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[KevinCow]

Let's be honest. If you're eating Hot Pockets, it's because you want something cheap, you want it now, and you don't care how it tastes. If you were willing to put 30 minutes and an oven into the preparation of your meal, then you would be making something that was not Hot Pockets.

Has anyone in the world ever baked a Hot Pocket in the oven? I feel like Hot Pockets is out of touch with their customers.

The only scenario where I could see somebody baking Hot Pockets is if there was nothing else to eat, they were stuck at home for some reason, and their microwave was broken.

 

[Mechazawa]

Uh, yes, the few times I've eaten a hot pocket, I've slapped it in the toaster oven because if I've exhausted all other options to the point that I have to eat a hot pocket, I might as well cut my loses and not eat a maximum shitty, soggy hot pocket by putting it in the microwave.

 

[Verdre]

Haven't had them in ages, but I used to sometimes. Oven makes it crispy, which is much nicer than soggy microwave.

 

[layzie1989]

my mom always baked the marie calendars chicken pot pies...i never understood that. i want my pie NOW

 

[DanteFox]

hooooooot pockets.

 

[fluffydelusions]

hot pockettts
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-i9GXbptog

 

[Randolph Freelander]

Insert Jim Gaffigan video. [edit: late]

But I actually bake them.

 

[Emerson]

One of my roommates in my last house cooked everything in the oven. Hungry Man? Put that bitch in the oven for 45 minutes.

That's the behavior of a psychopath.

 

[Chet Rippo]

Why the hell do people eat Hot Pockets?

 

[Deified Data]

Hot pockets come with a little crisping sleeve now that keeps them crispy in the microwave, so there's really no point in putting them in the oven.

 

[fluffydelusions]

Insert Jim Gaffigan video. [edit: late]

But I actually bake them.

Jim Gaffigan <3

 

[rainking187]

I don't understand why anything that is microwavable has baking instructions. Put it in the microwave for five minutes or stick it in the oven for forty? Gee that's a tough call.

 

[Alligatorjandro]

Hot Pockets be good.

 

[cacophony]

maybe they taste 20x better in the oven but you will never know

 

[ElectricBlue187]

They probably taste pretty godlike baked

Nahhh

 

[Steelrain]

Why the hell do people eat Hot Pockets?

Humans need food to survive. Also: They taste good.

 

[EvilMario]

Baked ones were pretty good. Especially the stuff with flaky crust. I'd use a toaster oven for those, but microwave the pizza ones that I didn't care about. Man, I haven't had one in about a decade, and this is the first time I've thought about them in a long time. Cheese Wiz next.

 

[shira]

Why the hell do people eat Hot Pockets?

Especially when Pizza Pockets have that fork crimped look of real bakery pie.

 

[Ravensmash]

I wish I had a hot pocket.

It's almost 1am (UK) and I'm hungry for deliciously unhealthy food.

 

[NullPointer]

I don't have a microwave.

 

[kswiston]

I don't understand why anything that is microwavable has baking instructions. Put it in the microwave for five minutes or stick it in the oven for forty? Gee that's a tough call.

Some things are gross in the microwave.

 

[NomarTyme]

My co-worker eats hot pocket everyday too control his cholesterol.....

 

[XANDER CAGE]

I actually tried this once, after a party where somebody had brought hot pockets and taquitos that we never ended up making.

It was pretty damn good.

 

[EloquentM]

wait, you can bake hot pockets!?

 

[LQX]

I use to bake mine for crunchier crust.

 

[Zhengi]

I find baking stuff to be pretty hassle free and easy. It wouldn't be a problem to oven bake a hot pocket. Plus, the taste is completely different.

 

[Clydefrog]

Gim Jaffigan

 

[judhudson]

They come with instructions so you get nothing but the best quality of diarrhea when you're done.

 

[Dastardly Jerks]

Because PEOPLE ARE DUMB.

 

[kswiston]

If you buy a toaster oven and are playing a game or watching TV, waiting 15-30 minutes is not a big hassle. Put the food in, go back to what you were doing, and retrieve food when the bell rings. I do this all the time.

 

[grumble]

If you haven't tried the hot pocket bake before, TRY. it's way better.

 

[KevinCow]

Dammit.

Now I feel like I'm the only one who doesn't bake my Hot Pockets and I'm the weird one for making this thread.

 

[Verdre]

Dammit.

Now I feel like I'm the only one who doesn't bake my Hot Pockets and I'm the weird one for making this thread.

You are. This thread is as soggy as a microwaved Hot Pocket

 

[kswiston]

Dammit.

Now I feel like I'm the only one who doesn't bake my Hot Pockets and I'm the weird one for making this thread.

From what I understand, hot pockets are a less appetizing version of pizza pockets. I microwave my pizza pocket if I want something fast to eat on my way out, but ya, they taste better baked.

 

[Truth101]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=433924

 

[KevinCow]

You are. This thread is as soggy as a microwaved Hot Pocket

MAYBE I LIKE MY HOT POCKETS SOGGY

 

[Divvy]

Especially when Pizza Pockets have that fork crimped look of real bakery pie.

There are two possible outcomes to eating a Pizza Pocket:

1) Fuck, all the insides oozed out in the microwave and are now fused to the plate!

2) FUCK! I took a bite and all the insides oozed out and are burning my hand!

Still good though.

 

[Grimm Fandango]

Why the hell do people eat Hot Pockets?

They are usually $2 a box at my grocery store. Not bad looking at all when you are a poor grad student like myself

 

[BigDug13]

My 50hz Japanese tiny microwave/toaster that the Navy let me borrow is pretty shitty and the convection oven that the landlord installed is awesome and gets to temp so quickly, I don't bother with preheat. It perfectly holds temp, has a great timer, and automatically shuts down on completion.

So really this is the first time in my life I've been cooking "microwavable" food in the oven, and the difference really is noticable and it is tastier.

Just throw it in, set temp and time, walk away and watch some TV till the oven dings.

 

[Steelrain]

They come with instructions so you get nothing but the best quality of diarrhea when you're done.

You must have a weak gut. I've never experienced this.

Then again, a large portion of gaf also spray shit out of their asses if they are in the vicinity of a Taco Bell so maybe I'm one of the weird ones.

 

[Dereck]

I sometimes bake Hot Pockets because it makes the pocket crust crunchy, and also heats the entire Hot Pocket evenly instead of the proverbial outsides.

 

[kswiston]

There are two possible outcomes to eating a Pizza Pocket:

1) Fuck, all the insides oozed out in the microwave and are now fused to the plate!

2) FUCK! I took a bite and all the insides oozed out and are burning my hand!

Still good though.

Put 1-2 paper towels on the plate. Eat the Pizza Pocket using the paper towel as a sleeve. You avoid the mess and the pizza pocket is not slimy from condensation.

 

[ViewtifulJC]

Why the hell do people eat Hot Pockets?

When you're desperate and you don't mind lowering your self-worth to eating pizza-flavored shit wrapped in something resembling bread.

 

[AColdDay]

Red baron had a line of hot pocket knockoffs which were incredible if you baked them. This was back in the late 90s and no other pizza pocket thing has come close to that high mark.

 

[slit]

Because sometimes the microwave doesn't properly nuke wrapped up pig snouts and sheep secretions.

 

[kudos.]

I'm in culinary school. Only way to justify eating a hotpocket is waiting the 28+ minutes to cook it. It does make it taste a lot better.

 

[KevinCow]

When you're desperate and you don't mind lowering your self-worth to eating pizza-flavored shit wrapped in something resembling bread.

Hey, they're not all pizza-flavored. I had a chili-dog flavored one.

In other news, I'm feeling a little bit sick. I'm sure there's no connection.

 

[Ravensmash]

Upon further research, I would also like a Pizza Pocket.

Curse my late night hunger and the internet's large collection of junk food blogs.

 

[smr00]

my mom always baked the marie calendars chicken pot pies...i never understood that. i want my pie NOW

Those pot pies are 100000000x better if you put them in the oven.

As is most frozen stuff that can be microwaved.

Why the hell do people eat Hot Pockets?

Because they taste good? they are cheap? fast to cook?

Why the hell do you buy non-necessity items? because you like them.

 

[balddemon]

jim gaffigan is fucking hilarious