And send headquarters the dentist bill!!
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I was curious if these were the TJ take on the popular asian peanut snacks that have that soy savory coating on the outside. Usually the coating is quite thin and shouldn’t break a tooth, regardless of how stale it might be. In my search, I came upon an old reddit thread where a poster said they got the product for free because the cashier told them that people complained it tasted in like stale dog food. 
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I was thinking that too. I was also thinking it was their take on the Mexican cacahuetes japonese, in which case it’s better to go to your local Mexican market and get the real thing.
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Definitely not soy flavored. Haven’t had the Asian snacks. The coating was possibly peanut flavored, but just buy peanuts.
Meh on the smoked pulled pork.
They don’t have that glaze that the Asian ones have, and the coating is thicker (and harder!). I was hoping for those when I bought them.
I do find it amusing that different consumers (and my deepest apologies to those who’ve had to taste these) seem to have come to a consensus independently on the taste profile - dog food.
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Nay to the pad see ew noodles. The primary flavors are sweet and garlic. I was missing the savory element. I had to douse mine in chili garlic sauce to eat it.
NAY also to both the cauliflower gnocchi (very distinct cassava aftertaste and leaden texture) and the frozen turkey meatballs (just ew all around – flavor, texture).
There was a discussion when these came out on how the method of cooking significantly affected the texture. Iirc the advice was to ignore the package directions, pan-sear, and then steam to finish (like gyoza). But I also tried them once and didn’t repeat.
I used to like these, aside from the tofu. Haven’t looked for them in a while as they were perennially out of stock and I just assumed they had been discontinued.
agreed re the package directions. haven’t made them in a while, but as i recall, i would thaw them, then panfry — no steaming.
From the department of WTF: Nothing wrong with the contents, but they have zero relation to springerle. Did TJ’s just home in on the word “spring”? (They were on an end cap display with all the Easter goodies.
Totally forgot I had bought two new dim sum type items
– Vegetable duplings (in a crystal dumpling type wrapper)
– Shrimp noodle rolls (which I thought were cheung fun, but instructions were to pan-fry, but on eating they are definitely cheung fun)
YEA to both, which was unexpected.
The veg dumplings are a bit doughy on top, but the filling is perfect and the skin is actually nicely textured. I would pan-fry / steam them next time, instead of just steaming.
The shrimp rolls are cheung with different cooking instructions so the wrapper doesn’t become a sticky mess. There are 2 small shrimp, which is not enough, but there is a well-flavored veggie mixture too, which makes up for that. The noodle texture holds up remarkably well.
Don’t know if they’ll stick around.
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Looks to me like a wordplay on jingle jangle, but as a spring version.
I could be wrong, of course.
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Yeah, I guess you’re right and it’s probably meant to play on SPRING-le jangle, but still, it has f#%!-all to do with actual springerle.
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I’ve never heard of springerle, so I can’t deny or confirm.
Well, for sure.
Jingle jangle for springtime — there’s a plant on the back and everything 
Did they suggest any reference to the cookie you linked?
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Probably not, and I just projected the name onto it. Mea culpa.
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Eh, we all have associations. But given how much German stuff they sock over the holidays, I’m surprised they didn’t catch the potential confusion themselves.
