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The pros: Trader Joe’s Mocha Joe Joe’s were part of the recent coffee theme at Trader Joe’s. They have since made a return a may have taken a more permanent part of the rotation.
The cons: These were temporarily off the shelves so I’m not sure if they are now a permanent part of the line up.
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I am part of a generation that is dying off. We played outside, our knees were always scuffed up, and sat close too close to the TV. We would fight over who got to lick the beater from the mixer whether it was cake batter or cookie dough. Had my mother raised me in current days, her judgement would be questioned. I’m forever grateful she let me lick the beater (and the bowl if I was lucky). Now an overwhelming fear of illness surrounds eating raw batter. That glorious taste is strongly discouraged in it’s raw form. Which has led to various forms of cake batter and cookie dough ice cream. I’m completely guilty of eating the dough out of the ice cream. It’s a taste that isn’t always improved with baking. For right now, we have Stew Leonard’s Edible Cookie Dough….
The pros: Trader Joe’s This Apple Walks Into a Bar is tasty, organic, low fat, affordable, portable and not a source of completely empty calories.
The cons: Easy to eat a few of these in a sitting. If you buy the strawberry flavor, the packaging of the individual bars looks almost identical to these….
The pros: Trader Joe’s Way More Chocolate Chips Cookies are tasty but taste store bought that have no shortage of chocolate chips.
The cons: If you are a fan of soft cookies, this might not be for you.
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The pros: Trader Joe’s This Blueberry Walks Into a Bar is organic, flavorful, some nutritional value, tasty, inexpensive compared to other organic snack bars.
The cons: Addicting. Easy to eat more than one of these.
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The pros: Beautiful round “marbles” of chocolate that are little works of speckled art. You are getting 16 truffles for about $4 and they are quality chocolate. There are 4 different varieties in Trader Joe’s Chocolate Marbles. The varieties are mostly similar but with subtle variation.
The cons: It’s so easy to keep eating these.
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The pros: With Trader Joe’s Meyer Lemon Cookie Thins you can have 9 cookies per serving, delicate lemon flavor with a hint of sweetness
The cons: It’s lemon, but doesn’t taste overwhelmingly like Meyer lemon, it tastes just like regular lemons.
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The pros: Trader Joe’s Chunky Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough are a decent cookies ready relatively quickly.
The cons: The recipe is missing certain things.
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The pros: Trader Joe’s Gingerbread Molasses Cookie Dough are the quickest cookies you can get short of buying them already cooked. They were done in under 15 minutes. They had that true gingersnap texture. There is a very nice spice beyond just ginger.
The cons: The package contains 12 cookies. If you need more than that you’ll need to pick up a few of these.
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The pros: Trader Joe’s Dark Chocolate Covered Peppermint Joe Joe’s are super chocolatey, rich with a nice balance of candy cane flavor and texture. The peppermint is a compliment to the chocolate and doesn’t overwhelm it. Good quality chocolate was used on the outside.
The cons: Only 10 in a package. Each cookie is over 100 calories each.
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