While we certainly love an over-the-top, complicated candy from time to time, there is something about a sublimely simple sweet that’s utterly irresistible. Take Trader Joe’s Peanut Butter Pillows, for instance. Made for us in small batches from an awesomely old-fashioned recipe, these delicately crunchy confections start with layers of crispy, flaky, lightly salted peanut butter, which our supplier then surrounds with a thin (and also rather crispy) candy layer. As you eat them, you can choose to let the layer dissolve on your tongue before biting through the crisp, sweet-savory, peanut butter center, or expedite your sweet-eating experience into one resounding, satisfying *crunch*.

Available on our candy shelves for a limited time, Trader Joe’s Peanut Butter Pillows make for a marvelous movie snack, a captivating game-day concession, and a superb sweet treat to bring along on road trips and plane rides. We also find that they make a rather fun inclusion into other sweets and baked goods: the next time you make cookies, try pressing one into the center of each cookie before baking for a melty, pleasantly peanut butter-y result.