- Ew! Sorry, guys.
That is the worst thing I've ever had!
- I don't like Cheez-Its or pizza or tomato sauce,
but it wasn't really that bad. ♪ (industrial intro) ♪ - (FBE) I hope you're hungry.
- (gasps) I get to eat?! - (FBE) Today, you'll be trying
some trending fast food that is a little extreme.
- (nervously) Okay. What does "extreme" mean?
- I know one. The KFC frickin' heart attack on a donut.
- I'm hungry, so I hope this is at least edible.
- (FBE) First up, we have a new take on a fast food trend that has
been going viral. So, there seems to be a bit
of a chicken sandwich war happening with Popeyes releasing their own
chicken sandwich in August to compete with Chick-fil-A.
And that Popeyes sandwich became viral and was high in demand.
It even sold out everywhere. - Yeah, I heard about it.
I heard that people would buy it and then sell it for even more money.
- (FBE) So, earlier this week, KFC announced a sweet
and salty combo as the latest entry in chicken sandwiches.
- Everyone is so obsessed with chicken sandwiches right now. I just wanna know
where this came from. - (FBE) You're gonna try
the Kentucky Fried Chicken and Donut Sandwich.
- Oh my god. That's disgusting. I can't wait.
- (FBE) Since it's not available in the West Coast, we had
to recreate this ourselves. - I'm good. Let's do it!
- (FBE) So, it's just a random donut and then [bleep] KFC chicken.
Okay, gotcha. Okay, well I'm excited. - Oh my god. Ew!
Thank you so much. - Here's the thing.
I hate donuts. I hate sweets. If I could just do that
and then just have this chicken, I would be more than happy.
- Well, I like the taste separately and I think in a combination,
they'll be a good combination. - You can't even bite into it.
It's so tall. No one's mouth is that big.
- Ew, it's so gross! (chuckles) I don't like that. Mm-mm.
- I feel like something like this would gross some people out,
but it's pretty fire. - This is so good. (laughs) Hold on. (laughs)
- (FBE laughs) - This stuff's deadly.
The combinations are actually good. - I'm thinking I wouldn't buy it,
because the sugar is interfering with the taste of the chicken.
- It's like glazed chicken almost. No.
- Yeah, no. I'm not sure if that's something I can finish.
But that chicken kind of slaps, though. Not gonna lie.
- (FBE) So, as you eat, we're gonna show you
some reactions around this sandwich. - Oh, cool. So, I can continue eating.
I mean, it's good! Don't get me wrong. It's good.
- "KFC will test chicken and donuts for a limited time only
in Norfolk/Richmond, Virginia and Pittsburgh."
I wonder why they chose to launch it just on the East Coast.
- I feel like I've seen people put donut buns or donut thingies
as buns on sandwiches before. I feel like I've seen that before
at like an OC fair or something. - Oh, they even put the word "test."
And knowing my country, it's definitely gonna get a pass.
People will literally rave over this. - What happened to KFC?
KFC used to be thriving, and then they had
a downfall with this. - Blair Guild says,
"KFC wants us to die so badly." Bro, this isn't even that bad.
- It's gonna do well just like fried chicken
and waffles does well. - I don't think this is gonna kill us,
but it's a really odd combination. Now, see, that's my problem.
It's like this-- ugh. For someone that loves healthy food,
it's like the epitome of just, like, everything wrong. (laughs)
- This is not something that's like, "Here you go.
It's a meal." Like, no. What's that movie? Wall-E.
We're gonna end up like the fat people from Wall-E.
- "This looks disgusting. When can I try it?" (chuckles)
100% what I said, right? Did I tweet that? No.
Sarah did. - What? Donuts and fried chicken
and...? That's disgusting. (chuckles) Mm!
- When something looks weird, some people are like,
"Oh, I wanna try it now." - Honestly? It's a great ploy
that these fast food chains are doing. Just create something crazy
and then people are gonna come and try it.
- "For [bleep] sake. They don't even slice a donut in half.
They just give your fat [bleep] two donuts as the bread."
Sometimes that's all a fat [bleep] needs.
- It's a matter of presentation. Because they have two full donuts,
it looks big, it looks fluffy, it looks appetizing, it looks weird.
- When you brought this out, it's like, "Damn, this is
a heart attack on a plate." But it tastes really good,
so I don't mind. I'm just gonna keep eating it.
- Realistically? How are you gonna mix all this sugar
with this chicken? Your taste buds are going,
"What's up here?" Mine did. - You're having
a donut chicken sandwich, and what you're concerned about
is slicing the donut? We've lost the battle.
- (FBE) Well, I do hope you saved some room, because next up,
we have another combo of favorites: pizza and Cheez-Its.
- Oooh! - (FBE) You're gonna try
the Pizza Hut Cheez-It pizza! - Americans literally ruin pizza.
I know Italians, if they're watching this right now,
they're gonna be like, "Another mistake?"
- (FBE) Well, it seems like most of the fast food chains
offer modifications or twists on their typical menu
within their own brand. However, for a limited time only,
Pizza Hut partnered with Kellogg, who acquired Cheez-It,
to bring two different brands together and create the ultimate
fast food snack. - Cheez pizza. It's Cheez-Its
on a cheese pizza. - I'm here for the new foods,
'cause there's only one thing I'll never reject in my life,
and it's food. - I thought they'd
be Cheez-It sized. Okay. She thicc.
- Oh, it's like a calzone. Oh my god! It looks
like a giant Cheez-It. Wait, this is so sick.
- I had no idea what you were giving me.
I thought it was a slice of pizza with the little crackers on top.
- Ah, man! It does not smell good.
(giggles) They kind of taste like Cheez-Its.
- I think this would work. Not bad at all.
- I don't like Cheez-Its or pizza or tomato sauce,
but it wasn't really that bad. - I prefer this one over the last,
'cause I feel like this is something that can actually be sold
and eaten by kids after school. - If you like cheese,
I think you would just wanna be born into a vat of that.
- (FBE) So, go ahead and enjoy your pizza snack. Let's see
what the internet has to say about it. - "She's here and she's beautiful."
She really is, bro. - I don't know if she looks that good.
Not very appetizingly, like, looking. - (chuckles) This is
so dumb Pizza Hut. Pizza Hut, no. Have Wendy's
take over your Twitter. - Ben White. "Between this
and the Cheez-It pizza, America should be over by October."
(chuckles) - Bro, [bleep].
We are disgusting. The way that we eat food here
is literally unlike anywhere else I've ever been.
- We're gonna die by Halloween. Halloween? Oh my gosh. The candy?
Thanksgiving? Oh my god. We literally just
have holidays to eat. We're so fat!
- I feel like it's the race to the top to who has the
weirdest food that will taste good. - "Pizza Hut and Kellogg's partnered
to create stuffed Cheez-It pizza. Every cardiologist right now."
(laughs) - I'm telling you,
cholesterol, a heart attack on a plate.
- I'm surprised that's the reaction. I would expect more, like, "Yum,"
like, "I'm excited about this." People are worried about their health.
I'm kind of impressed. (chuckles) - You put a 10 cent tax on this,
that pays for our healthcare that this is creating
the need for anyway. Yeah, man. Sharon 2020.
What's up?! ♪ (patriotic music) ♪
(fireworks popping) - If you're gonna eat this
every day, all day long, yeah, you're gonna have a problem.
But just as a snack here and there, I think it's okay.
- Kids'll love it. I think snacks for teenagers,
a party, yeah, it's something different
you can put out. - I'd probably recommend it.
Like, "Hey, try this. It looks really gross,
but it's actually not that bad." - I still prefer it over
the chicken donut abomination from earlier.
I feel like these are slowly improving,
so we'll see. - (FBE) You're probably pretty full,
but there's always room for dessert! - Yeah. Always.
- (FBE) Well, this is another food combination that has
made its way to the dessert side: Oscar Mayer's hot dog
ice cream sandwich. - I feel like I may have
just thrown up in my mouth a little bit.
- An ice cream sandwich made from hot dog?
- (FBE) A lot of people were hesitant. Some even thought it was a hoax
when they first heard that the ice cream would be
mustard and hot dog flavor. - Oh. Oh my gosh.
Yeah, that's just too extreme. - No, I'm not gonna
like this, okay? Ready to die. - What are you guys doing to me?
This looks disgusting. (laughs) Oscar! I'm upset with you!
- It looks so innocent, but there's chunks in it,
and that makes me scared. - Are those pieces of hot dog?
- I'm scared. I don't wanna take a big [bleep] bite
and throw up. I'm scared. - Mm-mm, mm-mm, mm-mm,
mm-mm, mm-mm. - (muffled) Oh, god. Come on.
Where's the garbage? That is disgu-- ew! Sorry, guys. That is the worst thing I've ever had!
- Oh my god, the aftertaste! (laughs) Okay, I think
I got more of the cream in the beginning, but that's
definitely hot dog in there. - The part I'm eating right now
tastes really good. - This is so gross.
It tastes like I just ate a hot dog.
What the [bleep]? - (FBE) So, while you enjoy
your ice cream, let me show you what people have been saying.
- "Who eats just mustard, @Frenchs? Condiments were made
for Oscar Mayer hot dogs. Say hello to the Oscar Mayer
Ice Hot Dog Sandwich, flavored ice cream, made with
our better hot dogs sandwiched with spicy mustard.
Do you want to try this? Coming in August."
This is like the current-- if the current state of America
was a food, this would be it. It's disgusting.
- (chuckles) "No, I eat condiments solo."
72% are like, "[Bleep] this." And I could tell you,
this is disgusting. - That's a gimmick.
This is disgusting. Like, why-- no one's gonna buy--
I hope no one buys it, especially their kids, as dessert.
Just have an ice cream. Be normal. (laughs)
- "For curious taste buds"-- Don't ever be this curious.
"Here are the delicious ingredients." I don't know if I wanna
read these ingredients. - Cookie bun.
Candied hot dog bits. I tasted that.
I saw it, too. - I love me some mustard,
but it don't belong in ice cream! - Ew. That's like making
hot dog water into an ice cube. - If you see that and are like,
"Oh my gosh. It's making my mouth water.
It looks so delicious," I don't know what the heck
you're thinking. - (laughs) I think Oscar Mayer
should spend more time making their hot dogs better
than worried about making an ice cream
with these flavors in it. - "Me trying the new Oscar Mayer
hot dog ice cream sandwiches." - I love her. No, it's not good!
No, no. Yeah, no. - (woman) No.
Well... (chuckles) - There's no "Well."
There's just "Ew." There's just like, "Ew, that's gross."
- Hot dogs, hamburgers, apple pie, ice cream, Americana,
doesn't mean they go well in the same taste,
in the same bite. - It made me want to eat more
to see if I was really sure if it was really gross
and disgusting. And then when I finished it,
I was like, "I shouldn't have taken that second bite."
- We should not be afraid to be a little bit creative
with new things that come to the taste buds.
Some of it's not gonna be real super healthy,
but some of it's really good. - (FBE) Since we have all
the generations in for this episode, we wanted to know if you can
remember any fast food gimmicks similar to these throughout your life.
- As far as fast food gimmicks back in my childhood,
it was more just giveaways. The Oscar Mayer guy coming
to your neighborhood with the Wienermobile
and giving away the Wiener Whistles. - When my dad came back
from Vietnam, which was in the late '60s,
they had just invented-- while he was gone,
they invented the Big Mac. We'd always stop at McDonald's,
and we'd get just fries and a Big Mac. And the two of us would share that,
and the fries were just normal fries. And now, they're just humongous.
- When Twitter and that stuff wasn't out, you couldn't find out
what the new stuff was. You'd have to go there and see,
but now you can just whip out your phone and stuff
and then see popular food things. - Now, since Instagram has popularized
these crazy food treats, I think it's just like, "How do I get
more people to know about our brand?" - (FBE) Well, it seems like lately
brands are trying to come up with the next best new item
or the craziest combo of foods to wow consumers or make
some sort of wave in the industry. And a lot of it is done through tweets
and other organic ways of marketing. In this digital age,
how has social media changed how fast food is marketed?
- Yeah, dude. I mean, social is free marketing, you know?
You don't have to pay to put your products on there.
And especially something-- when you add two things
that everybody loves together, social media and food,
it just becomes-- it's a recipe for success.
- If something's trending on Twitter, like weird food, either it being
really good or really bad, I'd probably wanna try it
to put my opinion in on it. - That's how I hear about most things
is through social media in terms of trends,
whether it's food or not. But companies that are really smart
try to market specifically for an Instagram-able food
or a tweet-able food or whatever, you know? Something that people
can just share on the internet. - (FBE) So finally, you've tried
a few new fast food items today. Think you'll be wanting
to eat any of these again? - Absolutely not!
NEVER, okay?! I'm done! Canceled!
- That last one, that Oscar Mayer thing?
Yeah, I will. - The Pizza Hut Cheez-It
and the KFC sandwich definitely are my guilty foods now.
The hot dog one can just go and stay wherever it was before this,
'cause it was disgusting, and I will never wanna see it again.
- Just one. (laughs) The fried chicken and the donut.
I think they'll keep trying to come up with a novelty something
that gets a lot of air time and a lot of attention.
But the tried and true will keep outselling
all the gimmicks always. - Thanks for watching this
filling episode of Generations React. - If you wanna see
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