Tuesday, May 2, 2017

Trader Joe's Pepperoni Pizza Mac & Cheese Bowl



There are a lot of inventions that seem so obvious, as soon as you've seen or heard of them, that you can't believe the world was ever without them. The wheel. The abacus. The printing press. A mashup of pepperoni pizza and macaroni and cheese.

What--you've never heard of the last one? Well, now you have. And your life will never be the same. Not only will you eat this and like it, you'll spend the remainder of your mortal years kicking yourself for not being the one to think of it first.

Look, this isn't complicated. Do you like mac & cheese? Do you like pepperoni pizza? If the answer to both of those is "yes," then you'll like this. Period.

My only quibble is, once again, with TJ's claimed portion size. Two servings? Puh-LEEZ! If you can't snarf down this whole thing yourself, then you don't like it enough to bother buying it. And, frankly, I'd have to question whether you deserve to be eating it.


Will I buy it again? 

Yes, but with the giant caveat that you can see coming from a mile away if you're a regular reader. I don't want beef and pork in my diet, at least not in more than tiny quantities. I would be even more enthusiastic about this product, and would buy it ten times as often, if they made it (or a second, alternative version) with a fake-meat pepperoni. As it is, it's so tasty that I'm compelled to add it to my Top Ten list, but actual purchases are going to be rare.

2 comments:

  1. You could buy the regular mac n cheese and add your own faux meat pepperoni.... although it's been many years since i had actual pepperoni the Yves brand makes a great faux version- if you put it under the broiler briefly it gets the same texture like pepperoni ontop of a pizza. Not as greasy though. Easy to find at big supermarkets now
    http://www.yvesveggie.com/en/products/deli-slices/pepperoni/
    Ttrockwood

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  2. Usually those frozen things are just big enough to make me mad. Mad I bought it and mad I ate it.

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