Honestly Speaking
Comentado en los Estados Unidos el 25 de marzo de 2025
I had never even heard of an “arepa” until I saw a package of them at the grocery store. They caught my eye because they were soft, doughy tortilla-like pancakes filled with meat and cheese and they looked delicious! And they were incredibly delicious! But as I was enjoying them, I realized they seemed so simply prepared that I should be able to make them myself. Then, here come some arepas molds on Amazon and since I now know how good arepas are, I decided to give them a try!The molds are basically just plastic discs (“food safe durable polypropene” they said) that you press your dough creations into. Can you make the arepas without the molds? Yes. But the molds make it easier to shape them and make them perfectly flat and round. Plus, there’s the fun factor of using the molds! There are three different sizes to make snack-sized or meal-sized versions. Each mold has a thinner-depth side and a thicker-depth side. There are no pressing tops or lids. But if you use the small or medium mold on the bottom, you can put the large mold on top of the dough to press it flat.I saw that some people mentioned problems with sticking, so I started right off using plastic wrap to line the mold (like the Amazon description picture showed). After making my dough (P.A.N. Masa Harina with water and pinch of salt until a soft, moist dough forms), I rolled up little balls and placed them on the plastic wrap in the mold. (You can add fillings in the center of the dough if you’d like.) I pressed them in the medium mold and out they popped, perfectly round! I fried them up in a skillet until they were crisp on the outside and gooey in the middle! So yummy!
Good
Comentado en los Estados Unidos el 13 de febrero de 2025
Good for multipurpose
Familia Herrera Ausemo
Comentado en los Estados Unidos el 15 de abril de 2025
Excelente
Diana Banana
Comentado en los Estados Unidos el 6 de abril de 2025
These are okay.Honestly, they're not bad, the fact that they have one side for thick and the other for thin arepas is nice, but I think for people who have never made it arepas it would be nice if it came with some sort of guide, because I think it would help them.Being Colombian I kind of had an idea of what to do, but my friend bought one of these and she was lost.These are just plastic little things, I think they should be a little cheaper, especially because it doesn't really help people who haven't used something like this before, or give instructions on how to use them. They seem to hold up pretty well, and went through the dishwasher okay, though I don't know how often I would put them through the dishwasher since there is no sign specifically saying that they are dishwasher safe. Maybe to be on the safe side, hand wash them.So maybe let me help on how to use these so your dough doesn't get stuck, put like a little bit of olive oil or cooking spray down before you put your dough in, once you have your dough in, cut a gallon ziploc bag and put it over the dough that is in the mold and use a rolling pin over it. That should make it even and you should be able to get the arepa out.If you use these properly they should work okay, but if you go into it not really knowing how to use them, you end up with dough sticking and frustration.Hope this helps ya :)
Miguel
Comentado en los Estados Unidos el 23 de abril de 2025
Pros:1) Double sided with different thicknesses (but see con 1)2) different sizes. With one being large enough for nice stuffed arepasCons:1) These are double sided so they're not open ended. They're also not so flexible so removing the flour from the mold is not good. The flour often gets stuck and parts of it rip off when removing the flour from the mold (see images). In order to not have them stick or to remove it easier, you would need to place a plastic wrap at the bottom which is not convenient. Even doing this, pulling from the plastic to remove the flour can warp the arepa so you'll have to fix it manually anyway. You can also put some oil at the bottom but it's annoying to have to apply it every time.2) It doesn't come with a press so you need to find a suitable way to press down the flour into the mold that provides equal force in all directions (your hands don't often do this well)Side Note: My family and have made arepas our whole lives. Molds are good when you want to make many arepas and control your output carefully. In that regard these aren't good because you'll have to repeat steps and time savings isn't as good if they flour keeps sticking. If you're not making large quantities or trying to control your output, it's much better to make them by hand. It's a better experience in my point of view.