Your Ultimate Guide To Costco's Best Shareable Desserts

There are those who prefer cake, and those who prefer pie, but cookies — cookies! — are a dessert that could unite mankind. And Costco's in-house cookies are some of the best (and biggest) around. In fact, the hardest part about buying Kirkland Signature cookies is having to choose which flavor to put in your cart ... unless you buy the variety pack.

These sizable containers come with eight chocolate chunk, eight white chocolate chip macadamia nut, and eight oatmeal raisin cookies. And no matter which variety your guests take a chomp out of, these desserts are sure to please them. Every one of these treats not only tastes fresh but also has a texture that's the perfect balance of crunchy and chewy. However, if you're looking for a flavor-by-flavor breakdown, Costco fans boast that the chocolate chunk cookies are full of chocolate, the white chocolate is brimming with macadamia nuts, and the oatmeal variety is wonderfully moist with a great oatmeal mouthfeel.

Whether you're having a small party and 24 cookies will be more than enough to go around or you opt for bringing home two packs of this shareable snack, at $11.96 a pop, you get a lot of taste for your buck. Seriously. In comparison, a pack of 12 full-sized Insomnia Cookies will set you back about $20. With a lot of variety and a great flavor, Kirkland Signature variety cookies are the perfect building blocks for a delicious dessert tray.

Sure, if you're looking to throw a bridal party or post-sleepover breakfast time bash, mini cinnamon rolls are a must for your spread. But trust us, even if it's well past 8 p.m., no one can turn down a cinnamon roll. If you want to feed a crowd one of the best things to ever happen to dough, don't look at Target's pitiful $4.99 12-pack. Instead, head into Costco for a tray (or two) of 28 mini cinnamon rolls. Costing $9.11 per container, these Upper Crust Bakery mini cinnamon rolls are a delicious Costco must-have.

Described by one Amazon reviewer as "for sure best mini cinnamon rolls on the market" and "CINNA MON BLISS" by another, these pastries are a flavorful treat. While you can just transfer the little baked goods from the package to a snack board to get these bites party-ready, you can also warm them up in the oven for just a few minutes before putting them out on your dessert tray. But whether you eat them cold or warm, once again, Costco is giving its members a deal here. A measly 16-count pack of the Upper Crust Bakery mini cinnamon rolls will cost you around $28 on Amazon. So at Costco, you'll get more of the same product for less than half the price.

If you're wondering what the heck is in an Aussie bite, the better question is what the heck isn't in an Aussie bite? Universal Bakery Organic Aussie Bites are granola-bar-esque treats made with rolled oats, dried apricots, flax seeds, sunflower seeds, honey, coconut, quinoa, and chia seeds. So basically all the good-tasting Earthy stuff. One container of these sweets offers a very generous 32 servings — which is apparently a good thing. According to shoppers, while these treats may not sound particularly appealing for a snack charcuterie board, Costco's Organic Aussie Bites, are like chips. It's impossible to eat just one.

Described by one Reddit user as a moist and "perfect balance of sweet," these cookies have reportedly prompted some to single-handedly eat an entire Costco-sized box of Aussie bites in one day. So with an absolutely addictive taste and a texture comparable to a muffin, these snacks just might act as an unsuspecting new favorite dessert at your next dinner party.

Of course, Costoco's gigantic tray of Aussie bites is on the pricier side — on account of these cookies being organic and gluten-free. But, while Costco does sell a 30-ounce pack of these snacks for $13.44, vendors like Walmart sell the same product for something like $32. So you're still making off like a savvy budgeting thief here.

Costco's notoriously humongous cheesecake could go toe-to-toe with the brand's famous rotisserie chicken in terms of popularity. And we don't use the word "humongous" lightly. We did the math, so trust us when we say, you're going to do some lifting to get this puppy into your cart. Here's the deal: One serving of this cake is the equivalent of 128 grams. There are 16 massive slices per pop. So, according to our calculations, one of these cheesecakes weighs in at about 4.5 pounds. And every bit of it is delicious. Costco fans report that the cake's graham cracker crust is wonderfully crunchy and flavorful. In the words of one Reddit user, ​​"The first (and second and third and ...) bite is like meeting God."

Costing $20.99 per omnipotent dessert, Costco's 12-inch cheesecake tastes delicious while also saving you money — a typical cheesecake of the same size can cost you upwards to $70. And perhaps the best part is that you can make its serving size can go even further if you get creative by cutting your cake into thin slices. Or, if you whip out some cupcake liners, you can even slice this Godzilla dessert into squares to transform into a large wedding party-accommodating amount of cheesecake bites.

Cake-like snacks that transform this Latin American candy favorite into party-ready finger food, these treats are a butter pastry brimming with dulce de leche-flavored filling. Sound delicious? Compared to alfajores cookies by some Costco buyers (which are a type of sandwich cookie with dulce de leche stuffed between two wafers), these "incredible" treats (a Reddit user's words, not ours) can be hard to find due to how popular they are. But aside from taste, we suspect the sheer size of these Costco snacks has a lot to do with how quickly they fly off the shelves.

At $10.52 for a 30-ounce pack, the El Camino Real Bakery dulce de leche delights offer 35 servings of sweet gooey goodness. Each of these individual bite-sized treats is also pretty sizable— sizable enough, we would say, to cut in half and serve to nearly 70 guests. Or to top off a cake ... perhaps even Costco's Kirkland Signature cheesecake.

Another French dessert? You bet. And Costco's beautifully colored Tipiak French macarons are designed to be admired before you eat them. These treats come in different flavor combinations. The box from Costco has six unique flavors: salted caramel, chocolate hazelnut, pistachio, almond white chocolate, red velvet and crème brûlée. And there's plenty of each flavor to go around.

Each box of macarons comes with 36 bite-sized desserts and costs $18.71 per pack. There is a huge price gap between what these snacks go for at Costco versus pretty much everywhere else. Tipiak French macarons (a brand known for having a fresh taste and a soft consistency) may sell for nearly $65 from some other vendors. Aside from Costco, the second most reasonably priced option is Amazon for around $34, however, customers who've bought these macarons with online shipping have complained that the product, which needs to be refrigerated, typically arrives warm and moldy. So yeah, it's best to stick with the wholesale retailer.

Perhaps the best thing about these colorful macarons, however, is that they come in a beautiful box that makes serving them a breeze. You only need to remove the cover, allow them to thaw, then, voila, your friends and family can enjoy tasty macarons all the while being impressed by your hosting skills.

We are not kidding when we say Costco loves French pastries almost as much as it loves selling supersized goods. And according to die-hard Costco enthusiasts, the store's madeleines are to die for. As one Reddit user noted, these treats (which are made by Superior Cake Products, the same company behind the aforementioned drizzled eclairs) only have one major downfall: "These things are never in our home ... because every time we buy them (basically every time we go to Costco) they disappear."

Subtly sweet and a perfect snack for your guests to dunk in their coffee, Costco sells almost 2 pounds worth of these tiny cakes for $9.93 a pop. Meanwhile, at Walmart, you'd be buying fewer of these pastries for a far less agreeable $18.99. Offering 33 servings per container, like its cousin the palmiers, Superior Cake Products madeleines can be served in a number of different ways. You can dress them up with powdered sugar, dip them in chocolate, or drizzle them in caramel. Of course, if you want to simply stack your madeleines on a plate for serving, don't forget to serve them with their smooth side facing up so they don't get flattened.