What US Costco Shoppers Want To Change About The Bakery Selections - Tasting Table

"While browsing Costco's displays of delicious chocolate cakes and pecan pies, American shoppers have come to realize that not all Costco bakery selections are created equal. The international items shoppers want to try in the U.S. include different flavors of coffee cake, French butter madeleines, mini crodots, marble bread, and mini walnut pies - items that have proven to be tricky to track down in the States. "I wish Costco USA would try to rotate their pastries and cakes with their international sites. So we can try different things. I mean they already have the in-house expertise," suggested one Redditor."

"While many Costco products arrive at stores frozen, dedicated workers make fresh bakery items right in the warehouse - including international selections. Head to the bakery in Taiwan, and Costco delights shoppers with layered rolls that offer butter and chocolate flavors, pistachio cream choux, and individual portions of Thai milk tea puffs. "It looks like heaven. I would want to buy everything," commented an envious TikTok user. In Korea, Costco bakeries sell packages of buns filled with cream and red bean paste and packages of grapefruit and orange cake. In China, Costco members can place coconut and tea roll cakes and matcha cream choux into shopping carts."

American Costco shoppers notice significant variations in bakery offerings across countries, with items like French madeleines, mini crodots, marble bread, and mini walnut pies often unavailable in the U.S. International Costco bakeries produce distinctive treats such as Belgian chocolate shortbread in the U.K., toffee chocolate chip cookies and peaches and cream coffee cake in Canada, and mud cake in Australia. Social posts and Reddit threads show strong shopper interest and envy toward those exclusive items. Many bakery products are made fresh in warehouses, and international sites offer layered rolls, pistachio cream choux, Thai milk tea puffs, red bean buns, grapefruit and orange cake, coconut and tea roll cakes, and matcha cream choux.

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