Costco's 'Amazing' New Holiday Bakery Item Has Fans Sprinting to Get Their Hands On It

Here’s one you probably didn’t know: white chocolate was invented by Nestlé in 1936. To put things into perspective, the Olmecs first discovered the cacao bean as far back as 1200 B.C—over 3,200 years ago! That means the toasted vanilla-flavored confection inspired by the humble cacao bean has only been around for 88 years. Mindblowning Here’s another one: raspberries are members of the rose family. Chocolate and flowers—a match made in heaven all along.

Whether by happenstance or not, some things just go together—like coffee and cream, ketchup and mustard and peanut butter and jelly. Each confident in its own identity while simultaneously supporting the other to create a nuanced complexity that’s difficult to describe.

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Take raspberries and white chocolate, for example. Creamy, sweet white chocolate juxtaposed by the tart and tangy flavors of raspberry—yin and yang. Delicious as the flavor combo is, though, we typically see it more often during the latter half of the year, with late summer and early fall being peak season for the ruby red fruit.

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Thankfully, we’ve reached peak white chocolate raspberry season, and Costco is hopping on the flavor combo bandwagon with their newest perfectly on-theme holiday dessert. The bakery find in question comes to us from none other than thee Laura Jayne Lamb of @costcohotfinds, and it’s a perfect winter-ready Raspberry White Chocolate Cake.

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This sizable 9-inch vanilla cake features layers of zippy raspberry jam, luscious white chocolate ganache and a rich mascarpone mousse. As if that wasn’t enough, the entire cake is topped off with an elegant raspberry swirl and white chocolate curls to really bring the flavors home.

In terms of cost, this massive, party-ready cake retails for $22.99, which works out to just under $3 for eight even slices. Of course, shoppers were quick to share their excitement, with most fans saying, “Omg! Is this new? It looks sooo good.”

We have to agree that this cake looks out of this world, and if the comments are any indicator, this is one seasonal sweet that won’t stick around for long.

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