Trader Joe’s Holiday Desserts 2026: A $7.49 Jubilant Tree Cake From Belgium, A Cranberry & Caramel Tarte, Chocolate Chip Sfogliatelle And Tiramisu Ravioli
Trader Joe’s holiday desserts for 2026 include four new items: a Jubilant Tree Cake made in Belgium, a Cranberry & Caramel Tarte, Italian Chocolate Chip Sfogliatelle and Tiramisu Ravioli. All four are limited-time items. Prices below are the ones Trader Joe’s lists online, and the chain says prices can change, so a store’s shelf may not match.
| Listed price | Size | Made in | Where in the store | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jubilant Tree Cake | $7.49 | 9 oz | Belgium | freezer |
| Cranberry & Caramel Tarte | $5.99 | 14 oz | United States | freezer, November through December |
| Italian Chocolate Chip Sfogliatelle | $5.49 | 14.1 oz | Italy | freezer, through the end of December |
| Tiramisu Ravioli | $4.49 | 8.8 oz | Italy | fresh prepared foods |
Jubilant Tree Cake
The most elaborate of the four is a layered cake that a Belgian pastry supplier makes for Trader Joe’s. From the bottom up, it has a buttery crumble crust, a berry filling, sponge cake and a thick layer of chocolate mousse. Pistachio cream covers the top, finished with freeze-dried raspberries and a dark chocolate drizzle.
It comes frozen and thaws in the refrigerator in four hours, or overnight. Trader Joe’s pitches it as the centerpiece of a holiday dessert spread, or as a birthday cake with candles. At 9 ounces it is a small cake: the nutrition label counts three servings of 310 calories each. The cake contains pistachio along with milk, egg, soy and wheat.
That pistachio top is the same nut that runs through our Pistachio Shortbread Cookies, a slice-and-bake shortbread made with chopped pistachios and pistachio butter.
Cranberry & Caramel Tarte
The tarte is a layer of caramel on a buttery crust, covered in whole red cranberries. Trader Joe’s says it went through the chain’s holiday tasting panel, which votes on each dessert before it reaches stores. It is sold frozen, thaws ready to serve, and keeps in the refrigerator for a day or two after thawing.
Trader Joe’s says one tarte serves six to eight guests, though its nutrition label divides the 14-ounce tarte into three servings of 500 calories each. It is labeled kosher and will be in the freezers from November through December.
Cranberries also star in our Cranberry Almond Shortbread Cookies, a butter shortbread log studded with dried cranberries and chopped almonds, then sliced and baked.
Italian Chocolate Chip Sfogliatelle
Sfogliatelle are shell-shaped Italian pastries built from many thin layers of dough, which turn crisp in the oven. The name comes from an Italian word for “thin layers” or “leaves,” according to Trader Joe’s. These come from a bakery in Italy, a dozen minis to a bag, filled with ricotta and chocolate chips.
They go from the freezer to a conventional oven or an air fryer and take 20 to 30 minutes. Trader Joe’s suggests serving them warm with a dusting of powdered sugar and a cup of coffee, after dinner or at brunch. Four pieces are 430 calories on the label. The pastries contain milk, soy and wheat and may contain egg, sesame and pistachio. They are in stores only through the end of December, according to Trader Joe’s.
Tiramisu Ravioli
The ravioli are a dessert pasta, also from Italy. A thin, sweet pasta flavored with cocoa wraps a filling of mascarpone and ricotta with vanilla and coffee, the flavors of tiramisu. Trader Joe’s says to boil them for a couple of minutes, then give them a quick turn in a pan with melted butter. From there, it suggests whipped cream and fresh berries or a dusting of powdered sugar. Another option is a few minutes in the air fryer and a drizzle of berry sauce.
Unlike the other three, the ravioli are not frozen. Trader Joe’s files them with its fresh prepared foods. A serving is one cup at 240 calories, about three servings to the 8.8-ounce package.
For tiramisu in cookie form, our Tiramisu Cookies put espresso in the dough and finish each cookie with a mascarpone frosting and a dusting of cocoa.
Also on Trader Joe’s holiday shelves
Two holiday cookies arrived a few days earlier. Mini Gingerbread Madeleine Cookies, small gingerbread-flavored madeleines from Belgium finished with pearl sugar, are in the bakery section, listed at $3.99 for 5.7 ounces. Cranberry Pistachio Orange Shortbread Cookies, button-sized shortbread with dried cranberries, orange, pistachios and sea salt, are on the cookie shelves through December.
For the rest of the season’s lineup, Trader Joe’s three full-size Thanksgiving pies are back in the bakery section, and its Snowflake Cookies and Gingerbread Mini Sheet Cake arrived at the end of October.