Trader Joe's is currently offering a limited-time snack called Sugared Rice Cracker Stars, which caught our staff's attention at the store recently. The package describes them as "crunchy with a balance of sweetness and saltiness," and since I'm a general fan of that combo, I figured I'd take my coworker's recommendation to pick up a bag in order to give them a taste test. They're made in Thailand, and their ingredients list is simple, consisting of only rice, sugar, soy sauce, honey, maltodextrin, and tapioca starch.
Immediately judging from the package, I knew I'd had something similar previously, so I also went to the Korean grocery store to try and pick up what I believe to be the inspiration for the snack. Since Trader Joe's is notorious for taking various packaged good recipes you'd find from different ethnic cuisines to repurpose them for its highly dedicated customer base, I wanted to see if this was just a straight dupe of a classic type of , or whether or not Trader Joe's had created its own unique snack that's worth going out of your way to get. Trader Joe's Sugared Rice Cracker Stars are more sweet than they are salty Trader Joe's Sugared Rice Crackers are airy and light and visibly coated on the outside with granulated sugar.
They're much more sweet than they are salty, and that soy flavor lives mostly in the background, only creeping out a bit in the aftertaste. I'd consider these standalone snacking crackers, meaning you can pretty much crush these things strai.
