29-01-2025
Trader Joe's Customer Choice Awards 2025: Did your favorite TJ's items make the list?
The 2025 awards season is underway with arguably one of the most important honors just revealed.
Trader Joe's announced the 16th annual Customer Choice Awards winners on Monday, with winners ranging from limited-time snacks to cult following products.
Every year, Trader Joe's officials ask customers to share which items are their absolute favorites. The results are in — did your favorite product make the list this year?
Chili & Lime Flavored Rolled Corn Tortilla Chips once again were crowned the top overall product. The spicy chips won six times over the years in the snack and overall best categories.
Runners-up for the overall best category included the steamed pork & ginger soup dumplings, butternut squash mac & cheese, kimbap, and vegetable fried rice.
Cashel Blue Cheese Irish Potato Chips won in the new category. This seasonal item will return during the holiday season and provide a taste of one of Ireland's most famous cheeses.
From TV dinners to specialty cheese, here are the other top products at Trader Joe's, according to consumers:
Spiced Cider won in the beverage category
Goat Cheese won for the second year in a row for the cheese category
Teeny Tiny Avocados won in the produce category
Creamy Spinach & Artichoke Dip won in the appetizer category
Hashbrowns won in the breakfast and brunch category for the second year in a row
Butter Chicken with Basmati Rice won the lunch and dinner category
Brazil Nut Body Butter won in the bath body and home category
Sublime Ice Cream Sandwiches won in the sweet treat category
Trader Joe's Hall of Fame was created in 2023 to honor repeat winners in the customer choice awards. To be inducted into the Hall of Fame, items must have won the best of awards several times in their category.
Here are the six items currently on the list:
Chili & Lime Flavored Rolled Corn Tortilla Chips
Mandarin Orange Chicken
Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups
Peanut Butter Filled Pretzel Nuggets
Unexpected Cheddar
Soy Chorizo
According to its website, there are 25 Trader Joe's stores in Florida. Here's where:
Boca Raton
Bradenton
Coral Gables
Coral Springs
Davie
Delray Beach
Fort Lauderdale
Fort Myers
Gainesville
Jacksonville
Jacksonville Beach
Miami (2 locations)
Miami Beach
Naples
Orlando
Palm Beach Gardens
Palm Harbor
Pembroke Pines
Sarasota
St. Petersburg
Tallahassee
Tampa
Wellington
Winter Park
Contributing: Ariel Smith, Reno Gazette Journal
This article originally appeared on Sarasota Herald-Tribune: Trader Joe's customer product awards 2025 are in. Here the list
