Vol. 18 No.

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Oh, What Fun It Is!

Bells are jingling, the halls are decked, and atop
rooves, reindeer hooves are click-click-clicking,
which can only mean one thing: The Trader
Joe’s Holiday Guide has arrived! Inside each
Guide, we’ve gathered a whole host of sweets,
snacks, and other festive finds to make your
winter as wonderful as possible. From classic
treats like Jingle Jangle, Candy Cane Joe-Joe’s,
and Scandinavian Tidings, to new favorites like
Cranberry Butter Cookies, Astounding Multi-
Flavor Mini Pretzels, and our duet of Chocolate
Rondos, there’s something for everyone, for
certain. For holiday feasts, we’ve got you
covered with appetizers like Shrimp Pouches of
Many Colors, Blue Cheese Stu!ed Olives, and
our Mini Quiche Duo; leading into eminent
entrées like Salmon Fillets and Bacon-Wrapped
Porchetta; all the way to dessert with our Apple
Crumble Pie, Chocolate Mochi, and Pretzel
Bread Pudding. And for giftable goodies like our
Shimmering Candy Cane Body Butter, Happy
Paw-lidays Dog Treats, and our Crackling Red
Fruits in the Forest Candle, let our Guide be
your go-to source. Oh, what fun it is!

Jingle Jangle, Jingle Jangle…

If you’ve never tried Jingle Jangle before, you

might think that headline was referring to
‘70’s-era Rankin-Bass cartoon characters, or
lyrics to a cowboy ditty about the sounds
spurs make. As always, context is everything,
and at Trader Joe’s, Jingle Jangle is an only-
at-Trader Joe’s assortment of a whole bunch
of things that taste terrific, bathed in
chocolate. Moreover, it’s a sign that the
holiday season is truly upon us.

Inside each generously sized tin of Trader

Joe’s Jingle Jangle, you’ll find mini pretzels
covered with milk chocolate and dark
chocolate, drizzled with white chocolate; dark
chocolate-covered caramel popcorn; dark
chocolate-covered broken Joe-Joe’s cookies;
milk chocolate gems with a red candy coating;
and milk & dark chocolate mini peanut butter
cups.

Don’t you feel all jingly and jangly just

thinking about it? Imagine how good you’ll
feel once you grab a handful and toss it into
your mouth.

Now celebrating its tenth year (!) at Trader

Joe's, Jingle Jangle only makes its appearance
around the holidays (much like the beloved
Rankin-Bass characters of the same names—
can you name the holiday cartoon classic?), so
make an appearance at your neighborhood
Trader Joe’s to get yours. We’re selling each
22.7-ounce tin for $9.99, while we can keep it
in stock.

How Jingle Jangle Is Made

How Trader Joe’s Jingle Jan…

Gaze Upon These Chocolate Stars

For more than fifteen years, we’ve held a space

on our shelves (not to mention our hearts)
during the holidays for Trader Joe’s Dark
Chocolate Stars: crunchy, star-shaped
shortbread cookies covered in rich dark
chocolate and generously sprinkled with tiny
white non-pareils. As Star-shaped cookies in a
star-covered box, they’ve earned their seasonal
stardom, year after year. Each box is filled with
an entire pound of these sublimely satisfying
shortbreads, which pair deliciously with a
scoop of ice cream or a mug of hot cocoa. And
we’d be remiss to not mention how brightly a
box of Dark Chocolate Stars shines when
given as a hostess/host gift.

While supplies last, you can find 16-ounce

boxes of Trader Joe’s Dark Chocolate Stars
for the positively stellar price of $4.99. You'll
find them in our cookie aisle.

A (NEW!) Taste Test of Caramels

Back again for its eleventh year as part of our

holiday lineup, each distinctively designed box
of Trader Joe’s Taste Test of Caramels
contains twelve square caramels covered in
luscious dark chocolate.

Each is hand-decorated with a unique design

that may hint at the fascinating flavors that lie
within. This year—joining returning favorites
Double Espresso, Fig & Honey, Hot Chili, and
Maple—you’ll find eight brand new flavors:
Caramel Mousse, Salted Torte, Gingerbread, Pear
& Cinnamon, Sea Salt, Passion Fruit, Crème
Brûlée, and Salted Lavender. Feeling
adventurous? Throw caution to the wind and
try them without first matching them to the
map you’ll find on the underside of the box—
there’s a great deal of fun to be had in figuring
out the flavors on your own.

Give our updated-for-2023 Taste Test of

Caramels as a gift and grab an extra for
yourself. Better yet, have a chocolate-caramel
tasting party! Buy a few boxes and invite a
bunch of buddies, enjoying great company and
delicious candy. While supplies last, we’re
selling each 6.3-ounce box of
twelve Caramels for $6.99. You'll find them
among other seasonal sweets and treats.

Gingerbread House Kit: Nearly

Move-In Ready

If you’ve always wanted to try your hand at

homebuilding, Trader Joe’s Gingerbread
House Kit is a great place to start. Each Kit
contains the essential materials needed to
make a traditional German cookie house:
hearty walls and roofing (that is to say, pieces
of gingerbread), outdoor décor (fruit gummies
and chocolate buttons), and durable cement (a
ready-to-make icing mix.)

There are also a few winsome woodland

creatures made of sugar (an owl, a deer, a
squirrel, and a fox, to be exact) that you can
place around the property to give
your Gingerbread House an even homier
feeling. And since every house needs a
foundation, you’ll also find a cookie base to
make everything sturdy enough to last on your
table throughout the season... if you don’t eat
it first, that is.

We’ve priced our 26.4-ounce Gingerbread

House Kits at $8.99 each—just about the best
value on edible real estate you'll ever find,
we'd wager. While supplies last, you’ll find
them in our cookie aisle.

Pretzel. Bread. Pudding.

Bread pudding is the ingenious result of

someone, somewhere, at some point in time,
transforming stale bread into a magnificently
cozy dessert. This remarkably resourceful
transformation is 1) nothing short of magic,
and 2) the inspiration behind Trader Joe’s
Pretzel Bread Pudding with Salted Caramel
Sauce.

A true celebration of sweet and salty desserts,

this Pudding starts with soft, salty, Pretzel
pieces, baked in a traditional egg custard.
Before the Pudding is added to the single
serving cup, our supplier heaps in a generous
spoonful of Salted Caramel Sauce. The
contents of the cup are frozen, and here's
where the real culinary magic happens. After
you heat the Pretzel Bread Pudding in either
the microwave or oven, flip the cup over onto
a plate. The Caramel bottom becomes the top
and melts over the entire Pudding! Yes!

We’re selling each 7.6-ounce box (of two

Pudding cups) for $4.49. Pick up a box or two
for your next dinner party, or keep one in the
freezer for yourself! You’ll find them in our
freezers for a limited time.

Candy Cane Joe-Joe's

Joe-Joe’s Sandwich Cookies are excellent for

conveying all kinds of flavors. Pumpkin, Peanut
Butter, Cinnamon Bun, Strawberry Lemonade,
Vanilla... they’ve all been in (or on) Joe-Joe's at
some point. This time of year, our attention
turns to one of our most perennially popular
iterations to date: Trader Joe’s Candy Cane
Joe-Joe’s.

Candy Cane Joe-Joe’s are just like our

original Chocolate Vanilla Creme Joe-Joe’s,
only the cookies’ otherwise smooth, vanilla-
creme filling is studded with crunchy,
peppermint-y pieces of crushed candy canes.
The combination is simple, yet profoundly
yummy, and the red & white flecks in the
filling will add some festive, visual pizzazz to
your smorgasbord of holiday sweets.

Have a handful with your mug of hot cocoa or

cup of Chocolate Hazelnut Co!ee. Or just
enjoy them one-by-one, right out of the
box. We’re selling each 16-ounce package
of Trader Joe’s Candy Cane Joe-
Joe’s for $3.99, but only for a limited time.
After all, eventually we'll have to make room
for the next, newfangled Joe-Joe’s flavor on
the shelf!

Peppermint Flavored Baking

Chips

Likely due in large part to its association with

candy canes, peppermint is the belle of the
holiday flavor ball. Knowing that many
peppermint-flavored finds on the market at
this time of year often fall short of
expectation, our candy buyer worked tirelessly
to ensure that Trader Joe’s Peppermint
Flavored Baking Chips packs the biggest
peppermint punch of the bunch.

Made with plenty of Peppermint oil and

rounded out with natural flavor, these Baking
Chips also deliver on the candy cane visuals:
the velvety, white chip base is made with milk
powder and sweetened with cane sugar, the
chips are finished with an edible, bright red
glitter that gets its hue from vegetable juice.
These Chips are sure to stand out when baked
into cookie dough or brownie batter, and
they’ll add plenty of peppermint flair melted
and drizzled atop a TJ’s Chocolate Lava Cake.
And, they’re kosher (dairy)-certified and
gluten free, to boot! You’ll find 10-ounce bags
of our Peppermint Flavored Baking Chips
for $2.99 each, for a very limited time, with
our other baking goods.

Shimmering Candy Cane Body

Butter

Just about everything we do here at Trader

Joe’s is fueled by our love of food. Our passion
for all things edible runs so deep, it even
influences our non-food products. Take, for
example, Trader Joe’s Shimmering Candy
Cane Body Butter. It smells good enough to
eat. It even looks good enough to eat. And yet,
we implore you not to eat it… because this
Butter is for your skin. Your skin will thank
you—trust us on this.

Our limited-edition Shimmering Candy

Cane Body Butter begins with a classic TJ’s
Body Butter base—extra-thick, luxurious, and
packed with mega-moisturizing ingredients
like coconut oil, shea butter, and aloe.

It’s the same formula you know and love, but

with a twist—a sweet, sparkly, seasonal twist,
courtesy of finely ground mica and
peppermint oil! The Candy Cane scent is
wintry and invigorating, not overpowering,
and the shimmer is soft and subtle, not garish
or glittery. In other words, it’s a seasonal
skincare dream come true.

We’re selling each eight-ounce tub of Trader