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Trader Joe's Dessert includes 26 scored items from the "Gut Check" series from Good Mythical Morning.

In all charts, Rhett's data is RED, Link's data is BLUE, and combined data is PURPLE.

Episode Trader Joe's Dessert

Items scored 26

Ranking method Raw Score

Abstract

This episode report summarizes published Gut Check scores for N = 26 items in Trader Joe's Dessert, including rankings, score distributions, disagreement counts, and derived measures.

Dataset snapshot refreshed June 3, 2026 6:57 AM.

Methods

The selected ranking method is applied within this episode only. Rank ties are preserved. Original final rankings are reported separately from recalculated rankings shown under the selected method.

Raw score. Sum of Rhett and Link scores.

Formal notation R = S_R + S_L

Normalized score. Episode-relative placement measure.

Formal notation N = f_episode(R)

Consensus score. Normalized score with disagreement penalty.

Formal notation C = g_episode(N, |S_R - S_L|)

Results

1. Combined Results Raw Score

Table 1. Original Episode Final Ranking
Final Rank	Item	Total Score	Rhett	Link	Numeric Rank
1	Blood Orange Mochi	181	84	97	1
	Hold The Cone Mini Ice Cream Cones Coffee Bean	167	86	81	2
3	Tres Leches Cake	165	77	88	3
4	New York Deli-Style Cheesecake	164	82	82	4

Table 2. Rank Drift from Original Final Ranking Raw Score
Item	Final Rank	Method Rank	Drift	Total Score	Rhett	Link
Hold The Cone Mini Ice Cream Cones Coffee Bean	1	2	1	167	86	81
Blood Orange Mochi	1	1	0	181	84	97
Tres Leches Cake	3	3	0	165	77	88
New York Deli-Style Cheesecake	4	4	0	164	82	82

Figure 1. Distribution of Rhett and Link scores within Trader Joe's Dessert.

Figure 2. Distribution of combined total scores within Trader Joe's Dessert.

Figure 3. Score distribution by ranking method after rescaling each method to a 0-100 index.

Figure 4. Rhett-Link agreement within Trader Joe's Dessert.

Figure 5. Score range by score source within Trader Joe's Dessert on a 0-100 scale.

Figure 6. Items with the largest absolute Rhett-Link score difference.

Score source	10	20	30	40	50	60	70	80	90
Rhett	0	0	1	2	5	4	7	6	1
Link	1	3	4	2	2	3	5	5	1
Combined	0	2	1	5	3	3	6	5	1

Figure 7. Heatmap of score bucket counts by score source.

Average Score

126

Peanut Butter Quotient*

N/A

No peanut butter items in this episode.

Nice! Factor**

0

Recipients: None

Figure 8. Peanut Butter Quotient by score source.

Figure 9. Nice! Factor occurrences by score source.

Table 3. Highest-Ranked Items Raw Score
Rank	Item	Total Score	Rhett	Link
1	Blood Orange Mochi	181	84	97
2	Hold The Cone Mini Ice Cream Cones Coffee Bean	167	86	81
3	Tres Leches Cake	165	77	88
4	New York Deli-Style Cheesecake	164	82	82
5	Mango Mochi	163	82	81
6	Strawberry Mochi	162	83	79
7	Italian Tiramisu	155	81	74
8	Sublime Ice Cream Sandwiches	154	77	77
9	Gone Bananas! Dark Chocolate Covered Banana Slices	150	90	60
10	Brownie Crisp Coffee Ice Cream Sandwiches	148	70	78

Note. Tied scores share rank labels; tables include all items in the first ten rank groups.

Table 4. Lowest-Ranked Items Raw Score
Rank	Item	Total Score	Rhett	Link
1	Non-Dairy Oat Ice Cream Sandwiches	57	35	22
2	Root Beer Float Bars	58	48	10
3	Portugese Donuts With A Chocolate Hazelnut Filling	78	51	27
4	Gone Berry Crazy! Dark Chocolate Covered Strawberry Pieces	84	61	23
5	Japanese Souffle Cheesecakes	89	50	39
6	Strawberries and Cream Cloud Cake	95	64	31
7	Organic Freezer Pops Cherry Limeade	97	49	48
8	Hold The Cone Mini Ice Cream Cones Chocolate	99	62	37
9	Hold The Cone Mini Ice Cream Cones Strawberry	104	64	40
10	Classic Lemon Bars	106	73	33

Note. Tied scores share rank labels; tables include all items in the first ten rank groups.

Table 5. Largest Score Differences
Rank	Item	Score Difference	Rhett	Link
1	Classic Lemon Bars	40	73	33
2	Gone Berry Crazy! Dark Chocolate Covered Strawberry Pieces	38	61	23
3	Root Beer Float Bars	38	48	10
4	Strawberries and Cream Cloud Cake	33	64	31
5	Organic Freezer Pops Berry	31	57	88
6	Gone Bananas! Dark Chocolate Covered Banana Slices	30	90	60
7	Hold The Cone Mini Ice Cream Cones Chocolate	25	62	37
8	Hold The Cone Mini Ice Cream Cones Strawberry	24	64	40
9	Portugese Donuts With A Chocolate Hazelnut Filling	24	51	27
10	Key Lime Pie	22	72	50

Table 6. Full Combined Ranking Raw Score
Rank	Item	Total Score	Rhett	Link
1	Blood Orange Mochi	181	84	97
2	Hold The Cone Mini Ice Cream Cones Coffee Bean	167	86	81
3	Tres Leches Cake	165	77	88
4	New York Deli-Style Cheesecake	164	82	82
5	Mango Mochi	163	82	81
6	Strawberry Mochi	162	83	79
7	Italian Tiramisu	155	81	74
8	Sublime Ice Cream Sandwiches	154	77	77
9	Gone Bananas! Dark Chocolate Covered Banana Slices	150	90	60
10	Brownie Crisp Coffee Ice Cream Sandwiches	148	70	78
11	Mango Cream Bars	145	78	67
	Organic Freezer Pops Berry	145	57	88
12	Organic Freezer Pops Orange	134	57	77
13	Hold The Cone Mini Ice Cream Cones Chocolate Chip	133	74	59
14	Key Lime Pie	122	72	50
15	Tangerine Cream Bars	118	58	60
16	Classic Lemon Bars	106	73	33
17	Hold The Cone Mini Ice Cream Cones Strawberry	104	64	40
18	Hold The Cone Mini Ice Cream Cones Chocolate	99	62	37
19	Organic Freezer Pops Cherry Limeade	97	49	48
20	Strawberries and Cream Cloud Cake	95	64	31
21	Japanese Souffle Cheesecakes	89	50	39
22	Gone Berry Crazy! Dark Chocolate Covered Strawberry Pieces	84	61	23
23	Portugese Donuts With A Chocolate Hazelnut Filling	78	51	27
24	Root Beer Float Bars	58	48	10
25	Non-Dairy Oat Ice Cream Sandwiches	57	35	22

Figure 10. Counts of instances in which Rhett, Link, or neither assigned the higher score.

Table 7. Higher Score Counts
Episode	Rhett	Link	Tie
Trader Joe's Dessert	18	6	2

Results

2. Rhett

Figure 11. Distribution of Rhett scores within Trader Joe's Dessert.

Average Score

68

Peanut Butter Quotient*

N/A

No peanut butter items in this episode.

Nice! Factor**

0

Recipients: None

Table 8. Rhett Highest-Ranked Items
Rank	Item	Score
1	Gone Bananas! Dark Chocolate Covered Banana Slices	90
2	Hold The Cone Mini Ice Cream Cones Coffee Bean	86
3	Blood Orange Mochi	84
4	Strawberry Mochi	83
5	New York Deli-Style Cheesecake	82
	Mango Mochi	82
6	Italian Tiramisu	81
7	Mango Cream Bars	78
8	Tres Leches Cake	77
	Sublime Ice Cream Sandwiches	77
9	Hold The Cone Mini Ice Cream Cones Chocolate Chip	74
10	Classic Lemon Bars	73

Note. Tied scores share rank labels; tables include all items in the first ten rank groups.

Table 9. Rhett Lowest-Ranked Items
Rank	Item	Score
1	Non-Dairy Oat Ice Cream Sandwiches	35
2	Root Beer Float Bars	48
3	Organic Freezer Pops Cherry Limeade	49
4	Japanese Souffle Cheesecakes	50
5	Portugese Donuts With A Chocolate Hazelnut Filling	51
6	Organic Freezer Pops Orange	57
	Organic Freezer Pops Berry	57
7	Tangerine Cream Bars	58
8	Gone Berry Crazy! Dark Chocolate Covered Strawberry Pieces	61
9	Hold The Cone Mini Ice Cream Cones Chocolate	62
10	Strawberries and Cream Cloud Cake	64
	Hold The Cone Mini Ice Cream Cones Strawberry	64

Note. Tied scores share rank labels; tables include all items in the first ten rank groups.

Results

3. Link

Figure 12. Distribution of Link scores within Trader Joe's Dessert.

Average Score

58

Peanut Butter Quotient*

N/A

No peanut butter items in this episode.

Nice! Factor**

0

Recipients: None

Table 10. Link Highest-Ranked Items
Rank	Item	Score
1	Blood Orange Mochi	97
2	Tres Leches Cake	88
	Organic Freezer Pops Berry	88
3	New York Deli-Style Cheesecake	82
4	Hold The Cone Mini Ice Cream Cones Coffee Bean	81
	Mango Mochi	81
5	Strawberry Mochi	79
6	Brownie Crisp Coffee Ice Cream Sandwiches	78
7	Sublime Ice Cream Sandwiches	77
	Organic Freezer Pops Orange	77
8	Italian Tiramisu	74
9	Mango Cream Bars	67
10	Gone Bananas! Dark Chocolate Covered Banana Slices	60
	Tangerine Cream Bars	60

Note. Tied scores share rank labels; tables include all items in the first ten rank groups.

Table 11. Link Lowest-Ranked Items
Rank	Item	Score
1	Root Beer Float Bars	10
2	Non-Dairy Oat Ice Cream Sandwiches	22
3	Gone Berry Crazy! Dark Chocolate Covered Strawberry Pieces	23
4	Portugese Donuts With A Chocolate Hazelnut Filling	27
5	Strawberries and Cream Cloud Cake	31
6	Classic Lemon Bars	33
7	Hold The Cone Mini Ice Cream Cones Chocolate	37
8	Japanese Souffle Cheesecakes	39
9	Hold The Cone Mini Ice Cream Cones Strawberry	40
10	Organic Freezer Pops Cherry Limeade	48

Note. Tied scores share rank labels; tables include all items in the first ten rank groups.

Notes

4. Definitions and Notes

* Peanut Butter Quotient is calculated as the difference between the average score for peanut-butter-focused flavors and the average score for non-peanut-butter flavors. Flavors designated as peanut-butter-focused in this episode are: None in this episode

Formal notation PBQ = x̄_PB - x̄_non-PB

** Nice! Factor is the number of times a score of 69 appears.

Formal notation NF = Σ 1(score = 69)

Rank Drift is the absolute difference between the original final rank and the rank produced by the currently selected ranking method.

Limitations. Scores are treated as interval values although the underlying tasting process is subjective.