Kristin And Jen TRY EVERY Trader Joe's DRIED FRUIT | Kitchen & Jorn

[@kitchenandjorn]

What made them name them PRUNES???

[@laurenschenck5355]

No idea ❤😊❤

[@Izzy-cp8yt]

According to professor Google: "The prune fruit comes from a different type of plant other than plums. So yes, dried plums are called prunes; but not all plums are prunes" All prunes are plums, but not all plums can be prunes. The more you know!

[@neeeluuu]

@@laurenschenck5355

[@anufoalan]

It comes from the Americans bastardizing French, the French introduced “prunier” or plum trees and that got bastardized into prunes, baring in mind that prunes when they would have been introduced to the americas would have been grown to solely support the brothel businesses in Europe as prunes were a big commodity within the sex trade of the period. It’s also important to note that only firm clingstone varieties of plum can be made into prunes as they do not ferment while drying.

[@neeeluuu]

@@laurenschenck5355

[@susanheld]

Freeze dried fruits are great for flavoring buttercream! Blitz them in a blender then add to the sugar.

[@sarah-vs9rb]

Yes perfect use. Really good in cereal too. I think they're more an ingredient than a snack

[@kelleyoco]

just made strawberry cream cheese frosting with my niece with freeze dried strawberries today, delicious.

[@hopegold883]

Cake too, not just frosting. Natural color and flavor (if you use a lot).

[@spideylj]

Came here to say this!

[@weiyili975]

Would be an amazing idea for a Little Food Fight video using the freeze dried fruits. There are tons of good dessert recipe that uses them.

[@PokhrajRoy.]

0:11 I love Kristin’s outfit. It’s giving no-nonsense receptionist who’s going to rule the company one day.

[@Ruby-pi4jm]

That's exactly what it is! Thank you for putting it into words

[@feelingsarefriends]

I believe the shirt is from Nooworks!

[@kaylakroll6884]

Same, I entered the comments just to say how good Kristin looks. Slayyyy

[@dees3179]

I’d love to see ‘kitchen takes over the company’ the movie. I feel like she be epic.

[@bryselbows]

“Absolutely smacked in the face with a sun maid raisin box” gave such a visceral memory haha

[@Eventide215]

I always remember in my elementary school when they'd have like *boxes* of them in every classroom in every grade.. lol Like I'm 32 and I can clearly remember big boxes of Sun Maid Raisins in even the Kindergarten room.. do I remember much else of that room? No. So yeah, she's absolutely right lol

[@taylorwong6966]

Raisins: The official snack of childhood (not sponsored)

[@leahbharier9780]

This video confirms you two could never be astronauts

[@paulaolson983]

J: "wait are dates and prunes NOT the same thing??!" K: "no baby" Had me 😂

[@RB-vo4gi]

Dates and figs.

[@paulaolson983]

@RB-vo4gi oh right 😉

[@TheHonorsKid]

Absolutely love the cut scene to the hand wiggling under the door😂

[@Apoque]

IMO the main reason to buy freeze-dried fruit is that you can blend it into a powder and use it to flavor things without adding water for yogurt, cream cheese, whipped cream, etc. They also are nice for boozy smoothies because they wont get so runny

[@Eventide215]

Yeah it's mostly where you want the flavor of fruit without the water content since the freeze-dry process removes like 98% of the water.

[@SoulPower19]

The baby banana 🍌 looked like it was dried with the skin on. This was a wild ride to witness 😂 🤣

[@hopegold883]

But they’re so good! They’re like candy! I was SURE they’d like that one!

[@mortviolette284]

I LOVE the Sweetened Dried Orange Slices. I buy those as a treat every once in a while and eat them with pieces of dark chocolate. They’re my favorite around Christmas especially.

[@gateauxgato]

I love them too, very rich flavor with the peel. Like marmalade slices!

[@goatmasterflash]

Agree, I snack on them pretty often, and they are so good! I'll have to try with dark chocolate, which I also love. TJ's had sweetened dried lemon slices years ago that I liked even better than the oranges (but probably not as good with dark chocolate).

[@corinnasingleman7262]

Agreed! These are a fan favorite of myself and my friends. I eat them straight out of the bag all the time. So good!

[@xsuburbanxheartx]

i’m straight up allergic to oranges and i’ll demolish a bag of these and suffer happily 😌

[@SAmaryllis]

There's just something fun about eating orange slices! I don't know if I just ignore the bitter pith flavor every time lol, I've bought & enjoyed these several times. I'm curious about the lemon slice version they apparently had, I haven't had them!

[@canihelpyou4206]

Freeze-dried fruit is great for smoothies. Especially if you put too much liquid

[@Eventide215]

Just get frozen fruits.. they don't need to be freeze-dried. Freeze-dried ends up having very little Vitamin C and fiber

[@canihelpyou4206]

@Eventide215 True, I think I just like freeze dried format better personally

[@ryliebrown858]

I rarely “like” videos but “PBB pretty bonkers bad” won me overrrrr. Kitchen got me good 😂

[@ardilane1242]

"What if a banana fell in love with a packing peanut..."🤣🤣🤣 PS I think the freeze dried bananas are crack! Always have a mason jar full!✌️💚🎉🥰

[@mpdursidae7033]

Watched this while eating a whole bag of the TJ freeze dried strawberries, glad those didn't end up in the penalty box!! I can absolutely see how the texture would be off putting but i loooove them. Also if you grind them into powder and add that to buttercream or cream cheese frosting it adds a nice subtle flavor and makes it a lovely pink color!!

[@gateauxgato]

Yeah I find the crunchy texture extremely pleasing and very moreish.

[@toastiesin]

Same, was shocked the strawberries didn't change their mind on freeze drying. The only reason I don't buy 5 bags every time I'm at Trader Joe's is the price haha

[@karolinadudkowska2093]

Controversial opinion: I love freeze dried fruit, especially bananas and mangos😅 i find the texture satisfying

[@TG-cx6eo]

I also love freeze-dried fruit, way more than regular dried fruit and it is probably not that controversial as pretty much every store keeps selling it so there must just be more secret freeze-dried fruit lovers out there haha

[@SAmaryllis]

I can definitely understand how ppl could be off-put by how they kinda turn into slime in your mouth, but I do like the initial dry airy crunch personally! They have a good flavor too. My main beef with them is how they just cement into your teeth crevices lol

[@jessicamapes2717]

I would just like to thank y'all for putting your videos out before laundry day for me, you guys help make putting laundry away way more enjoyable 😂

[@lanceortega1366]

"Whether you like it or not." You two (and Brie, of course) are my favorite part of Friday 😂 Happy to see you well, Kristen. Love the outfit. And, Jen, that flip was sick 😎

[@NikkiFireFly1991]

For the freeze dried fruit, try blending it into a powder and using it in baked goods it makes things fruit flavored without big chunks of fruit.

[@ilahjarvis]

Prunes are a specific variety of plum which is usually dried. So it is possible to eat a fresh, not dried prune. I've eaten them, and are delicious.

[@yvonnewachowicz2931]

they're actually called 'prune plums', you find them in the fall and I had them in my lunch as a kid. they're my favourite plums

[@lizzytpau]

Yeah a lot of freeze dried fruits are good for turning into powders and adding to baking/pastry because you don't have to worry about them adding extra liquid to things and throwing off the dry/wet ratio. Also in a powder form you can sneak it into things without it being obvious and still getting the same nutrition out of them. I'm assuming a bunch of the doggo safe freeze dried items will go to them as treaties As someone who enjoys dried figs, I can definitely see it being a texture thing for folks. The sweetness is subtle though.

[@Eventide215]

You actually lose some nutritional value in the freeze-dry process like fiber and vitamin C, but yes you are right about the rest.

[@PokhrajRoy.]

12:33 “We love to eat mango. We can talk and not talk and still have things to talk about.”

[@KatelynAdis]

Great to see you’re feeling better kitchen! It was super fun to have bartender Brie in the last one!!!

[@vlong7112]

Laughed out loud multiple times while, ironically, eating my lunch from Trader Joe's. Super entertaining 😂

[@daniellej1543]

The unnecessary ATTACK on Taylor Kitsch! 😂😂😂 He was like, REALLY hot on Friday Night Lights tho! 😅

[@elizabethentwhistle25]

Kitchen & I went to Northwestern with Zach Gifford who played Matt Saracen!

[@jessicazaytsoff1494]

The grand seduction and The Defeated are solid movies. And the opioid film he was in. That has some great memorable scenes!

[@daniellej1543]

@@elizabethentwhistle25 okay so Matt’s my other favorite lol and he’s currently on Criminal Minds and really killing it!

[@philoctetes_wordsworth]

During my 2000 study abroad trip to Bourges, France, we took a field trip that included a stop at a place called, Le Gouffre. It is an enormous sinkhole that leads to an underground river-magnificent! On our way to the location, we stopped for a break near some local fruit stands. I bought fresh apricots that were the size of my fist. When I bit into the apricot, sweet, golden juices ran all the way down my arm. Apricots like that do not exist in the US, although I cannot understand why. Here, apricots are small, mealy, dry,,and very tart. It is like they are not the same fruit at all. If you ever get back to Europe, and you find yourself in the South of France in the Summer time, do yourselves a favor, and stop at the roadside fruit stands.👍🏻✌🏻🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗💋

[@EmilyDeguil]

Totally agree! When I visit my French family I’ve always got to get fresh apricots. They’re divine 😍

[@JerseyQuinn]

I love a dried cranberry, particularly in a salad 🥗😁

[@keriezy]

They're better than raisens!

[@standdownrobots_ihaveoldglory]

Me too but since I can’t digest much fiber, I literally love A cranberry. I keep a small bag in the cupboard and will treat myself to 2-3 once in a while. I absolutely love dried fruit, I guess my illness really helps me appreciate it. Oooh someone tell me about the last time you had that broccoli salad with crans…it’s so good but I can’t digest any ingredient in it!

[@rriley6963]

You should try the dried tart cherries

[@Elle_Riley]

same!!! i also love them in cereal, they add the perfect dimension. and they're safe for dogs, unlike raisins!!!

[@laurenschenck5355]

OMG! You look gorgeous and most fabulous Kristin and fashion queen 🩵🌊🌺🌺🌊🌞🌞🌺🌺🌺🌊🩵🌞🩵🌊🌺🌺🩵🌞🌞🩵🌺🩵🌞🩵🌊🌺🌺🌺🌊🌞🌞🩵🩵🌺🌺🩵🌞🌊🌺🌺🌺🌊🌞🌞🩵🌺

[@loremjay]

This top on Kristin is impeccable. I love that Nooworks print already but the cut and print scale and color scheme just looks so good on you 😭 Also the freeze dried fruit are good for adding to plain oatmeal, it’s basically the same as the fruit flavor packets.

[@danielherrick6192]

"Can you throw this out too?" is among the top ten funniest things on this channel...great deadpan delivery

[@ceciliasmith8897]

Freeze dried is definitely best when added on top of cereal for some extra flavor

[@kitchenandjorn]

Ok it turns out we don't know how freeze dried stuff works

[@eileenstapleton9516]

I also add it on top of plain greek yogurt or just snack on them!

[@sjr98125]

@@kitchenandjornlol😂

[@FishBowlMedia]

Yay! My Friday has officially begun! ❤

[@mmunive21]

To be fair the freeze dried fruit is MEANT to be hydrated. Raw dogging a FD banana is nuts. If you had it in your cereal it hydrates and tastes like a fresh banana. Same with the FD blueberries in like yogurt or something. If you were to try it again I think you’d change your mind. Let it soak in the milk for like a minute! Kinda like how the marshmallows in lucky charms hydrates lol

[@kitchenandjorn]

OHHHHHHHHH well that makes more sense

[@Eventide215]

I wouldn't say they're MEANT to be rehydrated, but they can be. You won't get the same taste or texture as the normal fruit still because the freeze-dry process removed most of the water content the fruit created. So like a freeze-dried banana in milk isn't going to taste just like a fresh banana. Also, some of the nutritional content has been removed from the freeze-dry process. I'd say the main use for freeze-dried fruits is for when you don't have cold storage for frozen fruits or you want the taste of fruit in something without the water content watering it down.. so like flavoring buttercream, yogurt, etc.

[@mmunive21]

@@Eventide215 of course nothing is meant to do anything but all I’m saying is that these freeze dried products change a penalty box status when incorporated in a way most people use it for as opposed to munching on it straight out of the bag. No need to dissect every word as a I say as absolute fact just pointing out why it probably is so nasty…😒

[@MyInitialsAreCBD]

As others have said, freeze-dried fruit is best blended into a powder and used as an additive in baking or smoothies.

[@amberdemarr4967]

Freeze dried bananas may be bad for peoples but they’re GREAT snacks for bunnies! I love that Trader Joe’s freeze dried bananas don’t have added sugar and they’re so much more affordable than buying the actual pet treat version. I’m sure dogs would love them too though! 😂

[@ShariVanderWerf]

Now I know for sure that if K&J hate something, I'm going to love it.

[@sarahdixon5280]

100%

[@kitchenandjorn]

Well.... it still works!

[@gateauxgato]

I really love their favorite things (mango, mandarins) as work snacks, and their least favorite things (orange slices, freeze dried stuff, apple chips) as stoner snacks. Nibbling on dried orange slices is great for a texture/flavor marmalade experience when I have the munchies but I know I'm not actually hungry, and they're intensely flavored so I usually am satisfied after one or two.

[@lexyeast4896]

I love the texture of the freeze dried banana chips. They're one of my favorite snacks from TJ's. Don't knock em til you try em

[@starofelo]

This video had so many incredible quotes it's impossible to list them all. I laughed so hard repeatedly. I love you both.

[@lavenderixi]

i love their freeze fried fruits especially the mangos

[@PokhrajRoy.]

Prunes just have the marketing of ‘Good for digestion’ and nothing else. You know what’s better for digestion? Lack of stress…WHICH BRINGS US TO OUR SPONSOR…

[@julieblair7472]

Freeze dried bananas are one of my fave treats on earth y'all are wild!

[@jordanlexton7354]

You two need to try more freeze dried things, the candy is interesting and there's foods that you rehydrate

[@birdyinabox]

fun fact, I have an intolerance to sulfites which is in a lot of dried fruits and one time I ate a handful of dried apricots that caused me throw up my guts for a whole night :)

[@TheRJBro]

I use freeze dried fruits in baking when I don’t want to add any moisture to the recipe. Like I’ll make strawberry scones with the freeze dried ones and they do re-moisten a bit while baking and add flavor but don’t get gloopy

[@Indianajoanna11]

Justice for freeze dried bananas!!!!!

[@courtneyl750]

I LOVE the trader joes freeze dried banana slices! I put them on my yogurt every day!!

[@emilyglavan989]

Speaking of untried Trader Joe’s categories I would love to see Kitchen and Jorn try replacing parts of their skincare/selfcare routines with Trader Joe’s body products

[@OnyxBellflower]

The happiness during the mango scene 🧡 also now must try mandarins in this way!!

[@laurenschenck5355]

Happy you are feeling better Kristin! Glad you are back!! 🌞🩵🩵🌞🌺🌊🌊🌞🩵🩵🌞🌊🌺🌺🌞🩵🩵🌞🌺🌊🌞🩵🩵🌞🌊🩵🌞🌺🌊🌺🌞🩵🩵🌞🌺🌊🌊🌞🩵🩵🩵🌺🌺🩵🌞🌺🩵🩵🌊🌊🌊🌺🌺🌺

[@kaypgirl]

The slightly sweetened mango is my favorite thing to get from Trader Joes. I buy like 6 at a time on my yearly trip there. The main reason i decided to watch this video today, my obsession with this fruit

[@kaypgirl]

Watched this video because of my love of TJ's soft dried mango, and was delighted to watch until the end where i found that it was also K&J's favorite! I go to Trader Joe's only once or twice a year, so I usually buy 6+ of these at a time. They're only slightly sweetened (pretty sure that used to be their name until the rebrand) so that they're softer than regular dried mango but not so sweet it doesn't even taste like mango, just candy, like what sweetened dried mango usually tastes like. The perfect balance, since I found them in 2017.

[@eiladelaflor7777]

Kristin! Love the look! The hair and blouse are serving 😍

[@blugreen123]

I hope ya'll have a bathroom nearby. Dried fruits can slick you out like nobody's business. 😂 Kristin's blouse is giving Mary Blair vibes. 😊

[@KT-Kaboom]

I'm from Fresno (the largest city near Selma where the Sun Maid Raisin Factory is located) and they're literally INESCAPABLE. Sun Maid has a GORILLA GRIP on central California in a way no fruit company otherwise does.

[@mayhem875]

I finally live close enough to a Trader Joe’s to partake in the food festivities!

[@ajmeeks7191]

Sending the fruit to hell and making the "lol me too I guess" joke is something I would say so I'm glad Kristen took the opportunity to say it 😂

[@laurenschenck5355]

Love you guys! YOUR THE BEST! Always be you and stay you no matter what happens in life 🩵🌺🌺🩵🌞🌞🌊🩵🌺🌺🩵🌊🌊🩵🌺🌺🌊🌞🌊🌺🌺🩵🌞🌞🌊🌊🩵🌺🩵🌊🌞🌊🩵🌺🩵🩵🩵🌊🩵🌞🌞🌞🩵🌺🌞🌞🌺🌊🌊🩵🌺🌞🌺🩵🩵

[@nharber9837]

Freeze dried fruit is great for flavoring cereal. Throw some of those in milk for a minute before adding the cereal and they rehydrate and flavor the milk. It’s wonderful.

[@PokhrajRoy.]

13:52 I love coconut strips. Mostly when they’re freshly cut from a fresh coconut

[@snowcattish]

Kristen your hair looks phenomenal in this video! As another curly hair girlie I can appreciate a good hair day! ❤

[@destinynater5789]

Freeze dried fruit is mostly used for stuff like granola, baking, frosting or smoothie.

[@FishareFriendsNotFood972]

Hmmmm, I love the freeze dried fruit from Trader Joe's, I guess I just like chalky textures, lol

[@danielaterra3271]

Love Kristin's dress, and with the red lip?! So gorgeous😊😊😊

[@Elle_Riley]

perfect timing as i've been hooked on dried mango this past month. incredible. and with some dark chocolate at the same time.... wow!

[@dancing_fig]

I wish that TJ still carried freeze dried raspberries for many reasons (mostly my own enjoyment), but I also wonder if you all would've hated those, too. To my mind, they're the best freeze-dried fruit because they actually *get* dried out, as opposed to the other ones, which get to that weird in-between stage. I've developed a fondness for styrofoam-ish strawberries and mangoes, but I def. accept that it's an acquired taste. :D Thanks for continuing this series, and finding ways to do it that don't bore your taste buds!

[@Mayhyn]

I love that patterned and colourful shirt!!!!

[@Disneyfam22]

The freeze dried bananas are a cult favorite among my friends!! We buy 10 bags at a time! 😱

[@harperallen6529]

Vindication!!! My older brother was OBSESSED with the dried baby bananas when he first started working at TJ's until he moved out around 2019ish. I hated them, I always told him they tasted and smelled like a banana burp lmaoooo. And don't even get me started on the texture. Clearly I was in the right, thank y'all for validating 😂

[@PokhrajRoy.]

Not the “Can you throw this out too?” 💀

[@AlexandraUtschig]

I love the Soft and Juicy Mangoes. If I want a dried fruit snack, those are what I reach for.

[@lindamoulton1560]

If y'all get the chance you should absolutely try fresh green mango! I ate it all the time when I lived in Thailand and it is beyond amazing (especially with some lime juice dipped in a little bit of salt).

[@GenuinelyVee]

I gotta let y’all know…. I’d watch anything y’all make. Make whatever content y’all want on here. I’ll watch. Promise.

[@MegaJazzyjess]

Maybe you ladies can have a cooking contest with the fruit and other items choices?

[@saraoconnor1045]

Freeze dried fruit is so good, the texture is immaculate. I can’t STAND dried fruit tho. I know other people have said it but blending them up into a powder and using it to flavor things work if you don’t wanna raw dog it like me. Also so good in cereal. Special K red berries never has enough so I bring my own

[@jillvasquez1010]

Apricots are best fresh or as preserves. We have an old apricot tree and they were absolutely divine this year.

[@kate10662]

Lol my toddler and husband love the baby bananas and they both find it hilarious that they look like caterpillars. The taste actually isn’t bad when you get past how they look.

[@susanjt747]

I think many freeze dried fruits are used for grinding into powder and then flavoring baked goods.

[@keriezy]

You could do TJ coffee, juice, and premade sandwiches.

[@PokhrajRoy.]

Fight Box was rather crowded today, huh? 😂

[@kitchenandjorn]

They'll all fall in love!

[@amberhatch563]

I love the texture of freeze dried fruits, they are just so expensive that I rarely have them.

[@bella1bear.]

Could you get your favorite item from each trader joe video and pick the ultimate trader joe item?

[@laurawindham2045]

I love snacking on freeze dried fruits bananas, apples, mangos so good.

[@jenniferbrownburroughs1613]

I used to do a lot of baking and liked using dried fruit in cookies. Obviously raisins are good in oatmeal cookies, but a favorite in my house is dried blueberries and white chocolate chips or dried cranberries (or cherries) and dark chocolate chips.

[@gateauxgato]

Ooh you just made me think of my mom's cranberry lemon oatmeal cookies. Mmmmm.

[@PokhrajRoy.]

YAYYYY KRISTIN IS BACK! We missed you and we’re going to miss Mixologist Bar-Brie too.

[@Kaylee_eeee]

The dried sweet baby pineapple I call pinenipples because that’s what they look like

[@ekb082357]

Y’all hating on the freeze dried fruits cracked me up! I totally get it, but my kids are OBSESSED!

[@phouse1964]

I love Trader Joe’s raisins!

[@daniellower4110]

noooooo! the dried baby bananas are my favorite thing on earth! i even once ordered them on amazon cuz my trader joe’s is over an hour away

[@janetd4862]

Trader Joe’s used to have fried pineapple that was crispy and really delicious. Of course, they don’t have it any more. Also, they had (last time I was there) a raisin medley that was really interesting. Dried apricots are good when diced and put in apricot-ginger scones, but they have a weird taste when eaten alone. The blueberries are also good in scones, but I don’t like them alone. I agree that freeze dried fruit is nasty. My family always thought the mandarin oranges were tasteless…just sweet. The only dates I like are Halawi dates. Try them sometime…it’s like eating caramels - delicious!

[@MACMoneU2]

Dried cherries tossed in cinnamon are an amazing snack.

[@salemfae]

I ask for the lemon and orange slices for xmas every year (our trader joes is a bit out if the way to go to regularly) i love the bitter and sweetness and unique texture 🥰

[@eptiffany]

Are you kidding! The dried baby bananas are my favorite! I bought 2 bags today.

[@melody_shmelody]

I know they’re so sweet and they actually taste like bananas!

[@datgma8634]

The orange slices are my favourite mmmm❤

[@lesliemoiseauthor]

I love the dried baby pineapple.

[@notl33t]

these all look delicious!

[@hollyloved]

Strange I love to snack on Trader-joes freeze dried fruits. Must be a texture thing you don't like.

[@EmilyDeguil]

I’m not a fan of dried apricots but fresh apricots are divine 😍😍

[@ninsiana0]

The blueberries are one of my favorite things to get!

[@NikoLambro]

Watching you eat the mango made me so sad to be allergic cause it sounds so dang tasty; thankfully so do lots of the other dried fruits that I’m not allergic to! Gonna have to give them a go next time I visit TJ’s

[@AngelaRoseRyman]

Wow I love the freeze dried banana slices! Lol