Back in my bachelor days of yore, it wasn't uncommon for me to totally toss whatever from the pantry or fridge together and totally make up whatever I was gonna eat for whatever meal. It was a total choose-your-own-adventure mixed with horrible amateur Food Network show type deal. My motto always was, worst to comes to worst and it was awful, I'd just put some hot sauce on it.
Now I'm older and more refined and married and stuff like that, and I enjoy things like hummus a lot more than I did before.
Still, back then and even up to now, I never considered mixing hot sauce and hummus...but here we are with Trader Joe's Organic Buffalo Style Hummus.
Simplistic genius, as I've come to expect from TJ's. Nicely done.
Really, that's all there really is to this product. Hot sauce and hummus. It works...kinda. The heat profile does stray a little bit towards vinegar to my taste. Also the creaminess of the hummus seems to subtly suggest a phantom presence of ranch dressing-like substance which is surely inaccurate and undetected by my better half, but it
seems to be there to me. The consistency is also a little off, as the hummus is a little thinner with less body than normal hummus. Of course, with my own consistency being off, I can say the exact opposite about my gut right now. Dang hummus.
All that being said...yes please. I dig this completely. I want to dig the hummus with some chips. Or veggies. Or falafel. Or pita. Or...well, you get the idea. Although imperfect, the buffalo hummus is a perfectly adequate marriage of two great condiments that's about the equal of its parts. It's not a life changer but that doesn't mean it's not good.
Sandy said she liked that were was a certain "buffalo chicken dip but healthier-ish" vibe going on. I can see what she's saying and I know better than to refute her too strongly. This'll be our snacky time go-to this week, and at $2.99 for the tub it's not an awful deal. Though I will say the tub seems smaller than other TJ hummus..oh well. Double fours.
Bottom line: Trader Joe's Organic Buffalo Style Hummus: 8 out of 10 Golden Spoons
We like the avocado one a little more as it seems to have a cleaner flavor than the buffalo. Both could be spicier for my tastes, but I do like spice. I hope they stay in TJ rather than being a one hit wonder.
ReplyDeleteSo now there’s siracha hummus, jalapeno hummus and this buffalo hummus..?
ReplyDeleteI feel like TJs is introducing more organic products (yay!) but they’re a little more expensive than the not organic aaaannnnddd in smaller size packages (boooo!)
I gotta pass on this, can’t do spicy stuff and i am SO totally burned out on hummus lately.
You should use this as a dip for those chickenless nuggets!
Ttrockwood
Looks like it's vegan.
ReplyDeleteAs much as I wanted to love this, I didn't care for it. Flavor was ok, but the texture was off putting. It was kind of grainy and thin. Not creamy at all. Maybe I got a bad batch, because I keep reading rave reviews for it.
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