Ralph's healthy multigrain croissants...beyond great, are amazing!
If I could give bakery dept mgr Amy, Ketty, baker Susan...and the croissants 10 stars, I would! I love French croissants, but now that I've been buying the healthier version, it's hard to go back.
They are loaded with good, old fashioned healthy grains (partial list: sunflower seeds, rye flour, cracked wheat, barley flakes, rolled oats, flaxseeds, wheat bran, malted barley flour, cracked buckwheat, oats, millet, sesame seeds, rye and barley flakes topping...on and on). It's not loaded with butter, so it's light and flakey at the same time, less guilty pleasure. Nor tons of chemical preservatives like others, such a nice find.
It's versatile any time, my main staple, not only perfect for breakfast (eggs, ham, cheese, sausage, etc.), but for lunch, light dinner, late night snack (tuna, shrimp salad, deli meats, cheese topped with veggie greens, avocado, tomato, etc.) or even sweet afternoon tea break or dessert (fill with jam, cream cheese, chocolate, etc.).
It's not on the regular inventory, so Amy, who is always so extremely helpful, friendly and pleasant (as are Ketty and the others in their dept), specially orders them for me when I call in advance (before Mon), ready for pickup when I come in. I ask for them baked a light lighter (as their oven can run hot sometimes), and Susan bakes them to perfection! I keep in frig (which keeps over a week), pop in toaster oven for 2-3 min to warm up, flakey, crispy on outside.
Their Mill Bread is also excellent, many of the same ingredients, similar to Dave's Killer Bread. I have Amy and Ketty put aside a loaf for me as they sell out. I get it unsliced (and cut it myself into thicker slices, equivalent of 2 thinner slices), pop in toaster oven, which makes it crispy on outside, but nice soft chewy bread on inside. Thinner cut sliced bread misses out on this.
Can't say enough wonderful things about this wonderful find during covid, as I used to be a Von's shopper, but switched to Ralph's just because of this awesome bakery dept. Now I shop exclusively at this Ralph's every other week to pick up my lovely croissants and say hi to Amy. Thank you ever so much!!!
btw, to the Ralph's corp powers that be: the one and only downside is that they used to be priced at $1.49 ea and now increased to 1.99. Just wish it was a regular packaged shelf item that would go on sale periodically. read more