The Nostalgic Walmart-Brand Frozen Snack That Shoppers Avoid

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Pizza rolls are, in one word, iconic. If you, too, grew up in the '90s, you've probably had your fair share of them at sleepovers, parties, and really, whenever you or your family didn't feel like making actual pizza. Totino's pizza rolls are the obvious gold standard for this snackatizer, but that hasn't stopped other brands from trying to make pizza rolls that offer a similar flavor and eating experience — including Walmart's Great Value. 

Although you might be enticed to grab a bag of the Great Value Pepperoni Pizza Snack Rolls, or, for the more adventurous eater, the Sausage and Pepper Combo Pizza Snack Rolls, these may be Great Value items that you're better off skipping. On a Reddit thread about the worst Great Value products, shoppers were quick to point out the flaws with these products. One customer even said that they rolls "taste like the box they come in." Others likened their aroma to burnt rubber — which is the last thing you want to smell when you're trying to satisfy that itch for a hot, mildly spicy pizza roll. This may just be a product better left to Totino's (or, as Redditors suggest, Aldi, which apparently carries some pretty darn tasty pizza rolls). 

Reddit isn't the judge, jury, and executioner when it comes to product reviews, so we also checked out the Walmart product page to see what customers thought about these rolls. It turns out that the responses are varied, with some customers claiming that Great Value rolls are better than name-brand, while others say they wouldn't buy them again. One person shared photos of the inside of the pepperoni rolls, which lacked any filling at all, on the review page. "The filling was essentially non existent. The filling that was [there] tasted like a cheap sauce and cheese," said another Walmart shopper. "These are supposed to be pizza rolls? They taste so bad I threw them away after eating just a couple," said another. Folks who liked them said they're popular among kids and, as their branding suggests, a good value.

The reviews about the Great Value Combo Pizza Snack Rolls are also all over the map. One person who liked them said, "The best pizza rolls we've eaten. They're nice and crispy and the taste is great," while others reported having very little filling in theirs (we're sensing a common theme here). "Quality control was sadly lacking. If the puffy pizza rolls had any filling at all it was [extremely] minimal. A teensy, tiny diced pepperoni block with or without sauce. I gave it [one star] because it was the lowest I could go," one disgruntled shopper said. Even if you dress up your pizza rolls and give them the gourmet treatment, it's like putting lipstick on a pig.