Trader Joe's has lots of fun hors d'oeuvre-type snacks, and we like having one or two in the freezer at any given time for convenient snacks or light meals. The other day we tried the Trader Giotto's Spizzico di Pizza ($2.99), which looked on the box like mini pizzas. For whatever reason, despite the package photo, I thought all along that they were going to look and taste like Bagel Bites, which I really like. Once I took them out of the package, I realized they weren't like that at all, and I was going to have to judge them on their own merits and not hope they would be a knockoff of Bagel Bites.
Each piece of pizza was small and disc-shaped. Once baked, they were like crispy bread circles topped with a little tangy tomato sauce and some melted cheese cubes. They weren't that flavorful unless you had a bite with lots of cheese and tomato sauce. What makes the Bagel Bites different (and I think, better) is that the base isn't just a crispy disc but has texture of its own, some softness in the middle and crispiness on the sides, and it holds all the toppings over the entire width instead of just in the center.
Buy Again? Probably not. They weren't bad, but (1) other TJ's snacks are better and (2) Bagel Bites would be better in our freezer if we wanted mini pizzas.
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