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Trader Joe’s Milk Chocolate Malted Milk Eggs

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Trader Joe's Malted Milk Eggs

Trader Joe's Malted Milk Eggs

(Part 2 of at 3 part series on Easter Treats at Trader Joe’s)

All the Easter Stuff was out when we shopped at Trader Joe’s today, so we picked up a selection of goodies to try out and share with you. This is the second item we are reviewing: Trader Joe’s Milk Chocolate Malted Milk Eggs

First, we love Malted Milk Eggs, so when we saw a Trader Joe’s version, we could not wait to get home and give them a taste….or two

OK, the truth? …we thought about eating some on the car ride home as the box is a cute “milk carton” style and would be easy to get into, BUT it was only 8:45 AM and somewhere in the back of your mind, you know it is just too early in the day to start munching on Malted Milk Eggs, even if you had to stop and think about it for a bit…

Well, we did resist the temptation and even waited until we got home, unpacked all the “real” shopping that we had, and had a cup of coffee made before trying these wonderful eggs.

You will be happy to know that Trader Joe’s has come through again with a wonderful product! The eggs are huge- much bigger than the usual malted milk balls that also come in the cute milk carton container. And they had a great, toasty malt taste.  Also, these treats do not contain any artificial colors, flavors or preservatives.  YEAH! That makes us feel a bit better about eating them, as sometimes those artificial ingredients give us a headache.  As a kid, we enjoyed those brightly colored malted milk eggs, but as an adult, we are grateful that there are some malted milk eggs that  are simply chocolaty and not coated again with a bright blue color that gets all over your hands and turns your tong blue!

Delaina, who is our official Malted Milk expert, gives Trader Joe’s Milk Chocolate Malted Milk Eggs two thumbs up. In fact during the tasting of the other Easter items today she actually took a bag of Malted Milk Eggs back to her desk for further analysis…..hmm.

Inside Trader Joe's Malt Eggs

Inside Trader Joe's Malt Eggs

Trader Joe’s Milk Chocolate Covered Peanut Butter Eggs

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Trader Joe's Peanut Butter Eggs

Trader Joe's Peanut Butter Eggs

(Part 1 of a 3 part series on Easter Treats at Trader Joe’s)

You know when you are so busy that holidays sneak up on you?? Well, that’s how it was today. All of a sudden there is an abundance of Easter items in the stores…. And then it hit us: Easter is just around the corner!

So to make sure that we are able to present all the Easter goodies that Trader Joe’s had on it HUGE display as we entered the store today, we are making a sacrifice to taste and report on all three of these goodies today. It is our hope that by presenting many of the treats that we found today at Trader Joe’s, we will assist a few Easter Bunnies in selecting and filling Easter baskets with some fun and unusual treats.

Item #1 Trader Joe’s Milk Chocolate Covered Peanut Butter Eggs

We both just love the combination of peanut butter and chocolate together, and usually purchase those small bite-sized cups. But at Easter time, those wonderful egg shaped treats are very tempting as well. We did not notice these egg treats last year at Trader Joe’s and forgot to ask if they were new, or just new to us.

Anyway, there are three individually wrapped eggs in the box. They are not foil wrapped, but sealed in plastic packages. This not only makes them easier to un-wrap (no small pieces of colorful foil falling everywhere), but also nice if you are going to hide treats in the yard. Our group is still talking about the Easter Egg Hunt that was ruined when the squirrels ran off with the candy in the yard!

Inside of Chocolate Easter Egg

Peanut Center

The chocolate and peanut butter treats are rich and just delicious! The outside was smooth and glossy with a flower decoration in the middle.  Trader Joe’s packaging notes that they are made with a “natural peanut butter center”, so we expected a very soft, peanut center. This is not the case. The centers are much firmer than other peanut butter and chocolate egg treats. And the center of the egg is close in color to the outside chocolate shell, we concluded that Trader Joe’s added some chocolate to the peanut center for a more solid product and make it easier to ship.