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The Totino’s Buffalo Style Chicken Pizza Ramen Noodles is the wildcard entry in our lineup, but it does say “ramen noodles” right on the labeling. I know Totino’s for their pizza rolls, but ramen noodles? This could be interesting.
Produced in the United States.
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What’s in the Package
Inside the Totino’s Buffalo Style Chicken Pizza Ramen cup is a base of flat, fettuccine-like wheat noodles pre-coated in an orange seasoning dust. This coating is a blend of cayenne pepper, vinegar, garlic, and cheddar cheese designed to mimic buffalo chicken pizza. Dehydrated chicken stock bits are mixed throughout.
How to Prepare It
- Open the lid halfway.
- Pour boiling water exactly up to the internal fill line.
- Close the lid and let it sit for 3 minutes.
- You need to stir vigorously from the bottom to ensure the “pizza sauce” seasoning fully dissolves and coats the flat noodles.
- Let it sit for an extra 2-3 minutes uncovered; the sauce thickens as it cools slightly, making it feel more like “pizza” and less like “soup.”
One important preparation note before anything else: do not eat this immediately after mixing. Let it sit for 2 to 3 minutes so the sauce can thicken properly. Straight out of the mix it’s watery soup.
How Does It Taste
The Totino’s Buffalo Style Chicken Pizza Ramen Noodles does not taste like pizza ramen and it doesn’t taste like buffalo chicken. What it actually tastes like is a salty, sausage-forward canned tomato soup with chili pepper running through it.
The closest flavor reference we landed on at the table was Kraft Mac and Cheese. It has that specific salty, processed, deeply familiar comfort food quality. It tastes like college kid food.
The surprising thing is that it works. The sourness that ruins so many instant noodles in this category is absent. It doesn’t taste off or spoiled. It just tastes like processed American comfort food in instant noodle form.
The spice is a lingering heat rather than an upfront punch. It builds quietly through the bowl rather than announcing itself. The noodles are thick and do a good job holding onto the sauce once it thickens properly after the rest period.
How Does It Compare
Within the pizza-flavored instant noodle category this is the only one that hasn’t actively offended the tasting table. That’s a low bar but an important distinction. In terms of the salty processed comfort food direction it’s going the Maruchan Creamy Chicken hits a similar nostalgia note. Both lean into American processed food comfort rather than Asian instant ramen tradition. The Totino’s is saltier, thicker, and more committed to its identity as junk food.
How to Level Up Totino’s Buffalo Style Chicken Pizza Ramen Noodles
Lean into the pizza direction rather than fighting it. Shredded white cheese, the cheap kind, melted into the thickened sauce takes the Mac and Cheese quality further and adds creaminess that rounds out the salt. Pepperoni or pork meatballs add the protein element and reinforce the pizza flavor the label is promising.
Add fresh cilantro, Valentina or Tapatio hot sauce, and once the noodles are gone don’t throw out the leftover sauce. Stir steamed white rice directly into what remains in the bowl. The thick tomato sauce coats the rice and creates a second meal that’s arguably better than the noodles.
Final Verdict
The Totino’s Buffalo Style Chicken Pizza Ramen Noodles is a surprisingly edible guilty pleasure that defies low expectations set by every pizza-flavored instant noodle before it. It doesn’t taste like buffalo chicken pizza. It tastes like salty canned tomato comfort food in noodle form and somehow that works.
Tasting Notes
- Spice Level: 2/5
- Broth Viscosity: 5/5
- Noodle Thickness: 3/5
- Noodle Type: Thick Wheat
- Topping Suggestions: Shredded White Cheese, Pepperoni, Pork Meatballs, Cilantro, Green Onions, Hot Sauce
How do I rate my ramen? Check out the Ramen Rating Guide.
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Community Ratings
These noodles are NOT good, taste like they used imitation buffalo sauce, the noodle texture is slippery and short so its difficult grabbing the noodles.
Tried it cuz it sounded ridiculous, and it was just awful. Flavor was nothing like the title, and the noodles were wavy but short, so grabbing them was nearly impossible!
