Campbell's V8 Golden Butternut Squash Soup Review

I wanted to try this because I love Butternut Squash and I also love the original V-8 Juice.  My best friend bought me this flavor and the Broccoli & Cheese.  I was at my office the day she brought them to me.  I was going to work late so I decided I would go to the kitchen and microwave this soup; which by then I was really anticipating. 

First things first, the cardboard-like container is difficult to open.  The instructions say to lift flap and snip corners.  Well, I'm in a kitchen, not at my desk.  I don't have scissors to "snip" the flap so I grab the next best thing--a steak knife.  Did I tell you it was a sharp knife and that I am accident prone?  Can you see what's coming?  Well, I'm trying to carve the flap open and the knife slips and cuts my thumb.  I have to tend to that while I'm thinking, "I should have gone back to my desk for some scissors."

Next on my list for "trying new things".  When it is a new food or beverage product I always smell it.  Well, this smelled like baby food and it was thick enough to look like strained squash.  Okay, I can still deal with it so far so I proceed to pour it into a standard soup bowl and it fills the bowl to the rim.  Thus, a nice individual serving size--not too much and not so little that it leaves you hungry.  I believe you have to microwave it for about 3-4 minutes.  I have the other ones at the office so I can't look at the package.  When you open the microwave it does smell good.

At first bite or spoonful I wasn't really sure if I liked the product but it wasn't bad enough to repulse me so I went back to my office and proceeded to eat and work.  As the soup cooled I realized I didn't have the patience to use a spoon so I just drank the soup.  I finished the entire bowl and thought it was okay.

I'm not sure what I thought about the taste.  It definitely didn't taste like the homemade butternut squash I have had in the past.  I think my mind was playing a psychological game on me because I couldn't get past the thought that this smelled like a junior level baby food.  I even told my best friend that when I called her to tell her I tried it.  The butternut squash didn't stand out as much as I thought it would.  I kept thinking there was more of a potato or corn like flavor to it.  Perhaps that was some of the other vegetables put in the recipe.

I love to eat soup in the winter time.  Honestly, I will not be buying this soup for myself.  I will finish off the ones my best friend gave me and if she ever gives me anymore I will eat it.  I know the containers cost about $2.79 a box--just a little steep for a single girl on a tight budget.  I might be tempted to buy it if they ever had a really good sale but it would have to be a great deal.  I'll stick with my Campbell's Chunky Chicken and Dumplings and my Chef Boyardee varieties. 

If you are a connoisseur of fine foods, then this is not the soup for you.   V-8 needs to stick with the juices and forget trying to make the right soup.  Their products should be served in a glass not a bowl.