{"id":19611,"date":"2016-02-01T02:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-02-01T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=19611"},"modified":"2021-01-04T19:23:12","modified_gmt":"2021-01-05T05:23:12","slug":"review-trader-joes-molten-chocolate-macarons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2016\/02\/01\/review-trader-joes-molten-chocolate-macarons\/","title":{"rendered":"REVIEW: Trader Joe\u2019s Molten Chocolate Macarons"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Trader<\/a><\/p>\n

Let me guess. It\u2019s a weekday. You\u2019re busy. Too busy. <\/p>\n

If you\u2019re lucky you have a whole extra 2 minutes and 45 seconds to put your lasagna in the microwave, take out the trash, put on a cleaner pair of pants, and water the petunias. Wait, do you have a garden??? Who cares. Dump some water somewhere. This is no day for stops. No day for gentle meandering. No day for the 2 hours and waaay too many steps it takes to make a macaron. <\/p>\n

Nonetheless, you want one.<\/p>\n

So it was for me last Wednesday. Thus, low on blood sugar and pressed for time, my hand did not hesitate when I saw my craving had been sloshed through a Dexter\u2019s Laboratory<\/i> ray to create some giganto incarnation that may or may not come alive and try to take control of the city. They were huge. They were chocolate. They would be mine.<\/p>\n

\"Trader<\/a><\/p>\n

First off, let\u2019s get the overgrown, bloated elephant out of the room: the instructions suggest that the reader microwave these pastry beasts. <\/p>\n

Resist. <\/p>\n

Put your hand down. Step away from the cubic kitchen appliance. Look, I tried using el microondas<\/i> with one of them and the thing came out with a half exploded, half burnt filling and a soggy cookie. In hindsight, this makes sense: microwaves cook the water inside the cookie. That water turns to steam. Steam makes soggy cookies. Soggy cookies makes puppies cry. Don\u2019t make puppies cry.<\/p>\n

Instead, I advise keeping these in the refrigerator and enjoying them at room temp. In this incarnation, the cookies are pretty boss. The outer crust crackles while the inside remains not too puffy and not too squishy in that \u201cjust right\u201d way that makes Goldilocks wanna bust a move.<\/p>\n

From there, it only gets better. The dark chocolate filling is piled in a hunk of nutty, roasty, fudgy goo whose depth contrasts well with the sweet cocoa cookies and whose richness could knock my Italian grandpa outta his pinstripe suit (love ya, grandpa!). <\/p>\n

As if that weren\u2019t enough, that filling is capped with a layer of some sort of nutty paste. Not Nutella, but rather some thick chocolate goo that, from what I can gather, has toasty nutty nubs (are they almonds?). <\/p>\n

Sure, it may all be nothing beyond a glorified, high-quality chocolate frosting, but I\u2019m admittedly a sucker for such things. Of course, the nuance of the filling is all lost if you slip these in microwave, so don\u2019t listen to the instructions. The box tells lies. Lies! <\/p>\n

\"Trader<\/a><\/p>\n

There is an admirable pugnacity about taking something splendid in its ordinary form and making it massive, but, as I learned from that classic box office flop, Honey, I Blew Up the Kid<\/i>, one must approach one\u2019s gigantified power with caution lest chaotic, giant-baby-induced destruction ensue. <\/p>\n

Similarly, these cookies have benefits and downfalls in their bulk. On the one hand, you get served an enormous, tip-top, mildly unorthodox chocolate cookie. On the other, said cookie can get overwhelming, overloading you with sugar and richness and lies about putting them in the microwave. Then again, these boulder-sized hunks become pretty grand when eaten defrosted at room temperature, retaining a crisp crust, soft cookie, and rich ganache filling. <\/p>\n

Sure, they\u2019re not too spiffy and won\u2019t be replacing Francois Payard<\/a> anytime soon, but did I mention they\u2019re huge? Huge. If you eat one, you should wait 45 minutes before swimming or waive any complaints of digestive issues.<\/p>\n

(Nutrition Facts – 1 Macaron \u2013 390 calories, 180 calories from fat, 20 grams of fat, 9 grams of saturated fat, 0 grams of trans fat, 5 milligrams of cholesterol, 50 milligrams of sodium, 46 grams of carbohydrates, 3 grams of dietary fiber, 39 grams of sugar, and 7 grams of protein..)<\/small><\/p>\n

Item:<\/b> Trader Joe\u2019s Molten Chocolate Macarons
\nPurchased Price:<\/b> $3.99
\nSize:<\/b> 2-pack\/7 oz.
\nPurchased at:<\/b> Trader Joe’s
\nRating:<\/b> 7 out of 10
\nPros:<\/b> Massive. No oven required. Crust on outside. Sweet, soft cookie insides. Nutty, slightly bitter dark chocolate filling. \u201cPugnacity\u201d is a lovely word. Will make my grandpa jump out of his pinstripe suit.
\nCons:<\/b> May be too massive. A little hum-drum. Microwave gives poor results. The box tells lies. Crying puppies. All that time I wasted watching Honey, I Blew Up the Kid<\/i>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Let me guess. It\u2019s a weekday. You\u2019re busy. Too busy. If you\u2019re lucky you have a whole extra 2 minutes and 45 seconds to put your lasagna in the microwave, take out the trash, put on a cleaner pair of pants, and water the petunias. Wait, do you have a garden??? Who cares. 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