Price: $4.99
Serving: 1/4 cup, 2oz
Servings per package: About 7
Calories: 130 per serving
 Calories from Fat: 90
Fat: 10%, 7g
 Saturated Fat: 14%, 3g
 Trans Fat: 0g
Cholesterol: 5%, 14mg
Sodium: 17%, 410mg
Protein: 8g
Carbohydrates: 10%, 30g
Fiber: 7%, 2g
Sugar: 1g
Weight Watchers Points: 10 Points

Trader Joe’s: Fondue? Or fon-don’t? If prep time and the possibility of complicated ingredient pairings are stopping you from enjoying this quintessential continental creation, the answer is a resounding fon-sure!

Trader Joe’s Fondue is a savory blend of Swiss Emmental and Gruyere cheeses that’s just about perfect with baguette slices or fresh fruits & veggies. Really, though, if you’re not in a fondue mood, you can use this easy-to-prepare cheese blend to make au gratin potatoes, souffles, even quesadillas! However you enjoy it, you’ll agree… it’s fon-tastic!

Abi says: Starting with a maximum of five stars and working our way down from there, I have these thoughts for you on fondue:

a) Typing up this review made me hate Trader Joe’s super-long on-the-box product statements. And puns. At first it seems really cute, but after awhile I just think “Come on Trader Joe’s, ‘fon-sure’? Really?” -1

b) Fondue is sort of gross if you think about it too much. It is cheese and booze and spices, heated, then consumed with bread and vegetables. And while sometimes fondue is incredibly appetizing, there are other times where all I can think is ‘this is what it would look like if I ate a bunch of cheese and drank some wine, and then puked.’ -1

c) Cheeeeese. But oh my goodness, I do adore cheese. And this is a way to justify eating cheese for dinner. +1 for Fondue.

d) Cheese is not a sexy dinner. A couple of years ago my partner and I went out for fondue for Valentine’s day and then we saw a movie and then we went home and passed out on the couch. Why? Because once you start eating fondue you cannot stop eating it! It is just dip, that’s all. And really, who can stop eating things that involve dip? Before you know it, you are a significant other are roly-poly from consuming crazy amounts of cheese dip. Unless you are planning on participating in the Cooper’s Hill Cheese-Rolling this is not to your benefit. -1 for Fondue.

e) Trader Joe’s is telling the truth about the approximate number of appetizer and/or snack-sized servings in this pouch of fondue. You could heat this up and serve with bread and apples to please 7 people. Or you and your partner could try to eat as much as possible and then have to throw out half a bowl of fondue. Fondue is for friends. +1 for Fondue.

Final result: a four-star rating for fondue.

Ingredients: Swiss, Emmental & Gruyere Cheese (milk, cheese cultures, salt, rennet [ANIMAL]), wine, water, potato starch, kirsch, sodium phosphates, salt, spices

P.S. Doesn’t the box look like the setup involves dipping cheese into fondue? I know, I know, it is supposed to illustrate that the fondue is made out of that sort of cheese, but I had to admit that for a second I thought “Oh my gosh, I hadn’t even considered dipping cheese into fondue. Would that work?”