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'The Five-Star Weekend' stars Jennifer Garner and D'Arcy Carden put their taste buds to the test in a blind tasting challenge featuring luxury and budget foods. In this episode of Taste Off, the pair sample high-end and low-cost versions of chocolate bars, smoothies, bone broth, and chocolate chip cookies as they try to guess which is the premium pick. Along the way, Jennifer shares a surprising roadkill law in her home state of West Virginia while the two debate whether higher prices really mean better taste and reveal their favorite bites. With plenty of laughs, unexpected guesses, and playful banter, they find out whether they can really tell the difference between expensive and cheaper foods. Watch Jennifer Garner and D'Arcy Carden in 'The Five-Star Weekend,' now streaming on Peacock.
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00:01Look away.
00:02Sorry.
00:02We drink buffalo?
00:04You made us drink buffalo without telling us?
00:07And that's why you can't judge a book by its cover.
00:17Hi, I'm Jennifer Garner.
00:19And I'm Darcy Carden.
00:20And today we're playing two games.
00:22Bougie or Budget?
00:23Which one is it?
00:24And what do we like best?
00:26Feed me!
00:27Feed me!
00:31Three, two, one.
00:33Ah!
00:34Okay.
00:35So one of these is going to be like Erewhon.
00:37And one of these is going to be your basic kitchen smoothie.
00:40Budget or bougie?
00:41That is the question.
00:42This has more going on.
00:44It really does.
00:44Inside.
00:45And it makes me wonder if like that coconut cream that Erewhon or fancy places like that
00:51are known for that's in like the Haley Biebs.
00:55Bieber.
00:55Yeah.
00:57Smoothie, if that.
00:58I feel like it is.
00:58My fear is that, I mean it's going to taste great, but it becomes like a little bit more
01:02dessert forward.
01:03Yes.
01:04With all this.
01:05Texture wise, I'm very interested to see the difference because this one feels kind
01:10of creamier and lighter.
01:12This one feels closer to the fruit that made it.
01:15Okay, I'll say one thing.
01:16Okay.
01:16Go ahead.
01:17I'm smelling fruit in this one and I'm not really...
01:19Did I not just say that?
01:21Wait, what did you say?
01:22Okay.
01:22This one feels closer to the fruit that made it.
01:26Then that's also what I said.
01:28And no shade to this, it's going to be great, but I'm not smelling a lot of fruit.
01:32Okay, so it's making me wonder if this is budget.
01:35Okay.
01:38Good.
01:39Fine.
01:39Who doesn't like a smoothie?
01:40Who doesn't?
01:41I'm even going to get a little bit of this coconut situation on the side.
01:43Smart, smart, smart.
01:44Here's what I want to know about is that raspberry shit at the bottom.
01:48It's good.
01:48The raspberry shit is good.
01:49Yeah, you've got to go down south.
01:51Yeah, you've got to go down south to get the good stuff.
01:55What?
01:56Oh yeah, and I think it is a coconut situation.
01:59It's good.
02:00But we don't want to get full on.
02:01We've got to try the other one.
02:02And cheers.
02:03Okay.
02:03Bing!
02:04Bong!
02:06Aha.
02:07Oh.
02:08Surprising.
02:09Okay, interesting.
02:10I'm going to tell you something.
02:11The thing that's interesting about this that I'll just say is it smells of fruit and tastes
02:16of water.
02:17Yeah.
02:17Whereas this boy smells of water, tastes of fruit.
02:22And that's why you can't judge a book by its cover.
02:25Okay.
02:26I have a feeling I know which is which, right?
02:29This is bougie.
02:29This is a little bougie.
02:30We thought it and then we thought we'd been thrown off by its fancy look.
02:34Yeah.
02:34Did you see what I just did?
02:35Did you spit?
02:36I mean, kind of.
02:37I didn't mean to.
02:38Don't zoom in.
02:39Don't rewind and zoom in.
02:41Whoa.
02:42Nasties.
02:42Yeah.
02:43We thought we beat the system, but the system was the system.
02:47Mm-hmm.
02:48And we know what it is.
02:48This is budge.
02:50This is bougie.
02:51Bougie is our favorite.
02:53We thought it wasn't going to be.
02:54Yeah.
02:54We were really hoping that.
02:55We were rooting for budge.
02:56We wanted budge.
02:57Turns out we're bougie.
02:58Yeah.
02:59We are who we are.
03:04Yes, dude.
03:05Oh, yeah.
03:07That was air.
03:07Oh, my God.
03:09They must perfume.
03:11Smell it.
03:12Water.
03:12Water.
03:15Okay.
03:16This one, on the other hand.
03:18I'm not.
03:19That.
03:19That is actually what's tripping me out though.
03:21Mm-hmm.
03:21Is that I don't smell anything.
03:22I mean.
03:24Look away.
03:25Sorry.
03:26That was very good.
03:27By the way, I've never been sold on the Air One Smoothie phenomenon.
03:31I was just about to say that.
03:31I was just about to say I've really resisted this because I think of the phenomenon of it
03:36all and also just being like, I gotta make that in my house.
03:38But that's pretty good.
03:39Mm-hmm.
03:40That's pretty good.
03:41Mm-hmm.
03:41Good job, Hailey Bieber.
03:43Bieber.
03:44Good job, Hailey Bieber.
03:45Bieber.
03:48Boing.
03:49Oh.
03:49Shared plate.
03:50Oh, my goodness.
03:51Wow.
03:51Grab it by the nipple.
03:53Ooh.
03:54Okay.
03:54This is a Crunch.
03:55This is a Nestle Crunch bar.
03:56Literally says crunch.
03:58It says runch.
03:59It does.
04:00Unless it's like.
04:01And now it says.
04:01This is boozy brunch.
04:03Crunch.
04:04Bougie.
04:05Bougie.
04:05This is Dubai chocolate.
04:07Yes, it is.
04:08Who made it?
04:08I'm not sure.
04:09They've got like gold leaf.
04:10And there's some pistachio creme in there.
04:13Mm-hmm.
04:14Which, I'm gonna start with this.
04:15I know.
04:17You think I don't like this?
04:18I know.
04:18I wanna tell you something.
04:19I love cheap.
04:21I do too.
04:21Like Halloween candy?
04:22Mm-hmm.
04:23Yeah, me too.
04:24Delighted.
04:24And I think I would never get a Crunch bar, but when you get a Crunch bar, the little one
04:29in your Halloween candy, it's like such a pleasure.
04:31Sure.
04:32What candy bar are you the happiest to open?
04:35Is a York a candy bar?
04:37A peppermint patty?
04:38Yeah.
04:38Adorable.
04:39Is that a candy bar?
04:39It takes you away.
04:40Yeah.
04:41Mm-hmm.
04:41I'm on a ski slope.
04:43Mm-hmm.
04:43What's yours?
04:43I'm super psyched to see a Twix, a Kit Kat.
04:46How do you feel about mounds?
04:48Love.
04:50I'm so glad I asked.
04:52I'm so pleased with that.
04:54Love.
04:55You just reached a new octave.
04:58Crunch.
04:59Funny.
05:00I'm in a tough spot here.
05:01I'm not.
05:02You have a favorite?
05:03Yeah.
05:04Here's Darcy's thoughts.
05:06Okay.
05:06Budge.
05:08Booge.
05:09Favorite.
05:10Least favorite.
05:11But still love you.
05:12But not really.
05:13Same.
05:13Yeah, I think Crunch bar definitely reminds me of Halloween.
05:16There's a reason.
05:16Crunch bar, there's a reason you've been around for such a long time.
05:19That's right.
05:19I didn't go for this Dubai chocolate trend.
05:22I did one time.
05:23I brought it to like a little dinner party and it was really expensive and people didn't
05:27really like it that much.
05:28I think you're going to want to go Crunch bar over Dubai.
05:30Although, love you.
05:31Love you.
05:32There's nothing wrong with you.
05:33This is sweeter and more satisfying.
05:35I like that you're worried about the feelings of the Dubai chocolate bar.
05:38Yeah, this was really lovely.
05:41This was the fave.
05:42Yeah.
05:42Thanks for playing.
05:49Amazing.
05:50It was a Nestle Crunch bar all along.
05:52Dubai done better.
05:54Original pistachio bar.
05:55Charles chocolate.
05:56And good job.
05:57Love you Charles chocolate.
05:58You're great.
05:58Chocolate is so nostalgic and there is something about just like a little kid's candy bar that's
06:03going to hit well into your 30s.
06:06In this case, we were right.
06:10Budget.
06:10Bougie.
06:11Bougie.
06:12And in this case, we prefer budget.
06:17One, two, three.
06:20Oh, interesting.
06:21Okay, interesting.
06:22Is this going to be like a bone broth?
06:23It seems like a bone broth.
06:25I don't want it.
06:26You don't want it?
06:27You're like, you have to be in the mood.
06:28Yeah.
06:29Yeah.
06:29Well, after chocolate, it's strange.
06:31Right.
06:31It is so strange.
06:32I do like bone broth.
06:34Oh, it smells like bone broth.
06:36I'll tell you that.
06:36It ain't apple cider.
06:38Okay.
06:38That has a lot of complexities.
06:40Yeah.
06:40I'm surprised by that.
06:41Oh.
06:42There's a mushroom element.
06:44Interesting.
06:45Okay.
06:45It's very gamey.
06:46Yeah, it is.
06:47This is meat.
06:48Very gamey.
06:49This is meat forward.
06:49Not super excited about drinking a budget bone broth.
06:54They're like, we found this in the gutter.
06:55Okay.
06:56There is a bone.
06:58Do you know that in West Virginia, if you hit something and it's roadkill, you can take
07:03it home and eat it?
07:04Really?
07:04And I think that's great.
07:05I do too.
07:06Use every last bit.
07:07Use it.
07:08Is that not the case all the way through?
07:10No, it's not always legal.
07:11Sometimes they say, do not.
07:13But in my home state, you can.
07:15That being said, is this possum bone broth?
07:18Yes.
07:18Because this is not the color of chicken bone broth.
07:21I know.
07:21I wonder.
07:22It might be beef broth.
07:24It might.
07:24We'll do it.
07:25I mean, I'll do it.
07:25Yeah.
07:26We're doing it.
07:27Okay.
07:27Don't you dare.
07:28Don't challenge us.
07:30Okay.
07:31Okay.
07:32It's like I thought.
07:34It's watery than I expected it to be.
07:36Maybe good.
07:37I mixed it up.
07:39I mixed it up.
07:39Why did I do that?
07:40Don't bring what's settling at the bottom to the top.
07:43I mean, it's not bad.
07:44It's not bad.
07:45Let's try this more like apple cider one, which is not apple cider.
07:49Huh?
07:50Hardly a flavor.
07:51Hardly a flavor.
07:52Hardly a damn flavor.
07:53Okay.
07:53We're going to make this really easy.
07:55Budget.
07:56Bougie.
07:56Yes.
07:57And I would say neither.
07:59You don't want either.
08:00I don't want it.
08:01If I'm sipping, I think I'm going to go for the one that feels a little more natural.
08:04I would too.
08:04For sure.
08:05100%.
08:05I would.
08:06But it's not going down easy.
08:07No.
08:08Yeah.
08:08It's that Nestle crunch chaser that everyone dreams about.
08:12Yes, exactly.
08:18Okay.
08:19Buffalo?
08:20Was that made from buffalo?
08:22How dare you?
08:22Buffalo.
08:23We knew that that was not chicken.
08:24How dare you?
08:25Okay, Erewhon.
08:26Okay, Hailey Bieber's bone broth.
08:28And bare bones.
08:29Okay, this is great.
08:30Now look, for an instant bone broth.
08:32Totally.
08:32That's great.
08:33Good on you.
08:33And it's a great source of protein and collagen.
08:36And it was beef.
08:36And also, it was easy to drink.
08:38It was actually easier to drink than this.
08:40It just wasn't as flavorful as that.
08:42We drank buffalo?
08:43Oh.
08:44You made us drink buffalo without telling us?
08:47You little...
08:48Sea salt and organic black pepper.
08:49Good things.
08:50Gosh.
08:51Holla Shah.
08:52Neat.
08:53We're eating buffalo.
08:53Buffalo bones filtered water.
08:56So there were no mushrooms.
08:57That was truly the gamey buff.
09:00That was just straight up buff.
09:07Yes!
09:08Sweet!
09:08I can already tell.
09:09Okay.
09:10Well, let's see.
09:11Well, let's see.
09:11Let's not be pasty.
09:12Is this like a Levin?
09:13Uh, yeah.
09:14That was gorgeous.
09:15And this is like one of those, like, in the white thing that rolls down.
09:19Okay.
09:20That's my guess.
09:20Yeah.
09:20That's my first impression.
09:22Wait, I'm even going to go to the middle.
09:24Oh, yeah, you're right.
09:25I know what I'm talking about.
09:26Yeah, you do.
09:26It's on.
09:27It's on.
09:28Yeah.
09:28This is bougie.
09:29This is an expensive cookie that you can get on Larchmont Boulevard or whatever it is.
09:33It's great.
09:34This is a Pepperidge Farm.
09:35Yeah.
09:36This is like a Chips Ahoy.
09:37It might be named like Chesapeake or something like that.
09:39I don't hate it.
09:44Ooh.
09:45Oh.
09:46Budget.
09:47Montauk.
09:47Okay.
09:48Yep.
09:49Bristol Farms.
09:50Bristol Farms.
09:51But in the style of a Levin.
09:53Yeah.
09:54It's not that many.
09:55That is expensive.
09:55It's very expensive.
09:56I mean, this is delish, but this has so much going on.
09:59There's some salt.
10:00There's some sweet.
10:01Yeah.
10:01There might be a nut.
10:02We were right.
10:03And I want to be honest with you.
10:04Yeah.
10:05I'd rather have a cookie I made in my own house or that one of my kids made or that
10:08you made.
10:08Yeah.
10:09Or that anyone here.
10:10These are both.
10:10I would eat these.
10:11Sure.
10:12Yeah.
10:12I would dip them in something.
10:14Something.
10:14Bone broth.
10:15Dip them in a damn buffalo bone broth.
10:18Just give me a buffalo and be like, hey, excuse me, sir.
10:21But that doesn't mean it's too much for me.
10:24I'm with you.
10:24I would love for my Aunt Kathy to make me some chocolate chip cookies.
10:28You know what I'm talking about.
10:30Kathy.
10:31Kathy.
10:32Release the recipe.
10:33Fill the beans.
10:34Tool house.
10:36Funny.
10:37Friends ref?
10:38Really good.
10:39Darcy Crens said I was funny.
10:41Thank you so much for watching.
10:42We really hope you enjoyed.
10:43We really do.
10:44Tune in again next time.
10:46Yeah.
10:46We'll see you.
10:46This is going to become an ongoing series.
10:4822 episodes.
10:50See you next season.
10:50Hailey Bieber.
10:51Yeah, we loved eating Hailey Bieber.
10:54Buffalo bone broth was a wild trick.
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