The Trader Joe's Product Discussion Thread (S/D)

http://luckypeach.com/the-trader-joes-snacks-power-rankings-part-ii/

"One minor problem: the slick, oily residue on the outside of these things. It’s meant to resemble butter coating, but it doesn’t, and it’s not really necessary. It makes the snack a little lardaceous and overwhelming after a while."

And then he ranks it number 1.

Anyway the blister peanuts clobber all these snacks

wtf, the everything crackers and the mini cheese sandwiches are AWESOME!!!

Love those little cheese sandwich crackers. We get them ostensibly for Ivy and I end up eating more of them than she does.

and they're organic, that means healthy

those south african chips are not very good. the ghost pepper ones are fine.

the south african chips seem good at first but the appeal wears thin v quickly

Yeah, like a quarter of the way through the bag. They have a kind of odd texture, too, a little liked baked Lay's or something.

http://www.traderjoes.com/images/fearless-flyer/uploads/article-2186/super-burrito.jpg

thumbs up!

I'm interested. What percentage of the filling is kale? Is it frozen?

I got it from the refrigerated section. It's like 50/50 quinoa and kale, with chunks of sweet potato. Good flavor. The tortilla is spicy.

pour one out for the now-discontinued biltong jerky, damn i loved that

I did not like the South African potato chips but boy am I a big fan of the turkey and stuffing potato chips.

moi aussi!!!

xp those turkey chips are the closest this country has come to my beloved nz's chicken-flavoured chips

I tried one of those super burritos & they're pretty good! I wasnt sure at first but def would eat again

Lamb vindaloo is surprisingly good

which of these is the most trader joesiest thing:

chocolate raspberry tamales

butternut squash gyoza

OR

gingerbread dog treats

have you all tried the partially popped popcorn? best new snack 2015

omg something lol happened yesterday with a TJs product

i was at a potluck and saw a little bowl full of the gummy tummy penguins. a guy i know took one and bit it in half and the smell was so pungent we could all smell it like 3-4 ft away. he was like "what IS this, it tastes like bitter orange peel" and he said something about a bitter orange from Italy, I forget what they're called. then when i told him that they were gummies from TJs he said "maybe you're right" and I was like dood I know I'm right, I have eaten entire bags of these candies gimme some cred and another woman joined our convo and was like yeah she's right those are gummy penguins from TJs

lol

Ha I am rarely inspired to buy based on delicious free sample, but I did pick up TWO packages of chocolate raspberry tamales the other day

Why did I try the Inca Corn? Because now I am addicted to the Inca Corn.

i would not recommend the butternut squash gyoza, it's exactly the sum of its parts

took a flyer on the packaged grass-fed sirloin. well, that was a waste of $11 and I should have known steak in a box was going to taste way more like cold cuts than it did like an actual yummy cold piece of leftover steak

Not the lashings of ginger beer you want!

http://laist.com/2015/12/16/trader_joes_ginger_beer_explosions.php

nooooo

Not sure who they contracted that to, but I wanted to go buy a case

I drank all the ones I bought

yeah i loved it, an affordable substitute for blenheim's

Update on the gummis -- I bought some and there were a few (maybe 2 in the whole bag) that had a very different and distinctly bitter flavor. I think there may have been a mixup at the gummy penguin factory

I just bought these too thinking they were just rich gummies but no they are fn Gushers

That Super Burrito is..... not that great :-/ it just tastes like I'm eating big spoonfuls of kale and quinoa, it's not like some wonderful flavor combination greater than the sum of it's parts, which is imo sort of how a burrito is supposed to operate.

fuck these turds. this shit tastes like week-old leftover off-brand box mac. Not good.

http://designassets.traderjoes.com/Uploads/wn-organic-mac-n-cheezy-rays3.png

I didn't care for them either.

i am addicted to mini cheese sandwich crackers

After an absence of many month, my favorite minestrone soup was back on the shelf! I actually jumped in the air and gave a little clap.

xp me too!!!! they are so great

They are as wonderful as those gloppy cheezy rays are horrifying.

the mac & cheese bites are wonderful.

Pizza Veggie Burgers were fantastic. We eat a lot of the Quinoa Cowboy Veggie Burgers, but I think Pizza Burgers is going to make it into the rotation.

I like the Thai veggie burgers. But I have this problem where I'm good for about five of any variety of veggie burger, so I wind up with a bunch of three-quarters full burger boxes.

got the gluten-free cupcakes because they were prominently placed, and I didn't see any glutenous cupcakes nearby. Pretty tasty cupcake.

chicken balti curry pies are goooood

omg the chicken baltis and the steak & ales I kept in my work freezer at all times (though i think I started to tire of them)

yeah i dunno if i could eat a lot of them, but god, awesome step up from a boring-ass pot pie

I would try these steak&ale pies

they're v hearty and flavorful and riche

v dope

Do NOT look at the nutritional information on the back of the Balti pies. In fact just throw the box the fuck out and enjoy them.

^^^