The 10 Best Aldi Bakery Items

The rumors are true: Aldi’s bakery section delivers on taste, freshness, and price.

I have several friends who have spent years raving about Aldi, from the take-and-bake pizza to the Mediterranean herb salmon, but the bakery section has always garnered some of the most praise. It took me far too long to hop on the bandwagon, but once I did, I understood the hype. The grocery chain lives up to its reputation for freshness, flavor, and price, and it’s been a whole lot of fun doing the hands-on research. I can now report back as a reliable source and share the top 10 items to try from the delicious bakery section at your nearest Aldi.

The Best Items To Buy From the Aldi Bakery

1. Bakeshop Gourmet Kitchen Sink Cookies

These chewy, moist, sweet, and slightly-salty cookies are jam packed with flavor and texture. Fresh peanut butter cookies are generously filled with chocolate chunks, peanut butter chips, white chocolate chunks, pretzels, and coconut. Aldi’s kitchen sink cookies are so irresistible, shoppers joke that they sometimes have to avoid buying them because of how quickly they disappear.

2. Specialty Selected Sliced Brioche Loaf with Chocolate Chips

This sliced brioche is absolutely divine. It’s fresh, buttery, chewy, slightly flaky, and just sweet enough with a generous amount of chocolate chips throughout each slice. Enjoy toasting this bread and snacking on it with butter and flaky salt or nut butter and honey, or using it as the perfect base for French toast.

3. Specialty Selected Artisan French Baguette

This “take and bake” loaf of freshly baked bread is delicious when slathered with butter or dipped in olive oil as a fresh-from-the-oven side with pasta dishes, salads, and soups. Simply pick up a loaf, heat it up in the oven, and enjoy. Or make it part of your meal with one of these recipes that uses an entire baguette.

4. Specialty Selected Brioche Rolls

Loaded with buttery flavor and with a slightly flaky texture, these brioche rolls are perfect for sandwiches and burgers and become even more flavorful when lightly toasted. If you don’t intend to use all of the rolls in the bag, many shoppers suggest freezing some of the rolls in an airtight bag for later. Defrost them for about one hour before enjoying, and for an extra touch of freshness, warm them in the oven.

5. Bake Shop Powdered Sugar Mini Donuts

Friends of mine have raved about these little gems, so I knew I had to put them on my shopping list. These sweet donuts are coated generously with powdered sugar and have a wonderful vanilla cake flavor. They’re like a bite of nostalgia, and while they may be a little messy, it’s worth it to enjoy a few of these bite-sized treats.

6. L’oven Fresh Garlic Knots

Garlic knots are one of my “once you pop, you can’t stop” weaknesses, and these are no exception. These little twists of buttery pizza dough are brushed with olive oil, garlic, and herbs, and baked until warm, chewy, and tender. Snack on these alone, or enjoy them dipped into a bowl of marinara sauce.

7. Bake Shop Raspberry Danish

Danishes are such a comforting and delicious treat to snack on with company over tea or coffee. Many fans say that this danish reminds them of Entenmann’s Raspberry Danish Twist, and it looks very similar. It’s a bit flaky, is packed with raspberry flavor, and is best when warmed in the oven to help all of those flavors melt together.

8. Specially Selected Naan Flatbread

Naan is a pillowy, savory flatbread with roots in India. This naan is so fresh and perfect for dipping into curries, hummus, or soups, and even as a base for creating flatbread pizzas in a snap with your favorite toppings. If you’re looking for the flavorful, savory char that naan often has, place it in the oven, on a hot skillet, or over the stovetop burner for a few seconds to intensify the flavor.

9. Bake Shop Sour Cream Donuts

Warning: these are difficult to stop eating once you take a bite. These cake donuts are sweet and dense, but are nicely balanced with sour cream to avoid being overwhelmingly sweet. They’re the perfect match for a cup of coffee or tea and feel nostalgic in their old fashioned flavor and appearance.

10. L’oven Fresh Raisin Cinnamon Swirl Bread

Toasted cinnamon raisin bread slathered with butter and sprinkled with flaky salt is a trademark flavor and aroma from my childhood. Eating this bread feels like a hug, with its warm and sweet flavors coming together into a beautiful and comforting swirl. It’s also an amazing foundation for cinnamon raisin French toast or for a sweet and savory egg sandwich.

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