What’s that tasty new flavor in your Hot Pocket? Maybe it’s plastic! Nestlé is recalling over 200,000 pounds of Hot Pockets after some pieces of what they suspect is a testing device turned up in the product.
The recall is for 54-ounce, 12-pack cartons of Hot Pockets Pepperoni Pizza with the following printed on the sides of each carton: “8157544614D,” “EST 7721A” and “BEST BEFORE JAN2010.”
If you have some of the recalled product, spit out that plastic and call Nestlé Consumer Services Center at 1-800-350-5016.
“215,660 pounds of Hot Pockets recalled” [Lexington Herald-Leader] (Thanks to Dariush!)
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That would taste different from a normal hotpocket how?
@nicemarmot617: More flavor.
Have you had one?
A) Of course they contain plastic,
and
B)I’m relieved that’s all they contain.
They are supposed to stay good in the freezer for a year and a half? The entire thing must be made of plastic.
Mmmmmm! Is it HDPE, PC, or maybe soft soft and sumptuous PVC?
“what are the instructions to those damn things anyways? (reading box) remove from box, place directly in toilet…”
- Jim Gaffigan
/God Pocket…
Darn, joke already made. :p I was going to say, hard red plastic… pepperoni. Clear rubber- Cheese, same taste. :p
I have to go check the industrial size Hot Pockets out in the freezer now. Kiddie Chow may have to be returned. ;p
Sorry but I have to post this vid here
Best before Jan 2010?!?! They better be ALL plastic!
@BoomerFive:
exactly. Personally, I make a habit of avoiding year-old baked goods.
MMMM… HOT PLASTICS!
i actually thought this was an old recall. i remember seeing a sign at my grocery store in the freezer section more than a month ago… maybe it’s a new and improved hot pocket – with even more plastic.
diarrhea pockettttt
Crap, no wonder my mouth bled everytime I ate a HotPocket. I thought it was cuz my body was rebelling against me for eating one.
‘Tis a shame! That’s 215,660 pounds of waste that narrowly missed the dumps in the first place…now it actually has to go directly there.
I’ve always envisioned hell (if it exists) to have a “Pocket Buffet” (i.e. lean pockets, hot pockets, breakfast pockets). 20 yards long of sneeze-shielded, room temperature…pockets.
ah, Lean/Hot Pockets: By design, those mofos get nuclear-fusion hot on the ends, yet stay ice cold in the middle.
What other single product gives searing 2nd degree burns, and then cooling refreshment, in the same 3 bites?
Now we know– it’s the shredded Space Shuttle heat tiles inside.
@BoomerFive: Beat me to it. that’s a really… gross… shelf life for a pastry stuffed with meat and cheese.
@admiral_stabbin: You’re way off. There would be no sneeze guard.
Hot Pockets…. the car radios of the communal freezer:
[www.passiveaggressivenotes.com]
What a waste of delicious tongue-searing goodness. Send those recalled Hot Pockets to me, it’s just plastic!
So hungry….
@snoop-blog: snoop bloggy blog, you beat me to it.
Back in February, we found a piece of plastic found in can of Annie’s Non-Chicken Noodle soup. I called and e-mailed the company and sent them a photo (see below). They were quite happy with the photograph which showed the lot number of the can, a piece of plastic and a ruler to show size.
They sent a FedEx envelope to send it to them. I got some coupons for my trouble. I’d have just been happy with a replacement can.
@Triborough: Replace Annie’s with Amy’s above.
For anyone that’s ever heard Jim Gaffigan’s Hot Pocket bit, this is doubly hilarious.
“Death pocket!!”
@Triborough: Why can’t they just call it noodle soup?
At least the plastic is low fat and no calories and will probably pass through the digestive system quite harmlessly.
Tell you the truth, I eat a Lean Pocket most every day. I have a good microwave (no cold or hot hot spots), and they rarely last the 12 days in a box, much less a year.
Though I do get all the Hot Pocket jokes, and I saw Gaffigan live…loved it!
I just ate a Plastic Hot pocket today and dammit, they snuck some pepperoni in it!
Maybe this explains why my Lean Pocket turned into a rock-solid mass of burnt.
I’d prefer plastic over some of the decomposing yuck I’ve found in those things.
Ham Hot Pocket? No thank you, maam. (freaking urp)
I legitimately enjoy Hot Pockets.
@savvy999: LOL, so true I used to live off those things when I was in 6th grade, and you hit the nail on the head with that comment.
So…when is plastic going to start showing up in seafood?
Dammit, now I have that stupid jingle in my head.
When I was in college and bought frozen meals like that, I had to use scissors to cut them after microwaving. I graduated on to cooking myself.
Wouldfolks who eat hot pockets actually ever figure out there was plastic in there?
@dorianh49: Hell (no pun inteneded)the snot and saliva might actualy make the Hot pokets taste better!
First reaction to the choice of picture for this article for me was, “Free icehouse pieces with hot pockets, rock on!”
Also, they’re made of Crystal Polystyrene, not plastic.
@Irashtar: LOL. Not exactly the thought I had but it’s nice to come across someone that knows what icehouse pieces are.
A testing device? Is that a fancy way of saying plastic fork?
The company thinks the pieces might have come from a small, plastic testing device that is used to test the sensitivity of metal-detection equipment…
Okay, now I’m even more confused.
Hahahahaha, I love that Jim Gaffigan skit.
But yeah, Hot Pockets…filled with plastic?! Ew.
@myabloodyvalentine:
You are exactly right! They recently recalled some of the new Chicken Spinach Artichoke variety for the SAME reason!
[www.healthnews.com]
@wiggatron: it’s always been PVC, but market conditions have changed, and consumers are no longer willing to consume something laced with BPA
Who the hell buys a 12 pack of Hot Pockets????
@GothGirl: I’ve heard they’re popular with people who are planning on engaging in weekend-long marathon WOW sessions.
All, right, me.
… see, I use cereal for sessions like that. Coco Pops especially.
What’s the difference? I thought they all had plastic in the first place.
What if you don’t have the box to check the numbers?
@iaintgoingthere: Is your digestive tract mostly intact?
Then you haven’t been eating any sort of Hot Pockets.
Now only if they add actual chicken…
And if you DON’T know what Icehouse pieces are (or Treehouse, as the case may be), check it here:
[www.looneylabs.com]
Yaa for games!