I’ve noticed a lot of new pre-made meals and bakery items at Costco in the past year or so, but new packaged snack/treat items from Kirkland Signature are fairly rare in my experience. Classics like the Kirkland Signature Dark Chocolate Covered Mangoes and the Kirkland Signature Macadamia Clusters have been around for ages, even if they’re not always in stock.
Anyway, I was pretty excited when I spotted the Kirkland Signature Caramel S’mores Clusters at my local Costco recently. I love s’mores, and they look a lot like the Macadamia Clusters, which are one of my all-time favorite Costco items!
Other sweet snacks from Costco are the Hoody’s Peanut Butter Chocolate Mix, Edward Marc Girl Scouts Thin Mint Bites, Edward Marc Snappers, Unreal Dark Chocolate Coconut Minis, Kirkland Signature Butter Toffee Cashews, Jojo’s Dark Chocolate Bites and the OMG! Milk Chocolate Toffee Almond Clusters.
Location in Store
These are located in the snack section at Costco, near the front of the store with all the chocolates and granola bars. The item number is 1615718.
Taste
The first thing I notice about the s’mores clusters is how sweet they are! The clusters have chunks of graham cracker, caramel and marshmallow coated in chocolate.
The texture is very chewy and the clusters vary in size and shape. Each cluster is different, some have more marshmallows, some have more graham crackers and some have more caramel.
Overall they’re good but a bit sweet and they don’t taste strikingly like smores. I find them very rich and decadent and one is more than enough to satisfy my sweet tooth.
Cost
The 748-gram bag costs $12.99 Canadian at Costco which isn’t too expensive! The clusters are pretty large and it’s a decent-sized bag.
Convenience
The bag is resealable which helps keep the s’mores fresh. The best-before date is 10 months from when I purchased them. I think kids would love these, my daughter even ate a bite and she doesn’t really like sweet stuff!
They’d be awesome on a holiday dessert tray or in a candy dish.
Nutrition
Calories
Two clusters contain 190 calories, eight grams of fat, 30 grams of carbohydrates, one gram of fiber, 23 grams of sugar, one gram of protein and 115 milligrams of sodium.
I’m not surprised by these nutrition facts at all! I actually thought there would be more calories, fat and sugar based on how the clusters taste.
Ingredients
The ingredients are pretty much what I expected, the clusters are full of lots of unhealthy ingredients. They contain milk, wheat, soy and may contain egg and tree nuts.
Scoring
Taste: 8/10
Cost: 8/10
Convenience: 10/10
Nutrition: 0/10
Overall
Give it a try!
My husband liked these and I could see others including kids love them! I found them a bit sweet but I may just have not been in a sweet mood!
What do you think of the Costco Kirkland Signature S’mores Clusters?
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I could not find the cost?
$12.99
Did Costco discontinue the macadamia nut clusters? I cannot find them anywhere in the GTA. The smores are ok but too sweet for me.
They seem to have in Canada. My husband saw them in Montana when he went and didn’t pick them up, the mac clusters are my favorite.