{"id":14824,"date":"2013-05-06T01:30:00","date_gmt":"2013-05-06T11:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=14824"},"modified":"2023-09-05T16:21:38","modified_gmt":"2023-09-06T02:21:38","slug":"review-limited-edition-spicy-beef-nacho-hot-pockets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2013\/05\/06\/review-limited-edition-spicy-beef-nacho-hot-pockets\/","title":{"rendered":"REVIEW: Limited Edition Spicy Beef Nacho Hot Pockets"},"content":{"rendered":"

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As someone whose stomach has had the pleasure and pain of experiencing many different varieties of Hot Pockets, the new Limited Edition Spicy Beef Nacho Hot Pockets tasted like a meat and cheese cocoon that the fine folks over at Nestle had released before. <\/p>\n

After spending more time than anyone should on the Hot Pockets website, looking through the varieties like they were perps in a mugshot book, I realized this limited edition Hot Pocket didn’t taste like a previous regular Hot Pocket, it kind of tasted like these Fiesta Nacho Hot Pockets Snackers<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It’s not surprising since the bite-sized Snackers with its taco seasoned beef, Mexican-style cheese sauce, and jalape\u00f1os in a tortilla style crust looks on paper very similar to the spicy beef, reduced fat mozzarella, jalape\u00f1o peppers, onions, cheddar sauce, and seasoned crust that make up this limited edition Hot Pocket. It would’ve been cool if the meat and cheese cocoon also had tortilla chips inside of it, but I don’t know if frozen food technology has advanced to the point where it can keep chips crunchy in a Hot Pocket. <\/p>\n

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As the pocket got hot in my microwave, it made my kitchen smell like jalape\u00f1os, which got me thinking that these Hot Pockets were going to be spicy. They were, but not five-alarm spicy. It was more like a two-alarm spicy that instantly smacked my tongue around like I was making out with a first time French kisser. For me, water was unnecessary.<\/p>\n

So instead of having the word “spicy” on fire on the front of the box, perhaps the letter I should’ve been a lit match, because it definitely wasn’t word-on-fire spicy. And while I’m talking graphic design, the word “spicy” is on fire, the word “beef” looks like it was branded, but nothing was done with the word “nacho” beyond some gradients. Come on, Hot Pockets graphic designer! Couldn’t you have made it look like cheese was dripping from it?<\/p>\n

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Speaking of cheese, why does this nacho-flavored Hot Pocket highlight mozzarella? The cheese isn’t what I would consider nacho-ey. But after spending more time than anyone should reading the ingredient label on a Hot Pockets box, I did also learn it has some<\/i> cheddar, Monterey jack, parmesan, and swiss cheeses. Maybe having more cheddar would’ve helped the cheeses stand out because they get overwhelmed by the jalape\u00f1os and the almost too salty ground beef.<\/p>\n

Overall, Limited Edition Spicy Beef Nacho Hot Pocket’s flavor was good, thanks to the jalape\u00f1os, but not amazing. The only thing that was completely amazing about Limited Edition Spicy Beef Nacho Hot Pocket was how its contents didn’t ooze out from the slightly crunchy crust while being microwaved, which, again, as someone whose stomach has had the pleasure and pain of experiencing many different varieties of Hot Pockets, I can say is a very rare occurrence.<\/p>\n

(Nutrition Facts – 1 pocket – 260 calories, 90 calories from fat, 10 grams of fat, 4.5 grams of saturated fat, 0 grams of trans fat*, 20 milligrams of cholesterol, 640 milligrams of sodium, 34 grams of carbohydrates, 1 gram of fiber, 2 grams of sugar, 8 grams of protein, 8% vitamin A, 15% calcium, and 15% iron.)<\/small><\/p>\n

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

Item:<\/b> Limited Edition Spicy Beef Nacho Hot Pockets
\nPurchased Price:<\/b> $2.50 (on sale)
\nSize:<\/b> 2 sandwiches
\nPurchased at:<\/b> Safeway
\nRating:<\/b> 6 out of 10
\nPros:<\/b> Nice jalape\u00f1o flavor. Innards didn’t ooze out while being microwaved. Slightly crunchy crust. Made my kitchen smell like jalape\u00f1os.
\nCons:<\/b> Beef was almost too salty. Not really a creative flavor. Cheese gets lost among the jalape\u00f1o and beef. Mozzarella being highlighted in a nacho Hot Pocket. No tortilla chips inside the Hot Pocket. Playing armchair graphic designer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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