Honestly, I don't eat meatballs of any kind all that often. Sure, Sonia made some of her own to go with our pasta and Red Pepper & Almond Pesto a couple weeks ago. And we recently reviewed Trader Joe's Meatball Calzone, which is absolutely packed with meatballs. Furthermore, we may have yet another Trader Joe's meatball product on deck for a review in just a week or so...
But I mean, other than that, I really haven't had meatballs in a while and I've never eaten them with any regularity at any point in my life. June 2025 has been the meatballiest month of my entire life thus far. Some of you might be quick to point out that "meatbally" as well as its comparative and superlative forms are not even real words. Well then, friends, you must not have been following this blog for very long. Making up fictitious adjectives is a thing we do here.
These all-beef meatballs are scrumptacular. Maybe it's the high quality Angus beef in them. Maybe it's the stellar spice blend and panko crumbs. Maybe it's the way Sonia prepared them with love...but they're probably the best meatballs I've ever had. Certainly, they're the best pre-made, store-bought ones I've ever had.
For nine bucks, you get a dozen big beef meatballs. They've got a nice texture that's meaty and bready, soft and juicy. Garlic and onion purees give the product a uniformly savory flavor in every bite. Romano cheese, parsley, basil, and cherry powder round out the spices and secondary flavors for an outstanding overall taste.
We at ours with some elbow macaroni, marinara sauce, and cheese—but honestly they're quite noshable on their own. We'd love to try an all-beef calzone with this product inside. We'd also try a simple meatball sub with these the next time we pick them up. They're absolutely delicious.
$8.99 in the refrigerated section. Would buy again. Sonia and I will both go with nine out of ten stars on Trader Joe's Homestyle Angus Beef Meatballs.
You'd think peaches and cream cream cheese would have, you know, peaches in it. And it does. It's right there in the ingredients right after milk, cream, and sugar.
But it's sooo faint. It's like, why even pretend this is flavored cream cheese at all? There are no discernible chunks or even pieces or even bits of peach in the whole tub. I mean, look at the picture. The entire package was like that. No peaches.
There is just the vaguest whisper of peach flavor in the cream cheese. It's nice what little is there I guess. But even the cream cheese itself isn't very interesting. It almost tastes like light cream cheese or a diet version of full calorie cream cheese. It's not indulgent at all. It's a weak flavor and the texture is indistinguishable from traditional cream cheese.
Crank up the peach presence by a hundred fold and we'll try this again. Apparently this product was around a couple years ago and then it disappeared for 2024 and now it's back again. I'm wondering if Trader Joe's didn't find a new supplier..?
$2.79 for the 8 oz tub. Kosher. Found in the refrigerated section. Would not buy again in this current format. Five out of ten stars from Sonia and me on Trader Joe's Peaches + Cream Cream Cheese Spread.
