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Key Takeaways
- Redditors are sharing their all-time favorite Costco finds in terms of taste, quantity, and price.
- Many of these products are the same quality as brand-name products and imports.
Costco is known for having a diverse selection, with everything from produce and prepared foods to canned and frozen treats—even wines and liquors, electronics, and home goods. And let’s not forget the Costco bakery favorites. The store is known for good quality and buying in bulk for convenience and savings, making it a popular grocery store among many. What’s more, there are products you likely can’t find elsewhere, as they’re exclusively sold at Costco—whether under the Kirkland brand or a different retailer. So, what tops the list?
Redditors had a lot to say about favorites and gave recommendations for products they could only find at Costco. There are many great products at the warehouse store, but the next time you’re shopping, make sure to toss these special items, unique to Costco, in your cart. If you haven’t tried them, you’re missing out.
Customer Favorite Costco-Exclusive Products
Crazy Cuisine Orange Chicken
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Many Redditors mentioned the Crazy Cuisine Orange Chicken at Costco as their go-to meal, better than any orange chicken dish found at other stores, including Trader Joe’s. The battered chicken is fully cooked and antibiotic-free, a high-quality blend of white meat and rib meat, slathered in a delicious, rich mandarin orange-flavored sauce. You’ll find it in the frozen foods section in a massive 66-ounce bag, costing just about $19 and change. User socoyankee advised others to “Cook the chicken in the air fryer then toss [it with] the sauce” for best eating.
Kirkland Signature Wines and Liquors
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Costco's Kirkland Signature brand offers a wide range of alcoholic beverages, including high-quality wines, spirits, and liquors, priced low and with distinctions based on brand and expression. They’re affordable, beating the going rate for the same or comparable products at other stores. Select items even come from renowned wineries and distilleries, and can be a great way to sample a premium and/or rare whiskey on a modest budget.
A Redditor named JNR481 called attention to "specifically the Japanese whiskies Hibiki, Hakusho, and Yamazaki," saying, "I'm not sure I could find these anywhere else. The Costco price is also unbelievable."
Kasia's Potato & Cheese Pierogi
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Another find from Costco’s frozen foods aisle, Kasia’s pierogi are perfect as an easy meal, requiring minimal cooking and prep, and offering comfort and nostalgia. Polish dumplings evoke memories of home and family, and Kasia’s version is the easiest way to replicate grandma’s pierogi recipe if you’d rather not cook from scratch. They’re already cooked, but still benefit from a cooking method that will crisp them up. Redditor greenharibo noted, “I have a toaster oven type air fryer so I put them on the tray in a single layer and turned them about halfway through.” Costco sells these as a three-pack weighing a collective 14 ounces, which costs around $13 at the store.
Kirkland Signature Bacon
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As deals go, it’s hard to beat the amount of thick-cut bacon Costco offers. While skyrocketing prices have hit all groceries, bacon’s cost in particular has exploded to Costco’s regret. Even so, 4 pounds of bacon from the Kirkland brand comes in around $22, for a still very affordable $5.50 per pound. That offers major savings on a hefty slab of cured pork belly, which will go the distance feeding large groups, or just for meal-prepping for the week. Bacon also freezes very well, so even solitary dwellers should consider this purchase to portion out easy protein servings that pack a flavorful punch.
Jongga Kimchi
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A quick and tasty side, Jongga Kimchi—exclusively sold at Costco—is quite popular based on online reviews and Reddit users. One jar, costing $9 and change, contains 52.9 ounces of probiotic-rich kimchi, or fermented cabbage, that is as versatile as it is full of flavor. Redditor ordinaryflask suggests pan-frying or using it for kimchi pancakes, fried rice, or a kimchi stew. To make the stew, they wrote, “Add chopped up kimchi into a pot with some water, a little bit of kimchi juice, garlic, meat and let it boil.” They also recommended adding tofu and white or short-grain rice for a balanced meal.
Costco's Rotisserie Chicken
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While most grocery stores sell rotisserie chicken, Costco’s rotisserie chicken is seen as an exceptional value for flavor, quality, quantity, and price. Sold ready-to-eat, this quick, affordable meal is so fresh if a chicken doesn’t sell within two hours, it’s destined for other dinner preparations. The whole bird famously costs $5, and it’s not only flavorful, with moist, tender meat, but versatile enough to be used in many different ways.
You can quickly shred Costco’s rotisserie chicken for sandwiches, grain bowls, salads, tacos, and even to top baked potatoes. Plus, after the carcass is picked clean, you’ve got the makings of an incredibly rich homemade chicken stock for soups, stews, or an easy upgrade to savory oatmeal.
Kirkland Signature Parmigiano Reggiano Cheese
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Costco’s Kirkland Signature Parmigiano Reggiano draws some of Reddit’s strongest praise for staying true to what you’d expect from exemplary producers. At $14-$15 per pound, it’s top quality for an atypically low price. User Comp625 commented, “My wife and I have blind taste tested Kirkland’s D.O.P. Parmigiano Reggiano against the Rienzi brand’s D.O.P. equivalent (whose logo is on the back of the Kirkland one),” and said, “We’ve also tried other D.O.P. equivalent cheeses, too [but] Kirkland is easily the best; it’s the perfect blend of nutty flavor, creaminess, firmness, etc,” which prompted others to chime in and praise Costco’s feta, Coastal Cheddar, and Pecorino Romano, too. In fact, Redditors regard Costco’s entire cheese selection as a necessary stop for quality, taste, and affordability.
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