a) They burned in the oven.
b) The dog ate them.
c) Water spilled on the leftovers.
d) I ate waaay too many Puffs.
Welp, I didn’t burn them, we don’t have a dog, and I surely didn’t eat too many. So the correct answer is C. The leftover Puffs did get water logged, but I didn’t give a damn.
Even after cooking them a few minutes longer than package directions, the Puffs only get sorta crispy on the outside and stay mashed potato-ish on the inside, so forget about a regular tater-tot experience with super crispiness. The flavor problem I keep getting with any kind of packaged sweet potato product is that they somehow lose the bold flavor that comes with a fresh sweet potato. I hate that.
Alexia’s Puffs are just fine and dandy: edible and likable in a ho-hum kinda way, but it’s like eating a sweet potato with 50% of your taste buds removed. The flavor is ghostly. It’s kinda tasty, but really only just a shadow of real, fresh flavor. So why even bother?
I thought these would be a hit with the Greedy Family, but I was almost stoned with stale dinner rolls for bringing the Puffs to the table. This is why I didn’t give a damn when the mound of leftovers got water logged. Someone (and it certainly wasn’t me) manged to run the leftover Puffs under faucet. How convenient, huh?
PUFFY NOTES
Price Paid: $4.59 for 6 servingsServing Size: 2/3 cupCalories: 130Fat Calories: 30Total Fat: 3.5gSat. Fat: 0gSodium: 230mgCarbs: 23gFiber 2gSugars: 8gProtein: 1gREACTIONS FROM THE TASTE TEST CREW
Health-hater Husband: Eh, they’re just okay.
Greedy Kid #1: These are a fraud. They’re not like real tater tots.
Greedy Kid #2: Nope. I only eat this vegetable in sweet potato pie.
Yum UP! to: Sweet potato pie. Gimme summa that!
Yuck Down to: Burning flames in an oven. Been there, done that.
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