Josh bro. U are so funny man especially with papa jokes😂😂😂😂. While us guys feel that way some girls might feel lil different. Am sure whenever you say papa some teenage girl might be creaming thinking you as "daddy"😂😂😂😂
"This isn't even really a fair competition." You're right. You're disqualified and you lose. You made streudel, not toaster streudel. The shit store ones, shitty as they are, are already made and frozen, ready to be popped into a toaster and ready to eat in minutes any time, at a moment's notice. You baked fresh, delicious, fluffy, amazing streudel. But not toaster streudel. You can't just have yours in a couple minutes. So technically a loss. But god damn those look so fucking good.
"You can't just have yours in a couple minutes". The first time that you make your batch of anything homemade you have to go through the whole baking process. Definitely not in a toaster, but then you can re-heat them later in a pan when you want more. It would be interesting if he later makes something to be re-heated in a toaster.
I mean, if your main metric for wins and losses is how long it takes to make from scratch, versus the fast food/frozen version, Josh can't ever win. The point is to make the thing the best version it could possibly be, not prepared in the same amount of time
@@michaelplaysbass the main metric is "is this a reasonable but better replacement for the item being compared against" and it fails the "toaster" metric where you can take your cooked, now frozen, toaster strudel and out it in the toaster to get a hot pastry in a few minutes.
What's great about making them yourself is that you can keep frozen pastry dough around, slap whatever filling you want (I'm a ham and cheese guy) and toss it into the oven.
@@jyotiradityasatpathy3546 I really only use store bought puff pastry, it's better than I can make at home. This is coming from someone who worked in a bake shop for a long time and made puff pastry with a lamination machine lol
I can imagine 9 year olds after watching this coming home from a long, hard day of fourth grade then spending hours slaving away in the kitchen making homemade, gourmet toaster strudels from scratch
@Bruce Wayne Yeah, I found the lack of toaster use on his toaster strudel kinda disappointing. The product is a quick convenience product, you get from the fridge, heat and eat. So why don't make something like that? A gourmet strudel that you could freeze and then just pop it out. Because let me tell you, his would simply die if you try to froze and defrost. There's a lot of science that goes into the food industry, and that's the point he is missing here
@@NoOne-fe3gc A better example of this was Claire making Pop Tarts on Gourmet Makes. It was laborious to make them initially, but then she put them in the freezer and actually toasted them the next day.
@Bruce Wayne I think YOU miss the point that literally nobody thinks he is trying to replace fast food, and even he's said, like most normal people realise, that he's not missing any point to even the slightest degree. Never in his life is any of these ever meant to be convenient, because that would defeat the purpose of needlessly (yes, even by his admission) elevating fast food favorites as much as possible. Where do you get off with your confusion, wanting easy recipes or some bs? (I realise that this comment might be TOO troll-y, so sorry)
@@switched. lol funny thing is it isnt a lie. The closest thing i can tolerate is a milk shake. But even then. I havent had one in idk..... 3 years. As for straight icecream. God only knows. I think it was a rootbeer float tho.
Homemade Toaster Strudel: no toaster seen anywhere in this process
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I found that oddly upsetting. Given that their appeal is the ready availability ... Perhaps the filled pastries can be frozen before baking and then just be almost as spontaneous?
@ What you could do is freeze them when they're almost done and you would only need 5 minutes in the oven... but not a toaster, just because it's real layered puff pastry and it just doesn't fit any toaster. 😂
@ I think the series is just about making the fancy version of the thing. BA’s Gourmet Makes cared about the upgraded version giving you the experience of the storebought one but this doesn’t
@@stephensmith4025 but they are that bad, once you eat gourmet stuff long enough this trash is well trash. It’s not that all that sugar can’t taste bad it’s that that’s all it has it’s just sugar there’s no flavor beyond that. The bread is also bad unless you heat it up perfectly it taste off. It’s not flaky you can’t taste the butter it’s just matted down dry bread.
@@stephensmith4025 Yeah, I had a toaster strudel for the first time in forever yesterday, and it made me realize this entire video is just ridiculous. I'm not sure what pillsbury does in the baking process to make them not puff up so they fit in toasters, but toaster strudels are quite clearly puff pastry filled with jam that comes with a basic frosting. This is incredibly obvious if you reheat them slowly in an oven and not a toaster. He's free to like his own fillings more than the pillsbury ones I guess, but don't make this recipe and expect an epiphany or even something remarkable. These are fat toaster strudels. Very reminiscent of the cinnabon episode where he made cinnabons but he got a bad box and declared himself the winner even though he used the same recipe they do. Which leads me to another pet peeve with his videos. Things that are simple to make are not actually better homemade. You want to know how smuckers makes grape jam? They macerate concord grapes, heat them, and use citric acid rather than lemon juice to balance the pH. Extra steps in a process are expensive. Companies don't just do things because they can. You can tailor the taste of homemade things more, sure, but by and large the food you buy in stores is just food.
@Eric Rogers Wtf, dude? First off, she's clearly talking about pregnancy cravings, not being concerned about weight gain. Second, why volunteer to be such a massive asshole? No one thinks you're funny.
This looks amazing but I think Josh failed in one crucial aspect. He made Strudel. Not TOASTER Strudel I.E. those thicc strudels don't look like they'll fit in most toasters. It's not a "Toaster Strudel but better " more like a" Toaster Strudel But Instead"
@@anthonygingerich4378 Idiotic comments like that get lots of likes on TH-cam for whatever reason. People can never be happy, they always have to complain or nitpick about something. Lot more comments whining about it not being able to fit in a toaster since when I first watched the vid.
While I'm sure that this is a much better product, it's not a toaster strudel replacement. The point of a toaster strudel is that you take it out of the freezer, completely frozen, and put it in a toaster to finish. I'm not sure you can do that with puff pastry. You might need to revisit this one.
Agreed. If you can't heat it up at six in the morning when you're barely awake enough to string two thoughts together, it's not a toaster strudel replacement.
I agree, and that's where I wouldn't mind him shifting the focus of this series at some point. I don't think any of us questions that we can make something better than toaster strudel or McDonald's lol The point of these is the ease of which they are made or cheaply consumed. Although I feel like this episode was still a good show of that ideology because honestly, yeah this wouldn't be like a "still asleep while getting ready for work breakfast" but it is a good example of being able to take this concept (minus toaster) and making it better really easily, and not to expensive either. Most of what was used in the video is kitchen staples and the most expensive thing was probably the fruit (and the alcohol if you don't already have some for the apple recipe). I think trying to keep the but better option on the simple and cheap side would be a great focus for these, instead of going over the top like he does in some of the episodes, although it is cool to see what can be done to the same concept regardless and I love watching them :)
JOSHUA!!! I went to Starbucks today for the first time in my life (I'm 22) and tried their caramel dulce de Leche frapuccino drink. It tasted like dirty water with diluted milk. Gross. Make it, but better!!! I made it at home, and boy oh boy, it tasted great. I can even give you the recipe! Although, I do believe that you can make it 100× better.
I have to admit when I try something new in the kitchen and it goes good or bad I hear Josh say “it’s okay papa love you” and it makes me laugh even if I’m looking into the sad sad abyss that is an over cooked steak 😂
When he talked about maceration and then immediately said to start mashing the strawberries, I honestly expected him to say, "And *that's* called MASHeration!" Haha
You know what? Crucify me, but this is not a toaster strudel, it’s a homemade strudel. Which is not the taste I’m expecting from a toaster strudel. Kind of like when someone says “Taco Bell isn’t real Mexican food” and you’re like “do you really think I’m expecting authentic Mexican cuisine from an American fast food chain?” Anyway they look good and I will probably try making them eventually. But it didn’t improve on a classic processed frozen treat, it’s just the real thing we all know exists but didn’t want to make ourselves. Could’ve just called it “homemade strudel recipe”
Yup, I agree. Like making a "but better" Big Mac with Wagyu beef and truffle sauce hamburger; of course it's going to be better, but the only thing in common with a Big Mac is the loose "hamburger" description...
@@theholypopechodeii4367 You'd also have to handmake the icing every time which is not the point of having a toaster streudel. Being quick and efficient and still tasting good was toaster streudels point
“The first thing we see is someone with a mask that says ‘senpai’ trying to steal something and then 5 seconds later a dog walking around” Excuse me Josh, but what Walmart are you going to?
I would love to see a sort of head to head with this concept with Babish, you could call it "Better Binging" find one of eachother recipes or just a generic food item like in this video and see you both come up with your own versions. P.s I am definitely giving this recipe a go!
Can I just ask why he has to pretend nearly everything he buys tastes bad when he does this series? Like I get it you want us to know that yours is better and everyone has their own favorites but damn am I supposed to believe that he doesnt like any fast food burgers, sandwiches, or snacks? I can only remember like 2 times he said the bought product was actually good. Just feels fake at that point. Unless you're a master chef who hasn't had fast food in a decade or never had it in life to begin with those are the only exceptions ill believe.
Naw if you avoid over processed mass produced baked goods for the good shit long enough and then go back and try them usually the cheap quick versions noticeably set off that receptor that goes: this is a fake substance and not food spit it out.
The problem with eating childhood favorites years later is that the manufacturers have changed (read: degraded) the original product. In essence, the Pillsbury toaster strudel of today isn't the same quality as the one a decade ago.
Joshua trying to make toaster strudels look worse than they are Joshua: the icing doesn't hold it's shape, me: yeah not when you carelessly blob it on a hot pastry Joshua: (wining about sugar), me: have you seen how much sugar you put in yours Joshua: why is it so red, me: YOUR WAS AS RED that does not look like it belongs in a toaster nor does it look like it could fit in a child's mouth Try staying in the confines of a toaster, when making a toaster pastry next time!!!
@@_Shay_ of course the're fake, and probably taste worse then his. But since you missed the point let me tell you, why do an elaborate job making toaster pastries look bad, not like it's difficult to do. this is just a case of one guy making a big deal out of another guy making a big deal with food.
I'll be honest, I didn't like this one. Not because the end product doesn't look delicious, but because the thing you're trying to make better is a TOASTER strudel. That means your product should have to be cooked in the toaster, the same way. This felt like low hanging fruit rather than taking the actual challenge to heart.
It's not really a toaster strudel if you can't put it in the toaster, so you didn't really do "toaster strudel but better" you did "pretty good filled puff pastry."
@@_rileyweaver_637 A toaster oven is definitely a toaster.. In fact, if we wanna take literal meanings into account, a toaster is just a device used to toast foods, so technically a toaster oven, or even a regular oven could be a toaster.
@@dccrashergames6553 how dare you use logic and reasoning. You have called for retaliation. Yeah you can argue that the process of toasting can be done in an oven or many other methods even a bloody torch. But the toaster is a specific tool. Much like bbq teriyaki and many more english words that decided. You know what lets confuse the hell out of people. It means multiple difrent things. Some like cooking method and ingredient. Or cooking method and tool. So yeah you can argue that his is a toaster strudel. But in the end thats an argument appealing to semantics. So i and am doing the same. This m***** f***** didnt put in in a toaster he fails.
You didn't make the same thing. also your strudels looked criminally under baked around the filling. Your "toaster" strudels don't fit in the toaster. You made a poptart using puff pastry instead of pie crust, congrats.
Why you always gotta exaggerate how bad the original is? You can still admit that it's not bad and still improve upon it. Even though homemade is always better, who doesn't like toaster strudels?
Ehhh. Obviously gonna take the W on taste, but looks like it took the L on freezing/reheating, convenience, fitting in a toaster at all..... Like yes, you can make something that tastes better if you make no attempt to meet any of the goals of the original product.
@@luvuchocolate It's called "TOASTER Strudel".. Joshua made.. strudel. He didn't make the product better, he created something different. If it can't be reheated in the toaster, what's the point?
You are certainly correct in saying this wasn't a fair competition. Those aren't toaster strudels. If you were truly having a fair competition, you would have made handy snacks that could be made in bulk and stored in the freezer for the kids to pop into the toaster for a quick after school snack. Seriously Josh. No offence intended here, but anybody with even minimal baking skills can make a decent strudel. Making ones that can be cooked in a toaster by an 8 year old and still taste decent, that would take some creativity.
He’s making it fancier, the test to see who the winner is is just an added fun thing. You can disagree but “but better” is about making it fancier and better, not about making it homemade, hence the name “but better”
@@bearyaudios5863 that would be fair enough, were he actually making the same product he claimed to be improving. He clearly was not. If he was, there would have been a toaster involved.
Anyone else a little annoyed by this series? Like, obviously everyone knows that homemade is gonna' be miles ahead of just about anything store bought. There's no need to question people's sanity for liking the store bought stuff. He can at least acknowledge that his palette is skewed because he's been a professional chef for years.
I don't think it's so much like haha I'm better but showing that all this can be made at home even if you aren't great and it tastes better and honestly you'll be happier
@@gracebeaumont6637 But he so often uses super exclusive ingredients & equipment like saffron or mushrooms unique to his region, or a dedicated spice grinder or dehydrator, & then questions why people wouldn't use them. If these recipes were solely made with easily accessible ingredients, or he included something saying that it's fine if you can't find/afford the things he's using, then it would be a different story, but most of these videos are along the lines of "why would you settle for the affordable option when this thing that's so much better exists in the world if you happen to know just the right person who can get it for you?" It's like he doesn't understand just how privileged he is to be able to afford the best ingredients & tools, to have those easily on hand in the area he lives in, & to have the knowledge of how to utilize them to their fullest extent in a recipe.
@@SeraphimCramer I think you’re projecting your anger more than anything. The reason he does these recipes is because he wants to show people that you can make your beloved foods at home and learn how to cook them if you choose to do so. Yes, he is a professional chef with years of cooking experience and access to ingredients that he even states are optional but in no way necessary (i.e., truffle). The time and effort he puts into making these shouldn’t be demeaned by the fact that he has access to resources to produce incredible products that he shares with his community and the world for the love of cooking itself. That’s like shitting on Gordon Ramsey for his home cooking videos. I don’t have access to half of the stuff he uses but you can bet I’m gonna admire and appreciate the fact that now I have the knowledge to make that same dish one day for my loved ones when I have those resources too. If it upsets you that much, maybe step away from the videos and maybe take a breather.
I say this not in any mean way possible but you can easily go watch another TH-camr who uses affordable ingredients and uses simple equipment. Food/cook youtubers are a dime a dozen. Josh seems like an extra guy. Always trying his best to be extra. This is one of the few recipes that are simple. All he did was use store bought pastry, make some jam and put in the oven.
@@melissaandmarissa Gordon Ramsay doesn't tell you the things you like are disgusting & say you're a fool for not cooking at home, either. I like the recipes Josh does. It's just his demeanor that I sometimes have a problem with - most often in the "But Better" videos. I don't really even have a problem with him using specialty ingredients & appliances, just with him questioning you for not having them.
@Chicken_Beeb _Lord Is it not? If the point was to create Toaster Strudel, he did not succeed in his endeavour. Such would be like a man attempting to make a New York Style Pizza, and leaving the kitchen with a Chicago Style-Deep Dish Casserole/Pizza. He would have failed. Made something delicious, but to which doesn't satisfy the criteria. Trust me, I would love to make and eat those pastries he made; they look damn good, and I will definitely be making that recipe at some point in my future. I just think this win either needs an asterisk or a rematch, similar to another dessert item *cough cough, krispie kremes, cough cough*
@Chicken_Beeb _Lord My apologies then. I misread the comment as saying "Wasn't trying to" instead of "Didn't.", and missed the joke. Been a weird week lol.
These look amazing!! Honestly, I think that many years ago, Toaster Strudel used to be better than they are now. The quality has gone down hill. But even back then, what you made, I am sure, is much much better!
I don't think this is a win. You made a strudel, not a toaster strudel. One of the best parts about toaster strudel is how you have the convenience of popping it in the toaster. I think to make that possible they par cook the pastry on a flat top, which is also why it gets less fluffy than a traditional strudel because cooking it on a flat top solidifies some of the layers of pastry together. You mentioned how you went so far above and beyond, but I think you just made something completely different.
JOSH PLS can you do an episode of "But Better" with the Red Lobster Cheddar Bay Biscuits PLEASE I would be so happy, those things are addicting as is, and I wanna see them be better
The recipe is pretty good but to qualify as a Toaster Strudel it should be cooked in a toaster. I don't think this method would allow that to be done. Perhaps doable by part cooking the strudels in the oven and then freezing the undercooked strudel?
You could tell me toaster strudel is made of unicorn poo and I would still eat a whole box of them. I'm sorry they're my ultimate gulity pleasure food.
Never try to recreate the perfection of pilsbury toaster strudel. There’s a reason nobody eats homemade toaster strudels........it’s cause they’re not as good😤😂😂
Okay, but can you toast in the toaster? I forgive ignoring the convenience of mass produced fast foods and such, but it's a 'toaster' strudel! Guess I'll need to get a toaster oven for these haha
so i am in armenia right now. chipotle is my first favorite food and habit burger grill is the second. there is nothing even close to that stuff here. can you PLEASE make the habit burger grill chicken club, but better? I MISS IT SO MUCHHHH. thank you joshua!
The Frozen strudel is like school lunch 1: Taste like just sugar 2:Texture is trash (The Pizza is called there "Rubber Pizza lol") 3:Only thing good is... nothin
I looked away for a spilt second after he finished making the pastry part, then when he was about to start the frosting or whatever, it cut to an ad, which of course I didn't notice, and I just see a cow walking across the screen and someone talking about it, and I was like, Bro???
I dunno man, they’re way taller than a toaster strudel should be and it looks like some of the pastry on the inside is uncooked! Gonna call this Krispy Kreme 2
Would love to see a better version of the Pillsbury Flaky Supreme cinnamon buns. Those are the best version IMO. Cant even find a flaky cinnamon bun recipe online.
Joshua: "oh my god ewwie toster strudels"
Also Joshua: *buys value pack insted of small pack*
Indeed.
Edit: Insted.
Our man's alllll about the value 😎
They are good he’s exaggerating.
@@Appaddict01 Def
@@vinald7922 heard of a spelling mistake shithead?
I remember when I was a kid we had a toaster strudel tree in the backyard. They were always better freshly picked than the ones that come prepacked.
I’m too high for ts
Beautiful strudels and love the stove
I, to this day love toaster Strudels
Amazing as always!
This in French is called "feuilleté" in some countries and where I come from has a thiccc custard filling. It is amazing
I love the Apple microwave
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Josh bro. U are so funny man especially with papa jokes😂😂😂😂. While us guys feel that way some girls might feel lil different. Am sure whenever you say papa some teenage girl might be creaming thinking you as "daddy"😂😂😂😂
JOSH PLEASE MAKE A JOLLIBEE EPISODE
Seeing these studels somehow remind me of Stroopwafels
I’m kind of offended that he doesn’t go to HEB,
my Texans where you at
Can you please do Chick-fil-A chicken minis!
Great job on the videos. How abouy a But Better for Hoy Pockets?
I don’t think Gretchen Wieners’ father, the inventor of Toaster Strudel would be too pleased to hear about this.
OMG THATS WHAT IS THOIUGHT
THOUGHT
HahAHahahaHA
this is what i came for lolll
Gretchen's father used to punish him severely.
As he's complaining about the toaster strudel, I'm sitting here thinking about how much I want to go to Wal-Mart and buy a box
Right 😭
They’re legit not bad he’s just overplaying it because hehe funny
Same I literally was saying like 3 days ago how bad I wanted a toaster strudel
I mean, his were better anyways
Yep.
"This isn't even really a fair competition."
You're right. You're disqualified and you lose.
You made streudel, not toaster streudel. The shit store ones, shitty as they are, are already made and frozen, ready to be popped into a toaster and ready to eat in minutes any time, at a moment's notice. You baked fresh, delicious, fluffy, amazing streudel. But not toaster streudel. You can't just have yours in a couple minutes.
So technically a loss.
But god damn those look so fucking good.
Lmaoo facts, is he supposed to make something thinner that can be frozen then toasted? It’s a lot harder to toast “real” puff pastry, too flakey.
"You can't just have yours in a couple minutes".
The first time that you make your batch of anything homemade you have to go through the whole baking process.
Definitely not in a toaster, but then you can re-heat them later in a pan when you want more.
It would be interesting if he later makes something to be re-heated in a toaster.
I mean, if your main metric for wins and losses is how long it takes to make from scratch, versus the fast food/frozen version, Josh can't ever win. The point is to make the thing the best version it could possibly be, not prepared in the same amount of time
@@michaelplaysbass the main metric is "is this a reasonable but better replacement for the item being compared against" and it fails the "toaster" metric where you can take your cooked, now frozen, toaster strudel and out it in the toaster to get a hot pastry in a few minutes.
@@MWDoom Well, if we are gonna get that specific, I'd say it passes muster in a toaster oven
“Don’t overfill them or papa will be mad.”
I don’t know why but I got cooking mama flashbacks when you said that
frl I thought it was just me
DONT WORRY! MOMMA WILL FIX IT!
@@antoniocrespo4441 lol she would say that in the most agressive but non agressive way ever, she scared the crap out of me as a kid
like I was just tryna cook
Jaiden would be proud of you
What's great about making them yourself is that you can keep frozen pastry dough around, slap whatever filling you want (I'm a ham and cheese guy) and toss it into the oven.
Ayyyyye another great chef in the comments .
can’t you do the same thing with store bought as well?
@@jyotiradityasatpathy3546 yeah you can
lol
@@jyotiradityasatpathy3546 I really only use store bought puff pastry, it's better than I can make at home. This is coming from someone who worked in a bake shop for a long time and made puff pastry with a lamination machine lol
I can imagine 9 year olds after watching this coming home from a long, hard day of fourth grade then spending hours slaving away in the kitchen making homemade, gourmet toaster strudels from scratch
And still liking the heavily processed store brand better.
@Bruce Wayne Yeah, I found the lack of toaster use on his toaster strudel kinda disappointing. The product is a quick convenience product, you get from the fridge, heat and eat. So why don't make something like that? A gourmet strudel that you could freeze and then just pop it out. Because let me tell you, his would simply die if you try to froze and defrost. There's a lot of science that goes into the food industry, and that's the point he is missing here
@@NoOne-fe3gc A better example of this was Claire making Pop Tarts on Gourmet Makes. It was laborious to make them initially, but then she put them in the freezer and actually toasted them the next day.
@@daleprasek7395 Exactly, that's what I wanted to see. THat's a "But Better"
@Bruce Wayne I think YOU miss the point that literally nobody thinks he is trying to replace fast food, and even he's said, like most normal people realise, that he's not missing any point to even the slightest degree. Never in his life is any of these ever meant to be convenient, because that would defeat the purpose of needlessly (yes, even by his admission) elevating fast food favorites as much as possible. Where do you get off with your confusion, wanting easy recipes or some bs?
(I realise that this comment might be TOO troll-y, so sorry)
"the icing didn't even hold its shape" its almost like icing melts when its hot..
I like how he roasts a product that is produced in the millions every day.
And its still my favorite frozen food!
Thats right i hate ice cream what yall gonna do about it.
Havent touched the shit in almost 3 years now
@@alexhutchins6161 w
@@alexhutchins6161 Your not a human say what "I don't like ice cream" OMG SHUT UP liar
@@switched. lol funny thing is it isnt a lie. The closest thing i can tolerate is a milk shake. But even then. I havent had one in idk..... 3 years. As for straight icecream. God only knows. I think it was a rootbeer float tho.
@@switched. who knows i just had my taste buds changed by covid maybe ill like icecream now.
My wife is gonna like my strudel even more after this.
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Nice
pog
Or she might fake it like with the regular strudel...
is it puffy and full of jam?
Homemade Toaster Strudel: no toaster seen anywhere in this process
I found that oddly upsetting. Given that their appeal is the ready availability ... Perhaps the filled pastries can be frozen before baking and then just be almost as spontaneous?
@ What you could do is freeze them when they're almost done and you would only need 5 minutes in the oven... but not a toaster, just because it's real layered puff pastry and it just doesn't fit any toaster. 😂
@ I think the series is just about making the fancy version of the thing. BA’s Gourmet Makes cared about the upgraded version giving you the experience of the storebought one but this doesn’t
Put the toaster strudel in the oven and see how it turns out I say
2 words: "Toaster oven"
Everybody's favourite fire hazard
As my mom would call it, "Diabetes in a butter crust"
LMFAO
Noice
I think it contains margerine not even real butter lmao
Lol but it's true tho
Haha Jesus
Dudes a bit pretentious toaster strudels aren't nearly as bad as he's pretending
Agreed. It’s overly dramatic and ridiculous. There is no way that much sugar and butter crust and fruit filling can taste as bad as he’s acting.
@@stephensmith4025 but they are that bad, once you eat gourmet stuff long enough this trash is well trash. It’s not that all that sugar can’t taste bad it’s that that’s all it has it’s just sugar there’s no flavor beyond that. The bread is also bad unless you heat it up perfectly it taste off. It’s not flaky you can’t taste the butter it’s just matted down dry bread.
@@_Shay_ You’re making all of that up. All of it. If you are toasting a toaster strudel properly, it’s buttery flakey and delicious.
@@stephensmith4025 Yeah, I had a toaster strudel for the first time in forever yesterday, and it made me realize this entire video is just ridiculous. I'm not sure what pillsbury does in the baking process to make them not puff up so they fit in toasters, but toaster strudels are quite clearly puff pastry filled with jam that comes with a basic frosting. This is incredibly obvious if you reheat them slowly in an oven and not a toaster. He's free to like his own fillings more than the pillsbury ones I guess, but don't make this recipe and expect an epiphany or even something remarkable. These are fat toaster strudels. Very reminiscent of the cinnabon episode where he made cinnabons but he got a bad box and declared himself the winner even though he used the same recipe they do.
Which leads me to another pet peeve with his videos. Things that are simple to make are not actually better homemade. You want to know how smuckers makes grape jam? They macerate concord grapes, heat them, and use citric acid rather than lemon juice to balance the pH. Extra steps in a process are expensive. Companies don't just do things because they can. You can tailor the taste of homemade things more, sure, but by and large the food you buy in stores is just food.
I love Toaster Strudels. I would eat them all the time when I was a kid 😊
I thoroughly appreciate when he explains his cooking techniques with the "WHY". Maceration- which release fruit juice & release pectin!
Sounds like what you have to do the AP free response qs
Agreed!
WE AT THE LEMONPARTY DOT ORG CREW THOROUGHLY ENJOY HIS BUTT BUTTER SERIES OF MACERATION TOO!
@@lalalanaasmr4985 that’s also why I like babish!
I worked at Pillsbury, I would go next door and get me some strawberry toaster strudels🤤 right off the grill before they freeze them😭
Lucky, then you got fresh ones
Girl don’t tell me this while I’m pregnant😩❤️
@Eric Rogers 😳
@Eric Rogers Wtf, dude? First off, she's clearly talking about pregnancy cravings, not being concerned about weight gain. Second, why volunteer to be such a massive asshole? No one thinks you're funny.
@Eric Rogers ...anyways.........
This looks amazing but I think Josh failed in one crucial aspect. He made Strudel. Not TOASTER Strudel I.E. those thicc strudels don't look like they'll fit in most toasters. It's not a "Toaster Strudel but better " more like a" Toaster Strudel But Instead"
But what if you have a toaster oven tho 🤔🤔
He's just making the Toaster better by using the oven, the final product is at 5:25
Ok.
Why would you need a toaster when it’s fresh out of the oven dummy it’s not like he froze it
@@anthonygingerich4378 Idiotic comments like that get lots of likes on TH-cam for whatever reason. People can never be happy, they always have to complain or nitpick about something. Lot more comments whining about it not being able to fit in a toaster since when I first watched the vid.
Sorry josh love you but I've never been let down by a toaster strudel. They are always *chef kiss* amazing.
Joshua to the Pillsbury Doughboy: You just toasted your last strudel
You're not funny
@@reikenator nobody wants to know that
Everything about a toaster strudel is perfect.
Way better than a pop tart.
@@frankfurlacker5219 pop tarts are pretttty frickin finger lickin good but I think I’m with ya
@@frankfurlacker5219 Finally some one says it
They slap.
the real ones remember the breakfast bacon and egg strudels
Josh should make Pizza rolls: But Better
If that’s even possible though
It is very much possible, pizza rolls always had a vomit aftertaste to me.
@@ShadTheSham have you ever made them in a microwave oven
@@ShadTheSham it could get rid of that taste I don't know though
@@black-ace_9938 I've made them in both an oven and microwave
@@ShadTheSham have you made them in a toaster oven
Imagine Joshua doing "But Better : Oreo"
I bet he will crush oreo so bad.
Can oreo be better?
@@sheetalagarwal8906 nah, thats like trying to out pizza the hut and no one out pizzas the hut
@@lukewaller9152 lmaoo
@@lukewaller9152 Can you out pizza the hut? Perhaps. Can you out cookie the Oreo? Unlikely.
Claire did a video on Bon Appetit a while ago where she did exactly this and apparently knocked it out of the park
“That’s MACERATION for all the nasty folks in the back”. I love this man🤣🤣
What if he wasn’t a cook??
World peace, But better
69 likes
@@CRaKCed_ceTAceAN it’s 70 now... rip
@@LollOl-ps4yy f
Peace goes to the winner
@@CRaKCed_ceTAceAN Now it's 169. Who's the poor schmuck on the left?
While I'm sure that this is a much better product, it's not a toaster strudel replacement. The point of a toaster strudel is that you take it out of the freezer, completely frozen, and put it in a toaster to finish. I'm not sure you can do that with puff pastry. You might need to revisit this one.
Agreed. If you can't heat it up at six in the morning when you're barely awake enough to string two thoughts together, it's not a toaster strudel replacement.
I agree, and that's where I wouldn't mind him shifting the focus of this series at some point. I don't think any of us questions that we can make something better than toaster strudel or McDonald's lol
The point of these is the ease of which they are made or cheaply consumed. Although I feel like this episode was still a good show of that ideology because honestly, yeah this wouldn't be like a "still asleep while getting ready for work breakfast" but it is a good example of being able to take this concept (minus toaster) and making it better really easily, and not to expensive either. Most of what was used in the video is kitchen staples and the most expensive thing was probably the fruit (and the alcohol if you don't already have some for the apple recipe). I think trying to keep the but better option on the simple and cheap side would be a great focus for these, instead of going over the top like he does in some of the episodes, although it is cool to see what can be done to the same concept regardless and I love watching them :)
You can freeze puff pastry, so it might take only a few minutes in the oven and you can slap random filling in em
Well to me it seems this show isn't about accuracy. It's more like making a more gourmet version of the original.
@@Butt_Boob exactlyyyy
JOSHUA!!!
I went to Starbucks today for the first time in my life (I'm 22) and tried their caramel dulce de Leche frapuccino drink. It tasted like dirty water with diluted milk. Gross.
Make it, but better!!!
I made it at home, and boy oh boy, it tasted great. I can even give you the recipe! Although, I do believe that you can make it 100× better.
I'll take that recipe if you don't mind
dont be shy share the recipe! :)
Yeah please
I am curious about the recipe, could you post it?
Give us the recipe pls 😋😋😋
Yo gourmet makes has taught me that if it’s a toaster strudel, you best make sure your version can also be stored and then heated in a toaster
I have to admit when I try something new in the kitchen and it goes good or bad I hear Josh say “it’s okay papa love you” and it makes me laugh even if I’m looking into the sad sad abyss that is an over cooked steak 😂
When he talked about maceration and then immediately said to start mashing the strawberries, I honestly expected him to say, "And *that's* called MASHeration!" Haha
Wouldn't he _then_ be obliged to say, Wow that's better then...
You know what? Crucify me, but this is not a toaster strudel, it’s a homemade strudel. Which is not the taste I’m expecting from a toaster strudel. Kind of like when someone says “Taco Bell isn’t real Mexican food” and you’re like “do you really think I’m expecting authentic Mexican cuisine from an American fast food chain?”
Anyway they look good and I will probably try making them eventually. But it didn’t improve on a classic processed frozen treat, it’s just the real thing we all know exists but didn’t want to make ourselves. Could’ve just called it “homemade strudel recipe”
That thing is way too phat to fit in a toaster. Also the apple flavour of a toaster strudel slaps. Especially at 2am.
He calls it "but better" because dat shit trash dawg
Yup, I agree. Like making a "but better" Big Mac with Wagyu beef and truffle sauce hamburger; of course it's going to be better, but the only thing in common with a Big Mac is the loose "hamburger" description...
@@theholypopechodeii4367 You'd also have to handmake the icing every time which is not the point of having a toaster streudel. Being quick and efficient and still tasting good was toaster streudels point
Lmfao dang Ma, is it that serious?!
“The first thing we see is someone with a mask that says ‘senpai’ trying to steal something and then 5 seconds later a dog walking around”
Excuse me Josh, but what Walmart are you going to?
😂 I thought he said "send pie"
@@BuckarooBeatdown oh damn that is extremely close to where i live 👁👄👁
@@BuckarooBeatdown Yeah he’s stated multiple times he lives in Texas.
@@BuckarooBeatdown oh shih hello neighbor (i’m jk i live in a different town but it’s near there lmao)
Yeah, I heard send pie as well, but knew he had meant senpai. Both to me sound funny. I'd like a mask that says send pie more though. Haha
I would love to see a sort of head to head with this concept with Babish, you could call it "Better Binging" find one of eachother recipes or just a generic food item like in this video and see you both come up with your own versions.
P.s I am definitely giving this recipe a go!
The end result looks great, but it isn't Toaster Strudel. Not even close. He made something completely different.
That was a wildly pretentious start to this video and you missed the point of being able to put them in a toaster and eat them later.
Is anyone else annoyed that his can’t fit in a toaster? This just making strudels.
That's MACERATION for the nasty folks in the back."
"We do that because it helps release juice-"
Can I just ask why he has to pretend nearly everything he buys tastes bad when he does this series? Like I get it you want us to know that yours is better and everyone has their own favorites but damn am I supposed to believe that he doesnt like any fast food burgers, sandwiches, or snacks? I can only remember like 2 times he said the bought product was actually good. Just feels fake at that point.
Unless you're a master chef who hasn't had fast food in a decade or never had it in life to begin with those are the only exceptions ill believe.
I disagree. He liked the Chipotle.
Naw if you avoid over processed mass produced baked goods for the good shit long enough and then go back and try them usually the cheap quick versions noticeably set off that receptor that goes: this is a fake substance and not food spit it out.
The problem with eating childhood favorites years later is that the manufacturers have changed (read: degraded) the original product. In essence, the Pillsbury toaster strudel of today isn't the same quality as the one a decade ago.
Another example: Sarah Lee pound cake
Yeah that’s every mass produced product like Starbucks for example
Lol I’m pretty sure it is, we just grew up.
Or honey buns. I know they were bigger back in the day.
Joshua trying to make toaster strudels look worse than they are
Joshua: the icing doesn't hold it's shape, me: yeah not when you carelessly blob it on a hot pastry
Joshua: (wining about sugar), me: have you seen how much sugar you put in yours
Joshua: why is it so red, me: YOUR WAS AS RED
that does not look like it belongs in a toaster nor does it look like it could fit in a child's mouth
Try staying in the confines of a toaster, when making a toaster pastry next time!!!
Yikes
Damn..
100% agree
The fact you’re getting this worked up over some garbage over priced fake pastries is sad
@@_Shay_ of course the're fake, and probably taste worse then his. But since you missed the point let me tell you, why do an elaborate job making toaster pastries look bad, not like it's difficult to do. this is just a case of one guy making a big deal out of another guy making a big deal with food.
I'll be honest, I didn't like this one. Not because the end product doesn't look delicious, but because the thing you're trying to make better is a TOASTER strudel. That means your product should have to be cooked in the toaster, the same way. This felt like low hanging fruit rather than taking the actual challenge to heart.
4:28 ya telling me you didn't hear that voice crack there
You should have tried toasting it in the toaster somehow so it is a TOASTER strudel instead of just a strudel danish thing
Indeed they arent they same product thats a good point!
It's not really a toaster strudel if you can't put it in the toaster, so you didn't really do "toaster strudel but better" you did "pretty good filled puff pastry."
Toaster Oven works for me.
@@graphicallydeb9897 A toaster oven is not a toaster. I will leave it at that.
@@_rileyweaver_637 A toaster oven is definitely a toaster.. In fact, if we wanna take literal meanings into account, a toaster is just a device used to toast foods, so technically a toaster oven, or even a regular oven could be a toaster.
@@dccrashergames6553 how dare you use logic and reasoning.
You have called for retaliation.
Yeah you can argue that the process of toasting can be done in an oven or many other methods even a bloody torch. But the toaster is a specific tool.
Much like bbq teriyaki and many more english words that decided. You know what lets confuse the hell out of people. It means multiple difrent things. Some like cooking method and ingredient. Or cooking method and tool.
So yeah you can argue that his is a toaster strudel. But in the end thats an argument appealing to semantics.
So i and am doing the same.
This m***** f***** didnt put in in a toaster he fails.
@@dccrashergames6553 daaaamn my mans made a Harvard ESSAY proving you wrong, what will you do now?
You didn't make the same thing.
also your strudels looked criminally under baked around the filling.
Your "toaster" strudels don't fit in the toaster. You made a poptart using puff pastry instead of pie crust, congrats.
Why you always gotta exaggerate how bad the original is? You can still admit that it's not bad and still improve upon it. Even though homemade is always better, who doesn't like toaster strudels?
Last time I was this early, sliced bread was still the best thing since Betty White.
😂
Fun fact: the current queen of England is actually older than sliced bread.
Josh needs to stop bullying these multi-million dollar companies. These poor executives don't know how to make food it's not their fault.
My mans made hot pockets, not toaster strudels.
Is that even a "toaster strudel" anymore
Nah not even close tbh, but I bet it's still delicious
You know the girls who try super hard to be quirky and entertaining and unique? This is the male equivalent lol.
“They’re not that good” okay but they’re still better than pop tarts! Also the raspberry kind is waaayyy better. I said what I said!!
Even better, any of the cream cheese ones. His first mistake was not making one of those!
The very first ever But Better was poptarts
And they forever will be better than Pop-Tarts and that's on. 🤣
I love the apple and cherry ! But the ones with cream cheese/custard filling wins
They are good tho
Food Company’s: *exist*
Josh and his dummy thicc cake: I’m about to end this man’s whole career.
Ehhh. Obviously gonna take the W on taste, but looks like it took the L on freezing/reheating, convenience, fitting in a toaster at all..... Like yes, you can make something that tastes better if you make no attempt to meet any of the goals of the original product.
We aren't recreating the product, we are making the product better. If you want recreation go watch Claire from BA, this is actual gourmet eats.
@@luvuchocolate It's called "TOASTER Strudel".. Joshua made.. strudel. He didn't make the product better, he created something different. If it can't be reheated in the toaster, what's the point?
when he doesn’t say “whisky business” 😞
Who else is sick of this guy acting like his food is the best I. The world
never seen his vids but i’d agree
You are certainly correct in saying this wasn't a fair competition. Those aren't toaster strudels. If you were truly having a fair competition, you would have made handy snacks that could be made in bulk and stored in the freezer for the kids to pop into the toaster for a quick after school snack.
Seriously Josh. No offence intended here, but anybody with even minimal baking skills can make a decent strudel. Making ones that can be cooked in a toaster by an 8 year old and still taste decent, that would take some creativity.
That’s always my reaction when I see people remake pop tarts but use puff pastry...not even the same thing.
He’s making it fancier, the test to see who the winner is is just an added fun thing. You can disagree but “but better” is about making it fancier and better, not about making it homemade, hence the name “but better”
*no, no, they've got a point.*
@@bearyaudios5863 that would be fair enough, were he actually making the same product he claimed to be improving. He clearly was not. If he was, there would have been a toaster involved.
@@bearyaudios5863 It's a toaster strudel, all he did was remove it's only defining property, being cooked in a toaster.
Anyone else a little annoyed by this series? Like, obviously everyone knows that homemade is gonna' be miles ahead of just about anything store bought. There's no need to question people's sanity for liking the store bought stuff. He can at least acknowledge that his palette is skewed because he's been a professional chef for years.
I don't think it's so much like haha I'm better but showing that all this can be made at home even if you aren't great and it tastes better and honestly you'll be happier
@@gracebeaumont6637 But he so often uses super exclusive ingredients & equipment like saffron or mushrooms unique to his region, or a dedicated spice grinder or dehydrator, & then questions why people wouldn't use them. If these recipes were solely made with easily accessible ingredients, or he included something saying that it's fine if you can't find/afford the things he's using, then it would be a different story, but most of these videos are along the lines of "why would you settle for the affordable option when this thing that's so much better exists in the world if you happen to know just the right person who can get it for you?" It's like he doesn't understand just how privileged he is to be able to afford the best ingredients & tools, to have those easily on hand in the area he lives in, & to have the knowledge of how to utilize them to their fullest extent in a recipe.
@@SeraphimCramer I think you’re projecting your anger more than anything. The reason he does these recipes is because he wants to show people that you can make your beloved foods at home and learn how to cook them if you choose to do so. Yes, he is a professional chef with years of cooking experience and access to ingredients that he even states are optional but in no way necessary (i.e., truffle). The time and effort he puts into making these shouldn’t be demeaned by the fact that he has access to resources to produce incredible products that he shares with his community and the world for the love of cooking itself. That’s like shitting on Gordon Ramsey for his home cooking videos. I don’t have access to half of the stuff he uses but you can bet I’m gonna admire and appreciate the fact that now I have the knowledge to make that same dish one day for my loved ones when I have those resources too.
If it upsets you that much, maybe step away from the videos and maybe take a breather.
I say this not in any mean way possible but you can easily go watch another TH-camr who uses affordable ingredients and uses simple equipment. Food/cook youtubers are a dime a dozen. Josh seems like an extra guy. Always trying his best to be extra. This is one of the few recipes that are simple. All he did was use store bought pastry, make some jam and put in the oven.
@@melissaandmarissa Gordon Ramsay doesn't tell you the things you like are disgusting & say you're a fool for not cooking at home, either. I like the recipes Josh does. It's just his demeanor that I sometimes have a problem with - most often in the "But Better" videos. I don't really even have a problem with him using specialty ingredients & appliances, just with him questioning you for not having them.
Tbf, he didn't actually create a _"toaster strudel"._ He just made a better pastry altogether lol
He did call them toaster strudels at 8:40
@Chicken_Beeb _Lord Is it not? If the point was to create Toaster Strudel, he did not succeed in his endeavour. Such would be like a man attempting to make a New York Style Pizza, and leaving the kitchen with a Chicago Style-Deep Dish Casserole/Pizza. He would have failed. Made something delicious, but to which doesn't satisfy the criteria.
Trust me, I would love to make and eat those pastries he made; they look damn good, and I will definitely be making that recipe at some point in my future. I just think this win either needs an asterisk or a rematch, similar to another dessert item *cough cough, krispie kremes, cough cough*
@Chicken_Beeb _Lord My apologies then. I misread the comment as saying "Wasn't trying to" instead of "Didn't.", and missed the joke. Been a weird week lol.
its funny that you started calling yourself Papa. cause I've been calling you my Culinary Daddy since I discovered your channel 3 years ago
Weird .
These look amazing!!
Honestly, I think that many years ago, Toaster Strudel used to be better than they are now. The quality has gone down hill.
But even back then, what you made, I am sure, is much much better!
So good
If you're reading this, I pray that you are successful and highly favored. And that one day Josh cooks for you
listen to Jon Fields - Riot!
perfect comment, perfect music, I wish you the best my man
Thanks luv bug☺️
I don't think this is a win. You made a strudel, not a toaster strudel. One of the best parts about toaster strudel is how you have the convenience of popping it in the toaster. I think to make that possible they par cook the pastry on a flat top, which is also why it gets less fluffy than a traditional strudel because cooking it on a flat top solidifies some of the layers of pastry together. You mentioned how you went so far above and beyond, but I think you just made something completely different.
So, these are no longer toaster strudels. You just made strudels.
Not even the Pillsbury Doughboy is safe from the wrath of Joshua
JOSH PLS can you do an episode of "But Better" with the Red Lobster Cheddar Bay Biscuits
PLEASE I would be so happy, those things are addicting as is, and I wanna see them be better
The recipe is pretty good but to qualify as a Toaster Strudel it should be cooked in a toaster. I don't think this method would allow that to be done. Perhaps doable by part cooking the strudels in the oven and then freezing the undercooked strudel?
I'm disappointed. You made strudel, not something designed to be cooked in a toaster from frozen.
3:53 At this point people who also watch Adam Ragusea have a smug smile on their face and prepare their comments on “cooking off alcohol”. 😂
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You could tell me toaster strudel is made of unicorn poo and I would still eat a whole box of them.
I'm sorry they're my ultimate gulity pleasure food.
"now put some almond extract, or spill it everywhere. AWWW FU-"
I died. XD
Never try to recreate the perfection of pilsbury toaster strudel. There’s a reason nobody eats homemade toaster strudels........it’s cause they’re not as good😤😂😂
Okay, but can you toast in the toaster? I forgive ignoring the convenience of mass produced fast foods and such, but it's a 'toaster' strudel! Guess I'll need to get a toaster oven for these haha
Joshua's kids:" Can we buy some snacks?"
Joshua: "We have food at home."
Food at home:
Come on! It is a win win!
I just discovered ur channel a week ago, and I am obsessed w ur recipes! U make quarantine fun! Thanks josh!
so i am in armenia right now. chipotle is my first favorite food and habit burger grill is the second. there is nothing even close to that stuff here. can you PLEASE make the habit burger grill chicken club, but better? I MISS IT SO MUCHHHH. thank you joshua!
The Frozen strudel is like school lunch
1: Taste like just sugar
2:Texture is trash (The Pizza is called there "Rubber Pizza lol")
3:Only thing good is...
nothin
I looked away for a spilt second after he finished making the pastry part, then when he was about to start the frosting or whatever, it cut to an ad, which of course I didn't notice, and I just see a cow walking across the screen and someone talking about it, and I was like, Bro???
Lol
*Who started watching him randomly then regularly watch him eating every time?*
👇
Yours are baked but the other one is toasted so its not fair
What about hostess? Ho hos? Twinkies? Cupcakes? Snoballs? Or little Debbie? Cosmic brownie? Oatmeal pie? Star crunch?
hey nice cooking. I'm gonna edit this clip and put in the pilsbury doughboy commericial mascot every 5 seconds.
Whatever. I like it when you’re less negative about what you’re copying. You also didn’t toast it. That’s the point.
dude its a strudel
Why would he toast something that came fresh out of the oven?
@@HarryS77 um because that’s the whole point of a “Toaster Strudel”. The clue is in the name. Hint; toaster.
Remember when josh was terrible? Yeah, I don’t remember either.
Sus
I dunno man, they’re way taller than a toaster strudel should be and it looks like some of the pastry on the inside is uncooked! Gonna call this Krispy Kreme 2
Would love to see a better version of the Pillsbury Flaky Supreme cinnamon buns. Those are the best version IMO. Cant even find a flaky cinnamon bun recipe online.
Please for the love of God, make hot pockets better!
this is a strudel... the whole point of a toaster strudel is that you can stick it in a toaster... i hate to say it but they got you beat there