Recipe submission and feedback thread for Warburtons Square(ish) Wraps and Sandwich Thins

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Warburtons would also like any other feedback you have - so how did you use the Warburton Square(ish) Wraps and Sandwich Thins? What did you think of them generally? What did the children think? Any other family members get to share them? Do you think you would recommend them to other people? Would you buy them again?

Right I've tried both now. I am not very keen on the sandwich thins, they don't toast properly and taste a bit odd. Sort of plasticky and bland. But they do seem quite salty too. Perhaps it's just not the sort of bread I'm used to. In terms of appearance they look like diet panini (note I am told a panino is a single one of these) and as such, deeply unsatisfying because it's not a proper big one.

However the kids say they liked them. So thumbs up from them. We have discovered that they are quite sponge like and you can grate chocolate over them and then put them under the grill not in the toaster and the chocolate becomes part of the bread and is quite nice. But they still don't become like proper toast. I was hoping I could use them to make little garlic breads with cheese for the kids, but I don't think they'll go crispy enough and I do have a super dooper oven which cooks at 250, but they didn't respond as I'd expect regular bread too.

The wraps though have a nice texture and taste, I like the texture of the outside best, it's both smooth and lumpy which helps it work with the filling. The are certainly not square and the shape is perfect for little people to fill up because they understand straight lines and we did it by pretending it was a piece of paper and they were drawing patterns with food fillings A la Big Cook Little Cook. I would say that the main advantage is that they are under less pressure to unroll because they don't have the tapered sides you get with round wraps - though tip for those who are trying them for lunchboxes, make up a tiny amount of flour paste with water in an eggcup to seal them and keep them sealed for lunchtime.

DD suggested that you could get one of those teddy bear meat slices (I don't know what the hell they are - they are lurid pink and probably made from pigs eyelashes but anyway - and create a Postman pat style envelope with the wrap with the teddy bear inside (note this is a child who systematically separates all foods and eats them in order of preference, including deconstructing sandwiches prior to eating!)

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Other comments - your packaging defeated me - and the wraps in particular require scissors to open (and I always have one child at least in my arms these days so that's tricky).

The kids liked the wraps and were not impressed with the thins. Probably because they were too hard when toasted and quite dry. But they did like the wraps. Which when cooked really needed multilayering with something else to prevent them drying out (we used cheese between two to make a pizza base.

The thins smell a bit funny to me. And they had a funny texture which was rather spongey. But then I'm pretty fussy about bread generally.

I guess the shape makes them easy to wrap or put in lunchboxes and the packaging of both (aside from difficulties opening) was very good. They fitted nicely into my breadbin too. The normal round wraps get squished and broken easily because you have to fold them to get them in.

I would recommend the wraps but not the thins. I would buy the wraps again. I would also like to see a sesame version.

Wraps - very nice. I never buy wraps so this was pretty new to me.

I had mine with two lazy fillings TBH, I have sent in pics for one.

Pretend KFC style supper -
Cooked breaded mini chicken fillets, BBQ sauce, in the wrap and served with wedges. They were gorgeous - would have been better with a bit of salad but, er, I didn't have any in

Also tried it with a sliced up M&S Chicken Kiev in, which was fabulous as the wrap really contained the leaky garlic buttery bit nicely.

Sandwich thins - Big hit with the children. One had Philadelhia light and thin smoked ham in. Other had just ham and butter. They are 2.2yo and 3.11 and had 1.5 thins each for lunch.

I also enjoyed it with ham and philly. Am planning on trying it with streaky smoked bacon and melted brie tomorrow.

I froze mine when they arrived on Friday because I wasn't going to use them straight away and I am picky about fresh bread. They worked really well from frozen - they didn't stick together at all in the packets so I could get them out individually(both the wraps and the thins). But the packaging was very hard to get into.

The Square(ish)wraps defrosted after about 5 mins on the breadboard in my kitchen.

I liked that the thins were pre cut because they would have been hard to slice, being so, erm thin!

I would buy the squarish wraps again.

But for me, delicious though they were, the thins are not for us. Mainly because the USP is that is is a bit less bread. But I really like bread.

I imagine they would appeal to someone trying to reduce their carbs or losing weight though. But if my tiny toddlers could eat 3 between them for lunch, it would take a lot to fill a hungry adult.

Would be interested in trying a multiseed version as I tend to get 'seedy' bread for the children and they tend to prefer it over white stuff.

Sandwich thins - for the children who don't like bread with crusts on these were great.
They had ham and cream cheese with cucumber and black pepper between 2 sandwich thins. All got eaten, they loved them.

For adults, I made the smoked salmon thins as we now call them:

2 sandwich thins
Boursin cream cheese
Smoked salmon slices
Cucumber
Rocket

Spread the boursin onto each sandwich thin, add smoked salmon, black pepper, rocket and cucumber.

Great as a light lunch, very easy to prepare and no mess!

Using the wraps, I really found them a little bit think to wrap around things. I tried to get the children excited about them but failed. I had them with roast chicken, mayonnaise and sweetcorn. They were really tasty and very filling.

For the children I gave them spaghetti hoops and cut a wrap into quarters. They ate the wrap toasted as and ate it with tinned spaghetti hoops.A slight variation on a very quick supper.

I liked the packaging but thought the sandwich thins needed a resealable packet.

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I've just tried the sandwich thins for a high fat breakfast thin. It was filled with softly scrambled eggs and 2 slices of crispy bacon and I was really looking forward to it.

Unfortunately I really didn't enjoy the sandwich thin. It tasted of nothing and had a most peculiar texture. I think, from the look of it, I was expecting a high quality Italian style bread, and what it tastes like and has the texture of is European processed loaf, and the Europeans are not good at the processed loaf.

So not a win for me and no idea what to do with the other 4, as the texture has really put me off doing anything with them. I can see why kids like them as they are very easy to eat and would let you taste more of the filling but not for me I'm afraid.

As for the packaging, this always drives me potty with things like this. We have had 2, which leaves a pile of 3 and a single and it is difficult to seal the packet up without wrapping it in lots of clingfilm. The same applies to packets of crumpets, muffins and pitta breads. We don't eat a whole packet at once and having a resealable pack, like you get with the thins, would mean I chose that brand every time.

The squareish wraps fit perfectly folded in half in a lakeland toaster bag and were delicious with Gruyère cheese a little baby spinach and tomato chutney. They are thin enough that the filling gets cooked before the outside burns and made a very nice sandwich. The children tried them rolled with nutella and banana but they were a bit dry until we zapped them in the microwave.

The thins were good with chargrilled chicken, mango chutney and salad. The children ate them with tuna mayo and declared them good. We also managed to make a very passable club sandwich as the thins lent themselves nicely to a three layer construction. We liked the 100 calorie aspect as it makes it easy to count towards your RDA.

The packaging on the wraps seemed overdone - those reseal zips never seem to work and they are bad for the environment. I didn't have any problem with the packaging on the thins. I prefer less packaging rather than more.

Wow, you lot are so creative! I went fairly bog standard:

Meatball wrap

Ready prepared Swedish meatballs (coz I'm lazy and was feeling frivolous!)
Passata (reduced for a little bit with some garlic and herbs)
Mozzarella

Spread tomato sauce over the whole wrap, add a few meatballs and top with mozzarella and wrap! Stick in the microwave to melt the cheese. Yum!

Falafel wrap

As above really but with falafel, red onion, cucumber and yoghurt

Breakfast thins

Bacon, sausage and omlette in a thin, plenty of ketchup

Smoked salmon and cream cheese thin

and I haven't yet tried this one but my last one is going to be a thin spread with sundried tomato paste with griddled haloumi and aubergine.

Feedback:

Agree about the thins, they look kind of plasticky and dry. They do actually taste better than they look, quite soft but I probably wouldn't be keen to get them again, though they are a change to usual bread.

The wraps were great. More substantial than a tortilla wrap and like someone else said, more robust, really versatile. Good packaging, great that you can reseal them. I think the thing that would swing it for me would be price. I don't think we know how much they are but that would affect whether I would buy them. I think multiseeded ones would be good too.

Photos will be emailed. Thanks for this MNHQ, this has been a fun test, I enjoyed shopping fairly frivolously (smoked salmon - what a treat!) and the notebook was a nice touch :)

Today I made mozzarella pearl, sun-dried tomato and artichoke open sandwiches with the sandwich thins.
I left one half untoasted and toasted the other half then rubbed it with garlic. Topped with some mozzarella pearls, char grilled artichokes and sun dried tomatoes.
They were very good. The toasted one was better. I do think they would have been better with ciabatta but the sandwich thins made a lighter choice.

I too had to attack the square(ish) wraps with some scissors to get into them!

The kids had the thins with soft cheese, lettuce and cucumber and then some with houmous, grated carrot, tahini and left over falafels.

The grown ups had The wraps with goats cheese, spinach and Pesto. And we also had goats cheese, spinach and sliced strawberries too. They were lovely!

I was really impressed with them both and would buy them again. The wraps were nicer then the normal type because they were thicker and more bread like and the thins weren't too chewy for the kids.

I was so happy to see the postman bring me my big Orange box!!

Copied from the other thread:

So far we have only tried out the squares, as a wrap and pizza style. The pack wasn't easy to rip open as suggested but scissors did the trick. We all like the flavour of the squares, especially the kids (age 5 and 9). We found the squares slightly to thick to use as a wrap as you can't wrap them tightly enough without ripping them especially when you try to make a fold at one end. Rolling them diagonally was better but I wouldn't use them for lunch boxes as the contents would spill to easily. Using the squares as a pizza base was a success, tasteful, quick and easy. I would buy them as base for pizza like dishes, depending on the price.

We have now tried the thins as well. I first thought there were only 5 in the pack as one side was very squashed.

Last night we had them toasted as a side with a chorizo-potato bake. They are actually to thin to toast properly and they didn't taste like much. Nobody was really that fussed about them.

Today I tried them as they come with cheese and pickle.
I wasn't impressed, the texture is sponge like and sticks to teeth and the roof of the mouth. The taste was strange and bland. So I am sorry but I won't bother buying the thins again.

I have just used the wraps for their intended purpose and they are great.

I made chicken and lettuce wraps and a little sandwich for some Eppoisses.

They are really good for wraps as they hold the contents far better, but you only need to wrap them round once so I think you would need some way of holding them together if they went in lunchboxes.

Good product, excellent packaging, although I opened it with scissors before I looked at the bit that said tear here.

I made these Breakfast Fold-overs as an alternative to a fry-up on Saturday.

Enough for 2

8 rashers of smoked streaky bacon
2 eggs
50g Strong cheddar cheese
Fresh Basil
Tomato ketchup
2 Walburton's Squarish Wraps

Cook bacon under the grill until fat nice and crispy. Meanwhile heat a non-stick (must be a non-stick pan) frying pan on a medium-high heat spread the cheese evenly across the bottom of the frying, as the cheese begins to melt, crack the eggs onto the cheese and fry to liking.

Place squarish wraps on plates and on one half layer cheesy egg, basil, 4 rashers of bacon and ketchup. Fold over.

Viola. Delicious breakfast.

I didn't have any time to photograph my fold-overs as they were devoured.

As for the rest the product testing, the squarish wraps were impossible to open. The 'zip-lock' mechanism was tight and akward. The wraps themselves are delicious and a very practical shape.

The sandwich thins have come in handy as we had no bread in the house yesterday and we had sausage sandwiched in them as well as spread wlith cream cheese and salad for lunch but I don't think I would buy them instead of bog standard bread/rolls

DS loves the sandwich thins - he's been having them with cheese and marmite on in his packed lunch. He prefers them to bread.

I spread garlic butter over each half of the sandwich thins and grilled for a couple of mins - had with pizza instead of usual garlic bread - we all agreed absolutely delicious.

Wrap - spread a wrap with mayonnaise and filled it with salad leaves, feta cheese, sweet red pepper, cocktail gherkins, olives and topped with some squares of the garlic bread thins. Found it a bit thick to wrap up but mayo sort of stuck it together and was better than a normal wrap as definately more filling.

Wrap - had a pizzas spread with pizza topping and then put cheese, thinly sliced red pepper and mushrooms on them - grilled for a few mins.

Found the wraps a bit floppy when used as pizza base - better to cut in half. Thinner than a normal pizza but still filling.

When I went to sainsburys they didn't have the sandwich thins so I got them from Tesco - they were £1.00 reduced from £1.19 - to be honest I wouldn't pay more than £1 for them. The wraps - lovely but couldn't tear the wrapper open as instructed had to use sissors

I loved the packaging on both products, it was bright and eye catching. My teens like the packaging because it was modern and colourful.

I would prefer both of the packs to be resealable but amaware this may bump the price up a bit.

Both products were tasty, filling, versatile and we've already thought of other fillings we will ty when we buy some more wraps and thins.

I think they will be popular with most age ranges. My niece who is two loved the wraps when she came to visit. I also made one for my mum who is in her 60's. My teens loved the taste and the versatility.

Both products work with sweet and savoury fillings.

Both products seemed to be 'firm' enough to withstand even the most soggy filling.

Not sure if we are meant to know and I've just missed it but be interesting to see what the retail price will be. Hope they won't be too expensive. I will def buy again if the price is comparable with other wraps available in the supermarket

Garlic crisps..

SPlit sandwich thin and cut in half diagonally.

Place in low oven till crisp.
remove and when warm brush with melted butter into which you placed a whole peeled clove of garlic ( remove this to avoid garlic overkill!)

Serve with side order of salsa or Hummous.

Photo emailed to insight

Greek Sandwich thins

caramelise some red onions ( or buy ready done at waitrose)
place on top of lightly toasted sandwich thin topped with crumbled feta cheese

place under hot grill

Picture emailed to insight

Withagoat's Prawn On Puri ( but with the wraps)

slice wrap into bite size pieces

add a smear of mango chutney

Top with cooked prawns lightly tossed in lemon juice and cutty poweder

Top with a drop of Raiita

ideal with drinks before a curry

photo emailed to insight

kids ADORED the wraps and we used them up first.
agree hard to get into

ok

wraps

hmm

i had one earlier to dip in soup and it was good - bready than a regular wrap but still light. i also had twoone for tea, thus:

spread wrap with guacamole
add scrambled egg
then rocket
then crispy bacon
then salsa
roll fold and munch

Om. and Indeed Nom

BUT major parcelling issues :( it is held together by a cocktail stick in the photo. i am prepared to admit that i may have been a wee bit greedy as to the amount of filling i crammed in but the wraps in general were more for folding than rolling, so to speak

HOWEVER hotdogs work very well as you just park it in the middle and it covers it all quite nicely when you pick it up (no pic of that, sorry :()

so to summarise:

thins - good - we all liked the taste and the texture and thought they toasted well too. perhaps a re-sealing type thingy might be good on the packaging as well as it was a tad like the fort knox of packaging

wraps - good texture, good taste but not so good on the actual wrapping part, used as a flat bread or pizza base or something works better (though i realise this kinda defeats the purpose...)

thank you very much - a much enjoyed trial (and the notebook is perfectly handbagged sized too :))

Agree about the packaging, the reusable one was a complete faff to open.

We would probably get the wraps again - I also liked how easy they were to tear into smaller ones - they held their shape well.

Ds1 - the plain wrap guru in our house - loved them and said he felt fuller after one square wrap with just ham than he would on an ordinary one.

Not as keen on the thins but if you got a Slimming World or Weight Watcher point value on there they'd do very well as one would be a lot more substantial than that two slices of cardboard Nimble for not much more in the way of calories.

Dear Warburtons,

I was rather excited to get the samples and started thinking of many wild and wonderful things to do with them, but thinking about it, what I really wanted to know (and probably what you want to know as well) is whether I would buy them again instead of products that I use now, so instead I'm having a go at incorporating them into our usual food week to see how they stand up against what I would normally buy with the recipies I regularly use.

Today was the day of the Thins.

Breakfast
Breakfast is usually toast, bagels or english muffins with savory toppings. Instead I had the thins...

Savory Breakfast Thins
Toast a thin
Mix cream cheese, chopped fresh tomatoes, chopped parsley and capers,
Spread on thin and enjoy!

The thins toasted unevenly as they had got a bit bent in the packet. They tasted OK, but I couldn't help feeling that they weren't as substantial as my usual breakfast and could have done with another couple of thins to keep me going. Sadly I knew I needed to use them again later in the day, so only had one. I have to say, I did miss my bagel.

Onwards to Lunch!

Lunch
I made lunch for friends today who gallantly agreed to help me try the thins. Instead of our usual sandwiches or salad, we used the thins to make...

Cheats Chicken Kebab
Grill some Ready to eat chicken tikka pieces (Well I did say cheats!)
Place in a grilled thin, top with Tzatziki and salad.

Feedback from the ladies was that they could do with being about 3-4 bites bigger so perhaps they could be cut in half as just one seemed a bit too little, but two would be too much. They wouldn't mind a few more calories for a more satisfying sandwich.

Used this way, we liked that they were a bit different as it was more of a posh sandwich for "ladies" rather than giving them to the children. Texture and feel were a bit like Naan externally and we thought we would use them instead of mini-pita bread for lunch boxes.

Other comments were that they weren't too floury, so you don't get stuff all over your hands and that they were light and not too starchy.

They also soaked up the juice from the tomatoes and tzatziki without becoming soggy on the outside - we thought this was a real bonus and thought that they would be great alternatives to standard rolls for a summer barbecue for this reason alone.

So for lunch - yes I would use thins instead of Pita or a standard roll, if for no other reason than they wouldn't go soggy in my lunchbox!

Dinner
Following on from the lunch conversations I decided to use the thins with dinner and made...

Oriental Style Turkey Burgers
Mix turkey mince in a bowl with sweet chilli dipping sauce, dark soy, lemon juice and zest, and two chopped spring onions.
Form into burgers and grill.
Serve on a toasted thin with salad and sauce - serve with chips if you fancy them.

They made a very good base for these burgers and were leak free. DH being the adventurous sort ate as an open sandwich using a knife and fork. He liked the texture and also that they were a bit firmer and didn't go soggy. Thats the best he could do, apparently, as he was hungry.

Probing deeper, he thought they were a bit like thin panini and wouldn't mind trying them as a toasted sandwich - sadly we've run out now, so he can't.

So at the end of my first testing day I have found that they are not a great substitute for my usual breakfast muffin or toast, but make great sandwiches for lunchtime and hold a burger very well, so I would be likely to use them again for those reasons.

Cons - Need to be just that little bit bigger.
Pros - Stay firm in the face of tomatoes.

Pictures will be wending their way to insight once I've found the stuffing connector for my awkward non-standard-USB Camera.

Crikey, everyone is so creative. Maybe I can be the mum who doesn't have lots of time and lots of ideas; the one who panics and chucks stuff together at the last minute. Plus I didn't get my box until this morning and the best before dates are tomorrow and the next day I think.

So far, have just tried the thins.

Huge hit with the children. Just the right size for picky eaters - more substantial than a single slice, but no crusts/leftovers. DS (6) said "perfect" "this is the only bread I like now". (He is prone to hyperbole, granted)

We just did marmite with cheese then plonked them in the george foreman grill. Toasties worked really well.

I actually quite like them too. Texture similar to shop bought bagels - but there's just too much bread in a bagel - I had cream cheese and smoked salmon, and it was just right.

I also toasted one, rubbed it with a clove of garlic and put chopped tomato/olive oil on it = bruschetta. Yum.

I am pretty sure I will buy them again; for my lunches at work as well as for the children. Even better if you are planning on making a granary or higher fibre/lower GI version.

I will do a post on the wraps when I've thought of something to do with them.

Thanks for all the feedback, recipes and photos - keep 'em coming! and a