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GRACE GOURMET BACON GOUDA & EGG SANDWICH AT COSTCO

Costco sells Grace Gourmet’s Bacon Gouda & Egg Breakfast Sandwich for $12.99. Each box contains 8 sandwiches that include a soft ciabatta roll, a cage-free egg, gouda cheese, and bacon.

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The sandwiches can be found in Costco’s frozen food aisles with the breakfast options such as breakfast sausages or other breakfast sandwiches like Red’s Keto Breakfast Sandwich and the Jimmy Dean Croissan’wich.

Grace Gourmet’s Purpose

Grace Gourmet focuses on not just providing good eats, but also on doing good deeds. Grace Gourmet is a small company that wants to make a big impact on the lives of women.

A majority of their profit supports organizations that address issues from human trafficking and domestic abuse to female entrepreneurship and education.

Grace Gourmet Breakfast Sandwich vs Starbucks

This review has been heavily requested as many Costco members consider this to be a clone of Starbucks’ own Bacon, Gouda, Egg sandwich.

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In this review, I’ll go in depth on Grace Gourmet’s version of the sandwich and even compare it to Starbucks’ version.

BACON, GOUDA, & EGG SANDWICH COSTCO COST COMPARISON

Costco Cost Analysis of Bacon Gouda Egg Sandwich

Each Grace Gourmet Bacon, Gouda, & Egg sandwich costs $1.62 at Costco and weighs 3.7 ounces.

Starbucks’ version of the sandwich costs $4.45 and weighs 4.2 ounces.

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Same Size – Big Savings

Grace Gourmet’s breakfast sandwich is going to be roughly 35% of the cost of Starbucks while weighing at worst half an ounce less.

The one sandwich I did weigh, weighed 4.25 ounces which is the same as Starbucks’ breakfast sandwich.

COSTCO BREAKFAST SANDWICH – FIRST IMPRESSIONS

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Frozen Grace Gourmet Sandwich

At first glance, the sandwich looks good, but unlikely to surpass or even come close to Starbucks’ version.

Does the Starbucks Copycat Sandwich have Potential?

The frozen ciabatta bun looks ok. From the looks of it, the bun seems like a wildcard to me.

The dough seems to have the potential to either be soft and fluffy or hard as a rock.

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I have a feeling if cooked perfectly, the bread has a lot of potential to taste extremely good, but if overcooked the bun will harden up very quickly.

Average Ingredients

The egg is a perfectly blended yellow and about 2 inches in diameter.

The cheese fits the sandwich well, but I would prefer it to be just a touch thicker.

The bacon is going to be the lowest quality ingredient of the sandwich. The thinness reminds me of a fast-food value menu bacon. It’s considerably less thick than a typical bacon slice you can purchase from Costco.

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My particular sandwich weighed 4.25oz which is about half an ounce heavier than advertised. Very nice!