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Trader Joe’s Peanut Butter Double Deckers

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Trader Joe's Peanut Butter Double Deckers

Trader Joe's Peanut Butter Double Deckers

Another great product discovered in the Trader Joe’s Fearless Flyer, May 2010. To view The Fearless Flyer online, go to Traderjoes.com. You will see the information right on the home page.

We found another great (new to us) product at Trader Joe’s recently: Trader Joe’s Peanut Butter Double Deckers. The package notes that these are: Two chewy cookies stacked with a natural peanut butter filling. These cookies were not in the usual cookie isle, but rather in the bakery section near all the loaves of bread.

In our defense of this purchase (as we are trying to limit the amount of sweets in the house-aka Food Revolution style) these cookies were strategically displayed right by the front door…. .

These cookies at first glance, reminded us of those Nutter Butter cookies that we would eat when we were kids. They are peanut shaped and also have a soft peanut filling.  However, these cookies from Trader Joe’s are far superior to those other cookies.

The cookies are a soft and chewy- the kind that sorta crumble nicely when you bit into them. The filling is generous, and not sticky or overly sweet.

Together, they just take a childhood treat over the top.

Our only complaint about these cookies is that they are BIG and because they are soo big, you only get 8 in each package.

On the other hand, this has turned out to be a good thing. We shared a couple of these cookies with our peanut-loving neighbor and then we quickly devoured the remaining cookies so we no longer have temptation in the house.

Have you purchased any of the items in Trader Joe’s May Fearless Flyer? What did you think? What products would you like us to try?

Trader Joe's Peanut Butter Cookies

Trader Joe's Peanut Butter Cookies

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.