About
Pastry chef Claire “Half-Sour” Saffitz attempts to make gourmet versions of popular snacks and desserts without the hard-to-pronounce chemical ingredients.
Cast
Claire Saffitz
as Herself
Seasons
Episodes
Season 1
Pastry Chef Attempts to Make a Gourmet Twinkie
Bon Appetit's Senior Food Editor and pastry chef Claire Saffitz attempts to make a gourmet Twinkie without the hard-to-pronounce chemical ingredients. The first test is Genoise cake, an Italian sponge cake. For the creamy filling, Claire uses 7 minute frosting. The second test is yellow cake and buttercream filling. Next comes chiffon cake, a light cake that uses vegetable oil. Finally, with some help from Test Kitchen Manager Brad Leone, Claire decides to "Frankenstein" the recipe.
Pastry Chef Attempts to Make Gourmet Gushers
Do you gush with curiosity over little, chewable sugar blobs filled with goo? Claire Saffitz deconstructs and improves one of our favorite childhood candies - Gourmet Gushers!
Pastry Chef Attempts to Make Gourmet Cheetos
You love Cheetos. But do you know how to make them? Pastry chef Claire Saffitz goes on a 3-day experiment to make and improve on Gourmet Cheetos!
Pastry Chef Attempts to Make Gourmet Kit Kats
Some nibble away at the chocolate shell first; others may split the wafers apart before eating. They may have their preferences, but what what they may not know is their routines help to reverse engineer what it takes to make one in the first place. Claire Saffitz is up to the challenge to make Gourmet Kit Kats!
Pastry Chef Attempts to Make Gourmet Skittles
Claire Saffitz takes on another challenge, this time to recreate the tastes of the rainbow... Skittles, Gourmet-style.
Pastry Chef Attempts to Make Gourmet Lucky Charms
Everyone loves Lucky Charms! Watch Claire's attempt to recreate your favorite childhood cereal.
Pastry Chef Attempts to Make Gourmet Oreos
What makes the oreo the king of the cookie? Claire attempts to find out as she makes a gourmet version of the greatest sandwich cookie of all time.
Pastry Chef Attempts to Make Gourmet Twizzlers
Twizzlers come in just about every flavor under the sun, but Claire only has one goal in mind: make a gourmet version of everyone's favorite. That's right -- the original, cherry-ish flavored Twizzler.
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