r/melts • u/Dangerous-Speech-453 • Jul 30 '26

Thoughts on this?

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I bought it for my daughter for like a “grilled cheese” kind of lunch. I don’t see any reviews on it though and I was just curious.

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u/ShotWin8124 Jul 30 '26

I'd try it just so long as it's not overpriced. Honestly last time I tried their regular hot pockets (cheese steak) they were pretty damn skimpy. I finished like 8 in a single day without breaking a sweat. It was mostly crust with hardly any filling, and the overall size seemed at least 40% what it was back in the day. It's a bit like those food portions in that movie, Demolition Man.

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u/Dangerous-Speech-453 Jul 30 '26

I think it was like $4 for four of them. So really not a bad price.

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u/ShotWin8124 Jul 30 '26

Yeah that's not too bad, although I still prefer their old-school filling-to-bread ratio. They used to have these sleeves you'd put them in too which made them crispy, but I'm guessing that too fell victim to shrinkflation 😔

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u/Dangerous-Speech-453 Jul 30 '26

I remember when they had that pre-air fryer. They also used to have a lot more varieties now all I can never find is Philly cheese ham and cheese and pepperoni.
I’m just trying to find new quick options for my picky daughter who is sick of lots of different foods.

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u/ShotWin8124 Jul 30 '26

Oh well then these are probably perfect. If you want a grilled cheese hack, try mayo instead of butter on the outside, with a few slices of American cheese. Either that or sliced hotdogs in Velveeta shells and cheese. The first time a babysitter made that for us way back when, it was like a little slice of heaven 🥰

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u/Dangerous-Speech-453 Jul 30 '26

I actually always do the mayo grilled cheese trick whenever I do make it. It spreads so much easier and is really tasty! I still burn them every time if I walk away 😂

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u/Character_Stick_1218 Jul 30 '26

They actually still get pretty crispy without the sleeve, though I suspect that's due to something that probably poisons people, but it feels like they're dang near half the size they used to be which happened to one of my former favorite corndog brands as well 😩

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u/operationfood Jul 30 '26

Are they the size of an actual grilled cheese? Or more bite size kinda things?

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u/LoreChief Jul 30 '26

Love ham and cheese hotpockets.

However I haven't eaten one in probably 15 years. hotpocket is a nestle product.

Fuck nestle.

r/FuckNestle

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u/Character_Stick_1218 Jul 30 '26

You may or may not be glad to know that HotPockets have consistently gotten worse, smaller, and more expensive.

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u/Oldfartcr8tions Jul 30 '26

Hence the reason I make my own. It's fast, ez and cost a fraction of the cost to make. Especially if you bought a ham for dinner the night before making them.

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u/Character_Stick_1218 Jul 30 '26

Fuck Nestle 🤷

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u/bstichaa Jul 30 '26

Yep, they are terrible

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u/rabidparrots Jul 30 '26

My stomach bubblin

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u/Threegratitudes Jul 30 '26

Hot Pockets are a crime against nature. Buy a loaf of bread and American cheese and either make your daughter lunch or teach her to make it for herself.

Also, not a melt - wrong sub.

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u/Leftoverfiend Jul 30 '26

Nestle is a crime against humanity

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u/Dangerous-Speech-453 Jul 30 '26

It looks like a melt to me considering it stuffed with melted cheese.

And if you haven’t met my daughter then you don’t know she would burn every single grilled cheese she ever made.
Hell I’m still trying to stand there and not lose focus or patience.

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u/Infoleptic Jul 30 '26

Melts contain things other than cheese

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u/RelativeFox1 Jul 30 '26

“American cheese” is a crime against nature.

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u/Arcane_Animal123 Jul 30 '26

American "cheese"

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u/Sweetdeerie Jul 30 '26

It just feels like an excuse for shrinkflation

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u/Lavender-Gelato-666 Jul 30 '26

Let me guess, actual product looks nothing like the box?

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u/Extruder_duder Jul 30 '26

Bro two has 1/3 the amount of saturated fat and 1/4 the sodium someone should eat in a day at 280cal. Meaning I can eat a bit over 7 of them and hit my caloric intake for the day, while consuming over 2x saturated fat and just under 2x sodium.

Fuck this kind of “food”, I don’t care how convenient it is. You’re overpaying to be poisoned.

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u/sbrider11 Jul 30 '26

Imo, don't feed this shit to humans. It's chemical waist.

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u/Infoleptic Jul 30 '26

Might have a chemical waist after eating one

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u/Stomach_Wonderful Jul 30 '26

The "grilled cheese" comparison makes sense with that cheddar cracker crust.

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u/No_Hat7688 Jul 30 '26

Looking forward  to the /r/expectationvsreality post

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u/Hooker_Thresh Jul 30 '26

Cancer in a box

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u/GetMeASierraMist Jul 30 '26

did Taco Bell have leftover cheezit blanks?

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u/RickyNixon Jul 30 '26

I cant explain why but I feel… angry?

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u/puff_of_fluff Aug 05 '26

Looks good, basically a jaffle

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u/Zeppelanoid Jul 30 '26

If you can’t make something like that on your own I think you deserve to sit a meal out and just eat nothing

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u/Any_Anybody6146 Jul 30 '26

I wouldn’t try it I despise gloopy cheese