What’s New at Trader Joe’s in December? Ratatouille Bites, Gingerbread Ice Cream and More
All we want for the holidays are festive appetizers, holiday-ready desserts and wintry pantry staples. Luckily, our grocery store boo Trader Joe intercepted our wishlist to Santa and delivered—big time. Here, our 12 favorite new TJ’s products to shop this December, from chocolate-covered gingerbread to a downright giftable pasta assortment.
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1. Maple Cranberry Orange Spread
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This tart-sweet accompaniment is destined for your holiday cheese board. Pair it with creamy Brie, seeded crackers or even pork tenderloin.
2. Ratatouille Bites
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Get your fix of this Provençal vegetable dish that's typically served in the summertime. This take features all the herbed essentials (eggplant! zucchini! bell peppers! tomatoes!), rolled in crispy panko breadcrumbs.
3. Truffley Soy Sauce
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Holy umami, Batman. We had no idea that savory, earthy white truffle and salty, versatile soy sauce were a match made in condiment heaven. Drizzle it over ramen, use it as a dip for dumplings or sneak it into your Christmas gravy.
4. Whole Colossal Kalamata Olives
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The same bold, briny flavor you crave—but in a supersize package. They make a great addition to salads, pastas, sandwiches and charcuterie spreads, but our favorite application is a vodka martini.
5. Glazed Maple Walnut Scones
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We just can't quit you, autumn. That's why we'll be dunking these caramelly, just-sweet-enough scones in a homemade PSL. (TJ's Maple Espresso Black Tea is a solid pairing, too.)
6. Dark Chocolate-Covered Gingerbread Cookie Folk
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Consider these cute cookies your hot cocoa's new BFF. The biscuits are milder than TJ's lebkuchen and without the candied orange peel and nuts. (In other words, grown-ups and kids can get behind this dessert.)
7. Panoply of Organic Italian Pasta
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Personally, we'd be thrilled to find this assortment of striped farfalline, striped papillon, lemon-flavored torchietti, striped fischietti and ortolana creste di gallo under the tree with our name on it. Skip the sauce in favor of aged balsamic and a generous grating of Parm.
8. Mini Chocolate Mousse Desserts
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Crafted in Belgium, these layered delights are beyond decadent. Think buttery shortbread topped with light-as-clouds chocolate mousse, rich dark chocolate ganache and a flourish of sprinkles.
9. Organic Jumbo Cinnamon Rolls
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Because you'll need breakfast before all that ham, mashed potatoes and biscuits. Kick off Christmas morning with these massive buns, crowned with vanilla icing. (Warning: They just might outshine the presents.)
10. Gingerbread Ice Cream
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Sugar cookies? Never met 'em. We much prefer the warm embrace of gingerbread, and even more so in the form of ice cream. The generously spiced base is dappled with bite-size bits of TJ's Triple Ginger Snap Cookies and a drool-worthy gingerbread swirl.
11. Boozy Macarons
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We'll be snagging a box of these liquor-infused cookies for New Year's Eve. Serve the rum-, brandy- and orange liqueur-flavored confections with cocktails, coffee or more dessert to be named Hostess with the Mostest.
12. Minty Flavored Cocoa Truffles
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Buy a seasonal cookie tin, line it with tissue paper or doilies, pack it to the brim with these luscious truffles and gift them to someone special. (No one can turn down silky, mint-kissed chocolate and crunchy bits of pearl sugar.)
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Taryn Pire is PureWow’s associate food editor. A former bartender and barista, she’s been writing about all things delicious since 2016, developing recipes, reviewing restaurants and investigating food trends at Food52, New Jersey Family Magazine and Taste Talks. When she isn’t testing TikTok’s latest viral recipe, she’s having popcorn for dinner and posting about it on Instagram @cookingwithpire.
