22 Apr, 2009
Lean Pockets Stuffed Grilled Chicken & Three Cheese Quesadilla
Posted by: Gregory Ng: The Frozen Food Master
Check all of your preconceptions of what a quesadilla is at the door because this is nothing but an oversized Hot Pocket with perforations splitting into fourths. I am probably not telling you anything that you don’t already know: The extension of the Hot Pockets product lineup carries no real difference in anything but what they call it on the box. This “change the name, not the ingredients” technique works for pasta makers where even though a fettuccini noodle tastes just like a spaghetti noodle, it is the shape that alters the way it clings to sauce or how you consume it. But for Hot Pockets it never seems to change anything .
I don’t know why I thought these new Lean Pockets Stuffed Quesadillas would be any different. Maybe it was the new typography on the box. Or the Green and yellow arrows that made me feel I was in for a fiesta in my mouth. Instead I was met with basically something less than the satisfaction of an ordinary Lean Pocket.
This “quesadilla” was if they had some leftover Chicken and cheese from other Lean Pocket offerings and jammed them into a new dough shape. But here, the new shape hurt this dish rather than helped it. By making them a slightly thinner pocket, it was drier and crustier. And although it said it was “stuffed” it was nowhere close to the “stuffed” status I have been enjoying from Smart Ones in recent days.
The chicken pieces were scarce and the three cheese blend tasted like a nacho cheese blend from the movie theatre snack bar. Thank god this thing was only one serving so I didn’t have to feel guilty about doubling up servings like other Lean Pockets products. This was mediocre at best.
Nutritional Facts:
Calories: 360
Calories from Fat: 80
Total Fat: 9g
Saturated Fat: 4g
Cholesterol: 30mg
Sodium: 800mg
Total Carbs: 48g
Dietary Fiber: 2g
Sugars: 9g
Protein: 22g
Cost: $2.50
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View Comments to "Lean Pockets Stuffed Grilled Chicken & Three Cheese Quesadilla"
1 | Bear Silber
April 22nd, 2009 at 8:35 am
“Or the Green and yellow arrows that made me feel I was in for a fiesta in my mouth.”
“This “quesadilla” was if they had some leftover Chicken and cheese from other Lean Pocket offerings and jammed them into a new dough shape.”
Too funny
Too bad your lunch was so poor. Here’s to tomorrow being better!
2 | Ryan
April 22nd, 2009 at 9:34 am
What’s with all the “three cheese blends”?
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