I’m highly suspect of anything ‘chocolatey’. If they can’t legally call it ‘chocolate’, how great can it be?
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Yea to Rose & Finch red wine, a generic CA blend with nice fruit and no flaws. $2.99, probably a one-off, so I stocked up.
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The tj’s bun is entirely too sweet and I guess to me a slider is all about the onions which tj’s doesn’t even try to duplicate
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You had tacos? I don’t think anything that ‘foreign’ was permitted in our school district and that was in California!
I give the onion confit puffs a YEA minus because of how small the box is.
It doesn’t surprise me that the pastry isn’t crisp because puff pastry’s texture is evanescent. And my reaction to the words, “caramelized onions” is best described as comparable to a hound hearing “squirrel !”. But why are the contents not more than that of a box of animal crackers?
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Weep!
Anyone tried them?!
Ooh, I was just there, wish I’d known to look.
For sure I’ll try …
double chocolate croissants
Well, I know what I’m trying next.
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Why would anyone even wonder if these were passable? That they’re not is culinary a priori knowledge, like 1 + 2 = 3.
Dang it, if they want another proof it yourself puff pastry item, bring back the superb Kouign Amann frozen 4-pack they discontinued perhaps a decade ago!
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Dang, I’m going to have to look for these tomorrow. I thought their old pain du chocolates that you had to defrost and proof were pretty good already.
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Agree, both the chocolate and the almond ones that prove overnight are great. My only negative on all chocolate croissants is that the measly single tube of chocolate is not nearly enough, so I’m excited about them doubling the chocolate 
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Lol, and that might be why I really liked them. I’m usually not much of a chocolate person, but I do enjoy them (sparingly) sprinkled into the croissant dough.
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the new frozen falafal balls, hopefully without rocks, were pretty good in the air fryer with tjs tzadiki dip, garlic hummus and harissa. we added cucumber, a good tomater (as my friends from queens would say) and some tjs pita.
the papadam chips were a nay.
i’ve been unimpressed with their popular orange chicken, we bought an air fryer, worth revisiting?
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Skip their syrupy sauce and use your own. (This one is good if you like gochujang.)
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YAY: Egg Bits (cheddar cheese & bacon). Tried something like this from Costco a while back and was kind of disappointed. I like these better: nice egg texture (a little fluffy), good bacon and cheese flavor.
YAY: Lobster Bisque. Perfectly reasonable version of this, with a few good-sized chunks of (somewhat rubbery) lobster. I wouldn’t serve it to guests, but it makes a pretty good solo lunch.
YAH-ish: Slightly Coated Dark Chocolate Almonds. “Slighly coated” is the key phrase here; I go back and forth on whether these are chocolatey enough for me. If you go into it expecting almonds with a little bit of chocolate flavor, they’re quite tasty. Just don’t expect the chocolate to be a co-equal partner with the almond.
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Target has a slightly coated chocolate almond too. We like them. Maybe theirs is called lightly coated?
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I might have to try these. I don’t like the balance in the dark chocolate almonds they’ve sold for years (in tubs and smaller bags), because I feel the chocolate is too thick. Of course, my ideal is probably something midway between slightly and thickly.
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TBH, a slider (to me) is those little onion bombs that white castle sells and the frozen ones are very good. It’s just frustrating that the “ideal” microwavable food needs to be defrosted (plan in advance) in order to nuke it properly. Otherwise the WC slider is already good to have around.
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Yes, there’s really no figuring what convenience foods people find dear and comfortable. Some can even ignore the ‘bad’ in “dependably bad”. Pop Tarts are just the most glaring example that come to mind. Heck, I occasionally buy frozen Marie Callendar pot pies to have around.
But IMO, Tader Joe’s is all about triangulating convenience, quality and price. The sights were 'way off with frozen sliders.
