Trader Joe’s Pastry Bites with Feta Cheese & Caramelized Onions

November 16, 2009 | Reviewer: Abi

Price: $3.49
Serving:1 pastry bite, 0.71oz.
Calories: 70 per serving
Calories from Fat: 50
Fat: 8%, 5g
Saturated Fat: 16%, 3.5g
Trans Fat: 0g
Cholesterol: 6%, 20mg
Sodium: 4%, 100mg
Protein: 1g
Carbohydrates: 1%, 4g
Fiber: 0%, 0g
Sugar: <1g
Weight Watchers Points: 2 POINTS EACH

Trader Joe says: Pastry bites with Feta cheese & caramelized onions, no preservatives, no artificial colors or flavors, keep frozen.

Abi says: After several trips to Trader Joe’s and several rounds of sighing over these little treats, I finally purchased one batch…and then another batch…and then another batch of these puff pastry snacks. It turns out that if I like something enough, I’ll actually make (er, heat) appetizers for my own meals.

These two bite delights require nearly half an hour in the oven, so you’ll have to plan ahead if you want to treat this like a true appetizer and not another portion of your dinner. I’ve found that approximately three puffs per person is a nice way to tide you over until the actual meal. Considering there are 12 puffs in a package, you can just slice the package in half (see cut up packaging in picture), put it on a cookie sheet (no mess! no clean up!) and heat up appetizers for two. It is probably the most domestic thing I do in an entire week.

You should note that these will be super hot when they come out of the oven. I know, you’re an adult and you cooked them at 400 degrees for almost half an hour, but even after they seem cool, the cheese inside will be piping hot. And you might forget they are hot and burn yourself.

If you succeed in not burning yourself, you’ll get to enjoy a light, crispy, slightly greasy pastry surrounding a pocket of feta and cream cheese, topped the briefest dollop of sweetly caramelized onion. What a pleasant way to start any meal.

Ingredients: Puff pastry (enriched wheat flour [wheat flour, malted barley flour, ascorbic acid (vitamin C as dough conditioner), niacin, folic acid, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin], water, butter [milk], salt), cream cheese (pasteurized cultured cream and milk, natural acids, salt, xanthan, carob bean and guar gums), onion, feta cheese (pasteurized milk, salt, cheese culture, enzymes), egg, sugar, unsalted butter [milk].

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5 Responses to “Trader Joe’s Pastry Bites with Feta Cheese & Caramelized Onions”

Jill on November 17th, 2009

I frequently dine on a variety of Trader Joe’s appetizers and appetizers alone. I mix and match a couple at a time. It is quite a nice treat on the weekend. I’ll definitely give these a try.
Abi Jones on November 17th, 2009

Jill I like doing that too, but sometimes I end up just eating a bunch of pastry. Not that there’s anything wrong with pastry, just that it makes me want to curl up in a ball and watch Hugh Grant movies.
Mishy on November 17th, 2009

mmm i love carmelized onions and pastry.
christine on November 18th, 2009

Those look yummy
Lynn on January 27th, 2010

These are very rich and it’s hard to eat just one (unless you read the box which says there is 5 grams of fat in each).

The instructions for cooking doesn’t say anything about taking the plastic off before cooking so I didn’t- luckily it kind of melted onto the black pan but I think they need to add something about that to the instructions…