For more than fifteen years, we’ve held a space on our shelves (not to mention our hearts) during the holidays for Trader Joe’s Dark Chocolate Stars: crunchy, star-shaped shortbread cookies covered in rich dark chocolate and generously sprinkled with tiny white non-pareils. As Star-shaped cookies in a star-covered box, they’ve earned their seasonal stardom, year after year. Each box is filled with an entire pound of these sublimely satisfying shortbreads, which pair deliciously with a scoop of ice cream or a mug of hot cocoa. And we’d be remiss to not mention how brightly a box of Dark Chocolate Stars shines when given as a hostess/host gift.