Red Baron Singles Pepperoni French Bread Pizza

January 24, 2008 | Reviewer: Guest Reviewers

Red Baron Singles Pepperoni French Bread Pizza Price: $2.50 (sale at Safeway)
Serving: 1 pizza, 5.4oz.
Calories: 350
Fat: 23%, 15g
Cholesterol: 10%, 30mg
Sodium: 46%, 1090mg
Protein: 15g
Carbs: 14%, 41g
Fiber: 7%, 2g
Weight Watchers Points: 8 Points

Red Baron says: Introducing delicious Red Baron singles made with the finest ingredients, quality toppings and real cheeses. They make the perfect addition to lunch or dinner, or as a wholesome snack on the go.

This review was ghost-written. George ate the pizza, then Abi asked him about it and put together the text. Then George checked it and said “I write pretty good reviews.”

George says: Grad school isn’t easy. What’s even tougher is living with someone who takes up most of the freezer with off-limits frozen food. Fortunately, Red Baron was on sale at Safeway and I picked up a couple of boxes for just $2.50 each.

One of the features that differentiates this pizza from others is the no-hassle crisping tray. I don’t have to mess around with assembling the tray or unwrapping the pizza and placing it on a poorly constructed tray. I just have to unwrap the pizza, replace the pepperonis that came off when I turned the box upside down, and throw the pizza in the microwave.

Speaking of pepperoni, the pieces on this pizza are ample, ensuring a bit of pepperoni in almost every bite. The cheese is fine, nothing special, but contributing to the making of an overall decent pizza. The sauce is pretty great, but the real highlight of this pizza is the crust. The bread isn’t watery, a hallmark of many cheap pizzas. Instead it tastes like crusty, crispy French Bread, which is very good considering that this is a French Bread Pizza.

A single French Bread pizza isn’t a big meal, but it has just as much volume (maybe more) as one of those 79¢ party pizzas. And those have much sparser cheese and nearly non-existent toppings.

I recommend picking up a box or two whenever you see them on sale. You really can’t beat the price of $1.25 each for reliable, satisfying French Bread pizza.

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9 Responses to “Red Baron Singles Pepperoni French Bread Pizza”

Crow on January 24th, 2008

Grad students can afford to buy food north of $5 a pound? I’m a college student, and being to worry when it breaks $1 a pound.
Chaviva on January 24th, 2008

YIKES! 8 points for one pizza?! Man. That’s about as successful of a meal as eating the personal-sized Freschetta multi-cheese pizza.

Where are the healthy pizzas that don’t cost 10 bucks a pop!?!
Abi Jones on January 24th, 2008

@Crow - I suggest entering PhD program at a generous school. They’ll pay you a salary to attend classes and study (at least for the first year). It is a pretty sweet deal.

What do you eat aside from grains? The prices of things here in Palo Alto is utterly shocking. Even in-season produce is crazy expensive. Apples for $2.00 a pound! I’m not even talking about organic apples. Just plain old apples that were grown in America. George had warned me about the food prices here, but I thought he was just being his frugal Midwesternly self. Not the case.

Lean Cuisines are $4.79. Yes, $4.79 for 9.5 ounces of food. Crazy. Weirdly, red bell peppers have been rather affordable lately.

@Chaviva - Oh, I love those Freschetta personal pizzas. So, so good. But you’re right about them being a nutritional problem. Some of my favorite pizzas are actually the ones I make on an English muffin or slice of bread (wow, having college flashbacks) I top that with pesto or marinara, then use a slice of cheese. Delicious and cheap, but only good from a toaster oven, not a microwave.

Where are the healthy and somewhat inexpensive pizzas? I don’t know where to get cheesy ones, but if you’re going cheeseless (the easiest way to cut fat), I definitely recommend Trader Joe’s Roasted Vegetable Pizza.
Crow on January 24th, 2008

Me no PhD. Me stupid. Me want law. School.
Rocketgirl on January 24th, 2008

LC french bread pepperoni is my alma mater.

I can has an MD.
Jessica on January 24th, 2008

Abi, I’m so sorry about these crazy California prices. I was horrified, and I’m from NYC. LC goes on sale about once every four weeks at one chain or another, Ralphs, Vons, Albertsons, and it alternates. They’re usually $2.00 then, though my friend bought thirty last week when they were $1.75 each.

Um, the produce. Well it’s expensive. You can save a ton if you go to a farmer’s market every week. Try http://www.cafarmersmarkets.com. I have never figured out how poor people in California live well. Though the secret is probably ‘ethnic’ markets. In Southern CA, Korean, Chinese, and Latino markets have cheap produce, fish, and meat.

I know, I know. My carbon footprint is huge. For just the two of us, I make about four trips a week for food. Now this is why car is king in California.
Nicole on January 25th, 2008

this review sounds more like Abi than George. Are you ghostwriting for your husband now for variety?
Abi Jones on January 25th, 2008

@Rocketgirl - Brilliant! For everyone who doesn’t get it, look at this Slate slideshow (yeah, you have to click my link and then click another link on the page to view the slideshow. Not good design), then the original website, then this image from Flickr. It is my favorite. Yes, I am a nerd.

@Jessica - I get apples at my farmer’s market (open on Sundays, year round {awesome!}), and they are super awesome apples, but I’m more of an every-other-day shopper. I like swinging by the store and just picking up food for the next one or two days. Unless, of course, it is frozen food. Then I’m all about the sales and stocking up.

@Nicole - Yeah, I didn’t try to imitate George voice, which is what an awesome ghostwriter would have done (see Bill Clinton’s biography). Also, he is not my husband. I am reminded of this on many days by my mom, who asks me if we’ve picked out a place to get married. Dear world: we haven’t.
Lisa Richardson on March 10th, 2008

I confess I love RB frozen french bread pizzas. I’m a working mom who’s also going to college, and I try and hide them in the bottom of the freezer so that I can eat them after the kids go to bed. Obviously I’m not trying to diet!

Just having some hot comfort food helps get that college homework done, at least in my opinion. $2.00 is about as cheap as I’ve gotten them on sale here in Oregon.