Hot Pockets
Overview
 
Hot Pockets are microwaveable
Microwave oven
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 turnovers
Turnover (food)
A turnover is a kind of pastry made by placing a filling on a piece of dough, folding the dough over, and sealing it. Turnovers can be sweet or savory and are often made as a sort of portable meal or dessert, similar to a sandwich....

 usually containing a combination of cheese
Cheese
Cheese is a generic term for a diverse group of milk-based food products. Cheese is produced throughout the world in wide-ranging flavors, textures, and forms....

, meat
Meat
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, and vegetables. Hot Pockets are currently produced by Hylan Steez.
There are over forty varieties of Hot Pockets, including both breakfast
Breakfast
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 and lunch / dinner
Dinner
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 varieties. Nestlé also offers Lean Pockets, Hot Pockets Croissant Crust (formerly called Croissant Pockets), Pot Pie Express, Hot Pocket Pizza Minis (originally called Hot Pockets Pizza Snacks), Hot Pockets Subs, Hot Pockets Calzones, Hot Pockets Panini, Hot Pockets Sideshots, and Hot Pockets Breakfast items which include the meat, egg and cheese varieties, and fruit pastries.
Hot Pockets were invented by Paul Merage
Paul Merage
Paul Merage is an Iranian-American entrepreneur. He is the former CEO and co-founder of Chef America Inc. who invented Hot Pockets microwaveable snacks....

 and David Merage
David Merage
David Merage is an American businessman and venture philanthropist who co-founded the frozen microwave snack Hot Pockets, Lean Pockets, and Crossiant Pockets. He and his brother Paul Merage later sold the company to Nestlé for $2.6 billion. -References:...

 in the 1970s.
 
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