Trader Joe’s is a Valentine’s Day gift to Colorado. Three brand new stores are opening in the state, one in Boulder and two in Denver. This hawaiian-shirt sporting super market has some amazing specialty items that you can’t find anywhere else. Here is our list of the 10 must-have items to buy from Trader Joe’s.
1. Trader Joe’s Speculoos Cookie Butter & Cocoa Swirl
A cookie butter phenomenon is about to hit Denver. The original Speculoos Cookie Butter is one of Trader Joe’s most sought after products. It comes now in crunchy, smooth, and Cocoa Swirl. Good. God. This. Stuff. Is. Delicious.
2. Coconut Cranberry Granola
This badass new featured Coconut Cranberry Granola is a fit way to start the day. Breakfast, yes please.
3. Reduced Guilt Spinach & Kale Greek Yogurt Dip
One of the best parts of Trader Joe’s Fearless Flyer products is the health consciousness. Reduced guilt sits well in the minds of fit consumers, and Colorado has a lot of them. Try the heavenly spinach and kale greek yogurt dip.
4. Sublime Ice Cream Cookie Sandwiches
These chocolate-chip dipped ice cream cookie sandwiches are ridiculously delicious. Less healthy than other items on the list, it is the definite and sublime “splurge” on our Trader Joe’s shopping list.
5. A Midsummer Night’s Cream Body Lotion
This body lotion is for Extra Dry skin, unscented, and it does the trick. I no longer have to stock up when I visit a Trader Joe’s state because now, it is right down the street. Lotion win.
6. Three Buck Chuck Red or White Wine
Famously known as $2-$3 buck chuck, or really cheap, delicious wine, Charles Shaw red and white wines are going to fly off shelves in Colorado. Charles Shaw is a California based winery who has been blending 3 buck chuck for Trader Joe’s for 11 years.
7. TJ’s Pork Belly
Fully cooked pork belly from Trader Joe’s makes this five-star dish easy, simply brown and serve. I’d recommend a slider or homemade tacos!
8. TJ’s Sriracha
With the O.G. sriracha production screeching to a halt, it’s necessary you find a back up. Luckily TJ’s stuff will do.
9. TJ’s Reduced Guilt Mac n Cheese
Reduced guilt, 60% less fat than its counterpart, without the reduced taste. The Trader Joe’s Mac and Cheese is found in the freezer section, but melts in your mouth like it was found in a restaurant. Must buy!
10. Chicken Tikka Masala
Can't wait. This means I don't have to drive to Santa Fe any longer. What a treat!!
YAYYYY! I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR YEARS! <3
You HAVE to try the English Muffins. They're the best you can buy!
Can't wait!
Open open open
We are soooooo excited to have them here in Colorado….. thank you.
The canned corn. Seriously, so good
I love the chocolate chip Dunkers!
The wine is horrible. LIfe is too short to drink bad wine
Trader Joe's opens their first store today in CO in Denver… YES!!!!
It's fine for cooking but not for drinking.
The reduced guilt Mac and cheese is virtually the same as the regular one, there's just less of it. For about the same price as the regular one I think it's kind of a rip-off
I'm a little embarrassed at just how excited I am about this…
The canned white albacore tuna is the best I have ever had. Far far better than bumblebee!!
– TJ’s Hollandaise Sauce… amazing. Makes for a fast, excellent brunch. AND it stores well in the Frig.
– Chocolate Croissants… (in the frozen section) These fool everyone! As good as from a French Bakery.
– TJ’s Lentil Soup… Delicious & thick. NOT the canned version. Look in the pre-made section. Good under poached eggs (add tomatoes, hollandaise, cilantro) yum!
Got them today, thanks for the recommendation!
so true! jose cuervo! & suaza!
I remember the wine as good but that was in AZ!
In this age of farm to table it’s hard to imagine that some people consider Trader Joe’s to be gourmet. It’s nothing but overly processed junk food that only appeals to early 20’s hipsters that haven’t grown out of the college frozen food lifestyle.
Life is too short to eat processed food.
No one here “considers Trader Joe’s to be gourmet”. Where do you get that idea? But it IS good, and it IS easy, and inexpensive. For many of us, it’s exactly what we want. LIfe it to short to settle for what someone else thinks you should have.
The Kale dip and the Cookie Butter I can vouch for, the wine not so much…
You forgot Joe Joe’s! 🙂
Not sure about anyone else, but I found my Boulder experience very underwhelming.