I got one for this past Thanksgiving - bought it on Sunday, so it stayed wrapped in foil until Thursday, when it was reheated. In so doing, the glaze wasn’t really crunchy any more.
Everyone raved about it. They’re still talking about it. My thoughts? Yes, it was good, but it didn’t seem like anything that I couldn’t do myself with any spiral cut ham from the store. So, I agree that they’re very good, but also overpriced.
Fatty as can be and really poor quality. Overpriced as well.
Get a Boar’s Head or similar brand.
This is pretty much wrong. They aren’t of poor quality, and fatty is exactly what you want in a ham. Most people would point out that today’s hams are way too lean.
I’m not a huge fan of city hams, but when I make them, I get one that I can slice myself. For those reasons, I don’t buy Honeybaked Hams very often. That bring said, they’ve done very well in the numerous taste tests I’ve seen on the internet. Just keep in mind that they are somewhat sweet and considerably less smokey than many other small-batch hams you’ll find out there.
It’s a fine ham.
BUT- no, it’s not worth the price. Get a spiral sliced ham at the store, pour some ginger ale over it, roast until slightly browned but not dry, then serve.
There, I just saved you $20.
I went to their store and asked for a ham “about as big as my head.” It was about $70. Youch! It was excellent, though.
Way back when they were new to San Diego, the spiral cut made them distinct and they had an incomparable flavor. A few years later, a Golden Baked ham store opened up in a nearby town. Same spiral cut (or maybe they reversed the threading 
I didn’t pay attention) and a similar flavor. I suspected they were a former franchiser doing it cheaper or something.
Anyway, now you can get hams with spiral cuts at the grocery store. Naturally (or perhaps artificially, I don’t care) different companies will offer a slightly different-tasting ham due to glaze ingredients or salt content or whatever. I think that kinda kills the specialness of Honey-Baked, except that you can get the thing fully cooked and with all the fixings if you wish. That would certainly be appealing to those who would rather not bother or don’t enjoy the post-mayhem clean-up chores.
The boss brings a spiral-cut ham for the Thanksgiving potluck every year and it’s quite popular. I think they’re delicious but, for just me and the wife, they’re rather expensive and we just don’t get around to the leftovers quickly enough.
–G!
I’ll be a dissenter - I don’t think they are that awesome. Okay, but not awesome for the price. Not due to fattiness ( which as mentioned is a plus in a ham, lean ham = crappy ham ). But I think the pre-spiral cut ones are sliced way too thin and tend towards dryness even unheated. I’m also not crazy about their glaze.
At least in my two (three?) exposures. Could be unlucky examples on my part.
I think better-quality hams can be had, but it may depend on your location. I happen live in an area of high-end supermarket abundance.
The ham may be ok, I don’t know–but for the love of Og, don’t get the turkey. A relative sent us a “meal kit” (for lack of a better term) from Honey Baked that contained a glazed turkey breast and a couple of sides. Honey baking does dark and disgusting things to turkey meat. We’re talking Elder Gods level of vileness here. We couldn’t eat it, gave some to the dogs, they wouldn’t eat it either.
Before my husband retired, the company he worked for gave out honey baked hams for Christmas. They were OK, but not all that great, and I love me some ham. This will be our second Christmas without one, and I certainly don’t miss it.
Each to his own, I suppose…
I took one to my son’s school Thanksgiving lunch, and it was excellent. You must have had a bad one.
Too salty, too sweet, too expensive.
There used to be a store here, years ago. It has since closed since every grocery store in the land sells glazed spiral cut hams. I haven’t sampled them all so I don’t know which is ‘best’. I know what a good ham should taste like, and most grocery store glazed spiral cut hams are fine! (I don’t cook for goor-mays, after all). The only time this ham was bad was when we put it in a baking bag to ‘keep it moist’ while it heated, and it came out all flabby and had a real porky “oink” to it…Aldi’s has great hams, and Butterball turkeys, too, both relatively inexpensive per pound.
A good ham doesn’t need a thick coating of sugar to make it edible. Except for the cloying sweetness, honey baked ham is almost tasteless to me. Their ham salad is awesome though and I assume that is made from the regular ham.
I like them if they are spiral cut.
Ham tastes different depending on how thick its cut. I find it difficult to slice thin enough. Spiral cut is just the right thickness and saves a lot of time.
I’m a terrible cook, and leftovers from one of those can keep me out of restaurants all week. I gave one to a friend when she got out of the hospital with a new baby, and it made meal prep simple at a time when simple meal prep kind of meant something.
I’m gonna say that this is probably about right. The ham was good, of course, but it was not an old Virginia ham.
I’ve been seeing Boar’s Head in the delis of local stores over the past couple of years. The price of ham went from $7/lb to $11. There is nothing superior about it, and their Black Forest is like plain ham, which is no surprise since there is no legal definition of Black Forest Ham. In the EC, it would have to be produced in the Black Forest, but in the US, they can slap a label on anything and it flies.
Somehow, the image of a wild pig’s head is suppose to indicate superior quality.
That’s how I feel about the Christmas roast. I bought a three-bone, six-pound, USDA Prime grade roast this year that cost nearly $97. I could have gotten USDA Choice considerably cheaper, but it’s only once a year and Prime is really good.
When I make a ham I just look for the smallest spiral-cut one I can find and make my own glaze. They always come out great.
This thread reminded me that we have a Honeybaked Ham outlet in Little Rock. I used to go there for lunch. They had a nice dining area and very good sandwiches. They were next door to Blockbuster video. I’d eat and then go browse the videos and rent movies. I stopped going after Blockbuster closed.
It’s time to see if their sandwiches are still as good. IIRC they sold small packages of ham too. No need to buy a whole one.