Both adults and children sampled these five desserts, and their opinions seemed aligned.
Here are the five desserts we tested, from skip-it to most delicious.
After all, who hasn’t had a gooey cinnamon roll for dessert?
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It’s a good deal at $8.99 for a box of nine.
The look:These pastries look tasty at first glance.
They are perfectly spiraled and nicely browned, as you’d expect this bang out of pastry to be.
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They are topped with a heavy dusting of cinnamon and sugar.
The taste:One word: dry.
These likely would have benefited from being warmed before serving.
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The orange zest did shine through, but only in the slightly more moist core of the pastry.
The consensus was that these could benefit from some sort of icing drizzle or frosting like the cinnamon rolls.
As expected, the adults in the crew liked it better than the kids.
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Like the morning buns, it was also an $8.99 bakery find.
I was surprised to see so few blueberries once I cut into it.
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The taste:The cake had a strong, not overpowering lemon flavor.
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This would make a good brunch dessert.
Thesemini carrot cakesgenerally premiere just in time for Easter.
The look:These are adorable.
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The squiggle of a tiny frosting carrot gets me every time.
There is a lovely cream cheese frosting-to-cake ratio as well.
These look good in a dessert spread.
I wouldn’t say this is strongly spiced carrot cake like you may get elsewhere.
The flavors were relatively muted for carrot cake but still had raisins and walnuts.
This was a hit with kids and adults alike.
The lemon curd tasted like real lemon, and the cheesecake at Costco is always a hit.
People complained last year that thetexture and taste were inconsistent,but that was not my experience.
The price remains the same at $19.99.
The look:As one of Costco’sheftierdesserts, this certainly gets attention.
The taste:“It tastes like a giant peanut butter cup,” said one of our tasters.
Everyone felt it was balanced but that there was a little more chocolate flavor than peanut butter.
It was not overly sweet but pretty rich, so a small slice was plenty.
You’ll be able to yo any crowd (sans those allergic to peanuts) with this stand-out dessert.
