{"id":650,"date":"2008-07-18T01:01:08","date_gmt":"2008-07-18T11:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=650"},"modified":"2023-09-04T21:47:28","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T07:47:28","slug":"hot-pockets-philly-steak-and-cheese-croissant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2008\/07\/18\/hot-pockets-philly-steak-and-cheese-croissant\/","title":{"rendered":"REVIEW: Hot Pockets Philly Steak and Cheese Croissant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/images\/hotpocketcroissant.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p>If Hot Pockets were a movie franchise, it would probably be Batman. Like Batman, the Hot Pocket has a crusty exterior but a center that burns hotter than a thousand blazing suns. Anyone who&#8217;s ever scorched their taste buds on a Pocket after not waiting the recommended minute can attest to this. Both franchises bring comfort to lonely nerds everywhere who will always make every new iteration a commercial success. Finally, and perhaps most regretfully, both are marred with tremendous cheesiness in the middle \u00e2\u02c6\u2019 Hot Pockets with a mysterious processed cheese sauce and Batman with Joel Schumacher. <\/p>\n<p>The mystery sauce is no more, however, as Hot Pockets has finally decided to integrate real cheese into their product. This is definitely one of life&#8217;s pleasant surprises, like finding a dollar under your couch or witnessing MILFy Travel Channel host <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Samantha_Brown\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Samantha Brown<\/a> turn into a filthy slut on her new show. It just goes to show that even simple things that are unexpected can bring pleasure to your life. If they ever decide to make it with real meat, my head would almost certainly explode with joy.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, the meat is still the same processed &#8220;beef steak&#8221; that shares textural similarities with silicon foam. To its credit, the flavor is similar enough to real chopped steak to be passable. With the peppers and cheese inside, you won\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t really notice the difference. And let\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s be honest; when you find yourself enjoying a Hot Pocket, you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll probably be too drunk to care. <\/p>\n<p>The addition of real cheese is immediately noticeable. The naturally stringy texture is a nice of pace from the typical radioactively bright orange sauces that Hot Pockets typically deploys. The croissant crust is flakier and more flavorful than the regular Hot Pocket crust and can almost make you forget that you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re eating a frozen sandwich product in a cardboard sleeve. Overall, this is one of the best Hot Pockets on the market and one of the few that you shouldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t be ashamed to eat.<\/p>\n<p>I pray that this is a sign of things to come and that we will never see the Hot Pockets equivalent of Arnold Schwarzenegger\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Mr. Freeze again.<\/p>\n<p><small>(Nutritional Facts &#8211; 1 pocket &#8211; 340 calories, 160 calories from fat, 18 grams of fat, 9 grams of saturated fat, 20 mg of cholesterol, 550mg sodium, 34 grams of carbs, 1 grams of dietary fiber, 6 grams of sugar, 10 grams of protein, 6% Vitamin A, 0% Vitamin C, 20% Calcium, 10% Iron, 15% Thiamaine, 10% Riboflavin, 8% Vitamin B12, 10% Niacin, 15% Folic Acid, and 10% Phosphorus)<\/small><\/p>\n<p><b>Item:<\/b>  Hot Pockets Philly Steak and Cheese Croissant<br \/>\n<b>Price:<\/b> $2.00<br \/>\n<b>Purchased at:<\/b> Albertsons<br \/>\n<b>Rating:<\/b> 8 out of 10<br \/>\n<b>Pros:<\/b> Same flavor as an authentic Philly Cheese Steak. Addition of real cheese makes it taste like something that humans should actually eat. Croissant crust is flaky and flavorful. Samantha Brown acting like a slutty sorority girl.<br \/>\n<b>Cons:<\/b> Still uses spongy processed meat. Eating something out a cardboard sleeve still feels humiliating. Mr. Freeze.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If Hot Pockets were a movie franchise, it would probably be Batman. Like Batman, the Hot Pocket has a crusty exterior but a center that burns hotter than a thousand blazing suns. Anyone who&#8217;s ever scorched their taste buds on a Pocket after not waiting the recommended minute can attest to this. Both franchises bring [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"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-650","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":12372,"url":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2012\/05\/29\/review-hot-pockets-limited-edition-chili-sauce-cheese-dog\/","url_meta":{"origin":650,"position":0},"title":"REVIEW: Hot Pockets Limited Edition Chili Sauce Cheese Dog","author":"Stephanie","date":"May 29, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Here I go again, reviewing another Hot Pocket. 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