Trader Joe’s had released some popular ube-flavored products in recent years—like the ube mochi pancake mix, ube ice cream, and the ube tea cookies. It wasn’t surprising to me when they came out with the Trader Joe’s Ube Pretzels! Ube is a recently popularized flavor due to its aesthetically purple color. When Trader Joe’s came out with the ube mochi pancakes, I remembered trying to land my hands on the new release for weeks. I eventually gave up, but that was just a sense of how hot the Trader Joe’s ube product was at the time. Read on to for my Trader Joe’s ube pretzels review.
What is Ube?
Ube is a sweet purple yam that is commonly used in Filipino desserts such as the Ube halaya, ube kalammay, and much more. People often confused ube with taro; ube has other names like Guyana arrowroot, ten-months yam, white yam, violet yam, or just yam. In America, you might have seen ube flavors in cheesecake, cake, ice cream, pastries, and sweet rolls.
Rating
A pack of Trader Joe’s Ube Mini Pretzels was $2.99 at an Austin location. They were mini and cute-sized. At first bite, there was definitely yogurt flavoring but enhanced with an ube flavor. The ube wasn’t overwhelming or artificial tasting like some ube products out there. I’ve always enjoyed a pretzel with a sweet shell because it is a good mix of sweet and salty. For the price, I think it is a great value item. Definitely give this item a shot next time you’re shopping at Trader Joe’s.
Nutrition Facts
One serving size of 10 mini pretzels is 130 calories. It has 6 grams of fat, 19 grams of carbs, and 2 grams of protein. The yogurt candy coating has the following ingredients: sugar, palm kernel oil, whey powder, nonfat milk, yogurt powder, and natural vanilla flavor.
Intolerances
This product contains milk, soy, and wheat and it may contain egg, peanut, almond, cashew, coconut, and pecan.
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