Our dogs really like these treats. They both appear to be repackagings of some doggie snacks that have been around TJ's for years. We did a review of the chicken sticks long ago.
I'm really shocked at the number of comments on that review claiming that people's dogs got very sick after eating those treats. There are even reddit threads mentioning the same—that these dog treats make certain dogs very ill, giving them diarrhea for days on end.
Once in a while, our dogs will overeat and will be susceptible to a small amount of vomiting when they do so. We try to control their portions and not let them pig out too much. Obviously, since our dogs are little, we break treats like these into much smaller bites before giving them to our furry friends. For the most part, we've never had trouble with these or any other Trader Joe's brand dog treats throughout the years.
It's $3.49 for the chicken sticks and $2.99 for the beef strips. We pick these up not on every TJ's run but once or twice a year on average. We'll throw out eight and a half paw prints for Trader Joe's Organic Chicken & Brown Rice Recipe Jerky Sticks and eight out of ten for Trader Joe's Beef Recipe Jerky Strips. Let us know how your dogs handle these treats in the comments section.
Trader Joe's Chicken Recipe Jerky Sticks: Bottom line: 8.5 out of 10 paw prints.
Trader Joe's Beef Recipe Jerky Strips: Bottom line: 8 out of 10 paw prints.
If I go for a month or two without having a peanut butter and jelly sandwich and then out of the blue I decide to make one just out of desperation or lack of cold cuts in the fridge or whatever, there's this moment where I'm like "why do I not eat this every day?" Child-like wonder washes over me as I slurp the little dab of jelly trying to escape from the layers of bread, and I contemplate why I even buy meat and cheese in the first place.
A PB&J sandwich is sweet like a dessert, but the peanut butter has protein and it's just as satisfying and filling as a turkey and Swiss sandwich. Anyway, I guess I'm supposed to be reviewing Trader Joe's Organic Concord Grape Jelly and not a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. But really, in our household at least, that's about all we use grape jelly for: good old PB&J.
Once in a while, Sonia will do cream cheese and jelly on bread or a bagel. The only time I ever do that is immediately after watching Sonia eat it because I always want what she's eating or drinking. It's uncanny. The only exception is coffee. She's constantly drinking coffee and it rarely looks or smells appealing to me. I digress.
I like the ingredients here. I kinda wish "concord grape juice" was higher than "sugar" on the list, but hey, at least they're both organic. The vast majority of other leading brands sweeten their jelly with HFCS, although a few—like Welch's—offer "natural" alternatives with real sugar. At any rate, this jelly is sweet and grape-a-licious. It's not as good as Bonne Maman, but I'd put it at least on par with all the typical name brand jellies you commonly find in grocery stores.
$3.49 for the 20 oz squeeze bottle. Would buy again. Eight out of ten stars a piece from Sonia and me for Trader Joe's Organic Concord Grape Jelly.
