- The middle is so, look at that! Oh my God! - Ooh, it's hot! (blows air) ♪ (industrial intro) ♪ - (FBE) Today we have a pretty sweet episode for you. - You made a pun, I hope it's dessert. Candy, ice cream, pie, cake? I can keep going. - (FBE) Because today is National Dessert Day! - Oh, no way! - Are we gonna get to eat a bunch of desserts? Oh my, oh my God, I'm so excited. - (FBE) So we're gonna go through the past 10 decades and we're gonna see if you can match the most popular dessert to the decade. - Y'all had to mess it up. See, I thought we was just gonna eat and enjoy our time. - (FBE) So we will reveal the correct decade after each dessert, rather than waiting to reveal it at the end, so it will be sort of like a process of elimination style game where we see how you do. - I mean, I mean, process of elimination, you gotta get at least one right. - (FBE) Alright, here's your list. - Oh. Whoa, from 1920, my God! - (FBE) So first up, we have pineapple upside down cake! - Oh, okay, wow, look at that. Nice presentation, looks good. - I feel like this was in a movie, and that's why it was popular for so long. - Mmm. - Ooh! - I feel like it's definitely before we cared about calories or gluten or whatever, I don't even know what gluten is. What is it? I don't know, but it's delicious. - (FBE) So what decade do you think this was most popular in? - So this one, I feel like I remember hearing a lot about it when I was little, so I wanna do 1990. - I would say 1920. Like a vintage dessert. - I'm gonna say '50s. I'd associate it with like I Love Lucy for some reason. - I'm gonna go with the '60s. - 1930? - '80s. - Let's go 1950, because then I think I'd recognize the newer ones, and this one's kinda vague, so let's put it somewhere in the middle. - '40s, 'cause my dad was born in the 1950s, and he liked it when he was a kid. - (FBE) So actually, you are correct. (bell rings) - Alright! - I wasn't sure how early. (buzzer rings) And I definitely wasn't thinking that early. (laughs) - (FBE) Reportedly, the pineapple upside down cake was most popular during the 1920s when the Hawaiian Pineapple company sponsored a pineapple upside down recipe competition, where the winner also inspired the addition of that cherry on top. - And that's like the cherry on top! Literally. - Did they accidentally drop it, (buzzer rings) hence the upside down-ness of the cake? Was that part of the history? - (FBE) Next up, we have a party favorite. - A party favorite. - (FBE) Fondue! - (gasps) Ooh! Oh my God, chocolate fondue. I'm always wanted to go to a fondue place, I've never been to one. - Mmm, that's delicious dude. - I love fondue. I love when you go to like chocolate parties, I used to throw a couple chocolate parties, and then we'll have like pound cake cut up to the side, and strawberries and bananas. - (FBE) What decade do you think this was most popular? - This one, I'm gonna go with 1940s? - I'll put it in 1940. For some reason, I'm just seeing an old 1940 advertisement for fondue restaurants. - I'm gonna say '50s for this. - The 1950s. - I'm thinking it's 1930, the chocolate and strawberries. - I'm gonna say 1970s. - '70s. Was everybody having fondue at Woodstock, who's to say? - This is totally '70s, like you know, peace man, let's dip some [bleep] in chocolate and cheese. - (FBE) Fondue was most popular during the 1960s. (buzzer rings) - Oh God, almost! - Damn it! (laughs) (buzzer rings) - Really? - '60s, damn. - (FBE) So fondue was popularized as a Swiss national dish and it wasn't until 1964, New York's World's Fair that Americans came in contact with fondue, which quickly turned into a fad across the nation. - Ooh, interesting! - This is why international relations is so important! You get fondue out of it. - (FBE) Next up, we got some tiramisu for you. - Ooh, alright. Yeah, look at this. That's very pretty. - Ugh, it tastes like coffee. (laughs) - It tastes kinda like something you would order at a diner, but I feel like the word tiramisu is much fancier than that. - (FBE) So what decade do you think the tiramisu was most popular? - I'm gonna go with 1970. - 1970. - I'll say '90s. - 1940. - Tiramisu, it's '70s. - I'm wanna roll with 1930. - Probably '40s? - It's one of those very pretty desserts. You know, all of that was so important way back when, so I'm gonna go with the '40s. - (FBE) The tiramisu originated in Naples, Italy in the 1600s, but it wasn't properly introduced into American restaurants until the 1980s. (buzzer rings) - Really? People in the '80s were eating tiramisu? C'mon guys. This does not feel like the spiked hair dessert. - I started good guys, I'm doing so wrong now, wow. - (FBE) Next up, we've got some healthy ice cream for you. - (Jamayla) This is healthy, like organic ice cream? - Healthier, I'm thinking it either has no dairy at all, or it's more of a yogurt, or a soft served ice cream? - Let's do it. The flavor's freaking cool though. - It kinda tastes artificial the same way that like liquid medicine does, where it's like, it's got a hint of raspberry. It's mostly just chemical though. - It's like really making me sad for some reason. This isn't what ice cream should taste like. - If you're not gonna eat it because of your diet then don't touch it. Like, don't mess with the ice cream. - (FBE) Okay so, what decade was the healthy ice cream most popular? - Oh God, every decade has a health fad, I don't know. - Healthy ice cream, that was to be 2010. - I'm gonna go 2000s. - The 2000. - 1990. - 2010, that's when everybody started getting all crazy and stuff. - This is, for sure, from 2010, because nowadays since food is so processed and bad for you, now is when we're really making all these pushes to be a bit healthier. - Real healthy stuff, like people are starting moving on the fitness movement, 2010s and on, easy. I guess they would start becoming more available, and people were starting becoming a little more conscious, I would say it was probably in the 2000s. - The 2010s. I don't eat ice cream for my health. I saved those calories for a reason! - (FBE) Healthy ice cream is most popular during the 2010s. - Really? - Aw, boo! - I'm kinda mad at myself now. (buzzer rings) I literally stated it, and then just didn't pick it. - (FBE) When you look back, it was more difficult to find any healthier versions of frozen treats on the market, but now it seems like there are more options to choose from like low calorie or low sugar ice creams. - Yeah, I think it's good for people who, there are people who can't have dairy, and not because they don't want to, but because it really affects them physically. - I mean, they've stepped up their game. The taste is a lot better, but it almost has me worried. I'm like "what are you putting in here?" - (FBE) Next up, we have bread pudding. - Bread pudding. Wow, that actually looks pretty cool. - Hmm, hmm, hmm. - That consistency is weird. - I don't fully understand what part of it is pudding. Did they just pour pudding on top of bread, and went "dessert!"? - (FBE) So which decade was this dessert most popular? - I'm gonna go with the '70s. - I'm gonna go 1950s. - 1940s. - 1930s. - Bread, 1930. - Let's go with '30. - I'll say 1940. - Why would you use bread as a dessert? That would only be used because it was during a time of struggle. That time period would've been during the great depression. So I'm saying 1940. - (FBE) So bread pudding was actually most popular during the 1940s. (buzzer rings) - 1940s, okay, okay, okay cool. - Let's go! - (FBE) So this was an easy and affordable way to turn leftovers and stale bread into a sweet treat. - I mean, I see why they did it, because yeah, your bread is stale, so you also don't wanna waste it. So instead, turn it into a dessert, and dessert makes people happy. - 1940, I don't wanna play anymore. (buzzer rings) Bring me more desserts though. - (FBE) Next up, we've got some lava cake for you. - Lava cake. I've never had lava cake, but I've seen them open it and it looks really cool. The middle is so, look at that! Oh my God. - Oh yeah. That's just brownie masquerading as a cake. - (FBE) What year do you think this is most popular? - I'm gonna go with the '90s. - 2000. - 2000. - I'm gonna say 2000s. - I'm gonna go '90s lava cake. - I'm gonna go with 2000s. - 1990s for chocolate lava cake. - I feel like 1990 was the time for the best kids desserts, and this is something kids would frickin' love in the '90s. - (FBE) You are correct! - Woo! - (FBE) Lava cake was most popular during the 1990s. - Yes! Die Hard and some lava cake. - Hell yeah! (bell rings) Kids love their sweets! - (FBE) Fun fact, it was inspired when a chef rushed his dessert and sent it out under cooked, but it was actually well received. - There you go, nice. Happy accident. - I can't believe that people believe that miracles don't exist. We have proof! - (FBE) We have a simpler dessert next. - Yay! - (FBE) A baked apple. - Ooh, whoa! Oh Jesus. - Oh, hmm. Oh, it wasn't what I was expecting. Where it's like fruity, but also sweet, so it's pretty good. I almost wanna say this is one of my favorite ones so far. - That's just apple pie minus the pie plus the apple. - (FBE) Which decade was this dessert most popular? - Let's go the '30s. - This has to be 1930. Some stuff was going on with the whole depression and all that, so they just like "let's just bake an apple," let's see if this works with the kids. - Yeah, this has like raisins on it. And raisins is an old people thing. So it's probably from the 1930s. - 1930s. - I'm gonna go with 1970. - 1930! - I'm gonna say baked apples is 1930s. - 1930, apple! During the earlier decades, there was like wars and depression and everything like that, and people just kind of had to look at food items and be like "that could be dessert." - (FBE) Baked apple was most popular during the 1930s. - Shut up, really? Look at that! - I knew it couldn't be 1970, no, my momma wouldn't have made nothing like that in 1970. - (FBE) During the depression years, food was pretty scarce. Dessert was a luxury, so this was a cheap way to satisfy the sweet tooth. - I dig it, I mean, fruits as desserts is a very common theme, and if you can even pack on the dessert more, and make it like its own little cake, why not? - It's very like admirable that they would go out of their way to try to find things that would make it so that they can have dessert and be happy. - (FBE) So next up, I have a baked Alaska for you. - Baked Alaska? Oh wow, look at this guy. - (FBE) Baked Alaska typically comes en flambe, meaning it's lit on fire. - Oh, see, I always just assume that means fried. (laughs) - (FBE) So for safety reasons, we won't be doing that. - (laughs) But it's more fun! - (FBE) But post is gonna add in flames for us! - Ooh, alright, thanks post! - Oh, it's hot! (blows air) Mmm! This is ritzy, dude. - Oh my God, that is so good! It's like a marshmallow, whipped cream, like frosting. And then there's ice cream inside. Dude this is like heavenly! - (FBE) Okay, so, what decade do you think something like this would be most popular? - Okay, I'm gonna do '50s with this one. Just kinda has that retro-y feel to it. - 1950. - Maybe this is the 1950 dish. Let's go with that one. - '50s. I'm just thinking they're trying to like, show off their new awesome ovens they have at home now. - (FBE) Baked Alaska was very chic during the 1950s. (buzzer rings) - Oh wow! - Yay! I actually got one, and it's a good one! (buzzer rings) - (FBE) When there were more people with money to spend following World War II. - Oh, that, sense. - (FBE) It was a little bit more of a flamboyant dessert of course, so it was a way for them to impress their party guests. - Oh, that is a good way though. (bell rings) - It's like look what I can do, and we're gonna set it on fire! (laughs) - (FBE) Next one is a cake pop! - Ooh, okay, this screams 2000 immediately, 'cause I made these a bunch with my cousins and stuff when we were younger. - I don't know how else you're supposed to eat those. Like, it's a bite. - Who would buy a piece of cake where you can only get two bites out of it? No one! But make it cute, and put some [bleep] sprinkles on it! Genius! - (FBE) Okay, so what decade do you think the cake pops were more popular? - Mmm. These came out in 2000. My kids was on these mugs. - This has to be 2000s. - Gotta be 2000s. - 2000. - 2000 is the cake pop. - This is for sure from the 2000s. - This is 2000s, easy. - I have the '70s and the 2000s. So, I would say the 2000s. - (FBE) Cake pops were most popular during the 2000s! - I'm doing so much better when all of the other choices are eliminated! - Yes! (bell rings) - (FBE) So cake pops were the most popular during the 2000s, when leftover cake crumbs were turned into little cupcakes on sticks. - Is this because of the market crash in the 2000s? They were like "what can we make into a dessert, crumbs!" - Nowadays we get so concerned over leftovers, that it's nice to see if we could turn them into something else just to sort of save food, so these work out great 'cause they taste amazing! - (FBE) Finally we got one last dessert for you. Next up we got carrot cake! - Oh. (laughs) My grandma can make some mean carrot cake. - Mmm, mm-hmm, mm-hmm. - It's pumpkin-y and carrot-y, and carrots are probably the best of the vegetables, so it's okay to put them in cake. - It kinda tastes like thanksgiving. I get why it's associated with that. - (FBE) So what decade? - There's only one spot left. I wonder where it goes! - (FBE) Carrot cake was most popular during the 1970s due to the emergence of diet fads, where they were perceived as a healthier option for dessert. - (laughs) This is a healthier option? Just 'cause it had carrots in it. - This doesn't taste any healthier. Like sure, I guess you're getting a few extra vitamins, 'cause there's a carrot in there, but it still has the same amount of sugar and icing, like any other cake. - There's veggies, it's gotta be good for you. I like that diet. - It was good to know that the people that had been getting creative during the most difficult times in their lives, they were also satisfying something else by creating, you know, pretty dishes and tasteful dishes in that day. - The coolest aspect of history is being able to get hands on with it, 'cause you get such a deeper understanding of the context of it, like you see really how they lived their lives. - Thanks for watching this sweet episode! - Shout out to Enrique Garcia! - If you like dessert, his that subscribe button, so you won't miss an episode! - What's your favorite dessert? Let us know in the comments! - Hey guys, Vartuhi here! Thank you so much for watching this episode. Make sure to check out FBE2 for exclusive content, daily vlogs from the office, and more! Bye guys!