These cookies are AMAIZING!!! : SUPERCHEF VS SUPERMARKET
Summary
Darnell gets his hands on Trader Joe's Ube Tea Cookies and absolutely loses it. The powdered sugar coating hits first, then that buttery shortbread kicks in with a unique purple ube flavor that's got him calling them "crack cocaine" (in the best way). He's hyped. Sure, they're loaded with added sugar and cost five bucks a box, but Darnell's convinced they're top five boxed cookies, period. He breaks down the nutrition honestly, gives them an A for taste, and throws down real talk about balancing what tastes incredible with what's actually good for you. These cookies are dangerous in the best way possible.
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All right, so this is these ube tea cookies that we [music] got from Trader Joe's
We got them a long time ago, but now today we're doing a tasting on them
We're going to put them up to the test and see how they do
So, let's go ahead and dive into these. [music]
Let's go see how this product talks stuff
Uh, nothing there
A little quiet
Humble
Humble on this side
Humble on that side
The back
Okay, it says, "Sweet and crumble ube tea cookies made from all butter shortbread that was mixed with slightly savory ube, the popular purple tuber from the
Philippines
They have a unique lightly earthy flavor and satisfying tusome bite which are enhanced by the generous dusting of powdered sugar
So, let's go ahead and open this up and see what they talking about
All right
The box
I thought it was going to be in
Ooh
Oh, these smell
like a holiday
These Oh, these is it
I mean, I don't know
They I ain't tried it out yet
But do they do they smell sweet, delicious, and like aggressively like desirable
Yes
Oh man, these smell I ain't going to say I haven't opened up nothing to smell this good while
Um, so let's get
the uh nutrition
Uh, five of these cookies is 130 calories
Uh, tons of added sugar
Uh, 11 gram per five cookies. [music] That is a little bit like goes to a lot
I'm getting getting there
Total saturated fats 18%
Let's see what they using, though
First ingredient on here
is powdered sugar
Crazy work, by the way
Just want to put it out there cuz ingredients are in listed in order of highest to lowest
Um, why is that the first ingredient? powdered sugar, unbleached and rich flour. [music] Then they go down to ube powder, water, cinnamon, natural flavors, sweet potato
flour
Okay
Salt
Yeah
All right
I hear you
I hear you
I hear you
Uh, overall, when it comes to nutrition, if you were getting this product, I would say it's about a it's about a C plus
C plus there
I mean, yeah
I can't believe P sugar is another
ingredient
Um, so pricewise, can y'all look and see how much this was? We got this a long go. [music] Can y'all just Google uh charter drove? See what this is
Um let's go to taste, man
Cuz these smell like an addiction waiting to happen
The sweetest powder sugar that first
touches your tongue because these is tossify sugar
Then that buttery shortbread with that ube coming last
Top five
Top five best cookies boxed
Not going to lie, he's like crack cocaine
Crack [music] cocaine
Never had it, but I've seen movies with
crackheads in it and they were addicted heavy
This right here, man
Well, sugar [music] is a drug, so let's get it out the way
Um, but this smells great
The sugar kiss in the beginning followed by the butter [music] and that texture of the crumble
Oh, and the ube.
This is it
My kids going to love these
They going to have [music] one every month
The amount of sugar in it, but this is it
This is good cooking
Tastewise, it's up there
I got to watch out what I get. [music] I mean, regret it later,
but got watch out what I get
It's about a 89
You know, a 90 is an A
It's about a 89
Ah, it's a 90
It's a eight
It's a A because it's a [music] it's a dict
It's a eight
I'll give it to you
Tastewise, I want these
They good
And
they different
The ube just make the ube with the butter and the the the shortbread cookie, which [music] shortbread is heavy butter, too
Like sheesh
It's del
It's um it's rich
So try these out for sure
Um they good
Hey, first this first a I gave taste in a long time
Um yeah, this is it, man.
Supermarket
Hey man, try these ube tea cookies
And the price is how much? $5
Oh Oh man. $5. $5
I pay $5 every time
I ate for that too cuz it tastes good. the price
If it's delicious, it's always worth it for most people
You know what I'm saying? The thing is you got to balance what tastes
good with with what is actually good for you
That's the hard thing about this thing is that's where most people would I don't like how that tastes
Well, you can eat everything you like the taste of
We ain't in a good place right now
So, maybe eat some things you don't like
You know what I'm saying? So,
that's the balance in life
You know what I'm saying? Like getting away from something like this is going to be a lot for people
That's a great product though
Who Who makes this product? What's the brand called? This Trader Joe's product
Good job, Trader Joe's
Ain't not let nobody come here and shoot
nothing in there
But good product
Super Shop Supermarket
See y'all next time.
Episode description
We’re diving into the world of ube today with Trader Joe’s Ube Tea Cookies! 💜🍪 These bite-sized treats promise that perfect mix of buttery goodness and sweet, nutty ube flavor — but do they actually deliver? In this video, I’ll taste test them, break down the flavor, texture, and overall vibe, and let you know if they deserve a spot in your next Trader Joe’s haul. 👉 Have you tried these cookies before? Drop your thoughts in the comments! 🔔 Don’t forget to like, subscribe, and hit the bell for more snack reviews and foodie finds! #TraderJoes #UbeCookies #FoodReview #SnackReview #UbeLovers #TasteTest #thesuperchefnetwork #nutrition #price #superchefvssupermarket