If you like the taste of chocolate chip cookies, but wish for a more chocolate taste, then look no further than these rich, deeply chocolatey cookies that are the devils food of the cookie world. These cookies are easy, soft, and delicious.
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The pros: Trader Joe’s Speculoos Cookies are delicious, vegan, and are the solid form of Cookie Butter.
The cons: The box that I bought disappeared off of my kitchen counter three times before I was able to complete this review. In fact, it took four boxes to get the final picture. My husband consumed all of these although is reluctant to admit to it.
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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 Shooting Stars are a really surprisingly good cookie. Nothing overly sophisticated, but it is whimsical with the popping candy and is successful as a cookie. A great choice for kids and for the kid at heart.
The cons: These are a bit pricey for how small the package is.
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The pros: Trader Joe’s Chocolate Chip Sandwich Cookies are a tasty cookie that might remind you of a cookie from a different brand.
The cons: High in saturated fat for one servings, but then again these aren’t diet food. Room for improvement on the chocolate filling. Plastic packaging didn’t seem to keep my cookies in place.
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The pros: Trader Joe’s Vanilla Joe Joe’s will remind you of a more familiar Keebler cookie, but with a more natural vanilla flavoring and appearance.
The cons: The flavor here might be more adult friendly than kid friendly. I brought this in to share with my students and the kids were a little bit polarized by it. They either loved it or hated it.
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The pros: Delicate, flavorful and lightly toasted nuts which are made affordable. Seriously, Trader Joe’s Dry Toasted Pignolias is the largest cheapest size bag I have found in most grocery stores. They do sell a bag of raw pine nuts, but that’s a review for another day.
The cons: 1/4 cup is 200 calories, this bag come as a resealable as you are unlikely to use the entire 8 ounces in one application. A third of your daily fat in one serving.
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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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