Price: $1.25
Serving: 1 box, 4.2oz.
Calories: 320
Fat: 20%, 13g
Sodium: 25%, 590mg
Protein: 11g
Carbs: 13%, 40g
Fiber: 11%, 3g
Weight Watchers Points: 7 Points

Delimex says: Flour Chicken and Cheese Taquitos in a Crisp and Carry Box

Abi says: I’m a taquito fiend. While I wouldn’t commit a crime to get taquitos, I would totally destroy my kidneys or liver or whatever gets screwed up by fried foods to eat them. You don’t even have to call them taquitos. You could just say “Today we’re serving some meat rolled in a tortilla and deep fried.” and I would shout “Sold!” because I am that into taquitos.

But not for meals. Just for appetizers. Or a snack. In fact, when I lived alone I would buy one of those 60 packs of taquitos (hey, I lived in Texas, they only came in 60 packs) and eat a few at a time, slowly savoring the entire taquito package. This isn’t because I enjoy holding back, but because those babies are deep fried and I do have a teensy, weensy bit of self-respect.

Also, I didn’t own a microwave. And when it takes 25 minutes to heat something up in the stove you have to be pretty committed to eating that thing. While I greatly enjoy taquitos, I am not sure I can give them a half hour of my life, so when I saw that Delimex had taquitos that could be heated in 1/10 of the time, I was quite enthusiastic.

For those of you that lack taquito-related willpower and for those of you that enjoy a lot of packaging for your food, I present to you the Delimex Chicken and Cheese Taquitos To Go! (The exclamation point is theirs, not mine) Yes, your coworkers will lose all sorts of respect for you when they see you microwaving these.

Respect-loss aside, you should stay away from these taquitos because the cheese is nonexistent and the chicken is dry and unappealing. Though, that could be the tortilla (it is difficult to tell the difference between the two) and when I can’t tell where the tortilla ends and the chicken begins, we know that there’s a problem.

Check out there picture! There is approximately a 3:1 ration of tortilla:fillings. If you got a burrito that was 3/4 tortilla you’d be pretty upset, though Delimexi seems to think that we’ll accept that same strategy in a taquito. No go, Delimex.

Price: $2.59 (full prices)
Serving: 1 package, 5 oz.
Calories: 370
Fat: 23%, 15g
Sodium: 32%, 760mg
Protein: 15g
Carbs: 15%, 46g
Fiber: 34%, 8g

DeliMex says: To avoid risk of burns or other injuries, let taquitos stand 1-2 minutes before serving. Caution: Box is very hot! Carefully remove from microwave.

Abi says: While I am a bit ashamed at the amount of packaging used on just five taquitos, I am also really psyched about being able to purchase just five taquitos. Just five taquitos!

Delimex taquitos usually come in such ridiculously large packages that the company must assume you’re either hosting a party, feeding a family of 12, or you’re a girl with an extremely enormous freezer. If none of those applies, then you’re stuck eating taquitos for many meals. Take a look at that nutritional info! Many meals of taquitos is not a good diet plan!

So, with the five pack, you can indulge in taquitos while practicing portion control.

Each taquito is made of shredded beef rolled in a yellow corn tortilla. There’s probably other stuff mixed in with the shredded beef, but I was too scared to read the ingredients label. I definitely prefer the chicken version of these taquitos, but the Fairfax, VA Safeway wasn’t carrying a chicken 5-pack. I am not sure why exactly I prefer the chicken, since I haven’t had one in a year, but I think it contains fewer filler than the beef.

But enough about fillers! While consuming these taquitos, I wished for guacamole. Since guacamole did not magically apparate at my desk, I had to settle for eating them plain. They are pretty good plain, though quite drying with all of that ground corn. If you are at your desk, I recommend a soda. Why a soda? Eating these guys with water simply introduces and unpleasant aftertaste that reminds you that the taquitos may contain unfamiliar items.