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The pros: Trader Joe’s Ghosts and Bats are a fun seasonal potato chip like snack. These are also gluten free.
The cons: Seasonal. These remind me of a combination of my favorite chips. I do wish they could add some more flavoring here.
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The pros: Trader Joe’s Petite Pumpkin Spice Cookies are a seasonal variety of Trader Joe’s Pinks and Whites.
The cons: This is a seasonal item, so when they are gone they are gone (perhaps forever, perhaps just for the season).
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The pros: Trader Joe’s Sponge Candy is a very sweet, textural, and not in the sense that the name might have you believe.
The cons: If you’ve never tried this before, the texture might shock you and make you wonder why it’s called sponge candy at all.
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The pros: Trader Joe’s Laceys Milk Chocolate and Macadamia Nut Cookies are sweet and crunchy cookies that will happily deal with any sweet tooth you might have.
The cons: 120 calories per cookie. Might be a bit too sweet for some.
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The pros: Trader Joe’s Gone Bananas is an easy and relatively healthy dessert.
The cons: This is something that can be made at home using your favorite chocolate and some bananas.
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The pros: Trader Joe’s Ts and Js Sour Gummies come in a resealable bag and are essentially Trader Joe’s answer to Sour Patch Kids. These are gluten free.
The cons: They aren’t an exact copy of Sour Patch kids, but are very addicting making the resealable bag almost unnecessary. These are shaped in the letters T and J which means they are probably more coated in the sour sugar (which might not be a bad thing).
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The pros: Trader Joe’s Gochujang Almonds are delicious as long as you like some heat and garlic.
The cons: You might need a breath mint after eating a handful of these. At least that is what my husband suggested.
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The pros: Trader Joe’s Tzatziki Dip is a pretty good refrigerated dip that is a hybrid of a Tzatziki sauce and a cucumber salad. Amazingly, the cucumbers were still very crisp.
The cons: Has a lot more cucumbers than I was expecting, so it might not be for everyone.
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The pros: Trader Joe’s English Butter Fudge is a sweet candy confection that is actually made in England.
The cons: If you are into chocolate fudge, this might be a miss as the primary flavors are butter and sugar.
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The pros: Trader Joe’s Crunchy Nutty Rice Bites might remind you of a more adult flavored Rice Krispies treat, just better. Gluten free and kosher if that is a priority for you. Bag can be resealed so you don’t feel obligated to eat the whole thing.
The cons: Nothing really jumps out
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