# What exactly is the point of the sleeve thingy on my Hot Pockets? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 17, 2012, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-is-the-point-of-the-sleeve-thingy-on-my-hot-pockets/628518 "2012-07-17T14:06:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-is-the-point-of-the-sleeve-thingy-on-my-hot-pockets/628518/21 "2012-07-20T15:28:51Z")
I’ve never eaten a Hot Pocket. Am I missing something? [I’ve also never gone bowling or seen a Sylvester Stallone movie.] If I want to break into Hot Pockets, what are the good flavors? ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-is-the-point-of-the-sleeve-thingy-on-my-hot-pockets/628518/22 "2012-07-20T15:50:46Z")
Four-cheese pizza is good. (Never seen a Stallone move either - at least, not all the way through - and I hate bowling. Does that give me enough cred to suggest a flavor?) ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-is-the-point-of-the-sleeve-thingy-on-my-hot-pockets/628518/23 "2012-07-20T15:54:13Z")
The “Limited Time” Spicy Pepperoni & Pineapple Pizza Pocket is quite good. You know, for a Hot Pocket. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-is-the-point-of-the-sleeve-thingy-on-my-hot-pockets/628518/24 "2012-07-20T15:59:02Z")
The technical term for “crisping sleeves” and the like is [susceptor](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susceptor). ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-is-the-point-of-the-sleeve-thingy-on-my-hot-pockets/628518/25 "2012-07-20T16:10:26Z")
I thought after you heated it, you put it back in the sleeve to keep it hot when you put it in your pocket. I guess I was wrong. Some investigation has shown that these are not, as I had assumed, pocket warmers for cold weather use, but some kind of food product. I never would have guessed that from looking at them, or tasting one. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-is-the-point-of-the-sleeve-thingy-on-my-hot-pockets/628518/26 "2012-07-20T16:12:48Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > I’ve never eaten a Hot Pocket. Am I missing something? [I’ve also never gone bowling or seen a Sylvester Stallone movie.] If I want to break into Hot Pockets, what are the good flavors? I hear the outer packaging is high in fiber. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-is-the-point-of-the-sleeve-thingy-on-my-hot-pockets/628518/27 "2012-07-20T16:17:38Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > Four-cheese pizza is good. (Never seen a Stallone move either - at least, not all the way through - and I hate bowling. Does that give me enough cred to suggest a flavor?) Absolutely!! ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-is-the-point-of-the-sleeve-thingy-on-my-hot-pockets/628518/28 "2012-07-20T17:39:07Z")
What we need is McRib meat stuffed into a Hot Pocket. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-is-the-point-of-the-sleeve-thingy-on-my-hot-pockets/628518/29 "2012-07-20T17:43:24Z")
I want a Spam and Velveeta Hot Pocket, ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2012, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-is-the-point-of-the-sleeve-thingy-on-my-hot-pockets/628518/30 "2012-07-21T02:37:36Z")
This one is answered. I could move it to Cafe Society but it’s not that great. Closed. **samclem** , MOderator [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-is-the-point-of-the-sleeve-thingy-on-my-hot-pockets/628518.md?page=1)