Hot Pockets

[Ash]

I hadn't had Hot Pockets in ages, so when I passed them in the frozen food section of the grocery store the other day, I picked up a couple boxes.  They were on sale for $2 each.



I used to eat Hot Pockets all the time when I was a kid and remember them being so good.  My mom would buy several boxes for the whole family, but when no one was home but me, I'd eat them all.  It p**sed my mother off and she threatened to ground me if I did it again.

You would think that Hot Pockets wouldn't have changed that much over the years but they have.
I ate two Ham & Cheddar Lean Pockets yesterday and it was all I could do to finish them.
They were simply awful.
The crust tasted like cardboard and the ham & cheddar were exceptionally bland.
Hot Pockets never used to be this bad!

Another thing they've recently started doing is making the crisping sleeve into a makeshift holder so you can eat the Hot Pocket like a sandwich.
What's that about?
Hot Pockets are meant to be eaten on a plate with a fork.
Ever tried to pick up a Hot Pocket and eat it with your hands?  You'll get burned!
Even if the outer crust isn't hot, the insides are sure to burn your mouth because they take forever to cool down.

I'm seriously disappointed in how bad Hot Pockets have become.
They used to be a staple of my diet as a kid, but now they taste terrible.

What about you?
Do you like Hot Pokets?

[Jack]

Once in a while we get the pizza ones, with pepperoni and mozzarella.  They're sort of good, but the insides are at about 1,000 degrees.  So I say they're just okay.

[asimpson2006]

I do happen to like Hot Pockets.  I don't buy them that often from the store when I see them.  I usually only get them if I see them on sale.

[Mr. DS]

MMMM...the taste of ass in a flaky wrap.   

[RCMerchant]

How do you think up these things? The most unique questions....and at the same time so simple? My admiration for your 'every man' abilities to hit on mundane stuff....and make it fasinating! Myself....hot pockets YUCK NASTY!
  I bought a few from the machine at work-crupes-garbage mass produced....uh-garbage!

[Wortcov]

well, because I live in the icecold ,norsemen infested, uncivilised wasteland of the north(aka Sweden), I have  never eaten one 

[ghouck]

I don't thinks it's as much they have gotten worse, for me it seems I just can't handle fatty/salty/greasy food like I could when I was younger. I don't think they are for eating off of a plate either, they seem to be what I would eat when there's no real food around, which means it's likely there's no plate around either. They're crap food, but they're 'Road Trip' kind of crap food. I liked the beef and cheese, the pizza ones were always too salty. I had one of the newer jalapeno flavored ones, which made me crap so hard I actually felt recoil.

[Paquita]

I always have bacon, egg, and cheese breakfast lean pockets in the freezer.  They're only 140 calories and low in fat and when being compared to my other breakfast options of a tiny bowl of soggy bran or a mug of oats they're DELICIOUS!

[the ghoul]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9c9lAfXQHs

[HappyGilmore]

I'm not fond of Hot Pockets.  Although, I know a stoner/hippie guy who loves them, and for some reason decided it'd be a good idea to cook one in a microwave for about 8 minutes ("cause the box said so", says him), causing the thing to explode and leaving the house smelling like Hot Pocket ass for about a week.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9c9lAfXQHs

Beat me to it.  Love it.

[ChuckSplatt]

I'm trying to remember the movie scene or video game scene
with the computer wizard wanting part of his pay to
consist of hot pockets.   Hmmm.     ??????

[Ash]

I'm trying to remember the movie scene or video game scene
with the computer wizard wanting part of his pay to
consist of hot pockets.   Hmmm.     ??????

That was DJ Qualls in The Core.

[Trevor]

MMMM...the taste of ass in a flaky wrap.   

but definitely also   

[trekgeezer]

I used to take them to work for lunch, but quit because they aren't very good and they are definitely not good for you.

[Trevor]

I had one of the newer jalapeno flavored ones, which made me crap so hard I actually felt recoil.

Sorry, ghouck but that really made me laugh