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I tried making homemade Whoppers | Claire Recreates

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    sparkle
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    I forgot that Whoppers were a candy and was wondering why a pastry chef was making burgers... Claire Safitz is such a delight - shame about all the drama with Bon Appetit. And shame on Bon Appetit...

    I forgot that Whoppers were a candy and was wondering why a pastry chef was making burgers...

    Claire Safitz is such a delight - shame about all the drama with Bon Appetit. And shame on Bon Appetit for being such giblets. On that note, is Bon Appetit even still around? I haven't been watching cooking videos much the past few years (cooking burnout) so I imagine they're not in my algorithm but I would have thought at least one would show up based on sheer popularity if they weren't still tanked.

    13 votes
    1. Grzmot
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      I know that immediately after the desaster that sent the old crew all over to other places, they replaced the chief editors of the magazine with a very diverse trio in an effort to combat the...

      I know that immediately after the desaster that sent the old crew all over to other places, they replaced the chief editors of the magazine with a very diverse trio in an effort to combat the allegations. I saw their introduction video, and that was the last that I saw of Bon Appetit.

      I think they exist for sure, and occasionally I saw the Yt algorithm float me a video with one of the hosts that stayed, but I think the brand just tanked. The crowd that they were popular with doesn't take kindly to the exploitation that the magazine was committing against its employees.

      8 votes
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    CptBluebear
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    We're nearing the fast food singularity. You can create your own homemade Whopper and chase it with some homemade Coca Cola.

    We're nearing the fast food singularity.

    You can create your own homemade Whopper and chase it with some homemade Coca Cola.

    5 votes
    1. thumbsupemoji
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      A) these are hilarious lol B) what I want is counterfeit diet coke, gimme that and we're cooking

      A) these are hilarious lol
      B) what I want is counterfeit diet coke, gimme that and we're cooking

      1 vote
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    lynxy
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    How do Whoppers differ from the British Malteser, and why is it advertised as the "original malted milk ball" when they're newer than the latter? I'm glad Clair is still presenting what she cares...

    How do Whoppers differ from the British Malteser, and why is it advertised as the "original malted milk ball" when they're newer than the latter?

    I'm glad Clair is still presenting what she cares about post the Bon Appetite scandal. It's such a shame that a channel which had so many fun hosts turned out to be so shitty in management.

    5 votes
    1. DefinitelyNotAFae
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      Would people just lie in advertising? As for differences, per Wiki: Canadian Malteasers Ingredients sugar, modified milk ingredients, malted milk powder (malted barley, corn syrup, modified milk...

      How do Whoppers differ from the British Malteser, and why is it advertised as the "original malted milk ball" when they're newer than the latter?

      Would people just lie in advertising?

      As for differences, per Wiki:

      Canadian Malteasers

      Ingredients

      sugar, modified milk ingredients, malted milk powder (malted barley, corn syrup, modified milk ingredients, wheat flour, modified and hydrogenated palm oil, sugar, wheat gluten, sodium bicarbonate, potassium bicarbonate, salt), cocoa butter, cocoa mass, corn syrup, palm and palm kernel oil, lactose, malted barley extract, soy lecithin, ammonium salt of phosphorylated glyceride, pectin, sorbitan tristearate, artificial flavour

      European Malteasers

      Ingredients

      sugar, skimmed milk powder, cocoa butter, glucose syrup, barley malt extract, cocoa mass, palm fat, lactose, demineralised whey powder, milk fat, wheat flour, emulsifiers (E442, soya lecithin, E492), palm oil, raising agents (E500, E501, E341), salt, gelling agent (pectin), flavouring.[11]

      Whoppers

      ingredients

      sugar, corn syrup, partially hydrogenated palm kernel oil, whey (milk), malted milk (barley malt, wheat flour, milk, salt, sodium bicarbonate), cocoa, 2% or less of: resinous glaze, sorbitan tristearate, soy lecithin, salt, natural and artificial flavors, calcium carbonate, tapioca dextrin.

      Idk how much different these are really

      But there are opinions!

      The Food Kingdom: Maltesers Are Not Whoppers: A Tale of a Non-Redundant Candy

      2 votes
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    FishFingus
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    90% chance they taste better than the real ones, since they'll probably have been made with care. Good god, Whoppers taste bland. I don't know how Burger King manages to take such supposedly...

    90% chance they taste better than the real ones, since they'll probably have been made with care. Good god, Whoppers taste bland. I don't know how Burger King manages to take such supposedly fresh, high-quality ingredients and turn them into such mediocre, overpriced burgers.

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      WeAreWaves
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      This is about the candy, not the burgers.

      This is about the candy, not the burgers.

      12 votes
      1. FishFingus
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        Huh, TIL there was a type of candy called whoppers.

        Huh, TIL there was a type of candy called whoppers.