{"id":10730,"date":"2025-07-31T23:41:24","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T03:41:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/snarklesauce.com\/blog\/?p=10730"},"modified":"2025-08-12T00:09:46","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T04:09:46","slug":"costco-butter-sugar-palmier-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/snarklesauce.com\/blog\/2025\/07\/31\/costco-butter-sugar-palmier-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Costco Butter Sugar Palmier Review"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Author’s Note: Not a paid review. These are my own flakey opinions. I have no affiliation with Costco<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not the droids I was looking for.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

My first experience with Palmier pastry was St Michel French Butter Cookies<\/a>. I was in love with the crunchy lightness, and gently caramelized flavor. The strong butter taste knocked my socks off. When I saw the Costco Bakery was selling their own Butter Sugar Palmier, I was thrilled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But. These are a completely different “thing.” Costco’s version is more soft than crunchy. And they don’t have as much<\/em> caramelized taste. There’s less butter aroma, although they are<\/em> made with butter. Less flavor, overall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That’s not to say I don’t like these. They’re tasty. Just not the treat I was expecting.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Traditionally, Palmier are a French pastry<\/a> made from puff pastry dough. They’re named after palm tree leaves, although mine sort of looked like hearts, too. Most of the recipes I looked at online had sugar sprinkled between the pastry layers, whereas Costco’s version mainly has sugar on the outside.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Costco’s Palmier do<\/em> have a beautiful crispness along the outer edges, but it gets softer and softer as the layers move inwards. It’s a bit like a stiffer croissant. While the inner dough layers don’t taste sweetened at all<\/em>, the outside rim has a sort of sticky brown syrupy coating.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The tops have a generous sprinkle of very<\/em> coarse sugar grains. I liked<\/em> this sugar garnish — it’s crunchy without being “hard,” kind of like pretzel salt. The texture contrast is delightful.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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These Palmier are big enough, you could easily serve them for breakfast, in lieu of a croissant or breakfast pastry. Five billion times better than buttered toast! If you’re the kind of person who eschews “too sweet” breakfast items, this will be perfect for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite the huge size, they’re not very filling. Perfect for a lighter treat. With the “barely there” sweetness, these probably<\/em> won’t satisfy as a full dessert. Unless you pair it with something else, like maybe a scoop of ice cream.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Being a person of science, I measured these Palmier for you. At the longest point, mine measured 5 inches. On my kitchen scaled, they weighed about 3 ounces each. You’re welcome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Serving the Palmier<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I stored mine in my refrigerator. But they taste best at room temperature, so I let mine sit on a plate for 10-15 minutes to warm up to room temperature. The pastry crisps slightly from the air.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BUT, if you want truly stunning results, I recommend re-heating these. I baked mine in my countertop toaster oven at 350 degrees for just 2 minutes, and it made a world<\/em> of difference. The pastry gets much crisper and more flavorful, and the caramelized edges get more…you know… caramelly. They’re still soft inside, however.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Ingredients in Costco Bakery Butter Sugar Palmiers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Here is the short and sweet ingredient list:<\/p>\n\n\n\n