Review: Oh! Nuts

After my post entitled, “Oh, Nuts” where I wrote about almonds, I was contacted by a marketing rep for the website Oh! Nuts (see the correlation?) who asked if I would be interested in trying a couple of their products for review.

Would I be interested? Of COURSE I would be interested. After deciding that jelly beans wouldn’t be such a great idea (again, see the correlation?), he generously offered to send me something healthier to try – raw almonds, shelled raw pistachios (no salmonella here!) and dried blueberries. Ah, much better!

They arrived very quickly and I immediately ripped into the pistachios – thinking too late that I should get a good picture of the product before I ate it all. Hence the crappy cell phone picture.

All three of the items were nicely packaged in heavy, resealable bags. And, after making a pig of myself sampling all of them, I found them to be fresh and delicious. Now, my niece thought the pistachios were stale but, if they were, I didn’t notice it. I thought they were very good. Of course, I scarfed them down so quickly it might have been hard to tell.

And the raw almonds? Everyone who tried them agreed they were THE BEST. I don’t think I’ve ever had raw almonds that were this good. And I’m not just saying that. They really were. They’re so delicious, I’m having a hard time keeping to my “no more than 10 at a time” rule. I tend to avoid buying raw almonds at the grocery store because of the outrageous price. But at $5.99 per pound for all of this deliciousness, I think the raw almonds from Oh! Nuts are quite a bargain.

I was really excited to try the dried blueberries, since I’ve never had them before. And they were so cute! I grabbed a handful right out of the bag and started noshing. Fresh, plump, delicious – and way too sweet for me. They are sweetened with apple juice and, at 17 grams of sugar per 1-ounce serving, they aren’t really THAT outrageous in the sugar category but, for me, too much.

I tried again the next morning by throwing a handful in my oatmeal. Extremely tasty but, unfortunately, brought on a nasty blood sugar drop. Sigh. I handed them over to the sugar-loving minions at work and they were disposed of rather quickly. So, if you’re not me, you would probably love these.

After nosing around on the website for a while, I found they had some really cool stuff. Besides a huge selection of bulk nuts, they have lots of other interesting products, like Wasabi Green Pea Chips, Roasted Watermelon Seeds, Roasted Soy Beans, Dried Kiwi, Granola, AND Sugar-Free Candy and Chocolate. Oh! And I just spotted my favorite – Chocolate Covered Cashews!

All of their products (which, by the way, are all certified Kosher) list complete nutrition information and are customer-reviewed - features I always appreciate on a website.

Oh – and one last thing. Gift Baskets. I always struggle to find gifts to send to my parents because, frankly, they have everything. But they enjoy a unique food gift, so I’ll be keeping Oh! Nuts in mind the next time I have a gift-giving occasion; I feel confident it will be a quality gift they will enjoy.