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 Spicy Buffalo Cheddar Makes Some Tasty Chips ‘n Cheese

Trader Joe's Spicy Buffalo Cheddar is the cheese I needed for Super Bowl Sunday. (Then again, I probably would have knocked the bowl over dancing during the half time show. :D ) This cheese lives somewhere between Velveeta and standard cheddar. And with jalapeños and habaneros in the mix, it's got a good kick. …

ByMichelleFebruary 16, 20220Comments

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Are Trader Joe’s Veggie Bites Amazing or Just Alright?

I had high hopes for Trader Joe's Veggie Bites. I love veggie fritters, I love tater tots, and what, we can have both in one little tot package? I even finally got an air fryer, so I figured that was gonna give them their best shot at deliciousness. The ingredient list is pretty clean…

ByMichelleAugust 26, 20210Comments

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We Tried Trader Joe’s Cheese Bites with Tomato and Chili

Trader Joe's is bringing a third option to it's line up of oven-baked cheese bites. Moon Cheese lovers everywhere must be thrilled. It started with the basic cheddar and parm, moved on to truffle, and now we've got Trader Joe's Cheese Bites with Tomato and Chili. When Matt and Tara were talking about them on…

ByMichelleMarch 25, 20210Comments

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We Tried Trader Joe’s Mini French Baguettes

I wanna say Trader Joe's Mini French Baguettes are actually a returning item. I swear they had them, or something similar, like 5+ (maybe more) years ago. And if memory serves, the old ones were better. Out of the bag, they're roughly the same size as an Olive Garden bread stick. They go directly…

ByMichelleMarch 2, 20211Comment

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We Tried Trader Joe’s Heart Macarons

So, I know we're past Valentine's Day, but I had to go ahead and document Trader Joe's Heart Macarons. Holiday-related items have been flying out the door and I knew I wouldn't get a second shot at picking these up. And I didn't want to be the jerk buying the last two boxes at…

ByMichelleFebruary 16, 20210Comments

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Vote for Your Faves in Trader Joe’s 12th Annual Customer Choice Awards

Image credit: Trader Joe's Voting is now open in Trader Joe's customer choice awards! Although they've reduced the number of categories this year, I still had a hard time picking an overall favorite. It might be an outlier, but I had to go with the frozen Garlic Naan. After missing it for so many…

ByMichelleJanuary 5, 20210Comments

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We Tried Trader Joe’s Instant Cold Brew

Trader Joe's first talked about their reverse engineered instant cold brew as targeted for the summer, which would have made more sense in any normal year. I was intrigued by the idea of cold brew that was freeze dried into crystals designed to be rehydrated. But I gotta tell ya, I'm not super impressed with…

ByMichelleOctober 16, 20200Comments

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We Tried Trader Joe’s Pumpkin Empanadas

First things first, these are NOT called Pumpkin PIE empanadas. It's true, these are spiced with cinnamon, clove, allspice, ginger and salt. But this is not quite pumpkin pie. They aren't as sweet as all that. And I really really like Trader Joe's Pumpkin Empanadas! Through all the ice creams and desserts you've often…

ByMichelleSeptember 30, 20200Comments

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We Tried Trader Joe’s Spicy Pumpkin Samosas

So far I'm pretty impressed with Trader Joe's new fall items. Of course everyone looks forward to the return of their favorites, but I'm most interested in the new-new. The Spicy Pumpkin Curry Simmer Sauce was a hit at our house. And Trader Joe's Spicy Pumpkin Samosas got a thumbs up, too. …

ByMichelleSeptember 22, 20200Comments

Trader Joe’s French Crepe Chocolate Wafer Cookies

Trader Joe’s Spicy Buffalo Cheddar Makes Some Tasty Chips ‘n Cheese

Are Trader Joe’s Veggie Bites Amazing or Just Alright?

We Tried Trader Joe’s Cheese Bites with Tomato and Chili

We Tried Trader Joe’s Mini French Baguettes

We Tried Trader Joe’s Heart Macarons

Vote for Your Faves in Trader Joe’s 12th Annual Customer Choice Awards

We Tried Trader Joe’s Instant Cold Brew

We Tried Trader Joe’s Pumpkin Empanadas

We Tried Trader Joe’s Spicy Pumpkin Samosas

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