Tracy Saelinger From Every Day with Rachael Ray August 2007

Top of the Brine More Big Bites All Shook Up And the Weiner Is... Bowled Over Cocoa Nuts Cold Play Culture Club Hitting the Sauce Hot Potatoes In the Chips Jam Session Just Add Chips Liquid Assets Master Blends Pop Art Pop Stars Sausage Fest Screaming Good Secrets & Pies Shake Your Bonbon Smooth Operators Take a Dip Thanksgiving in a Box The Thick of It The Upper Crust Top of the Brine Winner's Circle View All Big Bites We popped open dozens of jars to find the best pickles on the shelf. Finalists Best Dill Pickles Claussen Kosher Dill Spears » Best Sour Pickles The Pickle Guys Sour Pickles » Best Bread and Butter Pickles Del Monte Organic Sweet Bread & Butter Chips » Best Hot Pickles Wickles Pickles » Best Gherkin Pickles Best Gherkin » Best Dill Pickles Claussen Kosher Dill Spears There were plenty of awkward silences during our dill-pickle taste test — many contenders failed to make that loud, satisfying crunch. Not these noisemakers. Read more » HONORABLE MENTIONS Best Attempt at Health Food Pickles Pickle Juice Sport: This dill-flavored sports drink was inspired by a Philadelphia Eagles game: The team won in reported 120º heat by staying hydrated with, yep, pickle juice. ($1 for 8 ounces at picklejuicesport.com for stores) Best Prenatal Pickle Fix Dynamite Dill Midnight Cravings Ice Cream:The pickle-and-ice-cream duo is no joke to one Pennsylvania pickle company. Dynamite Dill blends cinnamon ice cream, dark chocolate chunks and cinnamon-clove pickles. ($8 per quart, dynamitedill.com) Best Pickle in a Pickle Twang Pickle Salt: Sprinkle this dill-flavored salt on chips, burgers or anything else. It's the next best thing to a big, fat pickle. ($18.75 for 250 packets, twang.com) Tell us which goodies you’d like us to bite into next!

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