Darn, I just couldn’t fit this list into 10 items! I always keep a box or two handy for a quick meal that I know they will eat! 6. They come in several different flavors like Strawberry and Fig (my favorite). The only time he eats cheese is on pizza! The kids want me to throw a few pieces of pepperoni on top to dress it up a bit. The reason I can’t believe that I haven’t reviewed these is that I buys these almost every week and it’s one of those things that you buy and forget about. He likes a routine and it’s the same thing every day. Trader Joe’s O’s Cereal – This is a complete Cheerios knock off, and Trader Joe’s has done such a good job of replicating Cheerios now there is no reason to go to the big box grocery store to buy them! I’m not going to include obvious things like milk, apples and bread since they vary from state to state and to be honest are pretty boring compared to this list! Also, as we all know Trader Joe’s makes all their foods without High Fructose Corn Syrup and whole ingredients. I’ve been doing this blog for several years and I can’t believe I haven’t done a review of Trader Joe’s Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups! The crust is a little too crunchy for me but the kids don’t seem to mind. The stickers change seasonally and they change from year to year. Enjoy as a dessert, or as a particularly opulent brunch option. Chips – Trader Joe’s has a ton of chips from potato to lentil to bean to you name it! Trader Joe’s has a lot of different variations on these peanut butter cups, but these are my favorite ones and the way my kids go through them, they really love them too! On their own, they taste pretty darn good. Preheat oven to 350°F. On to the list: 1. Applesauce Crushers – If you’ve not seen these before they come in a variety of flavors, but we mainly eat the Applesauce ones. Trader Joe’s Squishers seem to be just yogurt and some fruit flavoring as best I can tell and they actually taste like yogurt. Stickers – Trader Joe’s is notorious for giving away little round stickers to kids when they are waiting in line. I mainly bake then in the oven, but sometimes heat them up on the stove top. Trader Joe’s Peanut Butter – When I was growing up it was Jif and Skippy peanut butter and that was it. I really don’t feel bad letting the kids eat these for a snack or take to school lunch. Fruit Bars – Where to start on the bars. He doesn’t know how good he has it! But that is just the start of the bar crazy Trader Joe’s. One thing that Trader Joe’s is really good at is catering to kids. They have outer cereal covering and blueberry jam in the middle. My younger son eats these like crazy and they are great to pack in their lunch box. The one I am feeding my son now is the Valencia Creamy Salted Peanut Butter with Sea Salt. I was the same way, I ate peanut butter and jelly for 10 years straight until I got to high school and it wasn’t cool to bring a lunch but that’s another story! Cheese Sticks – I have two sons, as I mentioned above, one eats a ton of cheese and drinks milk every day. They also carry fresh pizza dough that isn’t half bad! Bonus items! They are great to throw in the lunch box too. My kids eat pounds of these things and I feel pretty good about it. Spread a thin layer of jelly atop each strip of dough, followed by a thin layer of peanut butter. Every store is a little different.When the kids are really small it’s a fun game to find the stuffed animal somewhere in the store. As a good I would go through boxes of Cheerios and we didn’t have Trader Joe’s back then. This is Trader Joe’s take on a chicken nugget. Peanut butter and jelly is the duo that never disappoints, and now you can enjoy the bite in a new way. The reason I like them is that they are a lot less messy than the plastic sauce cups that most applesauce comes in for kids. They are basically ground up chicken stuffed in a little taco. I was recently reviewing the most popular items from 2016 and Trader Joe’s Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups were ranked number 2 behind the Mandarin Orange Chicken. 7. The other one is cheese adverse and hates milk. My one son eats them by the bowl with salsa. ingredients: peanut butter wafer sticks (peanut butter [roasted peanuts], wheat flour, cane sugar, nonfat milk powder, sheanut oil [sheanut oil, sunflower lecithin, citric acid {acidifier}], egg powder, sea salt, coconut oil [coconut oil, sunflower lecithin, citric acid {acidifier}], sunflower lecithin, natural flavors, invert sugar, caramel color [sugar, water]), raspberry fruit dip (glucose syrup [corn, wheat], … My kids favorite chip right now is the Trader Joe’s Organic Corn Chip Dippers. I use these mainly for the lunch box, but they are a good snack anytime if a little expensive. My kids eat pounds of this cereal for breakfast and what could be simpler than this a bowl of milk and some Joe’s O’s! These yogurt in a tube thing started showing up a couple of years ago in the mainstream grocery stores and my kids loved them but of course they were loaded with sugar and fake fruit. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. Mini Tacos – Not sure if these were meant as a kid friendly product or not, but my kids love these things. for $1.99) puts a sensational spin on an old favorite. 8. 10. If you can’t find cheese in stick form that you like then go over the regular cheese section! Inside one box, you’ll find six packets of PB & J snack sticks. I really like the three cheese Organic pizza. Finding the animal – At our store it’s finding Freddy the Frog. These are an obvious Fritos knockoff. When they do, they go to the kitchen area and tell the person manning the station there and they kids get a free lollipop or something. Trader Joe’s Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups, Trader Joe’s Gluten Free Italian Bread Review. Not only do they have cheese pizza, but they have about 10 different types of pizza. The Trader Joe’s Mild Cheddar Cheese sticks are the current favorite with my younger son. Trader Joe’s has a wide variety of peanut butter. The addition of bright, fruity Trader Joe’s Organic Reduced Sugar Strawberry Preserves (15.2 oz. They have several in the frozen section, then a few in the fridge section. They have crunchy, chunky, organic, mixed with flaxseeds you name it! 3. They also come in beef! Someone in the store moves the stuffed animal every day so it’s always somewhere different to keep the kids engaged. This is an essential for anyone that has kids and they will eat yogurt. Trader Joe’s Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups I’ve been doing this blog for several years and I can’t believe I haven’t done a review of Trader Joe’s Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups! Also, they are gluten free if that is your thing! These fruit bars are all organic. These also come in apple/banana and apple/carrot if just plain apple wasn’t good enough for you! The Trader Joe’s PB&J Snack Duo is touted as a "snack-ified interpretation of [a] favorite culinary couple" and it sees rolled wafer sticks with a peanut butter filling ready to be dunked into a sticky-sweet raspberry fruit dip. I have two of my own growing boys that are 8 and 9 years old (15 months apart!)