Costco customers fume as fan favorites replacement costs nearly double

Costco has finally answered calls to bring back its beloved churros — but shoppers aren’t exactly satisfied. Instead of bringing back the full-size pastry that once defined its food court, the Washington-based big-box retailer has unveiled a $2.99 Caramel Churro Sundae topped with tiny churro bites. The dessert features vanilla, chocolate or swirl soft-serve ice cream drizzled with salted caramel and topped with crunchy mini churro bites.Costco’s original churros, fried dough typically rolled in cinnamon sugar, were a food court staple for decades.They first appeared in the 1990s and sold for 99 cents, according to reports, but were later reformulated and repriced before being discontinued in early 2024.Laura Jayne Lamb, who runs the Instagram account @costcohotfinds, shared a video of the new dessert this week, writing, “The Costco food court did it again!”The reaction online, however, has been mixed.A comment with nearly 5,000 likes on Lamb’s Instagram post read, “We don’t want bits of churros.

We want the whole churros back!”“Bring back the churros!” one user wrote in a top comment on Reddit’s Costco forum in response to a post about the new item. Another user wrote, “This is such a slap in the face to give us ‘churro bites’ and no churros.”One parent joked about the emotional toll of the menu change, writing, “One of my kids is 6 and every few months he just yells, ‘Why did they get rid of the churros!?’ It was like his first great betrayal of life.”One person joked about a workaround: “Can I get a Caramel Churro Sundae, no caramel, no sundae, original recipe.… Thank you, here’s one dollar!”The new $2.99 sundae costs nearly double the price of the former $1.50 churro and far more than the original 99-cent version from decades past, fans noted. Other shoppers pointed out that Costco replaced churros with a $2.49 double chocolate chunk cookie in recent years, which also sparked debate.For others, the conc...