{"id":12465,"date":"2012-06-07T16:19:15","date_gmt":"2012-06-08T02:19:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=12465"},"modified":"2020-12-24T11:22:23","modified_gmt":"2020-12-24T21:22:23","slug":"review-hot-pockets-limited-edition-bbq-recipe-bacon-burger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2012\/06\/07\/review-hot-pockets-limited-edition-bbq-recipe-bacon-burger\/","title":{"rendered":"REVIEW: Hot Pockets Limited Edition BBQ Recipe Bacon Burger"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Hot<\/a><\/p>\n

At times, I thought the Hot Pockets Limited Edition BBQ Recipe Bacon Burger tasted like a Burger King Rodeo Cheeseburger or BK’s Western BBQ Topper<\/a>.<\/p>\n

If you’re not familiar with those two Burger King sandwiches, because you’re MCD4LYFE or because you eat much healthier than I do, they’re both constructed using a flame-broiled beef patty, cheese, onion rings, and a barbecue sauce served on a bun.<\/p>\n

This isn’t the first time Hot Pockets’ mad food scientists were able to make a Hot Pocket taste like a fast food cheeseburger. They originally did it with their Hot Pockets SideShots Mini Cheeseburgers, which I thought tasted like a McDonald’s Double Cheeseburger<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Dang, those mad flavor scientists have some mad burger flavor reproducing skills.<\/p>\n

Wait a minute. Why can’t those mad flavor scientists make a pepperoni Hot Pocket taste like a pepperoni pizza?<\/p>\n

Anyhoo, the box doesn’t specifically say it, but these are Hot Pockets SideShots, which means instead of a crispy outer crust, they have a soft bun-like crust. According to the ingredients list, stuffed within that crust are: cooked beef pattie crumble, pasteurized process cheddar cheese, cheddar cheese, bacon, onions, seasoning, and tomato paste.<\/p>\n

What makes these mini microwaveable marvels taste like a couple of Burger King burgers is the “BBQ sauce.” Oh, what’s with the quotations marks? Well, it’s not really a BBQ sauce, since a barbecue sauce isn’t listed in the ingredients. It’s more like a deconstructed barbecue sauce that tastes like the tangy and sweet stuff Burger King uses.<\/p>\n

\"Hot<\/a><\/p>\n

Each bun isn’t bursting with beef pattie crumble and bacon, like in the picture on the front of the packaging, instead there’s a smidgen of beef and an almost equal smidgen of bacon. If you’re expecting crisp bacon in these pockets of hotness, your expectations are way too high. They are as limp as a cardboard box in a rainstorm. The bacon’s smokiness and the added onions also helped these Hot Pockets taste like I’m eating a Burger King Rodeo Cheeseburger. The bun was kind of a letdown because most of the time it was dry and a bit tough, which wasn’t what I experienced with the mostly soft and a little chewy buns of the Hot Pockets SideShots Mini Cheeseburgers.<\/p>\n

The Hot Pockets Limited Edition BBQ Recipe Bacon Burgers would make a flavorful snack or a tasty part of a complete lunch or dinner. While it still kind of blows my mind they taste like my beloved Burger King Rodeo Cheeseburger, I found that flavor to be inconsistent as I chowed my way through the two servings.<\/p>\n

I hope those Hot Pockets’ mad flavor scientists attempt to emulate the Big Mac’s flavor for next year’s limited edition Hot Pockets flavor and calls it Hot Pockets Limited Edition Special Sauce Burger or something as unimaginative as the name Hot Pockets Limited Edition BBQ Recipe Bacon Burger.<\/p>\n

(Nutrition Facts – 2 buns – 290 calories, 80 calories from fat, 9 grams of fat, 3.5 grams of saturated fat, 0 grams of trans fat*, 20 milligrams of cholesterol, 620 milligrams of sodium, 42 grams of carbohydrates, 1 gram of fiber, 10 grams of sugar, 10 grams of protein, and a bunch of vitamins and minerals.)<\/small><\/p>\n

*made with partially hydrogenated oil<\/small><\/p>\n

Item:<\/b> Hot Pockets Limited Edition BBQ Recipe Bacon Burger
\nPrice:<\/b> $2.49 (on sale)
\nSize:<\/b> 4 buns
\nPurchased at:<\/b> Safeway
\nRating:<\/b> 6 out of 10
\nPros:<\/b> They taste like Burger King’s Rodeo Cheeseburger. Tangy and sweet deconstructed barbecue sauce. A nice snack. Contains seven vitamins and minerals.
\nCons:<\/b> Buns were dry and tough at times. Inconsistent flavor. Made with partially hydrogenated oil. Spelling patty with an “ie.” Unimaginative name.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

At times, I thought the Hot Pockets Limited Edition BBQ Recipe Bacon Burger tasted like a Burger King Rodeo Cheeseburger or BK’s Western BBQ Topper. If you’re not familiar with those two Burger King sandwiches, because you’re MCD4LYFE or because you eat much healthier than I do, they’re both constructed using a flame-broiled beef patty, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1440],"tags":[1571,1689],"class_list":["post-12465","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-frozen-food","tag-hot-pockets"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12006,"url":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2012\/04\/25\/news-try-to-make-your-microwave-feel-shame-by-warming-up-the-new-limited-edition-hot-pockets-varieties-in-it\/","url_meta":{"origin":12465,"position":0},"title":"NEWS: Try To Make Your Microwave Feel Shame By Warming Up The New Limited Edition Hot Pockets Varieties In It","author":"Marvo","date":"April 25, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Update: Click here to read our Hot Pockets Limited Edition Chili Sauce Cheese Dog review Update #2: Click here to read our Hot Pockets Limited Edition BBQ Recipe Bacon Burger review Hey, remember those limited edition Hot Pockets we reviewed last year? Well, it turns out the folks at Hot\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Spotted on Shelves"","block_context":{"text":"Spotted on Shelves","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/category\/spotted-on-shelves\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"IMG_1296","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7080\/7169844984_be41c25a0b.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":16644,"url":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2014\/04\/08\/spotted-on-shelves-limited-edition-tangy-bbq-pork-and-angus-beef-melt-hot-pockets\/","url_meta":{"origin":12465,"position":1},"title":"SPOTTED ON SHELVES – Limited Edition Tangy BBQ Pork and Angus Beef Melt Hot Pockets","author":"Marvo","date":"April 8, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"I get more excited than I should when Nestle comes out with new Limited Edition Hot Pockets. Every year since 2011, Hot Pockets has released a pair of limited edition flavors. In 2011, it was Four Cheese Garlic Pasta Bake and Spicy Hawaiian Style Pizza. In 2012, it was Chili\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Spotted on Shelves"","block_context":{"text":"Spotted on Shelves","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/category\/spotted-on-shelves\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Limited Edition Tangy BBQ Pork and Angus Beef Melts Hot Pockets","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3735\/13729468233_101484516d.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":19781,"url":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2016\/03\/15\/spotted-on-shelves-nestle-hot-pockets-food-truck\/","url_meta":{"origin":12465,"position":2},"title":"SPOTTED ON SHELVES: Nestle Hot Pockets Food Truck","author":"Marvo","date":"March 15, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Hot Pockets Food Truck Bites Fiery Jalapeno Lime Chicken Rollers Hot Pockets Food Truck Spicy Asian-Style Beef Hot Pockets Food Truck Bites Smokin' Bacon BBQ Recipe Burger Hot Pockets Food Truck Bites Spicy Asian Style Beef Rollers Hot Pockets Food Truck Bites Triple Cheesy Bacon Melt If you've seen other\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Spotted on Shelves"","block_context":{"text":"Spotted on Shelves","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/category\/spotted-on-shelves\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Hot Pockets Food Truck Bites Fiery Jalapeno Lime Chicken Rollers","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1597\/25169211533_de6794f8ce_z.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":13499,"url":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2012\/09\/24\/news-lean-pockets-goes-limited-edition-with-a-three-cheese-tomato-melt-variety\/","url_meta":{"origin":12465,"position":3},"title":"NEWS: Lean Pockets Goes Limited Edition With a Three Cheese Tomato Melt Variety","author":"Marvo","date":"September 24, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Since 2011, there have been several limited edition Hot Pockets. There's the Spicy Hawaiian Style Pizza, Four Cheese Garlic Pasta Bake, Chili Sauce Cheese Dog, and BBQ Recipe Bacon Burger. After the last two Limited Edition Hot Pockets releases, I began to wonder what new Hot Pockets varieties they could\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Spotted on Shelves"","block_context":{"text":"Spotted on Shelves","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/category\/spotted-on-shelves\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Limited Edition Lean Pockets","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8453\/8018989807_d140020de7.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":17750,"url":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2014\/11\/04\/spotted-on-shelves-hot-pockets-limited-edition-bbq-recipe-chicken-with-cornbread-crust-empanadas\/","url_meta":{"origin":12465,"position":4},"title":"SPOTTED ON SHELVES: Hot Pockets Limited Edition BBQ Recipe Chicken with Cornbread Crust Empanadas","author":"Marvo","date":"November 4, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Maybe it's just me, but it's weird seeing corn in a Hot Pocket. Also, why is there corn in this Hot Pocket? (Spotted by Josh at Walmart.) If you\u2019re out shopping and see an interesting new or limited edition product on the shelf, snap a picture of it, and send\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Spotted on Shelves"","block_context":{"text":"Spotted on Shelves","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/category\/spotted-on-shelves\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Hot Pockets Limited Edition BBQ Recipe Chicken with Cornbread Crust Empanadas","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7461\/15058481613_74b5f64b11_z.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7461\/15058481613_74b5f64b11_z.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7461\/15058481613_74b5f64b11_z.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":10303,"url":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2011\/09\/29\/review-hot-pockets-limited-edition-spicy-hawaiian-style-pizza\/","url_meta":{"origin":12465,"position":5},"title":"REVIEW: Hot Pockets Limited Edition Spicy Hawaiian Style Pizza","author":"Marvo","date":"September 29, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Hot Pockets had to eventually make their Limited Edition Spicy Hawaiian Style Pizza because they were running out of normal pizza varieties to stuff into their crust. Let me go through the list, which, by the way, IS NOT the list of pizzas I'm going to use to pull a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Reviews"","block_context":{"text":"Reviews","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/category\/reviews\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Hot Pockets Limited Edition Spicy Hawaiian Style Pizza","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6175\/6194807978_81cb0fd518.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12465","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12465"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12465\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}