Best Target Frozen Appetizers

If you’re throwing a party, frozen appetizers are your friends. There are only so many sheets of puff pastry a person can handle or pigs in a blanket they can swaddle before they get carpal tunnel. If you still shop at Target, you just might be wondering which Target frozen appetizers are worth a damn. Well, we tried a dozen of them and half were bad, half were good. 

Don’t wind up with a snack table full of dry, foul-tasting lobster mac and cheese bites or Buffalo shrimp with breading that’s an inch thick. Buy the best Target frozen appetizers instead.

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Target Frozen Apps

Good & Gather Spanakopita

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These crispy little triangles are pretty unremarkable, but I have a soft spot for spanakopita. The filling is well salted and has a nice feta tang. And although they looked incredibly pale out of the oven, the phyllo was nice and crispy-crackly. This is one of those Target frozen appetizers I wouldn’t recommend you rush out and buy, but if you happen to be at Target anyway, Good & Gather Spanakopita isn’t a bad option. 

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Rating:

6.5/10

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Target Frozen Apps

Good & Gather Jalapeno Cream Cheese Wontons

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Again, this isn’t a rush-out-and-buy product, but, c’maaan—what’s not to like about cream cheese and pepper bits in a deep-fried wonton wrapper? They’re creamy and well filled, and they come with a dipping sauce. We love Trader Joe’s frozen apps, but they never come with dipping sauces! What gives?!

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Rating:

7/10

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Target Frozen Apps

Good & Gather Chicken Quesadilla Cones

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Let’s get this out of the way: These particular Target frozen appetizers look bad. The filling inside the little cones looks like salmon pate—pure, pale mush. But the good news is that these actually taste pretty good. They’re filled with taco-seasoned chicken, peppers, onions, and cheese, and all the flavors come together nicely. As my colleague Jordan Myrick put it, this is a frozen appetizer to eat in private rather than to put out at a party.

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Rating:

7/10

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Target Frozen Apps

Good & Gather Vegetable Spring Rolls

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We loved that these vegetable spring rolls aren’t all cabbage and vermicelli. Instead of bland mush, they have the flavor and textures of mushrooms, scallions, and whole edamame. The wrapper is very delicate and crispy. Personally, I don’t mind cabbage-and-vermicelli stuffed spring rolls, but I’ll admit these Target frozen appetizers are an improvement.

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Rating:

8/10

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Target Frozen Apps

Good & Gather Chicken Thai Basil Spring Rolls

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The filling inside these spring rolls is a big mushy, but the flavor is so damn good! They have lots of savory chicken flavor and plenty of delicious grease, but the basil flavor is the real star of this show. It’s so bright and fresh that these spring rolls taste like they came from a restaurant rather than the Target frozen appetizers aisle.

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Rating:

10/10

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Best of the Best

Good & Gather Jalapeno & Tortilla Cheese Sticks

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These truly look like something that fell on the floor. They’re misshapen and mottled with unidentified spice—but they sure taste great. These aren’t your average fried cheese sticks. The filling is more like pimento cheese than a solid piece of mozzarella. It’s soft, salty, peppery, and it has some heat. And the crunchy breading tastes like crushed corn tortilla chips rather than breadcrumbs. To me, these taste exactly like something you’d be able to get for a limited time from Taco Bell. I mean that in a good way.

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Rating:

10/10

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