New PB&J Lunchables Look Like Uncrustables—But There’s a Twist

Uncrustables have been at the top of the food chain for years when it comes to prepackaged, crustless, pillow-shaped PB&Js. But at long last, a hot new bombshell is entering the villa. The hot new bombshell in question? Lunchables. Okay, so it’s more like an old bombshell has entered the villa, the “bombshell” being new Lunchables PB&Js (crustless! no thaw!) and the “villa” being our beloved refrigerator aisle. These new Uncrustable-like offerings from Lunchables dropped a week or so ago, and to be honest, if you asked me if I’d eat one of these for lunch, I’d say they look pretty ~lunchable~ to me.

Are these new Lunchables PB&J sandwiches any different from Uncrustables? Is Uncrustables at all litigious?

I will admit, when I first saw these, I thought, “Dang, Lunchables really just up and did Uncrustables but in a triangle shape…good for them, I guess?” Upon further inspection, however, these triangular bad boys have something else going for them: customizability. I know what you are thinking: “Jessica, it is a PB&J, how customizable could it possibly be? There is PB and there is J.” But hold on to your hats because this is about as customizable as you can get for a premade pocket sandwich that’s sealed around the edges. See, the triangle crustless sandwich itself is just full of PB, and the jelly comes on the side as a dip, so you can determine how much jelly you get with every bite.

Maybe this was to differentiate themselves from the good folks over at Uncrustables enough to avoid a legal battle. Maybe they didn’t figure out Uncrustables’ classic PB then jelly then PB again cross section (to protect the bread from jelly sog when the sandwich isn’t frozen), or, and I can’t stress this enough, maybe it’s Maybelline. Either way, I think the extra component of dipping the PB into the J adds a “play with your food” dimension that, honestly, we all kind of expect from Lunchables. It would appear that each pack comes with two peanut butter sandwich triangles and one jelly dip flavor, with the options being Grape or Strawberry.

These are already available in stores, so get out there, pick up some of these Lunchables, and make your friends ~jelly~. Because whether these turn out to be good or not (though let’s face it, how could they be bad?), I have never in my life not been jealous of a person holding a Lunchable or an Uncrustables, so I assume by the commutative property of Lunchtime, the jealousy would just compound. All that is to say, I want one of these right ASAP now, because they look pretty darn grape.