- (Finebros) Today you're gonna be trying

an alternative form of protein. - Oh god.

NO!!! Hell. No!

- No.

You can just put this away. I'm not eating a cricket.

- IIIIII'm busy this day. I have to go do a thing.

- I don't know how down I am for this.

- Bugs is one of the things that I never do.

- All right, I'll try it.

Honestly, they're kinda cute.

- They're crickets.

I get a dozen large every week for my leopard gecko.

- It's a living an-- (crickets chirping)

(retches) And it's making noises.

- I will-- (cricket chirps)

(screams shrilly)

They're chirping!

- (Finebros) And now you get to taste it.

- Wait-wait-wait, they're in the cookies?

- They're in cookies?

This makes it a little less scary.

- I'm-- I'm concerned,

'cause it looks like just cookies and milk,

but I know it's not.

- Here we go.

Mm! There's no cricket in it... I think.

- Is there anything currently alive in it? - (Finebros) No.

- Everything is dead. Okay, that's all I wanted to know.

It's a chocolate chip cookie.

- Tastes pretty regular.

(crunching)

- Good.

- Okay.

(crunches)

It's okay. Yeah, it tastes pretty good.

- All right, I'ma go for it.

(crunching)

I taste something weird.

- It's really grainy. It tastes like a granola bar.

- Let's just do it.

NO! (snickers)

Aah! (whimpers)

Nothing? This just tastes like a cookie.

- It has a weird aftertaste.

- I thought you guys were gonna give me a full-on cricket

and be like, "There you go. Have at it."

- (Finebros) You just tried a sweet version of those little guys.

- No way. They're in it.

- (Finebros) Think you're ready to take them on face to face?

- Guys, I hate bugs.

- Right when I thought you guys were being nice to me.

I am not interested.

- I'm not doing that! No!

No, I will not eat this bug! I refuse!

- Aaaagh... aah-HA! I touched it!

No, I quit. I can't! I can't do it!

Lookit, there's legs on there!

- This is for you.

Ugh, god.

Mm. Mm.

Oh! Ooh!

- Okay, which one looks the least disgusting?

YOLO.

Yeah, it's pretty gross.

(crunching)

- Guh!

- (hacks) Okay, I did it. Take those away.

- I don't want to do this!

(crunches)

Ugh!!

- I like, I feel the guts in my mouth. That's so gross.

- I just feel little legs and wings like, (grumbles)

- It was not that bad actually.

I'm liking this aftertaste right now.

- Definitely better than I thought it was gonna taste.

I'm pretty proud of myself, actually.

- (Finebros) Congratulations. You just ate crickets.

- Yes!

- Victory! I feel so accomplished with my life!

- (Finebros) Crickets can be eaten whole

but also can be grounded into flour

and used for a variety of smoothies, oatmeal,

or even baked goods like the cookies you had.

- Okay, so there was no whole cricket in there.

- It's kinda creative, 'cause I couldn't tell.

- Cookies? Those are like-- it's like a little safe haven.

And when you put smushed-up crickets in there,

that ruins the entire safe little bubble you had for cookies.

And now I can't trust anything.

- What's the upside versus just regular flour?

- (Finebros) Some people believe crickets

are the future of protein,

an eco-friendly alternative to livestock and a sustainable way

to feed the over 7 billion people on Earth.

- No! No, no, no, no.

- Moving to alternatives that we can farm.

So effectively and efficiently, space-wise, might be a good idea.

- People put so many GMOs and stuff in their body

that a cricket's natural,

so I'm sure they'll be fine with eating this as their protein.

Just not me.

- (Finebros) Lastly, do you recommend people try crickets?

- I do.

- I would not.

- 0 out of 10 don't recommend.

- Please don't.

- Try 'em. That aftertaste-- beautiful.

- HELL no!

- Yes.

I did it once, and I can say that I did it, and I'm happy.

- Try it as flour, because the cookies were just like

(kisses) baked goods.

All cookies are great.

- Thanks for watching the very first episode of Teens vs. Food

on the React channel.

- Put your mouths over the Subscribe button and "cricket."

- Bye, guys. Can I get another one of those cookies?