The #1 Costco Bakery Item You Should Never Buy, According to Shoppers

Costco’s bakery section—like the store as a whole—is notoriously huge, with new products hitting shelves and old ones being replaced all the time. Sadly, some of the replacements just aren’t as good as the originals, and the Kirkland Signature Muffins continue to provoke complaints amongst shoppers who can’t stand the new formulations. The old jumbo muffins were beloved by fans who couldn’t get enough of the taste, consistency, and value. The new muffins are smaller and just don’t hit the same way. But why? Customers complain that the new muffins don’t taste anything like the old ones.

“The flavors that my location has have such great potential, but they miss the mark by a lot,” one Redditor said. “We have lemon raspberry and cinnamon but they are so dense, dry and tasteless. I’m so sad. Whenever we went and visited family we always brought packs of muffins as an offering and I won’t be purchasing these agai...