9 Trader Joe’s Items That Have the Best Reviews

Trader Joe’s announces its Customer Choice Awards to celebrate the grocer’s best products every year. From seasoning blends to nuts, cheese, beverages, and snacks galore. The award winners will provide insights into Trader Joe’s most-loved foods and more.

But some notable favorites didn’t make this year’s list. The reason? Not every shopper who voted has tried every product in the store, as Tara Miller, vice president of marketing for Trader Joe’s, told RealSimple.com.

Plus, people have personal preferences accounting for differences in taste. Finally, a few top items entered the Trade Joe’s Product Hall of Fame, making them ineligible for a Customer Choice Award.

With this in mind, we researched extensively to find the best-loved Trader Joe’s products with high ratings from reviewers across the web.

Rated the best breakfast or brunch product by a landslide in the Customer Choice Awards, Trader Joe’s hashbrowns taste great in the air fryer, oven, or fried on the stovetop. TheEveryGirl.com’s Associate Commerce Editor Jess Welsh described them as “like McDonald’s hash browns but better and with less grease.” 

TheEveryGirl.com also liked TJ’s Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups. “Trader Joe’s has the best chocolate-to-peanut-butter ratio in the game,” according to Brand Partnerships Manager Ashley Selleke. The product is so well-loved that it made its way into the Hall of Fame this year, RealSimple.com reported. 

The writers at Hip2Keto.com rated Trader Joe’s Carne Asada as a great, affordable shortcut to making your own. At $17 for just under 2 pounds, it costs less than buying flank steak plus all the seasonings and marinating and cooking your own. The steak comes pre-sliced, saving even more time.

Jicama is a versatile root vegetable with a semi-sweet flavor and a distinctive crunch. Trader Joe’s offers the food in a thinly sliced circle, making it perfect for a wrap or tortilla. Add veggies, shredded cheese, and TJ’s Carne Asada for a quick and healthy meal.

The best part? Each slice is about 33 cents each, with two slices per serving.

Trader Joe’s offers many “Everything But the Bagel” products, but you can’t beat the original seasoning blend. Best Products rated it No. 2 for Trader Joe’s products, and it earned 9.5 stars on Amazon. Use it on eggs, popcorn, burgers, mac and cheese, cream cheese, or even homemade bagels for a flavorful adventure. 

In our search for the top Trader Joe’s products, Everything But the Bagel Salmon kept coming up. Hip2Keto.com called it “the perfect keto snack,” but you don’t have to live a low-carb lifestyle to enjoy the savory, salty goodness of this seasoned smoked salmon. Packed full of Vitamin D, protein, and Omega-3 fats, this smoked salmon is the perfect addition to your bagel, a charcuterie board, or a side with eggs at breakfast.

Trader Joe’s Unexpected Cheddar Cheese could not earn a Customer Choice Award this year since it was inducted into Trader Joe’s Product Hall of Fame. The cheese starts as decidedly cheddar, but evolves in flavor and texture, according to TastingTable.com.

“It’s got the clear tangy punch of sharp cheddar, mixed with a buttery richness. Despite being sharp, it’s not too overwhelming and maintains an earthiness that keeps everything in balance,” the food website wrote.

Sporked.com took the time to rate Trader Joe’s dips. Everything and the Elote Greek Style Yogurt Dip garnered first place.

TheEveryGirl.com also gave the dip top ratings, praising its “creamy, smoky” bold flavor” that Lifestyle Editor Jessica Friedhoff could not replicate in a homemade recipe.

Rated as Trader Joe’s Best Snack and Best Overall Item in the Customer Choice Awards, the Chili & Lime Flavored Rolled Corn Tortilla Chips provide just the right kick. The perfect vehicle to deliver Trader Joe’s guacamole, salsa, or the top-rated Everything and the Elote Greek Style Yogurt Dip to your mouth, these crunchy chips might be headed to the Trader Joe’s Hall of Fame by next year.