The snack drawer at our house is roughly 80 percent Costco at any given time, and after years of trying everything that has come and gone, a short list of regulars keeps making the cart. These are the bags, tubs and packs that get re-bought without thinking — split across nuts, popcorn, dips, bars, jerky and the occasional grandkid bribe.
Contents
- 1 1. Kirkland Signature Extra Fancy Mixed Nuts — 2.5 lb / $17.99
- 2 2. Simple Mills Almond Flour Crackers — 20 oz variety / $11.99
- 3 3. Sabra Classic Hummus Singles — 20 x 2 oz / $13.99
- 4 4. Chomps Original Beef Sticks — 24 ct / $22.99
- 5 5. SkinnyPop Original Popcorn Bags — 28 x 0.65 oz / $15.99
- 6 6. Boom Chicka Pop Sweet & Salty Kettle Corn — 24 oz bag / $9.99
- 7 7. Kirkland Signature Organic Roasted Seaweed — 10 x 0.6 oz / $8.99
- 8 8. Wonderful Pistachios No Shells — 24 oz / $15.99
- 9 9. Kirkland Signature Trail Mix — 4 lb / $13.99
- 10 10. Sensible Portions Veggie Straws — 24 oz / $8.99
- 11 11. RXBAR Variety Pack Protein Bars — 16 ct / $19.99
- 12 12. That’s it. Fruit Bars Variety Pack — 24 ct / $17.99
- 13 13. Kirkland Signature Nut Bars with Cocoa Drizzle & Sea Salt — 30 ct / $15.99
- 14 14. Kirkland Signature Organic Plain Greek Yogurt — 48 oz tub / $5.99
- 15 15. Wholly Guacamole Minis — 16 x 2 oz / $11.99
- 16 16. Kirkland Signature Milk Chocolate Almonds — 3 lb / $15.99
- 17 17. Kirkland Signature Organic Animal Crackers — 4 lb / $8.99
- 18 18. Made Good Granola Minis Variety Pack — 20 x 0.85 oz / $11.99
1. Kirkland Signature Extra Fancy Mixed Nuts — 2.5 lb / $17.99
Almonds, cashews, brazils, pecans and hazelnuts with a light salt — the bowl your spouse keeps refilling without admitting it. Stays fresh for weeks in the original jar if the lid actually gets put back on.
Verdict: BUY
2. Simple Mills Almond Flour Crackers — 20 oz variety / $11.99
Six small bags of farmhouse cheddar, fine ground sea salt and rosemary — sturdy enough for a sharp cheddar slice and dignified enough for company. The portion bags are the reason people keep buying them.
Verdict: BUY
3. Sabra Classic Hummus Singles — 20 x 2 oz / $13.99
Twenty foil-topped cups, no scooping, no double-dip arguments. Pair with carrot sticks or pita chips and the whole snack drawer suddenly looks healthier than it is.
Verdict: BUY
4. Chomps Original Beef Sticks — 24 ct / $22.99
Grass-fed, no sugar, no nitrates, real beef. The 24-pack disappears between the glove box, the lunch bag and the kitchen counter — and that is the whole point.
Verdict: BUY
5. SkinnyPop Original Popcorn Bags — 28 x 0.65 oz / $15.99
Pre-portioned little bags so the popcorn binge stays a snack instead of a meal. Sea salt only, nothing weird on the ingredient list, and the airy crunch keeps people coming back.
Verdict: BUY
6. Boom Chicka Pop Sweet & Salty Kettle Corn — 24 oz bag / $9.99
That sweet-then-salty hit that makes the bag impossible to close. Lighter than caramel corn and far less sticky — a clean choice for movie night without going full butter.
Verdict: BUY
7. Kirkland Signature Organic Roasted Seaweed — 10 x 0.6 oz / $8.99
Toasty, lightly salted sheets that snap clean and somehow satisfy a chip craving for around 30 calories. Members buy multiple boxes once they discover their grandkids inhale them like potato chips.
Verdict: BUY
8. Wonderful Pistachios No Shells — 24 oz / $15.99
All the flavor of pistachios with none of the shell-cracking nail damage. Costco’s tub price stays well under what the grocery store charges for half the size.
Verdict: BUY
9. Kirkland Signature Trail Mix — 4 lb / $13.99
Peanuts, raisins, almonds, cashews and M&Ms in a price-per-pound that makes the candy aisle look silly. The catch — once it is open, the M&Ms vanish in two days and you are left with the raisins.
Verdict: MAYBE
10. Sensible Portions Veggie Straws — 24 oz / $8.99
They are not actually a vegetable serving and everyone knows it — but the airy crunch and tomato-spinach color makes them feel lighter than potato chips. Good for car trips and grandkid lunches.
Verdict: MAYBE
11. RXBAR Variety Pack Protein Bars — 16 ct / $19.99
Egg whites, dates, nuts — ingredients you can pronounce printed right on the front. Chocolate sea salt and peanut butter are the keepers; the blueberry one nobody fights over.
Verdict: BUY
12. That’s it. Fruit Bars Variety Pack — 24 ct / $17.99
Two ingredients — fruit and more fruit. The little bars stand in for a banana when the bananas have all turned brown. Long shelf life makes them a pantry staple.
Verdict: BUY
13. Kirkland Signature Nut Bars with Cocoa Drizzle & Sea Salt — 30 ct / $15.99
Almonds, cashews and peanuts in a chewy bar with a cocoa drizzle and a salt finish — feels like dessert but eats like a snack. Thirty bars in a box means there is always one in the bag, the desk drawer and the car cup holder.
Verdict: BUY
14. Kirkland Signature Organic Plain Greek Yogurt — 48 oz tub / $5.99
The big white tub that lives on every Costco member’s top shelf. Plain nonfat, thick spoon-coating texture, mild tang. Top it with berries and honey for breakfast, or stir it into a cucumber-dill dip for the chip bowl.
Verdict: BUY
15. Wholly Guacamole Minis — 16 x 2 oz / $11.99
Pre-portioned cups solve the brown-leftover-guacamole problem entirely. The flavor is fine, not great — a half-decent stand-in when there is no time to mash a real avocado.
Verdict: MAYBE
16. Kirkland Signature Milk Chocolate Almonds — 3 lb / $15.99
A three-pound tub that is dangerous to keep on the counter. Real almonds inside real milk chocolate — the after-dinner one-or-two situation that becomes a small handful most nights. The screw-top lid keeps the rest of the jar honest.
Verdict: BUY
17. Kirkland Signature Organic Animal Crackers — 4 lb / $8.99
An enormous tub of mildly sweet cookies that doubles as the universal grandkid pacifier. Plain enough for breakfast, sweet enough for dessert — and the tub itself becomes craft storage later.
Verdict: MAYBE
18. Made Good Granola Minis Variety Pack — 20 x 0.85 oz / $11.99
Allergen-friendly little pouches of chocolate-chip and mixed-berry granola clusters. Sweet enough for a kid lunchbox, clean enough that adults grab a pouch with morning coffee.
Verdict: BUY
None of these are dramatic. They are just the ones that get used up — the bags that empty, the cups that disappear out of the fridge, the tubs that show up empty in the recycling before anyone realizes they were almost gone. That is the only test that really matters at a warehouse club.
Prices and pack sizes move around the warehouse a couple of times a year. Anything that runs more than a dollar or two off what is listed here is worth a double-take at the shelf tag before it lands in the cart.
