Trader Joe’s Newest Holiday Item Might Take Over Your Life

The Trader Joe’s holiday goodies continue to come thick and fast – and just when we think it might have peaked, it dishes up a new one that has everyone falling over themselves anew. Just yesterday, we were talking about its new gingerbread sheet cake and how utterly delicious it was, garnering close to a perfect score in our taste test. Now, like Santa arriving with the perfect gift, it has delivered to the world a panettone. And not just any panettone. An apple panettone. 

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Do people like it? Come on. Is the Pope Catholic? People love it. 

Ore Liete Apple Panettone

Trader Joe’s is currently stocking Ore Liete’s Apple Panettone, and it’s already emerging as a slam dunk. This is a rare example of a non-Trader Joe’s-branded item stocked in its stores; TJ’s isn’t totally averse to doing this, particularly in its bakery section, and when it brings in third-party brands, they’re carefully selected and usually offer something good. 

And it is good. This Perugia-based company has been making traditional festive baked treats for more than a century, and its Apple Panettone offers a nice twist on the chocolate-studded version a lot of people might be more familiar with. In each panettone, there are chunks of apple, caramel, and cream, with the crumb offering a nice sturdiness – but, of course, the requisite lightness you expect from this holiday loaf. Each panettone costs $9.99; not an insignificant sum, but by all accounts, it’s worth it. 

Is It? Is It Really?

According to Trader Joe’s customers, it is. One person on Reddit called this Apple Panettone “dangerously delicious,” and others were quick to chime in to say just how good it actually was. This is clearly a well-constructed panettone with a wealth of experience going into every bite. One thing to bear in mind is that it’s clearly very sweet – the original poster compared it to a cream-filled doughnut, and Ore Liete isn’t being sparing with the sugar – but it’s the holidays. Things are meant to be sweet! 

For my money, Ore Liete’s Apple Panettone sounds slightly more up my street than Skippy’s version with Bauducco. However, that really is just personal preference: Ore Liete’s feels almost like a handheld apple pie with a much softer dough, and that’s ticking all my boxes today. Judging by how much people clearly love it, you might want to stock up if you see it at Trader Joe’s before it’s sold out.