Five new items started showing up at Costco warehouses the week of May 25 through 31 — a take-and-bake Kirkland Signature beef ragu with gnocchi, a 20-pack of Kit Kat Double Crunch ice cream bars, a 4-pound box of Young Ridge brisket-blend smash burgers, a ranch-spiced ParmCrisps snack mix, and Chosen Foods’ new burger sauce. Multiple longtime member reviewers spotted all five within the same shopping cycle, with the beef ragu drawing the loudest reaction. Here is the rundown with prices, what people are saying, and a clear verdict on each.
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How we picked these five
Every product below has been spotted by at least two independent reviewer sources during the May 25 through 31 shopping window and is currently in warehouses, not just announced. Prices reflect the warehouses where the items were sighted; your local club may run a dollar or two different. BUY means a confident yes for most members. MAYBE means there is a real upside but a specific limitation worth knowing before you commit a Costco-sized quantity. None of the five landed as a SKIP — all five were strong enough to make the cut.
Refrigerated and Ready-to-Heat
1. Kirkland Signature Beef Ragu with Gnocchi — about $25 per tray ($6.99 per pound)
What it is: A take-and-bake tray from the refrigerated prepared-foods case, sold by weight at roughly $6.99 per pound, which puts a typical tray around $25. Slow-braised beef ragu over potato gnocchi, finished with cheese. Heats in the oven straight from the tray.
The buzz: This is the single most-talked-about new Costco item of the week — covered by multiple warehouse-focused reviewers within five days of the shelf drop. Members who tried it the first weekend posted that it “tastes better than many sit-down restaurants serve” and that one tray comfortably feeds three to four. The pushback is real too: the per-tray price tag stings, and some longtime shoppers feel that asking $25 for a single-meal tray pushes past the value math they expect from the warehouse.
Verdict: BUY — The flavor delivers when the ragu is genuinely slow-braised and the gnocchi holds its texture. Best-case use is splitting one tray as the entree for a small family dinner with a salad on the side. If the per-pound price gives you pause, weigh it on the scale before the case rings it up and pick the smaller end of the available trays.
Frozen Aisle
2. Kit Kat Double Crunch Ice Cream Bars — $14.99 for a 20-count box
What it is: A 20-pack of single-serve ice cream bars layered around a Kit Kat-style wafer center, coated in chocolate, with the extra “Double Crunch” wafer pieces baked into the coating itself. Sold in the freezer case, individually wrapped.
The buzz: Fresh-out-of-the-gate freezer find covered the same week by warehouse review sites. The hook for members is the per-bar math — at $14.99 for 20, that lands at roughly 75 cents per bar, which is well under what a single Kit Kat ice cream bar runs at a convenience store. The crunch payoff comes from the embedded wafer pieces rather than just the center wafer.
Verdict: BUY — Solid summer freezer stock-up at a price most members will not match anywhere else. The portion size is the standard ice cream bar, so this is a “grab one in the evening” snack, not a dessert tray. Watch the temperature drift in the back of the cart on a hot warehouse trip — the chocolate coating gets messy if the box softens.
Frozen Meats and Grilling
3. Young Ridge Cattle Co. Brisket Blend Smash Burgers — $23.79 for a 4-pound box (16 patties)
What it is: A 4-pound freezer box of pre-formed smash burger patties — sixteen 4-ounce thin patties made from a brisket-and-ground-beef blend, designed to deliver the crispy caramelized edges of a restaurant smash burger from a home pan or griddle. Item number 1948871 in warehouses. Young Ridge Cattle Co. is a family-owned regenerative-grazing ranch that uses 100% grass-fed beef with no preservatives, gluten, or additives.
The buzz: Costco97 wrote the new-product alert on this one within days of the shelf drop, and it has already been sighted at 293 warehouses — meaning this is a national rollout, not a regional test. The thin smash-burger profile is the hook: members who have tried to make smash burgers at home with thick frozen patties say these crisp up correctly on a hot griddle in under three minutes per side. At about $1.49 per patty for a brisket-blend smash burger, the per-burger math beats most fresh-counter patties and the freezer life means you can pull two or three for a quick weeknight dinner without thawing the whole box.
Verdict: BUY — Best new freezer-aisle protein of the week. Two caveats: thin patties cook faster than you expect (start with two minutes per side and check), and the 16-count box assumes you will actually eat smash burgers regularly — single-person households should split a box with a neighbor.
4. ParmCrisps Ranch Mix — snack mix bag
What it is: A new flavor extension in the ParmCrisps line — the cheese-crisp brand’s classic baked parmesan rounds mixed with ranch-seasoned snack pieces. Sold in the warehouse snack aisle in a large share-size bag.
The buzz: Members who already buy the original ParmCrisps were quick to call this one out the week it landed. The ranch dusting lands on both the parmesan crisps and the mix-in pieces, which softens the strong cheese-only profile of the original and makes it an easier crowd snack at gatherings.
Verdict: BUY — Low-carb ranch fans will find this an easy upgrade to the original. If you have not bought any of the ParmCrisps line before, this is the friendlier flavor to start with — the original’s full-on parmesan is an acquired taste, and the ranch mix is broader appeal.
5. Chosen Foods Burger Sauce — squeeze bottle
What it is: A burger condiment from the avocado-oil pantry brand Chosen Foods — a tangy, slightly smoky burger sauce in a squeeze bottle, designed to slot into the same role as a thousand-island-style burger spread. Made with the brand’s avocado-oil mayonnaise base.
The buzz: Lands in the cluster of new Chosen Foods refrigerated-aisle items that members have been watching for. The avocado-oil base is the call for shoppers who avoid soybean and canola oils in their condiments. Reviewers compared it favorably to homemade burger spreads — the tang lands, and it works on more than just burgers (members are reaching for it on chicken sandwiches and fries too).
Verdict: BUY — A clean-ingredient burger condiment in a squeeze bottle is genuinely useful for summer grilling season. If you already buy Chosen Foods mayonnaise or avocado oil, this is the obvious add-on.
What to grab first
If you only have time for two of these on your next warehouse run, the Kirkland Beef Ragu with Gnocchi and the Kit Kat Double Crunch Ice Cream Bars are the two with the strongest cross-reviewer signal — the ragu for a planned weeknight dinner, the ice cream bars for the freezer stock-up. The Loveats Grilled Olives, ParmCrisps Ranch Mix, and Chosen Foods Burger Sauce are pantry-and-snack-aisle items that hold well, so they can wait for the next trip if your cart is full.
All five are warehouse-stocked, not online-only, so the best move is to check your local club’s stock with a quick walk-by on your usual aisles. New items rotate fastest in the first two weeks of a shelf drop — by mid-June, the strongest sellers will be a known quantity and the weaker ones may already be on the leaving list.
