The Most Popular Bakery Item at Trader Joe's Is a Wisconsin Tradition — Food News

You can totally call me a Grinch, but nothing makes me grumble to myself faster than the phrase "Christmas in July." I'm more than OK with keeping December in December, especially because Christmas decorations already seem to materialize on big-box shelves in mid-July. (No, Walgreens, I don't need 500 miniature twinkle lights to go with this spray bottle of sunscreen.) But I was able to push those feelings aside — for a few minutes, anyway — when I saw the snow-capped, hand-drawn letters on Trader Joe's specialty bakery display. "Back for Christmas in July!" it said, right below a modest stack of Almond Danish Kringle.

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