Chips, puffs, and snack mixes with cult followings. The savory side of the Trader Joe's snack aisle, settled by professional taste testers and the fans who vote.
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Chips, puffs, and snack mixes with cult followings. The savory side of the Trader Joe's snack aisle, settled by professional taste testers and the fans who vote.
Chili & Lime Flavored Rolled Corn Tortilla Chips
Takis-style rolled corn chips with a tangy chili and lime hit that many fans rank above the original. So consistently beloved that Trader Joe's inducted them into its Product Hall of Fame in 2025.
Garlic Butter Irish Potato Chips
Delicately ridged chips made with Irish butter and a serious garlic punch, crowned Best Snack in the 2026 Customer Choice Awards. Sporked's head-to-head bracket of the whole store named them the ultimate favorite.
Ode to the Classic Potato Chip
A plain salted chip that earns its grand name: light and crispy like Lay's but tasting of actual potato instead of oil. Sporked has kept it at the top of its plain-chip rankings for years.
Spicy Tempura Seaweed Snack
Crispy tempura-battered seaweed pieces with genuine chili heat, like the comped snack at a good cocktail bar. Tasting Table ranks them second among all fifty of its best TJ's snacks.
Tom Yum Seasoned Snack Mix
Cashews, fried fava beans, crispy rice nuggets, and real dried Thai lime leaves dusted in sour-spicy tom yum seasoning. One of the most original snack mixes in any grocery aisle.
Ghost Pepper Potato Chips
Ridge-cut chips with a slow-building ghost pepper burn that somehow stays snackable. The rare grocery chip that delivers real heat instead of paprika dust.
Jerk-Style Plantain Chips
Thick-cut plantain chips dusted in allspice-forward Jamaican jerk seasoning, $1.99 a bag. Equally good straight from the bag, over black bean soup, or under ceviche.
World's Puffiest White Cheddar Corn Puffs
Featherlight corn puffs blasted with white cheddar that live up to the superlative on the bag. A top five finisher in the 2026 Customer Choice Awards snack category.
Peanut Butter Filled Pretzel Nuggets
Salty pretzel shells hiding a creamy peanut butter core, a Trader Joe's fixture since 1992. Retired undefeated into the Product Hall of Fame in 2023.
Organic Cacio e Pepe Puffs
Pirate's Booty-style puffs that genuinely taste like cacio e pepe: cheesy, peppery, with a whisper of pasta water. Sporked scores them 9.5 out of 10, the highest mark in its snack roundup.
Ranked across 6 sources: Sporked · Best Trader Joe's Snacks (November 2025, by score); Sporked · Best Trader Joe's Chips (April 2026, by score); Tasting Table · 50 Best Snacks Ranked (February 2025); The Kitchn · Best Snacks, Savory Picks (February 2026, unordered roundup); Trader Joe's Customer Choice Awards 2026 · Best Snack (fan vote); Trader Joe's Product Hall of Fame · All-Time Favorites (unordered). Full scoring is on the Methodology tab above.
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