How Impressive Are $1.25 Trader Joe's Chocolate Croissants?

Trader Joe's sells 4, frozen chocolate croissants for $5 - what a deal! Just proof thaw them out overnight and bake in the morning for fresh pain au chocolat, BUT how are they? Let's find out.

Disclaimer:

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
0:14 Sponsorship.
1:09 What are we tasting?
3:49 Unboxing.
4:40 Frozen pastry.
5:30 Proofed pastry.
6:18 Egg wash.
7:29 Baked croissants.
8:38 Bakery croissant.
9:12 Comparison taste test.

Music courtesy of Audio Network and 'Sprightly' from iMovie. You've made it to the end -- welcome! Comment: "Sundays are for chocolate."

[Protocallo]

I work at Trader Joe’s and it’s ones of my favorite products. They are products straight from a pastry vendor from France and flash frozen. Shipped and then packaged here in the US. SO GOOD. Every description is how I love to describe it. 🤤

[virginiacorcoran]

I’m a trained chef, working with puff pastry or croissant dough is sometimes difficult with arthritis, but I still want a “pan au chocolate “ or chocolate croissant sometimes and this is an excellent product.

[ace.of.space.]

i discovered these recently and really been enjoying them! sometimes I put the croissants out before I go to bed, and my roommate, who wakes up before me, bakes them for us!

[guregury]

We tried the double chocolate ones recently, if you're a fan of chocolate they are a must try.

[loveyourselfplease]

My son's dad lives an hr from us but there's a Trader Joe's just down the road from his house so we go on Sunday nights after I pick him up. Our absolute favorite items 1. The frozen pork gyozs, I follow the instructions crisping the bottom then steaming but then I add a bit of sesame oil to the pan & get them crispy on all sides. When I make them I don't even bother making less than 2 bags because my child is a preteen & has a hollow leg & because I know my neighbors love them so my son delivers some to the neighbors before we sit down to enjoy them. 2. their orange chicken but I finish it under the broiler to get those crispy edges 3. the chocolate & lemon rolled wafer batons, the lemon especially but they are super addicting & only like $2 a tin which is insane considering the quality is incredible. We love their store brand cheese sticks as well & they have incredible coffee that you can grind yourself or they'll do it. The store we go to never kicks anyone out if they're still shopping after closing hours, they know we live an hour away so are especially nice & I also love that if you have an EBT card they never charge you for bags.

[angelika_munkastrap]

Well why didn’t you heat up the bakery one in the microwave - it’s not a fair comparison

[willcookmakeup]

I work for TJs so I'm biased but I'm obsessed with these snd have them frequently. One tip, fresh out of the oven, cut it almost in half and put a scoop of vanilla ice cream, whipped cream and some fresh berries and eat it like a sandwich. Game changer

[nysari_]

The almond ones are delightful too, for those of us that aren't particularly into chocolate! They also had a spell of carrying kouign-amanns in this exact same format, but I think they may have stopped carrying those? They weren't big sellers when they came out since people weren't familiar with them, but they were stinking good.

[NortelGeek]

How can you compare the cold croissant from the bakery against its fresh-from-the-oven counterpart? Any warm baked good is going to win against cold competition.

[Olive_O_Sudden]

Just a suggestion: You could have warmed the bakery-bought croissant prior to taste-testing; it would have been a closer side-by-side comparison with the fresh-baked TJ's.

[omgitsBenjamin]

It's always a little spark of joy to hear one of my all time favorite YouTube foodies mention one of my other YouTube foodie favorites! Claire Saffitz is a joy and such a good teacher!

[akastardust]

The Trader Joe's ones look delightful. Was wondering why you didn't warm up the one from the bakery.

[NessaRossini...]

@emmymade
yYou can take your already baked croissants and reheat/recrisp in your toaster oven about 5-7 minutes @350. They turn out like just baked; the inside gets steamy and tender and the outside gets an amazing crispness.

[jadwegahandorf]

I get these every time I have company on the weekend for a Sunday breakfast treat. They also have almond croissants filled with almond paste which are also quite good. So easy to prepare and always impress my guests! I love TJs.❤

[roygalvan]

Emmy makes me want to go out and buy everything she tastes!! The way she’s talks about the food!! I love it!!!

[ifoundmyavalon]

I DID IT!! I’ve been on a journey to watch and like every single Emmy video and I am now currently up to date! And let me tell you when I started this challenge I didn’t know she’s been making videos for like thirteen years 😂 but it’s been fun

[tehkuwen]

My family had been eating these almost every other Christmas morning for the past 20 years, we love them so much

[Darkdoxie]

These are so good! The almond ones are delicious too!

[thekirbyfan]

The almond croissants are even better from TJ’s! I feel like this is one of their best hidden gems!

[shannondore]

Because of your Trader Joe's chantilly cream vanilla bean cake video I went and got one and was amazed. I loved it so much I brought it to our store Christmas party and it was a big hit. People couldn't stop talking about it. Trader Joe's is hands down one of my favorite stores.😊