Chocolate Brooklyn Babka is a sweet, swirly brioche-meets-cake loaf rooted in Eastern European Jewish traditions. In both Polish and Yiddish, “babka” is the diminutive of “baba,” meaning “grandmother.” And the character of this sweet, fluffy, chocolate-laden cake lives up to its namesake—welcoming you with open arms and old-world charm, just as your baba would.

Trader Joe’s Chocolate Brooklyn Babka is made for us by a small, kosher bakery in—where else?—Brooklyn, New York that literally grew out of their grandmother’s kitchen. Following time-honored recipes and baking methods, they make a real babka’s Babka. It doesn’t get much better.

Crafted from scratch in small batches, the sweet yeast dough is spread with a rich chocolate filling and twisted by hand before it goes into a high loaf pan to be proofed and baked. The rich veins of chocolate reveal themselves as swirls when the Babka is sliced. Beautiful. Delicious!

For those Seinfeldians in the crowd, you know that a Babka will make you a “hero” at a dinner party. For those who never watched the sitcom, take our word for it—it’s a sensational dessert, fully of dessert heroism. Of course, if you want to champion breakfast, it’s a sure thing, too. Great with a cup of coffee or a glass of chilled milk, served warm or at room temperature, “You can’t beat a Babka!” And you can’t beat our price on Babkas, either.