What’s New at Trader Joe’s – Jan. 15, 2026

Valentine's Day Items Are Starting to Roll In While my local TJ's still have some Winter Holiday items, we're starting to see Valentine's Day treats trickle in. Based on previous years, I'd expect more over the next week or so. Spotted today in the PNW: Trader Joe's Mini Heart Cookies Milk Chocolate Covered…

ByMichelleJanuary 15, 20260Comments

Food News

Trader Joe’s Valentine’s Day Items are Hitting Shelves Now

Love is in the Air at Trader Joe's! While some stores back east have had the Ricotta Cuoricini Ravioli for a couple weeks, today was the first time i'd seen them locally. Here's a look at the Trader Joe's Valentine's Day Items spotted in the PNW today. [Ed: I'll be updating this post as new…

ByMichelleJanuary 16, 20240Comments

Product Review

We Tried Trader Joe’s Ricotta Cuoricini Ravioli

I'm not sure the products folks fully thought through Trader Joe's Ricotta Cuoricini Ravioli. Because while heart-shaped pasta with a ricotta and balsamic reduction filling sounds tasty, it does leave the raviolo with a brown...protuberance in the middle. After someone on Reddit said they looked like tongues in the package, I couldn't unsee it. …

ByMichelleJanuary 26, 20230Comments

Food News

Valentine’s Day Goodies Roll In at Trader Joe’s

I'm sure for some people it feels like you just took down your holiday decorations, but retail waits for no one. Trader Joe's is stocked with Valentine's Day treats. From boxed chocolates to gummy XOXOs to heart shaped macarons, it's time to stock up whether for your honey, your sweetheart, your Galentines / Palentines, or…

ByMichelleJanuary 19, 20230Comments

Product Review

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

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

Cooking Recipes

Beet Mine, Valentine

We all know Valentine's is designed to sell roses, heart-shaped candy and chocolates. The beet board really needs to get in on this action. Why not tell someone how much you care with a naturally red food? With Valentine's falling on a Friday you aren't limited to a just salad or dessert. Plan for breakfast…

ByMichelleFebruary 12, 20141Comment

Just for Fun Not About Food

The Lost Art of Folding Notes

How to Fold a Heart In the time before texting and email and Facebook, we used to pass notes. Not the quick “Do you like me? Check the box,” sorts of notes, but long-form handwritten letters alternately squeeing and agonizing over our latest crushes, where we would sit at lunch, what SHE said about HER,…

ByMichelleFebruary 1, 20142Comments

Main Course Recipes

Haters Gonna Hate, But You’ll Love Roasted Beet Pesto

Beets were on my top food offender list when I was a kid. Beets didn’t come from a farm or the grocery store, they came from a salad bar. Sizzler, Soup Plantation, even Carl’s Jr. (yes, they had a salad bar in the ol' days) all had ‘em. Sliced or julienned, my auntie would pile…

ByMichelleFebruary 6, 20137Comments