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- Trader Joe’s just dropped Onion Flowers, a frozen “Bloomin’ Onion”\u2013style appetizer.<\/li>\n
- Early reviews say the flavor hits, but the cook-time instructions can leave a cold, soggy center.<\/li>\n
- Shoppers are getting better results by cooking longer or microwaving before baking\/air-frying.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Cancel your Outback reservation and head to Trader Joe’s! The grocery store just introduced a Bloomin’ Onion dupe, and shoppers are already chattering about it. The new frozen appetizer, Onion Flowers, comes from a supplier in Thailand and features a battered, fried onion in a flower-like pattern that makes it easy to rip and dip. According to the packaging, it takes less than 15 minutes in an air fryer or oven\u2014way quicker than a trip to a restaurant\u2014and costs only $5.49. <\/p>\n
Trader Joe’s customers were stoked to see this appear in the freezer aisle. “Holy snap!!” commented one person on an Instagram post<\/a> announcing the treat. “I\u2019m sooo excited to try this!” another person exclaimed. “Okay, so I need to add this to my list,” wrote another. <\/p>\n
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<\/div>\nTrader Joe’s Company<\/span><\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n But once people actually started cooking it, opinions got a little more complicated. “They need to be cooked longer and at a higher temp for both oven and air fryer. Because of all the comments I saw about the middle not cooking, I decided to deep fry mine,” one person on Reddit<\/a> wrote. <\/p>\n