Costco’s Bakery Section Is Severely Underrated — Here Are the Items You Need to Try

Butter Garlic Dinner Rolls

Pair Costco’s famous rotisserie chicken with a tray of these savory butter garlic dinner rolls, a new introduction to the bakery section in 2025, and you’ve got the start of a seriously delicious dinner.

Strawberry Streusel Cheesecake

How do you like to celebrate spring? In 2025, Costco decided to celebrate by introducing a strawberry streusel cheesecake to its bakery desserts line up, and it’s definitely perfect for spring parties, Easter celebrations, and more.

Honey Wheat Bagels

Mornings don’t have to be a struggle — simply toast up a honey wheat bagel from Costco’s bakery, top it with cream cheese and your other favorite spreads and schmears, and you’ve got a quick and satisfying breakfast.

Cinnamon Coffee Cake

Tender coffee cake topped with a cinnamon crumble is our favorite snack to have on hand when company is over on the weekends. Brew some coffee or tea, whip out your Costco cinnamon coffee cake, and get ready to yap for hours with your family.

Peppermint Bark

Peppermint bark is one of the most iconic holiday sweets, and as of 2024, it was seasonally available in the Costco bakery section. Customers on social media raved about the just-right peppermint flavor and melt-in-your-mouth texture.

S’Mores Cookies

S’mores are one of our favorite summer treats, so when Costco introduced s’mores cookies to its bakery line-up in 2024, we were immediately on board.

Almond Croissants

We’ve never met an almond croissant we didn’t like, and Costco’s almond croissants, introduced in 2025, are no exception.

Cranberry Almond Bark

Costco’s bakery section is loaded with goodies every year around holidays. For instance, their chocolate cranberry almond bark, peppermint bark’s elegant and tasty cousin.

Four Berry Pie

Costco introduced a new Four Berry Pie in 2023, featuring a combination of blueberries, raspberries, strawberries, and cranberries, for the perfect sweet-tart bite. This is a seasonal item so you’ll only find it during the summer when berries are nice and ripe. 

Chocolate Peanut Butter Pie

Fans went wild for this rich, enormous chocolate peanut butter mousse pie at Costco. It sold out quickly, but was soon back in stores. Some say it’s even delicious served frozen, like an ice cream pie.

Lemon Blueberry Loaf

Perfect with a cup of tea or coffee in the morning, or dressed up with vanilla ice cream and fresh berries, you can’t go wrong with Costco’s Lemon Blueberry Loaf, drizzled in icing and introduced in 2023.

Confetti Cookies

At least one reviewer on Instagram, who purchased Costco’s Confetti Cookies from the bakery for $9.99, says these “were ridiculously soft and buttery,” and most importantly, “absolutely delicious.”

Lemon Meringue Cheesecake

The person at Costco who invented the lemon meringue cheesecake needs to get a raise pronto. After all, the genius behind this combination of luscious cheesecake, tangy lemon curd, and fluffy meringue deserves to be celebrated.

Cinnamon Pull-Apart Rolls

Soft, sweet, and cinnamon-y, these Costco pull-apart cinnamon rolls are perfect for family get-togethers. Kids obviously love them, but they’re great with espresso too.

Freshly Baked Cranberry Walnut Bread

Filled with dried cranberries and walnuts, this hearty loaf of bread makes for a mean slice of toast…and it’s perfect for turkey sandwiches, too.

Key Lime Pie

Costco’s huge Key Lime Pie weighs in at over 4 pounds, and features a graham cracker crust, tangy key lime filling, and fluffy whipped topping.

Strawberry Cheese Cream Cake

This one’s a bit of a tease, because it is available at Costco…but only in Japan. But how amazing does the combination of fluffy, creamy, cheesecake topped with strawberries and whipped cream sound?

Junior’s Rainbow Celebration Cake

Layers of rainbow cake, vanilla buttercream, and rainbow sprinkles make this celebration cake a crowd-pleasing favorite for all types of parties.

Pumpkin Streusel Muffins

Pumpkin Spice Lattes have nothing on the autumnal goodness of Costco’s pumpkin streusel muffins. It’s just not fall until we’ve tasted one of these bad boys.

Ham & Cheese Pastry

When Costco has the ham and cheese pastries in stock, you’ll want to load up — they freeze and reheat like a dream! Supposedly, these also taste a lot like Starbucks’ ham and cheese croissant. You can learn more about this yummy breakfast treat here. 

Mini Raspberry Cakes with Buttercream

Fans couldn’t get enough of this seasonal summer item when it dropped in 2022. The fluffy cakes are filled with raspberries, and are topped with a swirl of rich buttercream frosting.

Costco Bakery Double Crust Apple Pie

The only thing more American than apple pie is getting a Costco membership so you don’t actually have to bake one yourself. Their double crust apple pie is legendary for it’s deliciousness.

Chocolate Cheesecake

When one Costco super-fan TikTok account said this chocolate cheesecake was one of their “all-time favorites,” we knew it would become a legend. It’s a four-pound behemoth with a chocolate cookie crust, chocolate cheesecake layer, and chocolate mousse layer.

Tiramisu Bar Cake

Making tiramisu at home is a real project, so if you’re craving this Italian dessert, made with ladyfinger cookies and sweetened mascarpone cheese, you might as well get a tray of it from Costco — it comes in a size big enough to feed a crowd.

Mini Lemon Cakes

Another summer treat that took Costco fans by storm was their “mini” lemon cakes, which many pointed out are actually pretty gigantic. They feature a fluffy lemon cake, with lemon filling, lemon frosting, and white chocolate curls on top.

Raspberry Crumble Cookies

The Raspberry Crumble Cookies can be a little tricky to find because only select stores carry them seasonally, but if you see them, grab them! You won’t regret it. You see, these cookies have somewhat of a cult following. Costco fan accounts on Instagram have been raving about them for months and we’ve literally never seen anyone say a single bad word about them. 

Butter Pound Cake

Costco’s rich, buttery poundcake is the perfect sweet to pick up for family gatherings. Serve as-is at breakfast with coffee, or top with strawberries and whipped cream for an easy strawberry shortcake dessert that can feed a group.

Coffee Cake Muffins

Store-bought coffee cake can be dry and flavorless but that is not the case with Costco’s coffee cake muffins. They are moist and full of cinnamon flavor. 

Kirkland Signature artisan rolls

Our favorite thing to make with these ready-to-eat artisan rolls? Slather the outsides with a little bit of butter and grill up some ham-and-cheese sammies. The best.

Kirkland Signature mini chocolate chip cookies

Never seem to get your hands on the mini chocolate chip cookies before they’re all gone? Sounds like you need to grab a couple of these bags full of a whopping 60 cookies.

Kirkland Signature variety cookies

This variety pack comes with eight chocolate chunk, eight oatmeal raisin, and eight white chocolate cookies — pleasing even the pickiest of cookie-eaters.

Kirkland Signature mini cranberry orange bisconie

Bisconies are basically scones, and these particular bisconies at Costco are studded with sugar cubes, making them just sweet enough.

Kirkland Signature braided apple strudel

It’s flaky, it’s moist, and, when it’s warmed up, it pairs perfectly with vanilla ice cream.

Kirkland Signature 12-inch cheesecake

Costco’s cheesecake is a hit during the holidays. Why? It’s a 12-inch cake that serves 16 and costs less than $20. Oh, right, and it tastes incredible.

Kirkland Signature tuxedo chocolate mousse cake

They say don’t judge a book by it’s cover. But when it comes to this tuxedo chocolate mousse cake with its dark chocolate ganache at Costco, it definitely tastes as great as it looks. Seriously, this is up there with the best cakes we’ve ever had, and you can get it at the Costco bakery for under $20. 

Kirkland Signature Chocolate muffins

“If you want to eat cake for breakfast and at the same time tell yourself you’re not actually eating cake, you’re eating a muffin, which is generally a breakfast food, then pick some of these chocolate muffins from Costco up ASAP,” raves blogger Costcuisine.

And if that doesn’t convince you to try ’em, we don’t know what will.

Kirkland Signature apple & cheese danishes

Can’t choose between apple and cheese danishes? You don’t have to when you pick up this bakery item from Costco.

Kirkland Signature country french bread

For toast in the morning, sandwich bread, a side dish for pasta night, something to sop up soup — you can’t go wrong with Costco’s Kirkland Signature country French bread loaves.

Kirkland Signature butter croissants

Made with real butter and baked daily, you won’t find a fresher, more intoxicating batch of croissants anywhere else.

Kirkland Signature baguette

Grab some baguettes, a jar of Kirkland pesto, some prosciutto, and some fresh mozzarella, and you’ve got the ingredients for a perfect simple lunch or appetizer. 

Sheet cake

For around $20, you can feed 48 people — and it doesn’t get any better than that.

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