Review of Hungry Jack Cheesy Scalloped Potatoes

My daughters both had figure skating lessons last night so, planning ahead, I decided to make a chicken dinner in our slow cooker. Unfortunately, around mid-afternoon, I realized I never got around to adding some potatoes to our crock pot so, needing one more side dish, I ended up making this product instead.

I had just re-discovered these potatoes while reorganizing our pantry a couple hours earlier, which is the main reason they were still fresh in my mind. And, even though I'm not normally a big fan of boxed potatoes, I did like the convenience. Unfortunately, they really weren't as good as I was hoping they would be.

In the interest of time, I decided to make the potatoes in the microwave and did think they were easy to prepare. The instructions were easy to follow and it only took about 15 minutes to cook them, giving us plenty of time to eat them before heading over to the ice rink.

Unfortunately, when it came to taste, these potatoes were definitely lacking something. As expected, it was pretty easy to tell they came from a box, mostly because the potatoes tasted a little rubbery and not fresh. But, while many similar products do a reasonable job hiding this with the cheese sauce, this product didn't.

In fact, I didn't think there was anything cheesy about that sauce. It actually was a little on the salty side and that's mostly what I was tasting when eating these. As a result, while it wasn't the worst boxed potato product I have ever purchased, it wasn't anything overly memorable either.

If you can find these on sale (which I think was the reason we purchased them originally), they might be worth buying for the convenience. But, they aren't nearly as good as similar products from other brands.

My Grade: C