I have been buying Cheddar Lil Smokies for years and this most recent batch doesn't even seem like real meat! They're so oily they slide off the plate. The texture is almost like Vienna Sausages (which is nasty) What changed? If this is the new normal I won't ever buy these again.

I purchase lit'l smokies all the time, they're a family favorite. I just opened this 14 oz. package and these are the most Misshaped things I've ever seen! It would be embarrassing to even use these for our party tonight. Looks like something that should have been derved for Halloween.

I was very disappointed. I had the cheddar smokies tonight for dinner with my family and they are nothing like when I had them 20 years ago. My husband had never had the cheddar ones so I bought a pkg. I will never buy those again and I was so looking to having some. There was no cheddar in them but one smokie I only had one with cheddar and one my stepson had only one out of the whole pkg.

The product went from crunchy, textured, delicious smoked sausage to weird, sour-tasting, pureed, mushy mini hotdog paste that glues itself to your teeth. Basically overnight. Shopping trip 6 weeks ago, awesome smokies. Last shopping trip, mush. Absolutely disgusting. I can't even begin to understand why a company would think they could get away with something like that?

I normally love these, but the last time I got some, there was a bone piece in one, and as I was chewing, I bit into the bone piece and my mouth has been in agony since! My tooth is loose, I've got pain and swelling, but I can't afford a dentist so there's nothing I can do. AVOID THESE!

2 years in a row on NYE I've opened packages of these sausages that have black spots on them. The date is fine and the picture of sausages on the package appears that there may be spots in them, so maybe it's a change in the recipe. It makes me think of mold and is unappetizing to see. I can't tell based on the ingredient list what the spots could be. I'll try a different brand next year.

I always hated veanna sausages so i would eat your sausages instead, I loved them before you changed the recipe, not happy with any aspect of them looked gross coming out the package made pigs in blankets for my family gathering more then half was left there nobody wanted them my son asked why I had put veanna sausages instead but I didn't. Whatever you changed put it back

Why would would you put the cooking instructions under the label. Then sticking that to the plastic wrapper. I needed stove top instructions. We ended up tossing all 4 packages it the trash why because? when we tried to pull the label off so we could prepare this for my family and friends. It was nothing but a mess. I will never trust hillshire Farm products again. Thank goodness I noticed that there was a pink liquid in the serving dishes even after I had drained and patted them. You need to print your cooking instructions on the front or back but not under the label.

I have always love these lil smokes whether cooking them is some bbq sauce for appetizers or adding them with french toast for breakfast. But the new texture reminds me of the other brand and are not good. If it's not broke, don't fix it. Very disappointed in the change.

I check in from time to time to view the smokies package as I, too, was not happy with the new recipe. Last shopping trip, I noticed the smokies in the package were smaller like they use to be. So, I purchased a package of them. Just cooked them as part of our brunch. So glad a change back to the original recipe has been made. Hope it's permanent! Thank you, Hillshire!