Trader Joe’s French Crepe Chocolate Wafer Cookies

Trader Joe's French Chocolate Crepe Wafer Cookies are a really effective way to get chocolate into your face. The crepe layers are seriously so thin and crunchy. And wrapped, dare I say, enrobed(?) in milk chocolate? Delicious. There are three cookies stacked in each compartment for a total of 21. A few on the…

ByMichelleFebruary 24, 20220Comments

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Trader Joe’s Cocoa and Sea Salt Instant Oatmeal Ain’t Half Bad

I have to say, I was skeptical about Trader Joe's Cocoa and Sea Salt Instant Oatmeal. I'm more of an apple cinnamon gal, and to be totally honest, my favorite TJ's oats are the rolled oats in a bag. You can do them in the microwave, too, and they're way tastier with a better texture…

ByMichelleJanuary 19, 20220Comments

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We Tried Trader Joe’s Chocolate Mochi Cake

Trader Joe's took the hint when lots of people doctored up their Mochi Cake Mix last year with cocoa. It's something locals in Hawaii, and Japanese / Japanese Americans have made for decades. Now, TJ's is back with Trader Joe's Chocolate Mochi Cake Mix with Peanut Butter Frosting. Gluten-free friends, you are gonna be…

ByMichelleAugust 19, 20210Comments

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We Tried Trader Joe’s Peanuts for Chocolate Ice Cream

With all the ice cream and popsicles TJ's put out this summer, I've lagged on getting around to Trader Joe's Peanuts for Chocolate Ice Cream. And my freezer is pretty full. But, here we go! So, if you liked the Chocolate and Peanut Butter Dipped Joe-Joe's that came out earlier this summer, this ice cream…

ByMichelleAugust 12, 20210Comments

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We Tried Trader Joe’s Chocolate Peanut Butter Joe-Joe’s

I've got some good news and some bad news. Ok, bad news first. There are only 8 cookies in a box of Trader Joe's Chocolate Peanut Butter Joe-Joe's. The good news? Now you know you should buy two boxes on your next TJ's trip. So, this is a Joe-Joe with a peanut butter filling, dipped…

ByMichelleApril 28, 20210Comments

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We Tried Trader Joe’s Chocolate Peppermint Loaf

Trader Joe’s Chocolate Peppermint Loaf and Baking Mix ($2.99 per box) is as good as you’re hoping it is. I baked it up in three mini loaves over the weekend and topped it with some candy cane shards from the bottom of the Peppermint Bark bag.

ByMichelleNovember 25, 20190Comments

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We Tried Trader Joe’s Neapolitan Joe-Joe Ice Cream

Whoa, Joe! It looks like Trader Joe's has been saving the best for last this summer, with its new Neapolitan Joe-Joe Ice Cream ($2.99). We were fans of the cookies when they came out last year, we even thought the Neapolitan Puffs cereal was pretty ok, but this ice cream? Trader Joe's has outdone itself.…

ByMichelleAugust 5, 20190Comments

Product Review Recipes

Trader Joe’s Throws Down with Neapolitan Joe-Joe’s

While Oreo has been on a tear introducing limited edition flavors over the last few years, Trader Joe's effort has been more measured, lining up with their pushes around various flavors. There have been Mango Joe-Joe's, Mocha Joe-Joe's, Matcha Joe-Joe's, and everyone's perennial holiday favorite: the Peppermint Joe-Joe. Now, Trader Joe's has delivered an old…

ByMichelleAugust 6, 20180Comments

Baking Dessert Recipes

GUINNESS CHOCOLATE CUPCAKES WITH IRISH CREAM From Ottolenghi’s Sweet

There are about a zillion recipes for Guinness brownies out there. Some use store bought brownie mix, some go from scratch. This year I put all that aside when I saw the Guinness chocolate cakes with Irish Cream filling in SWEET by Yotam Ottolenghi and Helen Goh. Without the recommended mini loaf pans, I turned…

ByMichelleMarch 14, 20180Comments

Recipes

Baked Chocolate Donuts with Strawberry Glaze

I make everything about food. So when I finished reading Jasmine Guillory's fantastic novel, The Wedding Date, one of the things I latched onto was the heroine's love for pink donuts with sprinkles. But these baked chocolate donuts (double chocolate even!) go above and beyond with not just a dip in pink glaze, but real…

ByMichelleJanuary 16, 20180Comments