Short Stuff: Bliss Point

"She was like, no I can handle it and she ate it and it was one of those things where you can see like her eyes starting water and she was like these are really good I like these. She played it all? Oh yeah, she's like I want to take those to school and then we later found she was trading them. I'm sure, yeah. She's like, here, try one of these. You'll love it. Exactly. So, okay, so just figuring out the bliss point is not enough. You don't just figure it out and release it. You try a million different combinations, maybe not a million, but not that far off. And you test it with people. That's how you fine-tune everything and get it just right so that you find that bliss point that's going to help you sell as much. And so those taste tests can, like, really start to add up. There's some legendary ones, as a matter of fact, one of them is Prego Chunky. Yeah, we mentioned that earlier. They had 45 different versions of Prego Chunky that they were testing until they got to their main one. And then I'm going to let you handle the Dr. Pepper because that's just amazing. Cherry Vanilla Dr. Pepper, they went through 61 different versions and 4,000 different taste tests before they finally released it. It's not bad. I've never tried it. I mean, I'm not a Dr. Pepper guy. It's such a specific, I don't like hate it, but it's just not one I go to. I'm not either, but that's, or wait, maybe it's the cream soda, Dr. Pepper that's not bad. I don't, I don't really drink it either, but I tried one once, and I was like, that's actually pretty good. Yeah. What about Oreos, Chuck? Because one of the things they've become known for in the last few years is releasing just nutso flavors all the time. Yeah, and, you know, this is probably the Gen X and me coming out. but I love a, I do love a standard Oreo, but to me they hit peak Oreo with the double stuff standard. Oh, really? You don't like lemon? No. I mean, I'm not into limine dessert desserts. Yeah, you probably wouldn't like lemon Oreos. I think they're very good. And I also think some of the limited editions they've come out with are pretty good. Like birthday cake, which is the first one they did to commemorate their 100th birthday back in 2012. To me, it was very good. I think it's still around. To me, the pinnacle was Rice Krispy Treats Oreos. They were amazing. That sounds so good. They were really, really good. If they re-released any, I would definitely go get those. But I've very fortunately been like, I should probably stop buying like crazy flavored Oreos because I just eat the whole bag like in one sitting, basically. Oh, man, glass of coal, whole milk. Yeah, Oreos go really well with that. But, oh, the reason why that they've been. releasing so many flavors is that they figured out when they release a crazy flavor, it gets lots of press, so it gets people to the stores, right? And they found that when people are at the stores to buy that crazy flavored Oreo, they apparently remember how much they love the original Oreos like you, so they buy both. Yeah. That's great to an extent. I guess it's great for Nabisco. Yeah, I bet that was a finding too, where they were like, oh my God, look what's happening. Yeah. Chuck went to get a Lady Gaga Oreo and he got the double stuff as well. I know that's so weird. That's one of the flavors. And I guess before we sign off, Chuck, I think we should remind everybody, as we have many times, Oreo is the knockoff, Hydrox is the original. That's right. Everybody's short stuff is at. Stuff you should know is a production of IHeartRadio. For more podcasts to My Heart Radio, visit the IHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to your favorite shows. — Josh compares a crunchy Cheeto to a Fred Flintstone Club Cheeto when discussing his daughter's Cheeto preferences."