I recently had the opportunity to review both the Homestyle and Cinnamon (Gluten Free) french toast sticks from Van’s!

Ace and I usually have breakfast on Saturday morning and let Momma sleep in.  I usally whip up some pancakes, or eggs, or even french toast, but not this past Saturday…

This past Saturday I got out the toaster and in just a few minutes we were eating Van’s French Toast Sticks.  In fact we ate an entire box on Saturday morning, and then the second whole box on Sunday morning.

The only downfall with the french toast sticks was their packaging.  The box is rather large and somewhat deceiving.  In reality the box could be about half of it’s size and still fit all six toaster size french toast stick slices.

In fact, I think the over sized packaging may have been responsible for some of the slices being broken apart before I even opened the box.  Each slice is about the size of a slice of bread and breaks into thirds…creating three french toast sticks.   I tried putting the broken pieces into the toaster, but it would not work.  I ended up having to throw out two of the twelve slices that were sent to me.  If I had paid for this product I would not have been happy about throwing away 1/6  of what I had bought…

However, what I liked the most about these French Toast sticks was their texture.  Usually things that are frozen end up being soggy once warmed up.  The french toast sticks were not even the least bit soggy.  I cooked them on a low heat setting…and ran them through the toaster twice.  The outcome was a perfectly crisp shell covering a soft and fluffy inside.

In conclusion, I think if Van’s looks into their packaging and can guarantee that I will be able to put every single french toast stick into the toaster, then I would buy this product.  I liked them…and I didn;t hear any complaints from Ace either! 

Full disclosure: I received the Van’s French Toast Sticks as a sample.

EDIT: I should mention that after writing this review I received some feedback from the person who supplied the Van’s French Toast Sticks to me.  She said that the reason the French Toast Sticks broke apart is because they were shipped to me in a cooler with dry ice.  This environment was much colder that the normal storage temperature for the french toast sticks which caused them to get brittle.  She assured me that the ones you buy in the store do not have this problem.