Popular Costco Bakery Items Ranked From Worst To Best 

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I started working in the Costco bakery in 1988. This bakery was one of the best in the early days. We made about 90% of our goods from scratch ie danish dough, croissants, cookies, and many types of bread, brownies, cinnamon rolls etc. etc. muffins and cakes we had a base and added ingredients. Then Costco went to bake-off everything is made in a factory, frozen ,boxed then shipped. It’s not the same quality they used to be. And yes they use the cheapest ingredients they can get to reach the same results. So if anyone tells you they are a baker at Costco these days don’t believe it. They just need to beable to count to 12. But the pumpkin pie has always been good.

The Starbucks croissant at more than double the price is pathetic looking in comparison to the Costco croissant. 👍

My favorite is the almond danishes… you have to buy two clamshells of 4 each…. Which is a bit much, but they freeze well. And, imo, they taste best after being freshened up in the toaster oven

We love the cranberry/orange scones! Unfortunately, Costco only has them on rare occasions. Come on Costco! We want ‘em! One more thing, bring back the combo pizza!

The Tuxedo cake will be a hit at any gathering. I serve it sliced with whipped cream and a few fresh raspberries. It's rich, decadent and satisfying.

Best bakery item I’ve ever had was a chocolate cheesecake pie,last summer or so. Before I got out the door with it, I had three people come up to me and exclaim, “Have you tried that yet?” It was beyond delicious! 😋😋😋

In the 90s, Costco Muffin used to be huge and I could never finish one. These days, the muffin looks like 1/2 of what it used to be, less greasy and portion right for a normal human being. The chocolate and the blueberry compliment each other!

Can't say I've ever had anything bad from Costco bakery. Their tiramisu cake is not only really good, but is a great deal. Taste good enough that the "nobody knows how to cook but us" italians that I know all love it. I also like their bagels and croissants. And those triangle chiabatas are also a favorite.

All these back to back Costco video makes me want to go there!!!! Lol. I love Costco, but usually don't buy the pastry because there's too much of it. Didn't know they were freezer friendly.

Almond danish is amazing. They used to carry fruit tart, too bad, they discontinued it.

Nothing stops the American Chocolate Cake which is my absolute favorite along with their rotisserie chicken.

The Tuxedo cake will make you weak in the knees

I’m gonna have to check out the danishes! I am SO happy that Costco opened a second location in the Des Moines Metro! We definitely needed it!

I still miss their huge chocolate cake with the shavings on the side that they used to have. They got rid of it.

What??? No mention of thee most fabulous Costco cookie ever??? The 4" Raspberry Crumble Topped Cookie with the light dusting of powdered sugar??? Are you kidding me??? It is THEE best cookie in the world!!! I will run barefoot to Costco if I find out they are in stock there!!! ❤️👍❤️👍❤️

Just made a trip to Costco this morning here in Morelia, Michoacán,México. Very interesting to see what different items Costco offers in the United States compared to what they offer here in México. I’m sure the variety changes in their stores in other countries too. Our deli offers tinga de pollo or pollo en mole and paella on weekends.

Biscotti muffins with cranberry and orange is the best!

Love love love their croissants but I have to look for a container where the croissants are not flatten when, I assume, they were packed. They hold well in the freezer. I put them in my convection toaster oven to crisp the outside and warm the inside.

We love the Tuxedo Chocolate Mousse cake. We have it for every holiday, It's SO DELICIOUS!

I purchase some lemon cupcakes from them over the summer and I swear those cupcakes were the best I ever had in my life

No cinnamon pull aparts at my Costco this Christmas. Devastated.

Miss the apple strudel. Was a regular purchase for years. Don’t know why they substituted the sub-par cherry-cheese version.

Costco croissants and their chicken salad…awesome!

One of your best videos! Would love to see one like this on the Kroger or Publix bakeries!

Costco Bakery does make some really yummy stuff. Recently find the butter cinnamon cakes, oh yes! But damn I wish they would bring back the mixed berry pie and the molasses cookies! OMG! The best!!

The tuxedo chocolate mousse is to die for!

My aunt's recipe for pumpkin pie is replace the milk with coconut milk. That switch makes it irresistible.

I really like the crossiants and the pumpkin streusel muffins

The Braided Strudels are exceptional. They need 10 minutes in the convection oven.

The blueberry muffins are really good, but the best item is the flan!!

Yes, I used to buy cinnamon raisin bagels at Costco but they discontinued the product. To bad!

My family has been buying from Costco since it was called Price Club. My Mom has also worked there for like 20 + years. We have maybe bought 3 or 4 of the items from this list,lol. And only 2 of them have been frequent purchases. I’m very curious where the stats came from, for this list. My Mom could tell you, that the majority of these items are not the most popular/ purchased 🙈

Love Costco bakery. The cakes are great, love the cookies and the cheesecake is as good as the Bronx.

The tuxedo chocolate mousse is to die for

I have not seen the mini cakes, but they look good.

I bought a pumpkin pie for Thanksgiving a couple of years ago, 'cuz that's the sweetest I would want to go. It's not pumpkin filling, but some kind of squash...which was still OK...but the crust was really horrible...mushy, loaded with baking soda and tasted undercooked. We ate the filling, but the crust went into the compost heap. 🤣🤣

I love the blueberry muffins

My favorite Costco bakery food is croissant. Not a bagel fan.

Has this person ever used a microwave? If you put the braided pastry in one for "a few minutes" it'll turn into molten lava and ruin the bread 😂

I loved the Costco granola while it was available.

The Raspberry Crumble Cookies are the best. $8.99 I think for 12.

The tuxedo cake is to die for.

"Opt for your local bakery when you can"... and pay 3-4 times the price! Funny advice!

The bakery section of Costco is the Garden of Eden as far as I'm concerned, and everything is wonderful.

Costco used to make a mixed berry pie that was out of this world. I don't buy much pastry there bc it's just too much.

i bought the tuxedo mousse cake and ate it by myself in 3 days.

Idk how I got on the grocery store side of RU-vid but I’m happy to be here

Costco msg not have the cranberry orange scones anymore but they do have cranberry orange biscotti soft cookies and they are amazing!

Yummy

i like how even the worst are getting positive remarks

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The only bakery food I have bought is the rosemary baked bread and it is delicious.

I love Costco's bakery goods, but I almost never get them since it's only the two of us (their stuff is so huge).

Love Costco chocolate cake. ❤

Are these made with butter and sugar. Sometimes to save costs cheaper baked goods use artificial sweeteners and palm oils.

Who wants to eat those commercial sweets? Homemade is so much better!

the cheese Danish are my must buys

The apple strudel was discontinued last year by Costco. It is no longer available in any Virginia Costcos. It was our go-to favorite. The rest of their bakery items suffer from blah and dangerously excessive amounts of sugar and sodium. One would hope Costco could do much better! When is the apple strudel coming back???

finally, quality content, not quality food, tho.

rosemary and Parmesan bread is the best bread ever. they only make it in Florida stores. I've asked for it here in Michigan and they cannot get it.

I've eaten the blueberry muffins and poppy seed muffins since the 1990s without issues, but last week, I had a bad reaction two hours after eating only 1 and it was the only thing I ate in a 9 hour period. My stomach felt bloated and it turned into an upset stomach for 12 hours but with no diarrhea. I researched the ingredients and xanthan gum along with the baking powder may be causing the bloating effect. It appeared to cause constipation instead of diarrhea. And the constipation appeared to make my stomachache worse. The stomachache gradually went away after I was able to do a #2. I was okay for about 12 hours, until I decided to eat 1/2 of a poppy seed muffin. Then the same thing happened again. I thought the 3rd time would be the charm and ate 1/2 of a blueberry muffin and the same thing happened again. I still have 6 muffins left and will probably not eat those. The muffins tasted good but it appears my stomach can't tolerate the ingredients in them anymore. The culprit could be Propylene Glycol, which is found in many baked goods and muffin mixes. PG can also caused bloating. FDA regards PG as GRAS (Generally recognized as safe) but I'm not so sure. At high levels PG can be toxic. May be best that I make my own blueberry muffins from scratch with no artificial ingredients and weird additives.

The Costco butter 🥐 are not bad Cheers from San Diego California

I bought a pecan pie from Costco for Xmas - it was WAY too sweet!

French bread from Costco is top tier item

The mini gingerbread cakes were a bit disappointing.

I’m not crazy about the Costco dessert , as they all very sweet. Too much sugar is not good for health.

Cinnamon pull apart is #1!!!!!!

Never microwave bread!After the molten lava phase it turns into a brick.

Looking at the long list of ingredients, I would say there is nothing the least bit healthy or good to eat from their "bakery" Make it yourself, and avoid all the chemicals, preservatives and palm oil.

Yum

My wedding planner actually suggested a cost saving tip to buy a Costco sheet cake to serve to everybody, but buy a small fancy wedding cake to cut in front of the guests. The sheet cake would be kept in the back away from guests & be cut up by the catering team so no one will know they're being served a perfectly delicious & cheap Costco sheet cake.

Bar apple pie is the absolute best I've ever had

The BEST is the raisin bread!!!!!!!! I am nor kidding!!!

god bless america

Chocolate, chocolate chip muffins frozen!

This channel either talks about corned beef or Costco.

Will never buy a pumpkin pie again from Costco…May not be able to make one at home for the same price…but nothing compares to homemade

No apple pie????

my costco doesnt have half of this list

Really wish Costco makes healthy bakery.

the croissant has been shrinking since the change in shape -from half moon to a diamond. But bread is poor quality but atleast it is not bleached bread like Safeway. Pumpkin pie& Tirimasu cake are the only good item.

but when you slice the muffin in half, no blueberries are inside. so it's 99% vanilla muffin.

BEAR CLAWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

you forgot the apple pies and banana bread

Yummy delicious cakes with margarine and 10+ preservatives.

610 Calories for a muffin? That's half my calories intake in a day. GBU American folks.

The assorted cookies are now up to $9.99 at my Costco! Not buying them anymore at that price. Bye-bye Costco cookies.

If a bagel has not been boiled, it is not a bagel. I have never, and would never buy “bagels” from CostCo. Also: the Cheesecake Factory does not make a perfect cheesecake. They are far too sweet. Really, just gross. WHO made this list? What about the raspberry crumble cookie? It is the most popular, best bakery item, hands down.

most bakery items Ive purchased have been quite good, the exception was the large birthday sheet cake, tasted pretty awful, noticed all the adults scraping the icing off, only eaten by children, was quite disappointed with the taste, expected more from Costco, the lowest common denominator of cakes

You lost me in this video when you said you didn't rank Costco's baguette higher because making baguette bread at home is easy. Most ridiculous thing I've heard this week. It is not at all easy to make baguette bread at home. Costco's baguette is excellent. If you aren't using it the same day you buy it or only want to use one loaf, freeze it, but be sure to use it within a week.

I disagree with the tuxedo cake. I am a chocolate lover but this was way down on my list due to the flavour, not a good selection, leave it on the shelf and opt for the carrot cake.

Look at all the ingredients at Costco bakery. Quite scary! You dump all that 😮unhealthy stuff into your body!

I tried the pumpkin pie.....it's horrible. I tried a second time.....same result. This has to be American. Pumpkin pie in Canada is required in October for Thanksgiving. Number 1 is wrong....they are not muffins, they taste like cake. FAIL.

Commercially baked items form any store are trash.

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The muffins are too much like cake and you should only eat half at a time.

All Costco do not sell the same thing. Costco in NY is much better than those in FL. They sell different things and should all sell the same.

Too sweet the Costco desserts 🤢

Costco's attempt at Madelines is awful. Thank god they've brought the real ones back.