5 reviews for Trader Joe’s Pitted Amarena Cherries with Stems Reviews
Rated 5 out of 5
Ann P –
These are amazing over Trader Joe’s French Vanilla ice cream.
Rated 5 out of 5
Sarah Fisher –
My husband keeps asking why I am stock piling these- they are delicious- perfect in an old fashion and only here once a year!
Rated 4 out of 5
MichaelCDC –
These are really good, intensely flavored, genuine Italian, cherries. I use them in as decorations for a Sicilian Cassata, or less traditionally, for the cherry element in a Black Forest cake. Also good in or over ice cream, over brownies *with* ice cream, and, I’m told, in a Manhattan or an Old Fashioned. I wish they were packed without stems, but if you’re using them as a drink garnish, you sort of need the stem. Much less expensive than buying through Amazon or other online sources. They only come for a short season, so I bought 6 jars this year.
Rated 3 out of 5
S –
Had a sample. Taste like an elevated maraschino cherry. Thought I would be able to eat them straight, but it’s a bit sweet, like an 8 on a scale of 1-10. Since I don’t eat too much sweets I have no use for them. I don’t want to make the desserts even sweeter than it already is.
Rated 3 out of 5
Department of Wacky Ideas –
They don’t taste much like the amarena cherries from Emilia Romagna. These are sweeter, softer, and less sour. They remind me more of a maraschino cherry without the neon red color. They are not bad but I’m not sure that they are actually amarena.
Ann P –
These are amazing over Trader Joe’s French Vanilla ice cream.
Sarah Fisher –
My husband keeps asking why I am stock piling these- they are delicious- perfect in an old fashion and only here once a year!
MichaelCDC –
These are really good, intensely flavored, genuine Italian, cherries. I use them in as decorations for a Sicilian Cassata, or less traditionally, for the cherry element in a Black Forest cake. Also good in or over ice cream, over brownies *with* ice cream, and, I’m told, in a Manhattan or an Old Fashioned. I wish they were packed without stems, but if you’re using them as a drink garnish, you sort of need the stem. Much less expensive than buying through Amazon or other online sources. They only come for a short season, so I bought 6 jars this year.
S –
Had a sample. Taste like an elevated maraschino cherry. Thought I would be able to eat them straight, but it’s a bit sweet, like an 8 on a scale of 1-10. Since I don’t eat too much sweets I have no use for them. I don’t want to make the desserts even sweeter than it already is.
Department of Wacky Ideas –
They don’t taste much like the amarena cherries from Emilia Romagna. These are sweeter, softer, and less sour. They remind me more of a maraschino cherry without the neon red color. They are not bad but I’m not sure that they are actually amarena.