I Tried Every Knock Off Snack
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What is the premise of trying knockoff snacks?
You've heard of Doritos, Lunchly, and Oreos. But I bet you haven't heard of Dito's, Brunchly, or Boreos. In this video, I'm trying the most popular knockoff snacks on the planet. And my friend Babish and I will see if any of these snacks are better than their originals. If any knockoff snack is better than its original, it'll be moved to this championship crate, where it'll then go to a final round where we determine the number one knockoff snack on the planet. And you're not going to believe which snack wins. We'll start out with savory snacks. We've collected all the most popular salty snacks on the planet, plus their knockoffs. First up, Lays. They're crispy, they're nice and salty, they're very light. They are, as they say on the bag, a true classic. Indisputable. But how about Jays? Jays. If you can believe it, Jays has been around since before Lays. I've never seen so narrow a chip bag in my life. I feel like they tried to just do the bare minimum to change it.
Instead of classic, they wrote original, and they just turned the logo blue and changed one letter. Let's try the original first, real quick. Simple, just salty enough. Now we got Jays. Jays. I would never be able to tell the chips apart.
Indistinguishable. Is it just me, or is that significantly better? It tastes more like a kettle chip. It's got a better crunch, which I like. I don't like thin chips.
They're almost exactly the same in everything except for the texture.
This doesn't really taste like a potato. This tastes like a potato to me. These, I think, are better than the original. We're off to a strong start. Doritos. The very best flavored tortilla chips. Well, Cool Ranch is better. True.
Let's get our baseline.
Bright, cheesy, delicious. I'm 10 years old. I'm playing Super Nintendo. I'm having the time of my life.
This is the original.
What do we got?
Dito's. It's from Bangladesh. They're supposed to be slightly thinner with less seasoning than your classic Doritos.
How do knockoff savory snacks compare to originals?
Slightly thinner, less seasoning sounds awful. The packaging is hilarious. It's the same red outline on the font.
It's extremely blatant. Yeah. Do the honors.
Wow, it's so puffy. There we go. Oh, my God.
There's no chips in there. Let's see what we got. There's 10 chips in there that are broken into 20. Look at the difference between this and this.
Horrible. These definitely look thinner, for sure. All right, Dito's. They're stale. No bin of champions for you. F-tier.
We've all had a Pringle at some point. Maybe even eaten a whole can by yourself. Not maybe, so much as absolutely, yes. Let's try them real quick. If you insist. To me, it's almost if mashed potatoes were a chip.
I love that.
They're fatty, they're salty, they're pretty addictive.
Every time, I'm a little surprised by how good they are.
Move over, Pringles. We've got Prongles. Prongles. So once again, we have a brand that's literally changed one letter, nothing else. Instead of the Pringles guy, they've got this strange wild boar pig. I also noticed their slogan, once you pop, that's great.
Dude, smell that.
It smells like crayons. It does smell like crayons. If I shuffle these up, try to guess which one's which.
I have no idea. I bet I can tell by smelling them. Okay, smell them both. Pringle.
Prongle. Pringle. Nothing going in the championship in here.
Cheetos. I don't like them. Really? I find that I would never seek them out. Like, I'd never buy them, but if they're there, I'm gonna eat them. And Flamin' Hot, I think, tastes insane.
Let's get our baseline.
The color of these are absurd. Dangerous. A purplish red.
They're cheesy, they're crunchy, they're tasty. I've got two different knockoffs for these. The first one is called corn toast. This is the Bangladesh knockoff of Cheetos. And then from the UK, we have spicy nibbly knob, nibbly, spicy nibbly nobbles.
It sounds like a parody. It sounds like you made that up, like a fake UK snack. Spicy nibbly nobbles.
Let's try the corn toast first. They look a lot like Cheetos. They're airier and crispier. They're really light. The flavor is a little bit subtle.
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