Let me start off by pointing out that this product is $1.99 for seven servings of pancake mix. Two bucks for a bunch of very tasty breakfast treats. That's a great value. I mean, I guess you can get some of the plain old cheap stuff at Walmart for a comparable price. But these are in a different class than plain generic pancakes, offering sweetened dried strawberries and white chocolate chips right in the batter.
Sure, you have to provide eggs, milk, and oil, but that's pretty much par for the course as far as pancake and waffle mixes go. You can always substitute ingredients and customize as you like, but you're generally going to have to add a few things to make traditional flapjacks. Still a great deal, IMO.
And these taste great, too. Not every bite has strawberry pieces and white chocolate chips, but the ones that do are extra special. Even the ones without have a faint strawberry essence and some sweetness. They go great with butter and syrup as you might expect, but these are also great with whipped cream, ice cream, or whatever you can think of. I went for a makeshift PB&J and tried them with peanut butter. So good! We tried them with Trader Joe's Chocolate Whipped Cream and found it made a nice chocolate-strawberry flavor combo.
Strawberries and creme is such a perfect flavor for SUMMER IN NOVEMBER. These are still available at TJ's as of the time of composing this review, although they're listed as "limited time." Either way, I would think and hope that they'd be back next year.
Found with the other baking mixes. Kosher. Would buy again. Sonia will go with eight and a half out of ten stars for Trader Joe's Strawberries & Crème Pancake & Waffle Mix. I'll go with eight out of ten stars myself.
Next up in our prestigious SUMMER IN NOVEMBER series: watermelon candy. What's more summery than sugary candy? Sugary watermelon candy, that's what. Even Hailey Bieber thinks so. Kinda rando, sure. But hey, when have we not been random here?
This candy is amazing. I guess "amaze-balls" is pretty appropriate here. I mean, the candy is mostly spherical. Texture-wise, it's like astronaut ice cream sorta. I mean, all freeze-dried stuff is like that to some degree. This stuff is crispity, crunchity, and sweet as all get-out. It's also tart. Like, VERY tart. It's some of the best sour watermelon candy I've ever had.
It might be some of the best candy I've had, period. The flavor is so intense, it's difficult to eat more than two or three at a time. There's not a lot of sustenance there. It's mostly just sugar with natural flavors and natural colors.
In fact the first two ingredients are "sugar" and "corn syrup," but NOT high fructose corn syrup, thank goodness. If you're looking for a legit source of protein or a tide-me-over till dinner type snack, look elsewhere. If you want one of the best and most unique sweet and sour candies you've ever had, then this product is a MUST TRY.
There are a bunch of different colors in the bag, but there's only one flavor. That's our biggest complaint. We want more flavors of this stuff. Apple, grape, cherry, lemon...we'd try 'em all.
It's a pretty good buy at four bucks for the resealable bag. The candy is so light and airy, the net weight is only 1.5 oz. But trust me, that's 1.5 oz that's absolutely bursting with flavor. Sonia and I both love this stuff and would absolutely buy it again. Nine and a half stars from the beautiful wifey for Trader Joe's Watermelon Freeze Dried Candies. I'll throw out nine out of ten.
