Picture of a box of Jimmy Dean's English Muffin Whole Egg and Cheese

Jimmy Dean’s English Muffin, Canadian Bacon, Whole Egg and Cheese Review

January 25, 2019April 27, 2022 This College Life Staff

“There has got to be room in this country for a good quality sausage,” said Jimmy Dean as he bit into a super grisly one at a local diner back in the day. The rest is history, and people have been eating Jimmy’s delicious sausage ever since.

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I didn’t really feel like getting his sausage the other night when I was walking around my local Cub Foods, so on this week’s Midnight Snack, we’re looking at his English muffin, with Canadian bacon, good old ‘merican cheese and whole egg. I might not have bought it if there was only half an egg, so that certainly made a difference.

The packaging really gets your attention, too. It’s like that breakfast sandwich is staring back at you when you’re walking around:

Jimmy Dean English Muffin with Canadian Bacon, Whole Egg & Cheese — It’s tough to ignore that in the freezer section.

These packs of four only cost about 6.50, which is pretty good. I’ll take $1.62/sandwich any day of the week.

Jimmy Dean English Muffin, Canadian Bacon, Whole Egg and Cheese Nutrition label — The sandwich’s nutritional facts.

Jimmy Dean English Muffin, Canadian Bacon, Whole Egg and Cheese Ingredients — Love me some of that sodium erythorbate.

Jimmy Dean English Muffin, Canadian Bacon, Whole Egg and Cheese back of box — Where’s that erythorbate in the picture with our wholesome ingredients? On a serious note, if that doesn’t make your mouth water I don’t know what does.

Jimmy Dean English Muffin, Canadian Bacon, Whole Egg and Cheese cooking instructions — The cooking instructions. I tried the microwave and refrigerated.

Jimmy Dean English Muffin, Canadian Bacon, Whole Egg and Cheese Top of box — Top of the box. Satisfaction is important!

After giving the box another quick once-over, I got ready to open it up:

Then for the front-load open:

The sandwiches came in these wrappers that needed to be removed before cooking. I didn’t want to tear it apart from its family, but it had to happen for hunger’s sake.

Then came the worst part….

That had to hurt.

Jimmy Dean Breakfast Sandwich Plastic — A rare skeleton of amphibious deanosarus in its natural form.

The sandwich then made its way into the microwave to face the inevitable.

I also left it on full power instead of changing it to 30%, which was the cause of some taste issues later on.

Jimmy Dean English Muffin, Canadian Bacon, Whole Egg and Cheese — Its swaddling clothes.

After cooking the sandwich too much, the above picture pretty well captured how the paper towel that it needed to be cooking in was stuck to the cheese and other ingredients after. There was also a production taking everything apart:

Once most of the not-sandwich parts were removed, I threw it on the plate to try it out.

The Review:

The first thing I noticed was that the bun was really tough to chew. That was on me for over-cooking it, though. Frankly, the rest of it was fine. Jimmy Dean doesn’t mess around with his sandwiches and I could clearly tell with this at-home Egg McMuffin competitor. The American cheese was good, the bacon from Canada was tasty, and the WHOLE egg was also not bad. The next morning I cooked another one, this time the right way. Surprise surprise, that one was excellent. These really fit at any time of the day, but late at night these things definitely wale.

Jimmy Dean English Muffin, Canadian Bacon, Whole Egg and Cheese with two bites. — Two bites in. Barely pictured: The accompanying Pinot Noir.

Jimmy Dean English Muffin, Canadian Bacon, Whole Egg and Cheese with two bites up close. — An up close of those two bites.

Jimmy Dean English Muffin, Canadian Bacon, Whole Egg and Cheese with two bites from the front — Front view. Just look at that cheese.

Jimmy Dean English Muffin, Canadian Bacon, Whole Egg and Cheese inside the sandwich. — An inside view. A whole egg. Bacon from Canada.

Would I recommend?

Yes, just make sure to cook it the right way.

Midnight Snack rating: The badly cooked one- 7/10

The one I cooked correctly: 8.1/10