Trader Joe's Strawberries & Crème Pancake & Waffle Mix

Let me start off by pointing out that this product is $1.99 for seven servings of pancake mix. Two bucks for a bunch of very tasty breakfast treats. That's a great value. I mean, I guess you can get some of the plain old cheap stuff at Walmart for a comparable price. But these are in a different class than plain generic pancakes, offering sweetened dried strawberries and white chocolate chips right in the batter.

Sure, you have to provide eggs, milk, and oil, but that's pretty much par for the course as far as pancake and waffle mixes go. You can always substitute ingredients and customize as you like, but you're generally going to have to add a few things to make traditional flapjacks. Still a great deal, IMO.

And these taste great, too. Not every bite has strawberry pieces and white chocolate chips, but the ones that do are extra special. Even the ones without have a faint strawberry essence and some sweetness. They go great with butter and syrup as you might expect, but these are also great with whipped cream, ice cream, or whatever you can think of. I went for a makeshift PB&J and tried them with peanut butter. So good! We tried them with Trader Joe's Chocolate Whipped Cream and found it made a nice chocolate-strawberry flavor combo.

Strawberries and creme is such a perfect flavor for SUMMER IN NOVEMBER. These are still available at TJ's as of the time of composing this review, although they're listed as "limited time." Either way, I would think and hope that they'd be back next year.

Found with the other baking mixes. Kosher. Would buy again. Sonia will go with eight and a half out of ten stars for Trader Joe's Strawberries & Crème Pancake & Waffle Mix. I'll go with eight out of ten stars myself.

Bottom line: 8.25 out of 10.