What's your favorite food from Trader Joes?

KelliLynee

We are going on vacation soon and will be stopping at Trader Joes to get some groceries for our trip. We will be gone for 5 days and have a kitchen at the place we are staying at, so I want to buy some snacks so that we aren't eating out at restaurants the whole time. The store is on our way, but at least an hour from where we are actually staying, so I probably won't be buying anything that needs to be kept cold (like ice cream or dairy products), but if its something cold that doesn't really need to be kept to temperature I might consider it. (I don't know if we'll have room for a cooler).

My favorites are their trail mixes, their version of wheat things, and olive oil popcorn. What are your favorites so I can be better prepared to shop? Oh and the one we are stopping at has beer, so if you have any recommendations for DH on beer that would be good too!

Thanks ladies!

alli&pat

DS like their bars that look like nutragrain bars.  We use them for snacks on the go.  I love the Joe-Joes (oreo look alikes). 

lujain

LO eats their veggie sticks, baked onion rings, multigrain crackers, and snappea crisps.

DH likes the honey mustard pretzels.

I like the dark chocolate cherry KIND bars.

twirler324

I really like their pita chips!  Here are good links I refer to a lot:

https://sundaynitedinner.com/five-favorite-things-trader-joes/

https://community.thebump.com/cs/ks/forums/thread/41388471.aspx

wall0307

We buy their pizza dough.  We also like $3 buck chuck wine (merlot and pinot grigio and orangebloom beer.  I'm not sure of spelling for the beer. It comes in large cans.

aew82

I love their guacamole hummus-its great!

SallyJean95

banana bread mix.  DH prefers it over homemade! 

keg

Chocolate covered anything (the dark chocolate peanut butter cups are extra dangerous) and apple/carrot sauce in the pouches. 

I know you don't want frozen things, but DDs really like their turkey meatballs and that makes an easy meal with some pasta and sauce.  Their frozen risottos are really tasty too.  

Harper'smom

We like the summer beer, the packaging is yellow. DD likes the veggie stix and the pureed fruit crusher packs. We get the no salt organic marinara sauce, w/ the red and yellow label, a lot and they have dried gnocchi. We too use the pizza dough a lot to make DD pizza w/out cheese. The curry sauces in the jars are good to toss w/ chicken and rice.

stever

Fleur de Sel Caramel, Candy Cane Jo-Jo's, Peanut Butter Cups.

As for stuff that's not absolutely terrible for you, Sweet Italian Chicken Sausage, pre-cut kale, salad dressings.

groovygrl

Kids love the fruit chews (apple watermelon, strawberry, etc, theyre inthe dried fruit & nut aisle, they come in little packets in a box), and the bars someone referred to ("a XXX walked into a bar" with the XXX being the fruit, we get apple & fig). I get their applesauce squeezer things too.   Their mini whole grain crackers are great w/ cheese or PB. I like their 'pub cheese' which could probably keep in the car for a bit- it is the spreadable kind but the ingredients make it seem like it's not overly fake/processed. 

I love the guacamole 'kit', you could grab that & a bag of corn chips... it has all you need to make a batch of guac.

I also like their jalapeno cheese crunchie things (similar to cheetos but baked & not as orange-y) . 

monlyn9

Their baking mix makes the best pancakes. I also love their brownie mix. I really wish I lived closer to one.

 

Harper'smom

We tried their mini whole wheat pitas w/ sun flower butter and jam today and DD loved it.