We've often wondered if the Trader Joe's French macarons are any good. Well, our friends at Serious Eats put them to the test, and now we know. Plus, lusty lucky red cabbage and apples, and instructions on making clotted cream at home.
• French Macarons from Trader Joe's Are Pretty Damn Good - Two thumbs up for macarons-in-a-box!
• Serious Heat: Green Fried Chicken for St. Patrick's Day - Fried chicken with wasabi!
• Serious Beer: Imperial Stouts - Seriously dark beers.
• Lucky-Lusty Red Cabbage and Apples - With spices and vinegar. Yummy!
• How To Make Clotted Cream - No, it's not whipped cream. It's something even better!
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Comments (9)
I tried the Trader Joe macarons and was not impressed at all - 2 thumbs down for me!
However, if we're talking about Trader Joe frozen French pastries: their chocolate croissants are TO DIE FOR. Maybe it's because you get them warm straight out of the oven, but they just make us swoon.
Really? I think the macarons are eh. The mini-croissants are better than the chocolate ones, I think, YMMV.
I thought the Vanilla flavor ones were amazing - chewy and just right, the chocolate were strangely not at all - they were hard and the flavor was not there.
The croissants ARE to die for!! They are self managing too - you have to defrost them for 9 hours, which means that if you defrost only two that is all there will be to eat. PS: Defrost only as many as you SHOULD eat - because if you defrost more, YOU WILL eat them.
Tried the macarrons too - didn't like them at all! one of the rare TJ stuff that gets a thumbs down
I was really excited to try them, but then didn't like them at all... They don't do justice to real macarons.
I second the positive review of croissants and pains au chocolat (chocolate croissants), though! These are excellent!
May I add that I am French?
I was not impresssed.
so blend and cheap tasting!
Agree with the posters! 2 thumbs down!
I ate like 3 and threw the rest out. They were no good. I was unpleasently surprised as I expect TJs stuff to be dee-licious!
Okay... I ate 6 before I threw them out. Not impressed at all. Two thumbs down for me too.