NEW ITEMS! Big Trader Joe's Fall Haul 2026

It's finally officially fall here in the Northern Hemisphere. That means it's time for pumpkin, apple, sweet potato, and butternut squash goodies. We spent about $400 at TJ's yet again and documented our haul on YouTube once more. We found everything from brand new potato chips to sandwich cookies for dogs to apple pie ice cream to pumpkin spice breakfasts, condiments, sauces, desserts, and pantry items. There's also a talking Dia de los Muertos cat with haworthia succulents growing out of its back, so make sure you click play, like, subscribe, and comment below! Happy Autumn!

Trader Joe's Kimbap

Nate's Notes: Post updated. New pic and paragraph below.

Good morning, folks! It's time to look at Trader Joe's Kimbap. Neither Sonia nor I had ever tried this dish before, but we both like sushi so we decided to give it a whirl. This one's primarily a video review in stunning 4K resolution but for those of you who just want to relax and read, here's a few paragraphs on our findings...

This Asian dish comes frozen and it thaws in 2-3 minutes in the microwave. The packaging recommends serving it hot or cold while Koreans who know the dish say it should be served at room temperature. I found hot or room temperature worked great while chilling the kimbap in the fridge made the mouthfeel a little funky.

Still, the taste and texture are remarkable considering it comes frozen solid. There's an unexpected sweetness to the dish—akin to sesame sauce—plus all the rich veggie flavors you get from tofu, burdock root, carrot, radish, spinach, and seaweed. It's filling, satisfying, convenient, and reasonably priced at $3.99 for nine big sushi-roll-esque discs.

Update: we purchased this product again just so we could try it pan fried. With this preparation method, you only microwave for one minute from frozen. Then apply egg wash and fry on each side 2-3 minutes. The result is absolutely scrumptious. The product is more structurally stable this way and packs even more savory flavors. See pic below.

Product of Korea. The packaging and traderjoes.com only specify that it's vegetarian, but there's nothing in the ingredients that wouldn't be vegan, and other actual vegans out in cyberspace have declared that it is, in fact, vegan. I give Trader Joe's Kimbap eight out of ten stars while the beautiful wifey will go with nine out of ten.

Bottom line: 8.5 out of 10.