It’s not often that you find a food that sits on the intersections of sweet, peppery, tart, and creamy, all at once, but when you do, you know you’ve got something special. And that’s exactly what we have with Trader Joe’s Sweet Picanté Peppers with Creamy Cheese Filling. On their own, these crisp, perfectly pickled Picanté Peppers (try saying that three times, fast!) would be a delicious enough treat, with their balanced profile of peppery and sweet, but when you add the slightly tart notes and plush texture of the Cheese Filling inside, that’s where things get taken to the next level.

With all those intersections of flavors and textures, it should come as no surprise that these Peppers are remarkbly versatile: they can be enjoyed entirely on their own as an anytime snack, arranged on an antipasto platter or tapas spread as an appetizer, or as a topping on pizza. We also find that they’re delicious when sliced and served on a sandwich, and great when used as agarnish for salads, or if you’re particularly adventurous, plopped into a cocktail. How sweet (and peppery, and tart, and creamy) it is!