:41am -

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  Taste Test Mountain DEWmocracy flavors and more Japanese Pepsi

  You voted. Dew listened. We drank it.

  April 27, 2010 | 12:00pm -

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  Taste Test Whipahol Whipped Lightning

  We submit ourselves to the ordeal of consuming alcoholic whipped cream.

  April 13, 2010 | 12:00am -

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  Taste Test Buckfast Tonic Wine

  March 30, 2010 | 12:00pm -

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  Taste Test Tuna Mayonnaise Doritos, chocolate-covered Cheetos, and other Japanese chip treats

  Take a chip tour of Japan.

  March 16, 2010 | 1:02pm -

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  Taste Test Durian fruit

  It smells bad. It's hard to eat. It's unpleasant to the touch. Does this fruit have any redeeming qualities?

  March 2, 2010 | 12:00am -

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  Taste Test Fast-Food Iced Coffees, McDonald’s Brownie Melt, Burger King’s Funnel-Cake Sticks

  Trying out the sweet stuff offered by two burger giants.

  February 16, 2010 | 12:00pm -

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  Taste Test Military MREs

  ZMF meets Chang meets Army prepackaged meals-ready-to-eat in a three-way collision of horrible-food doom.

  February 2, 2010 | 12:00am -

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  Taste Test Domino’s all-new “turnaround” pizza

  New? Yes. Improved? Umm...

  January 19, 2010 | 12:00am -

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  Taste Test Tru Blood

  What does a fake version of fake blood for fictional vampires taste like?

  October 13, 2009 | 12:00pm -

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  Taste Test Vio carbonated milk and Sprite Green

  What's better than milk? Not this.

  September 29, 2009 | 12:00am -

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  Taste Test Curry peanut butter, Chocolate-Chip Cookie peanut butter, and more

  Is there anything better than peanut butter? How about peanut butter that tries too hard.

  September 22, 2009 | 12:00am -

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  Taste Test KFC's Double Down Sandwich

  Yes, KFC really made a bacon-and-cheese sandwich with chicken breasts for buns. Yes, Nathan really ate one.

  September 15, 2009 | 12:00pm -

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  Taste Test Gamer Grub and Mtn Dew Game Fuel

  September 8, 2009 | 12:00am -

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  Taste Test Kool-Aid Pickles

  The Southern sensation finally makes its way to our Chicago labs.

  September 1, 2009 | 12:00pm -

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  Taste Test Giant gummi bear race, pickled bologna, and the return/retirement of Chang

  Do gummi candy and bologna pair well?

  August 25, 2009 | 12:00am -

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  Taste Test QBs crispy ice cream treats (also: Snickers Fudge)

  August 18, 2009 | 12:00am -

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  Taste Test Strawberry And Creme Twinkies and Ho-Hos, plus dark chocolate wine-gels

  Can a strawberry Ho-Ho win in any Taste Test competition?

  August 4, 2009 | 12:00pm -

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  Taste Test Plush Puffs flavored marshmallows

  Turns out gourmet flavored organic marshmallows are extra-sticky and chewy. Is that good or bad?

  July 28, 2009 | 12:00am -

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  Taste Test Special: new fast-food roundup

  Our remote correspondent hits Taco Bell, Wendy’s, and Hardee’s to try out Bacon Cheesy Potato Burritos, “restaurant quality” chicken nuggets, and suggestive biscuits.

  July 21, 2009 | 12:00am -