Better Than Tests

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Month: July 2025

  • Better Than Average Toffee: A Recipe That Won’t Wreck Your Teeth (or Your Day)

    There are a lot of toffee recipes on the internet. Like, an overwhelming, sugar-coma-inducing amount. And honestly? I hate most of them. I wanted to do a full taste test comparison, but after pulling sticky shards out of my molars for hours, I gave up. Why? Because most of them are too hard, too bland,…

  • Mac & Cheese Showdown: 10 Brands, 1 Golden Noodle

    Listen… Cracker Barrel Mac & Cheese is dope. Better than the rest. Sharp white cheddar for the win. All you yellow cheese purists—look, I don’t know what to tell you. This is just objectively better. Also, who decided to call it a “Macaroni and Cheese Dinner“? If this is your full dinner, we need to…

  • Banana Bread Bake-Off: Five Recipes Enter, One Loaf to Rule Them All

    Banana bread: the reason we let bananas get spotty without guilt. But not all loaves are created equal. I baked and tested five of the internet’s most beloved banana bread recipes to crown one ultimate winner. There were highs, there were disappointments, and there was a lot of crumb. Let’s get into it. At the…

  • Stacked, Stuffed, and Judged: The Ultimate Oreo Showdown

    TLDR: Oreo is better than the rest, ALDI close second, My rage knows no bounds with walmart and shoprite. Brand Biscuit Cream Overall Oreo 9 6 7.5 Joe’s – Joe’s 4 8 6 ALDI 7 6 6.5 Great Value (Walmart) 4 3 3.5 Bowl & Basket (Shoprite) 4 3 3.5 Full Breakdown: Let me start…