The Simplified Trader Joe’s Fearless Flyer: Christmas 2024 Edition
Trader Joe’s — which is Aldi’s cousin — publishes a thorough and entertaining Fearless Flyer around holidays such as Thanksgiving, and at other times of year, including back-to-school season, fall, and in the winter, summer, and late summer.
But the Fearless Flyer can be a long read. What if all you want is a simple list of TJ’s upcoming products? We can help with that. Keep in mind that many of these are limited-time products, either during the season or while supplies last.
This is the Christmas 2024 version of the Fearless Flyer.
Nuts & Produce:
- Trader Joe’s Organic Peeled & Cooked Chestnuts, $4.99 for 6.5 oz. Sold refrigerated. Add to holiday stuffing, a salad, or roasted Brussels sprouts, or eat straight out of the package.
- Holiday Vegetable Hash, $4.99 for 18 oz. Sold refrigerated. Small dices of butternut squash, sweet potatoes, red onions, and celery, with parsley, sage, and rosemary. Incorporate into stuffing, roast and serve as a side dish, use as a mirepoix, or serve with eggs as a skillet breakfast.
- Trader Joe’s Les Petites Carrots of Many Colors, $4.29 for 16 oz.
- Trader Joe’s Organic Pitted Medjool Dates, $5.99 for 12 oz.
Salad:
- Trader Joe’s Turkey Harvest Salad, $5.99 for 10 oz. Featuring Brussels sprouts, sunflower seeds, sweetened dried cranberries, shreds of white turkey breast, roasted sweet potatoes, kale, baby spinach, and apple cider vinaigrette.
Dairy:
- Trader Joe’s Cheese Party Tray, $5.99 for 16 oz. Featuring petite slices of Colby Jack, Swiss, Mild Cheddar, and Pepper Jack.
- Trader Joe’s Manchego Cheese, $13.99 per pound. Sold in random-weight pieces of about 9 oz.
- Trader Joe’s Tête de Moine Rosettes Semisoft Cheese, $5.49 for 3.17 oz.
- Trader Joe’s Cotswold® Double Gloucester Cheese with Chive and Onion, $10.99 per pound.
Breakfast:
- Trader Joe’s Spiced Cranberry Granola, $3.99 for 12 oz.
- Trader Joe’s Chocolate Chip Poffertjes, $3.99 for 11.3 oz. These are puffy mini pancakes. Read our review here.
Appetizers & Charcuterie:
- Trader Joe’s Blue Cheese Stuffed Chalkidiki Olives, $6.99 for 22.9 oz.
- Trader Joe’s Lemon Stuffed Olives, $2.99 for 12 oz.
- Trader Joe’s Truffle Salami, $4.99 for 5 oz.
Entrees and Sides:
- Trader Joe’s Potato Pancakes, $3.29 for 10.6 oz. Sold frozen.
- Trader Joe’s Crispy Vegetable Pouches, $4.49 for 6.8 oz. Sold frozen. Handmade pockets of pastry dough filled with jicama, taro, cabbage, carrots, onions, shiitake mushrooms, garlic, soy sauce, ginger, sesame oil, and red chili. Pouches are gathered and “tied” at the top with a string made of more pastry dough.
- Trader Joe’s Chạo Tôm, $5.49 for 9.88 oz. A Vietnamese dish of minced, fried, savory-seasoned shrimp and veggies, wrapped around a sweet, chewy section of sugarcane. Sold frozen.
- Trader Joe’s Mini Mushroom Tartelettes, $5.49 for 9 oz. Sold frozen. Sliced white and shiitake mushrooms, chopped garlic and shallot, and Parmesan and ricotta in flaky, bite-sized crusts.
Fresh Meat:
- Trader Joe’s Balsamic Glazed Bone-In Beef Short Ribs, $11.99 per pound. Sold refrigerated.
- Trader Joe’s Fresh Atlantic Salmon Fillets, $10.99 per pound. Sold refrigerated.
- Trader Joe’s 100% Angus Beef Boneless Rib Roast, $13.99 per pound. Sold refrigerated. In stores starting December 10th.
Snacks:
- Trader Joe’s Step Up to the Snack Bar Mix, $5.99 for 12 oz. Includes honey mustard pretzel pieces, chili lemon corn sticks, honey roasted peanuts, and Trader Joe’s Cheddar Rocket Crackers.
- Trader Joe’s Stepping It Up Spicy Snack Bar Mix, $5.99 for 11.5 oz. Includes sweet jalapeño pretzel pieces, spicy cheese corn sticks, spiced chile almonds, and crispy chile lemon corn nuggets.
Sweets & Desserts:
- Trader Joe’s Gingerbread House Kit, $8.99 for 26.4 oz. Includes gingerbread house pieces, fruit gummies, chocolate buttons, icing mix, and sugar-based woodland animals. Read our review here.
- Trader Joe’s Mini Gingerbread People, $4.49 for 16 oz. The underside of each cookie is coated in white fudge icing. Cookies feature molasses and crystallized ginger.
- Trader Joe’s English Toffee Ice Cream, $3.79 for 1 pint. Features chocolatey-coated toffee and almonds in a rich base of brown butter ice cream.
- Trader Joe’s Petit Fours Mousse Cakes, $4.99 for 7 oz. Includes three rich chocolate Cakes layered with silky chocolate Mousse, covered in a dark chocolatey coating; three vanilla Cakes layered with velvety vanilla Mousse, covered in a sweet vanilla coating and topped with pearl sugar; and three chocolate Cakes layered with smooth coffee Mousse, covered in a mocha coating and topped with bits of dark chocolate.
- Trader Joe’s Peppermint Crunch Popcorn, $3.99 for 6 oz. Lightly salted popcorn in dark or white chocolatey coating with crushed candy cane bits.
- Trader Joe’s Candy Cane Joe Joe’s, $3.99 for 1 pound. Chocolate Vanilla Crème Sandwich Cookies with bits of Candy Cane in the filling.
- Trader Joe’s Chocolatey Dipped Danish Cookies, $5.49 for 8.46 oz. Made in Denmark. Includes six cookies in three varieties: Two are Sarah Bernhardts—almond cookies topped with a chocolate cream filling and decorated with freeze dried raspberries. Two are Almond Triangles made with a short-crust base and almond filling, topped with thinly sliced almonds. Two are classic, chewy, Coconut Macaroons. All are dipped in dark chocolatey coating.
- Trader Joe’s Pretzel Bread Pudding with Salted Caramel Sauce, $4.49 for 7.6 oz. Sold frozen.
- Trader Joe’s Gingerbread Cake & Cookie Mix, $3.49 for 14 oz.
- Peppermint Hold the Cone! Mini Ice Cream Cones, $3.99 for 7.9 oz. Filled with peppermint ice cream.
- Trader Joe’s Vegan Gingerbread Loaf, $5.49 for 15 oz.
- Trader Joe’s Mini Cranberry Pistachio Biscotti, $4.49 for 9 oz.
- Trader Joe’s Mini Chocolate Mousse Desserts, $4.79 for 6.36 oz. Sold frozen.
- Trader Joe’s English Fudge Collection, $5.49 for 9.52 oz. Includes clotted cream fudge, chocolate fudge, and holiday spice fudge.
- Trader Joe’s British Shortbread Collection, $7.99 for 10.58 oz. Includes coffee, cocoa, and English toffee cookies.
- Trader Joe’s Candy Cane Batons, $1.99 for 5 oz. Rolled wafer cookies filled with peppermint-flavored creme.
Candy:
- Trader Joe’s Coins of the World, $1.99 for 4 oz. These chocolate coins are in the shape of various Euros, Francs, and pounds.
- The Milk Chocolate Coin, $1.99 for 3.17 oz. A five-inch-diameter coin.
- Trader Joe’s Jingle Jangle, $9.99 for 22.7 oz. A mix of dark and milk chocolate-covered pretzels, dark chocolate covered caramel popcorn and Joe-Joe’s cookie bits, milk chocolate candy gems, and milk and dark chocolate mini peanut butter cups.
- Trader Joe’s Jingly Jangly, $1.49 for 2.95 oz. This is Jingle Jangle in a smaller portion.
- Trader Joe’s Cocoa Truffles Collection, $4.99 for 7.6 oz. Includes four flavors: Fizzy, which has a crackling pop as the Truffle melts in your mouth; Popcorn; Cookie, made with cookie pieces for textural contrast to the smooth Truffle base; and Raspberry, with a fruity aroma and tart finish.
- Trader Joe’s Peppermint Pretzel Slims, $3.49 for 6 oz. Thin and crispy Pretzel Slims in a white chocolatey coating with crushed Peppermint candy.
- Trader Joe’s Dark Chocolate Dipped Candy Cane Marshmallows, $3.49 for 4.7 oz.
- Peppermint Mini Marshmallows, $2.29 for 6 oz.
- Trader Joe’s Crunchy Milk Chocolate Hazelnut Pralines, $4.49 for 5.28 oz.
- Trader Joe’s Festive Chaos of Gummy Candy, $5.49 for 20 oz. Features gummies shaped like ornaments, trees, holly, and a snowman, along with classic gummy forms like gummy bears and cola bottles, and a few random shapes like mustaches and tennis shoes, all in a variety of bright colors.
Beverages:
- Trader Joe’s Egg Nog, $3.49 for 32 oz. Sold refrigerated.
- Trader Joe’s O’ Nog, $2.99 for 32 oz. Dairy free, with an oat base. Sold refrigerated.
- Cinnamon Spiced Coffee, $8.99 for 14 oz. Medium-ground.
- Trader Joe’s Gingerbread Oat Creamer, $1.99 for 16 oz. Sold refrigerated.
- Trader Joe’s Something Spritzy with Grapefruit, $1.99 for 12 oz.
Alcohol:
(Not available at all locations. Prices may vary by state.)
- Trader Joe’s Diamond Reserve Oakville Cabernet, Lot 3, $19.99 for 750mL. Not available in UT, ID, AR, KS, NY, PA, ME, CT, RI, DE, and MD.
- L’Éclat Blanc de Blancs or Rosé, $14.99 for each 1L bottle. NH: $16.99, and OH: $19.99. Not available in UT, KS, NY, PA, CT, RI, DE, and MD.
- Trader Joe’s Platinum Reserve Yountville Cabernet Sauvignon, Lot 115, $17.99 for 750mL. Not available in UT, ID, AR, KS, NY. PA, ME, CT, RI, DE, and MD.
- Trader Joe’s Cocoa Cream Liqueur or Peppermint Joe-Joe’s Cream Liqueur, $7.99 for each 750mL bottle. NV, WA, NM, CO, LA, NE, KY, WI, NJ, MA, and DC: $8.99; OH: $9.99. Not available in UT, OR, ID, TX, TN, AL, AR, OK, FL, GA, SC, IA, IN, MI, KS, NY, PA, NH, VT, ME, CT, RI, NC, DE, and MD.
- Old Fashioned Wine-Based Egg Nog, Trader Joe’s Cocoa Cream Wine Cocktail, or Trader Joe’s Peppermint Joe-Joe’s Wine Cocktail, $7.99 for each 750mL bottle. OR, SC, IA, IN, MI, NH, and NC: $8.99. Not available in CA, AZ, NV, UT, WA, ID, NM, AR, LA, IL, NE, KY, WI, MO, MN, OH, KS, NY, NJ, PA, ME, CT, RI, DC, DE, and MD.
- Trader Joe’s 2024 Vintage Ale, $5.99 for 750mL. OH: $6.99. Not available in UT, ID, TX, AR, PA, ME, CT, RI, DE, and MD.
Personal Care:
- Trader Joe’s Brazil Nut Body Trio, $12.99. Gift set contains a three-ounce tub of thick, fast-absorbing body butter; a six fluid-ounce bottle of lightweight, refreshing body mist; and a two fluid-ounce bottle of non-greasy, moisture-locking body oil.
- Trader Joe’s Ultra Moisturizing Hand Cream Trio, $7.99. Includes one travel-sized one-ounce tube each of Mandarin Orange & Spices Scented Hand Cream, Pear & Vetiver Scented Hand Cream, and Jasmine & Ginger Scented Hand Cream. Read our review of another TJ’s ultra moisturizing hand cream here.
- Trader Joe’s Candy Cane Body Scrub, $6.99 for 8 oz.
- Trader Joe’s Lip Butter Balm Duo, $6.99 for a box of two 0.52-oz. tubes. Two flavors: vanilla mint and toasty brown sugar.
Flowers and Plants:
- 22” Pine Cone Wreaths, $11.99. Constructed primarily from Fir boughs, accented with various fragrant sprigs and branches, and finished with hand-picked pine cones.
- Tabletop pine trees, centerpiece pine wreaths, mistletoe for doors, poinsettias, amaryllis, garlands, ivy plants with lights, roses, and cypress grump trees, see prices in store.
Pet Supplies:
- Jingle Jangle for Dogs, $4.49 for 6.8 oz. Includes a mix of bone, star, circle, and pretzel-shaped biscuits in peanut butter, carob, and bacon flavor, and the pretzel-shapes are also enrobed in peanut butter dip.

