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Only Cooking With Dollar Tree vs. Aldi Ingredients

2025-09-16 Entertainment
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Dollar Tree vs. Aldi: Chili Cheese Dog Showdown

Discover whether cutting grocery costs drastically at Dollar Tree over Aldi results in an unrecognizable flavor profile when making identical comfort food. This comparison reveals crucial differences in ingredient quality, even for basic items like beef and hot dogs.

Short Summary

  • Aldi ingredients led to a superior final chili cheese dog, though both dishes were rated highly enjoyable.
  • The Dollar Tree beef patty was notably cut with water and soy flour compared to the Aldi pure ground beef.
  • The presentation and flavor of the Aldi hot dog (Hebrew National style) were preferred over the mixed meat Dollar Tree option.
  • Unconventional cooking techniques, such as starting chili on a cold pan and steaming buns, were championed for achieving a specific textural goal ("slop").

This segment pits the sourcing strategies of Dollar Tree against Aldi by constructing two complete chili cheese dog meals, including a Southwest pasta salad side. The chef employs highly personalized, sometimes controversial, cooking methods intended to maximize texture and flavor integration, specifically aiming for soft, emulsified "hot dog chili." The resulting dishes are served blind to a judge to determine if the price differential reflects a noticeable quality gap.

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Today, we're making two identical dishes with ingredients bought from two different grocery stores! Watch more Grocery Store Battles: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLW8XZTagL0oJDNHT_51sxjrY-9wTjt2t_ Want more Mythical Kitchen? Check out these playlists: Last Meals - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLW8XZTagL0oLPu4rowq_WOqg6nJ_oToRN Food Battles - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLW8XZTagL0oKvNweUd0NzXBTUgmVDXbTe Meals of History - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLW8XZTagL0oJzDtzkhoE_KeH_macdrpHJ Check out our podcast, A Hot Dog Is A Sandwich! Apple Podcasts: https://mythic.al/ahdias Spotify: https://mythic.al/hotdog Pick up official Mythical Kitchen merch at https://mythical.com/collections/mythical-kitchen Check out Sporked, Mythical's new website dedicated to helping you find the best food on the shelves! - http://www.sporked.com Submit your Dreams Become Food photos here: https://forms.gle/cBopySaTXdzG7RFr5 Join the Mythical Society: https://www.mythicalsociety.com Follow Mythical Kitchen: Instagram: https://instagram.com/mythicalkitchen Facebook: https://facebook.com/mythicalkitchen Mythical Chef Josh's Instagram: https://instagram.com/mythicalchefjosh Check Out Our Other Mythical Channels: Good Mythical Morning: https://youtube.com/goodmythicalmorning Rhett & Link: https://youtube.com/rhettandlink Ear Biscuits: https://applepodcasts.com/earbiscuits Good Mythical MORE: https://youtube.com/goodmythicalmore In the spirit of minimizing food waste associated with the filming of this series, Mythical is donating to the Hollywood Food Coalition who provide daily, nourishing meals to underserved communities in the Los Angeles area. Closed Captioning provided by Rev

Top Comments (10)

@Suhnnne 2025-09-16

I love how Josh is just HOUSING the chili dogs at the end while Jordan is talking about them 😭

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@TheJgArellano 2025-09-16

I love the girl who is putting the microphone back on Josh, saying no to everything he says, without missing a beat or breaking at all.

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@acdameli 2025-09-16

Jordan kills me. “I’m gonna go outside and burp Josh” not in a million years would I have guessed I’d be hearing that. 🤣🤣🤣

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@AnneTomlinson330 2025-09-16

Dollar Tree side has Aldi Hot Dogs, Cheese, and Mustard. Burman's is an Aldi brand, so is Happy Farms, and Parkview. Someone messed up.

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@BEESANDTOASTY 2025-09-16

Having a hotdog party and not inviting Arasha from Smosh? She will be devastated!

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@spellfireforge 2025-09-16

I am EXACTLY the right amount of high for this episode. I’m digging it. Loved how the producer that had to wipe Josh’s chest just absolutely deadpanned him to his face.

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@astute_potato 2025-09-16

Came to the comments in a panic the second I saw the hot dogs were on the wrong side lmao. Relieved to find out they corrected it, even if they don’t say anything.

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@badgeronriodz6792 2025-09-16

Jordyn hitting josh with the "you okay there bud?" Has made my day an unparalleled level better.

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@jjunture 2025-09-16

“Gonna reclaim gloopy as a positive adjective for food.” Josh Scherer (2022) Mission accomplished, Josh. Mission accomplished.

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@recaspek 2025-09-16

Aldi employee here. You mixed some of the dollar tree brands with the Aldi brands in the opening sequence. Not sure if that was done throughout the segment….🥴😬

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