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Looking for unique appetizers to entertain some guests? Trader Joe’s is chock full of interesting party provisions sure to impress guests from crab rangoon wontons to feta and onion pastry puff bites. Since they come from TJ’s you’re never going to pay too much to put a smile on the face of your party goers. I recently took a peek into their freezer full of quick and easy appetizer options to find that they now offer one of my favorite comfort foods in bite sized fashion. Chicken pot pie gets hit with the shrink-ray and packaged into 12 tiny pies, conveniently named: Chicken Pot Pie Bites. Here’s what I thought about this new noche from Trader Joe’s:
My favorite element of a good chicken pot pie is the flaky crust that adds that palate pleasing texture within all of the hot medley of chicken and veggies. So, when I found these miniature pot pies at Trader Joe’s, I was more than excited that each bite would be that combination of everything that I love. I got the oven going, placing each frozen puny pie on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper. They made their way into their cooking device and I peered at the box just to see how long I’d have to wait. Yikes! 35-45 minutes? Good thing I didn’t have a hoard of hungry guests waiting for these. Time elapsed and the golden brown pot pies were ready to get out of the sweltering heat. They were extremely hot and smelled of fresh cooked pastry and chicken noodle soup. I gave them a few minutes to cool off, but not the 5-10 minutes recommended, as there was no way I could wait any longer. I snagged the first appetizer off of its serving plate and carefully sank my teeth into the steaming hot pie. The buttery crust mixed with the creamy mix of carrots, peas and chicken in a most magnificent way. These were ridiculously good! I continued to pop one after another pie into my mouth never yielding to the fact that I was probably jamming down my daily amount of calories in one sitting. I didn’t care, and finished off the 12th and final pie, lounging back in my seat ready to have to loosen a belt buckle.
These pot pie bites are not the thing you should ever throw in if you are hearing complaints from hungry guests. They’ll probably just leave before they ever finish baking. Their loss if they do. These are going to be a hit a just about any party where folks aren’t watching their weight. If they are and miss out, well then, FORK them.
Fork U 