It's hard to go wrong with a Trader Joe's snack, and the store's Joe-Joe's cookies are no different. The naturally flavored sandwich cream cookies (like Oreos, but TJ's original brand) come in a variety of flavors from traditional chocolate and vanilla, to seasonal favorites like pumpkin and mango. The cookies even have their own mascot: Joe-Joe the Toucan!
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If you're like me and you're obsessed with everything Trader Joe's, I'm sure you've already tried at least one of the Joe-Joe's flavors. But if you're new to the Trader Joe's cookie section or just wondering how the Candy Cane Joe Joe's compare to the newly released Mango, I (along with my cookie-loving roommates) surrendered our stomachs and taste buds over for the greater cookie good to create the ultimate Joe Joe's ranking.
7. Mango (Seasonal)
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In the same way that pumpkin-flavored everything crosses a line, mangos should definitely stay in the produce aisle—unless you enjoy cookies that taste exactly like mango hand lotion.
This nicely crunchy vanilla cookie with a generous mango cream filling may be cringe-worthy, but if the goal was to accurately capture the mango flavor, it would honestly get an 11/10. You can smell the mango as soon as you open the box.
Score: 1/10
Verdict: Bath & Body Works makes cookies?
6. Gluten-Free
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In the race for the best gluten-free products, this cookie leads the pack. We had an intense debate about the traditional chocolate with vanilla cream vs. this gluten-free version, but due to some harsh comparisons to chalk and astronaut food, gluten-free fell to sixth.
With an intense cocoa taste, pleasantly crunchy cookie and modest amount of icing, this gluten-free success is very similar to another popular, blue packaged chocolate sandwich cookie.
Score: 6/10
Verdict: Yas chocolate. Yas gluten free.
4. Halloween (Seasonal—Tie)
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This seasonal product captures the orange color of pumpkins without the overdone pumpkin spice flavor trend. Consistent with other Joe-Joe's, there is a generous amount of icing, but the cookie is softer, and unfortunately lacks that nice crunch.
TBH this is technically the same as the classic chocolate flavor, but it has a cute jack-o-lantern face on the cookie. Also, there is orange icing. Who doesn't love colored icing?
Score: 7/10
Verdict: Jack Skellington's snack of choice
4. Classic Chocolate (Tie)
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This classic has a perfect cookie crunch balanced by SO MUCH CREAM FILLING. Who needs double-stuffed when these babies already got all the cream we need? You know it's all natural flavoring when you can spot those vanilla beans.
Score: 8/10
Verdict: *eats whole box*
3. Pumpkin (Seasonal)
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Ah, Pumpkin Spice. It's nice to see you again, my dear old friend. This Joe-Joe was definitely the most filling due to the textured, crunchy, pumpkin cookie and mound of soft, pumpkin-spice cream filling.
Even the barcode is shaped like a pumpkin. Props to you, Trader Joe's cookie box design team.
Score: 9/10
Verdict: I'll take a pumpkin Joe-Joe to go with my pumpkin spice latte, please.
2. Vanilla
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While vanilla sandwich cookies are usually considered second choice compared to their chocolate counterpart, these are the star of the regular, year-round Joe-Joe's lineup
Literally the best vanilla taste your tongue will ever experienced.
Score: 9.5/10
Verdict: Vanilla > Chocolate
1. Candy Cane
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A cookie with a cult-following complete with a Facebook fan page and consistently sold-out shelf spots during the holidays
A wonderfully crunchy, chocolatey cookie. It's pink cream-filled with pieces of candy canes and the perfect amount of mint flavor.
Score: 10/10
Verdict: *Eats six boxes,* *turns into a Joe-Joe*
Wild Card: Double Chocolate
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Where oh where did the chocolate cookie with chocolate cream filling Joe Joe's go? #curious