I already upvoted this the moment I tried it as SnV, but I tried it again now and I have to say! Bravo to you, this is my new favorite custard and I'm not the greatest friend of custards to begin with.

The cactus works so well in there too, another plus, I really have all the flavors needed for it, sadly I am missing one for the red teams recipe.

#Blue Team

Taste: 10

Addictively delicious. It tastes like nothing I’ve ever tasted before, which makes it hard to describe. The cactus is identifiable, but mutated into something more like a prickly pear and less like a cactus paddle.It’s not soapy or floral or aloe-y or anything like that, it’s just fruity and natural yet unnatural at the same time, like something grown on another planet. It tastes like the green-yellow-red color of a mango if that color were a flavor, with some gently citrusy notes and a wet fruity bubblegum syrup body. All of that is situated, somehow, in a creamy silky custard, which, even without sweetener, has a sweet, sugary finish, like the alien making this custard did not skimp on the sugar or maybe forgot to brûlée a snozzberry crème brûlée. This is is the best tasting recipe I’ve tried so far this year. Mind boggling that it was created in half an hour.

Originality: 5

I would give more points in this category if I could. They went for and successfully created something that doesn’t exist, like minor gods speaking things into existence. Let there be ~~light~~ snozzberry custard, and there was ~~light~~ snozzberry custard. I’m dumbstruck by how this was accomplished. On paper, I thought it looked gross. Cactus and cheesecake? Cactus and Milk and Honey? Cactus and CAP Vanilla Custard, especially unsteeped Vanilla Custard? Yuck, yuck, and double yuck. Now I eat those words and I feel unqualified to speak competently about DIY juice recipe development in the face of this actually working.

Accessibility: 4

I thought about dropping one point to give the red team an advantage in this category. INW Yes We Cheesecake might be as available as anything else, but it has a stupid name and seems somewhat new, or at least relatively recently renowned. But then I checked the facts. It’s the third most popular cheesecake, behind TFA Graham Crust and CAP NY.

Edit: I had originally given full credit here. I couldn't take a point for the Cheesecake, but I missed the JF Sweet Stb when considering this. Of the biggest flavor resellers, two or three don't offer don't offer JF at all. -1

Inspiration: 4

They captured the level of weirdness essential to represent something Wonka-related. They created something that doesn’t exist. But, there’s no reason why this would need to be a custard when it seems like a candy would be closer to the source.

Total Score: 23

Taste: 9
This is simply delicious. The cactus is a stroke of brilliance I absolutely didn't expect to work. There is no real soapiness. The biggest surprise was how the milk and honey morphed everything into this dark mysterious silky rich indescribable treat. The only misstep for me was the strawberry ripe. I just feel it could be slightly more vivid and simply removing that would do it. I also think the real star here is the custard. I feel like you could just port this custard base into just about anything and have a winner. Taking the whole thing in at once is so complex you end up picking different things out each time.

Originality: 5
It's got cactus and milk n honey in here. What the fuck? And it works. What the fuck?

Accessibility: 4
Just The inw and jungle flavors holding this back here. I'd argue it's worth the purchase tho.

Inspiration: 4
Only taking one point off here because to me the real star of the show is the dark bridge they built with milk n honey. Not exactly the Snausberry itself. It's only out-shined because every moving part is so DAMN GOOD.

Worth a mix? Fuck yeah. You'd be an idiot to not give this a try if you have the flavors.

Taste: 7
I think the base custard flavor is pretty solid. It's super thick with a slightly carmelized pudding finish. It's slightly nutty and muddled from the inw custard which is the only thing that holds it back from greatness. That's usually the trade-off with inw custard though and it seems like a calculated compromise. There's nothing off about the berry layer except the tiniest of green notes and in general the taste is something full. I think the use of flv boysenberry with inw custard is quite a clever stroke here, keeping it from being too dry.

Originality: 2
It's a generic fruit and custard. Nothing much to say here. At least add some interest factor or something to differentiate the berry layer.

Accessibility: 5
All common flavors and great tools used.

Inspiration: 2
I'd give this a 1.5 if possible as it wasn't completely ignored. In general it kind of phoned in the whole theme which is kind of lame considering this is such a cool excuse to do something wacky or whimsical and tell everyone who doesn't appreciate it that they just don't understand the mind of wonka.

Worth a mix? Absolutely, the flavor is pretty damn good. I'd say if you're in the mood for a good berry pudding this will be straight up your alley.

#Red Team

Taste: 9

Red Team has indeed created a thick blend of candied berries in a velvety rich vanilla pudding, as promised. It’s hard to pick out the individual strawberry, raspberry, and boysenberry flavors; they blend together nicely into something like a mixed red berry syrup. Fruit dominates the recipe and isn’t terribly softened by the nice vanilla pudding, which is appropriately pudding-like and not too dry as INW Custard can be on its own. This is a perfectly effective and entirely competent use of all of these flavors and I’m not getting anything off from any of it.

Originality: 2

It’s a red berry and creamy custardy recipe. The mixed berry aspect is +1 from the minimum of one point they would have gotten for a strawberry & cream.

Accessibility: 5

I can’t think of a reason to take any points away on accessibility here. Does anyone not have these flavors? Why not?

Inspiration: 2

They didn’t ignore the inspiration, but there were some missed opportunities here for a more realistic take on the berries or some of the other fruits mentioned, or to go as dark, creepy, and weird as Wonka himself.

Total Score: 18

Both of the teams did great and both recipes look great. Wish I could try them and judge, but even still, it was an entertaining battle to watch.

>Silky - Creator of Buttermilk Pie who taught AlfredPudding everything he knows ;)

Just to clarify, did he teach Al everything Al knows, or everything Silky knows? Kinda makes for smack for different teams based on that...

Someone better post a flaming hot Cheeto in mtn dew code red recipe!!!

People are having fun. This is a creative activity. Don’t shit on people’s parades. Go back to your basement.

eat shit you twat. Go back to your dumb ass WaxPen sub that no one gives a fuck about.

You're the embarrassing side of humanity.

Thank you for being a dick.

Hey! This guy doesn’t like the showdown! See? Nobody cares.

This has to be one of the most embarassing comments I've ever seen on reddit.

Feel free to go elsewhere

Best part is, nobody know who the hell you are. So all your bile spewing means nothing. Think about a little. You. are. nobody.

If you'd posted after the recipes were posted, your comment would make sense. But apparently you posted... Prematurely. Which is probably similar to other aspects of your life.

Take a hit before commenting next time.

Your mum is an utter wank

Shouldn't it be udder wank ? Involving you in a barn asking why this cow only has one teat and horns.