Trader Joe's Products (2017–)

[rotuts]

this cookie seems to be new :

 

 

of note , some of the tubs had cookies baked longer than other tub\s.

 

avoid this cookie at all costs ! 

 

they are delicious and lethal.

 

if you try them , have some ice cold milk available 

 

these are soo sooo soooo good

 

they had a similar cookie many many years ago.

 

then it disappeared .   maybe this one will disappear soon ?   they are irresistable 

 

on the sweeter side , very good crunch and flavor.

 

caution advised.

[Shel_B]

1 minute ago, rotuts said:

this cookie seems to be new :

 

 

these are soo sooo soooo good

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on the sweeter side , very good crunch and flavor.

 

These were available at the sample table not too long ago. Overly sweet.  Cookie description according to Trader Joe:

 

The base is a butter Cookie. (We do mean this literally!) Butter is the second ingredient (after flour), and makes up 24%—almost a quarter of the recipe. A variety of fun, multi-textured Things are mixed into the Cookie dough before baking, including corn flakes, pretzels, marshmallows, semisweet chocolate chips, and crispy rice. Once baked, these circular, golden-brown confections entice with a sweet, buttery aroma. Each crunchy bite may lead to a piece of salted pretzel, or a cluster of rich chocolate chips. The marshmallows have taken on an almost toffee-like candy character. And the corn flakes and crispy rice bring a lighter, crisp crunch to the whole experience. 

 

This cookie is excessive in so many ways. It exemplifies the lack of subtlety and the style of excess that so many foods have taken on. If some is good, then more - much more - must be just right. Demasiado!   

 

[Vapre]

Anybody else getting Milk Bar Compost Cookie vibes from these?

[blue_dolphin]

1 hour ago, Vapre said:

Anybody else getting Milk Bar Compost Cookie vibes from these?

Very much so. The marshmallows are different but the vibe of salty crunchy bits in a cookie with a ton of mix-ins certainly fits. 
 

Here's Christina Tosi's Compost Cookie recipe for those interested. 

[rotuts]

These are not salty .

 

 

butter-ry , brown sugar-ry , toasted pecan-ish ,  the sweetness comes from the white chocolate chips I think.

 

make sure you look for a bin that's ' well done !

 

not for those trying to loose weight .   

 

Im stocking up next trip , and getting some vanilla ice cream to go with.

 

N.B. :   these cookies are not intended for pedestrians .  Connoisseurs Only.

 

P.S.:  @blue_dolphin  you are correct .  marshmallows , not white choc-chip

 

 

Edited Tuesday at 12:49 PM by rotuts (log)

[rotuts]

following current social trends 

 

 

More for Me !

 

and pedestrians ?  keep on walking .

[Katie Meadow]

She had me at butter, she lost me at glucose, potato chips and pretzels. I would suggest trying the TJ's version before making your own. It's a labor of love. Or a waste of good potato chips. Compost indeed. I once went to the original Milk Bar and tried the cereal milk ice cream. Fawful, but then I was over thirty. I'm sure my four year old granddaughters would think they had died and gone to heaven. I shudder to think what would happen in the evening when the coffee grounds and the sugar take wing. Christina Tosi doesn't have a sweet tooth. She has fangs.

[blue_dolphin]

I paid a visit to TJ's this morning.  Of course, I picked up a container of All the Things cookies, following the advice of @rotuts to avoid the paler specimens and choose a box with more “well done” cookies.  
I agree with his assessment that they’re on the sweet side but I don’t find them overly sweet at all.  I saw comments elsewhere that they were too dry but I found them pleasantly light and crisp. Nice with a cup of coffee. They won’t replace the Triple Ginger Snaps as my favorite TJ's cookie but I don’t think I’ll have any problem finishing them off. 
Edited to add one more comment on the cookies. I’m a nibbler, so I take tiny bites to make my treats last long as possible. What’s fun about nibbling on All the Things cookies is that each little bite is different.  I like that.
 

I also got a box of the All Butter Apricot Shortbread cookies. I believe they had an apple version last year. There's 15 cookies/box @ $3.49.  I like these a lot and probably will grab a few boxes before they disappear. 
 

I’m not usually a fan of strawberry ice cream but I was curious so I got a pint of this new item.  It’s quite good with little strawberry chunks that have a nice, tangy flavor. 
 

I also picked up the following:

 

Clockwise from the top:

I usually get fried shallots at an Asian grocery but it’s nice to have a more local source.  
I’m not sure how I feel about greige pasta but I always like trying new shapes and this line of Italian pastas tends to cook up almost like a fresh pasta so I bought a box of the Black Pepper Barilotti. Not sure what I’ll serve it with. Seems like it would work in a cold pasta salad with salami, tomatoes, etc. 
The salsa macha has a chili crisp look in the labeling and the consistency of the contents.  The salsa macha I make (with the customary peanuts) is a bit more pulverized while the seeds here are all intact, floating in the oil.  I’ll try this on roasted Brussels sprouts or maybe Romano beans….
The organic, dry-farmed Early Girl tomatoes are grown in California so I’m not sure if they’re widely distributed but they are nice little tomatoes. They’ve been offered at my TJ's for a couple of years but just for a short period. I forgot to get tomatoes at the farmers market so these are a decent sub. 
 

 

Edited 5 hours ago by blue_dolphin (log)

[weinoo]

6 hours ago, blue_dolphin said:

The organic, dry-farmed Early Girl tomatoes are grown in California so I’m not sure if they’re widely distributed but they are nice little tomatoes. They’ve been offered at my TJ's for a couple of years but just for a short period. I forgot to get tomatoes at the farmers market so these are a decent sub. 

Definitely not available here.