Let me preface this post by saying this blog doesn’t discriminate. There is plenty of room for all types of taco love. Of course I would rather be eating authentic tacos all the time, but that’s not always possible and for those times there’s Trader Joe’s Mini Tacos.

These don’t resemble anything close to a taco. Okay, there’s meat filling and something like a tortilla shell folded in half, but that’s where the similarities end. Eating these is more akin to eating a mutant Dorito that has some how altered it’s genetics to be a half-chip, half-taco hybrid. They’re a gross snack food and they don’t pretend to be anything else. They’re also ready in 2 minutes. 2 minutes! That’s a 1 minute cooking time and a 1 minute sitting period. It’s just ridiculous. I’ve microwaved a lot of food in my time and I’ve never seen anything cook that fast. I have pierogies in the freezer right now that are roughly the same size and take 6x as long to cook. You can’t tell me you don’t have at least 2 minutes for a hot snack that isn’t completely repulsive. In fact, being as gross as they are is what makes them so good. You couldn’t choose a worse food for yourself and that feels so right.

I dressed these bad boys up with Goya’s salsa taquera. I don’t think there’s anything that wouldn’t taste better with that stuff on it.

My final verdict is I will eat these again. I’ve eaten them almost every night since I got them. They’re not a taco and you won’t feel good about yourself after you eat them but you will feel awesome while you eat them and that’s all that matters.