Queso
FOOD NEWS
Ranking Store-Bought Quesos From Worst to Best
BY SARA KLIMEK
Taco Bell
We wholeheartedly thought the cheese sauce had fused and hardened to the inside of the jar. It didn't do so much as jiggle when I scooped into it.
Maybe if it were sandwiched into a Crunchwrap or a burrito, you wouldn't notice it. But it's not a product I'd eat straight out of the jar anytime soon.
Tostitos
Tostitos is not a brand I often associate with being particularly good. I've had its tortilla chips before, and I can say that I have never been impressed.
The queso has absolutely no warmth or bite to it, so much so that it wouldn't entertain an adult palate at all. Moreover, this queso's orange hue is, frankly, scary.
Herdez
No person (or product) wants to be labeled as "forgettable," but that's the word that we kept coming back to when we ate the Herdez medium queso blanco dip.
Queso blanco is supposed to have some sort of complexity and depth to it. Unfortunately, this one's flavor is just about as bland and colorless as it looks.
On The Border
The sauce had a color that was in between that of the ultra-orange salsa con queso we had sampled from other brands and white queso blanco.
If we were being generous, we would say that this is a mild salsa con queso. But even mild is a stretch for something that lacks the heat and flavor we were expecting.
Herdez
The texture of Herdez medium salsa con queso dip was far more liquidy and scoopable than Chi-Chi's and had a fresher, brighter aroma, which earned it some brownie points.
However, there wasn't any immediate piquantness or warmth that hit the tongue, nor was there an aftertaste that confirmed that this was indeed a medium-spiced queso.