When I think of tuxedo cake and Costco, I think of the famous Kirkland Signature Tuxedo Cake! These Upper Crust Bakery Tuxedo Cake Bites offer the great chocolatey taste of tuxedo cake in a bite-sized treat. Are they as good as their more famous, larger relative?
Similar products to these cake bites from Costco are the Sugar Bowl Bakery Carrot Cake Bites, Upper Crust Bakery Pumpkin Spice Bites, Upper Crust Bakery Lemon Bites, La Montagne Tuxedo Cake Bites, Brazi Bites, Universal Bakery Paleo Bites, Universal Bakery Aussie Bites, Universal Bakery Petite Cinnamon Rolls, E&C’s Heavenly Hunks and the Charlotte’s Mini Chocolate Brownies.
Location in Store
These are located in the bakery section at Costco and the item number is 3677304.
Taste
They remind me of the Kirkland Signature Double Chocolate Muffins with a sweet icing. The cake itself is fairly moist, not super flavorful and tastes a lot like the muffins. The cake is fairly moist but still crumbles and tastes pretty typical for a store-bought chocolate cake.
The icing is quite sweet with a bit of chocolate flavor but the chocolate is kind of overpowered by the sweetness. The tuxedo cake bites are enjoyable but nothing special. They’re basically just a chocolate cake bite. I don’t think there’s anything really tuxedo about them.
Cost
The 850-gram container costs $11.99 Canadian, which isn’t super cheap but isn’t expensive either. There’s a lot of tuxedo bites in the container.
Convenience
The bites come in a resealable plastic container that can be easily popped into the freezer. The best-before date is about a month from when we purchased them. These are great to bring to share at any event or something like a potluck.
We had a staff Christmas party where they were served in little cupcake wrappers and it made them look really fancy and cute! The kids at the Christmas party seemed to really enjoy these.
Nutrition
Calories
Two bites contains 260 calories, 11 grams o fat, 40 grams of carbohydrates, one gram of fibre, 31 grams of sugar, two grams of protein and 200 milligrams of sodium.
Ingredients
I’m not surprised by the ingredients list, I figured there would be lots of ingredients I don’t love. Soybean oil. corn syrup solids, canola oil and palm oil are just a few of the ingredients I dislike seeing. I don’t know why they need to use artificial vanilla flavor rather than real vanilla, I’m guessing it’s due to cost.
The tuxedo bites contain milk, wheat, egg, soy and sulphites.
Scoring
Taste: 7/10
Cost: 8/10
Convenience: 10/10
Nutrition: 0/10
Overall
Give it a try!
If you have a potluck or party to go to and need a dessert that’s convenient and bite-sized, these are decent.
Have you tried the Costco Upper Crust Bakery Tuxedo Cake Bites? What did you think of it? Drop a comment below!
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