7 New Prepared Foods at Costco Worth Trying Right Now

Costco’s prepared foods, bakery, and frozen sections have been on an absolute roll lately. Every few weeks there’s something new worth checking out, and right now is one of those stretches where you could walk in for paper towels and walk out with $80 worth of food you didn’t know existed ten minutes ago. (We’ve all been there.)

Here are seven new items that have earned genuine buzz from members – and a spot in your cart.

1. BBQ Chicken Mac and Cheese with Bacon (~$18)

Where to find it: Prepared foods section

This one isn’t trying to be fancy. It’s a pan of creamy mac and cheese piled with rotisserie chicken, shredded cheddar, bacon, and barbecue sauce. That’s it. That’s the pitch. And it works.

At $4.49 per pound, it’s an easy weeknight dinner for a family – or an extremely ambitious dinner for two (again, no judgment). The rotisserie chicken in this is the same quality you’d expect from Costco, and the barbecue sauce adds a tangy kick that keeps it from being just another mac and cheese. Heat it up, throw a side salad next to it if you want to feel responsible, and call it a night. Honestly, you had us at bacon.

2. Kirkland Signature Salted Caramel Cheesecake (~$23.99)

Where to find it: Bakery section

Costco’s bakery cheesecakes already have a cult following, and this new flavor is getting people worked up. The Salted Caramel Cheesecake features a graham cracker crust, a creamy caramel cheesecake filling, whipped topping, and a criss-cross drizzle of salted caramel across the top. It looks like something from a high-end bakery. It costs $24.

The thing weighs close to five pounds, which means you’re getting roughly 16 to 19 slices depending on how generous (or selfish) you’re feeling. One Reddit user said they bought one “and I’m not even a cheesecake or salted caramel person.” The Costco Instagram post for this had followers responding with a single, eloquent word: “Drooling.”

Pro tip: this freezes beautifully. Cut it into slices, wrap them individually, and you’ve got weeks of dessert ready to go whenever the mood strikes.

3. La Vie Gourmand Pistachio Cream and Roasted Kadayif Brioche ($16.99)

Where to find it: Bakery/dessert area

If you’ve been anywhere near food social media in the last year, you know pistachio is having a moment. Between the Dubai chocolate craze and pistachio-flavored everything popping up at every bakery and coffee shop, this trend isn’t slowing down.

Costco’s entry into the conversation is this brioche layered with pistachio cream and roasted kadayif – which is shredded phyllo pastry that adds a satisfying crunch. It’s creamy, crunchy, buttery, and a little different from the usual bakery lineup. It’s also the kind of thing that looks way more impressive on a table than the effort required to serve it (which is: open the package).

Great for a brunch spread, a dessert at a dinner party, or eating straight out of the container at 10 PM while watching TV. Versatile like that.

4. Twice-Baked Chocolate Filled Croissants (6 for $9.99)

Where to find it: Bakery section

Costco’s regular croissants are already legendary. These take the concept and turn it up a notch – filled with rich chocolate, given a second bake for extra crunch, and dusted with powdered sugar on top. The result is a pastry that hits somewhere between a classic pain au chocolat and a French cafe splurge.

The secret to getting the most out of these: warm them up. A few minutes in the oven or air fryer and the chocolate center goes melty while the outside gets even crispier. Pair one with a cup of coffee and your morning just got significantly better for about $1.67.

Fair warning: opinions are split on these. Most people love them, but a few members on Reddit think the chocolate could be more intense. We say try them warm before making a final call – the texture completely changes.

5. Three Bridges Sausage and Cheddar Biscuits (~$9.49)

Where to find it: Refrigerated/prepared section

Not everything in this list needs to be a dessert (though we wouldn’t blame you if your cart leaned that way). These sausage and cheddar biscuits are a savory, high-protein breakfast option that takes zero cooking skills to prepare. Each serving delivers 13 grams of protein, and they’re the kind of grab-and-go breakfast that actually keeps you full past 10 AM.

Tasting Table just featured these as one of their top Costco picks for April, calling them an upgrade over the classic biscuit that’s faster than making them from scratch. They come in a 4-pack (2 per pack), heat up quickly, and taste like someone who knows what they’re doing made them for you. Busy mornings just got a little less chaotic.

6. Kirkland Signature Strawberry and Cheesecake Danishes

Where to find it: Bakery section

Costco’s bakery has carried danishes for a long time in various flavors – fruit, cheese, and so on. But combining fruit AND cheese in a single danish? Apparently that’s new, and members are acting like they’ve been waiting years for this exact moment.

“FINALLY fruit and cheese in one” was one of the more enthusiastic comments on Instagram. Others are calling it the perfect Easter brunch item – which tracks, given the timing. The filling combines sweet strawberry with a creamy cheesecake layer inside a flaky, buttery pastry shell.

If you’re the kind of person who could never decide between the fruit danish and the cheese danish, congratulations. Costco has solved your lifelong dilemma.

7. Monteur Strawberry Waffle Cakes (16 for $13.99)

Where to find it: Frozen section

This is the wildcard pick – and honestly, it might be the most interesting item on the list. These Japanese-made frozen treats don’t fit neatly into any one category. They’re part waffle, part taco, part cannoli. The shell is a small, extra-eggy waffle folded around a filling of custard, whipped cream, and strawberry.

Members have compared them to an elevated strawberry Twinkie, which is either the highest compliment or a strange insult depending on how you feel about Twinkies. Either way, fans agree that a few minutes in the air fryer or toaster oven takes these from “pretty good” to “why did I only buy one box.”

At 16 per box for $13.99, that’s under a dollar per piece – which is about as close to a guilt-free dessert purchase as you’re going to get at Costco. (Calorie-wise, that’s a different conversation.)

One thing to keep in mind with all of these: Costco’s bakery and prepared foods rotate regularly. If you see something on this list and it looks good, don’t assume it’ll still be there next weekend. The bakery operates on what we like to call the “grab it or regret it” system.

Have you tried any of these? What’s the best new thing you’ve found in the bakery or prepared foods section lately? Drop a comment below! 👇👇👇