Panda Express Has Teamed Up With Ghirardelli To Release A Brand New Dish

Panda Express is always game for a collaboration. In the last 12 months, it’s teamed up with a couple of major brands in the form of Buldak and Compartés, joining forces with the former to release its Dynamite Sweet & Sour Chicken, and coming together with the latter to drop a quartet of chocolate bars. The Compartés collab confirmed that Panda Express was just as focused on sweet foods as it was on savory ones – and the fact that they were all pretty good (with one flavor being a total knockout) boded well for its future. 

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Cut to 11 months later, and the restaurant is back with a team-up with chocolate brand Ghirardelli. And this time…it’s bringing the crunch. 

Panda Express x Ghirardelli Triple Chocolate Rangoons

Panda Express has just announced its Triple Chocolate Rangoons, which are also its first-ever dessert rangoon, in collaboration with Ghirardelli Chocolate Company. The fusion dish takes a sweet treat that has long existed on recipe websites and in independent restaurants and delivers it to perhaps its biggest audience yet. Each Triple Chocolate Rangoon is true to its name: Each crispy rangoon has a chocolate cream cheese filling, made with Ghirardelli Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips and Ghirardelli Chocolate & Cocoa Sweet Ground Powder, and they’re then doused in Ghirardelli Chocolate Sauce and powdered sugar. 

In its press release, Panda Express says the experience “hits the sweet spot between a fudgy brownie and a lava cake” – and all of these things have my head spinning like a dog who’s just been told he’s going walkies. Fudgy brownie? Lava cake? A crispy shell? A chocolate drizzle? I’m not usually one to go for chocolate-based desserts, but when they’re pocket-sized (as these mini appetizers are), I feel like they offer the perfect finishing touch of sweetness without being too overwhelming. That’s what I suspect will happen here, particularly as they come in a two-piece order. All the flavor, no sugar crash after. Well, maybe.

The Lucky Locations

Frustratingly for some people who live within the Venn diagram of loving chocolate desserts, twists on American Chinese cuisine, and convenience, Panda Express’ Triple Chocolate Rangoons won’t be available everywhere at first. Instead, they’ll launch in 10 test markets – which include Chicago, San Diego, Miami, and Dallas, amongst others – and will be around from today, November 10, through January 11, 2027.

After that, who knows what will happen? Will they be a flash in the pan? Or will they be such a resounding success that they’re available forevermore? While I have absolutely no proof of this, I suspect these will eventually make it to nationwide availability. The world would likely be a slightly better place if they do. Well, if they’re good, that is.