*Giveaway is now closed* Winner is: Beth at Biggest Diabetic Loser!
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Honey Almond, Almond PB&J, and Pomegranate Cashew (top row)Sahale Snacks was founded in 2003 by 2 dudes on a mission to create a sophisticated and convenient healthy snack for busy people using natural whole foods and “culinary Magic” to help busy people snack better.
Sahale Snacks has 2 different nut lines:
1) The Glazed Nuts: Honey Almond, Almond PB&J, and Pomegranate Cashew (top row)
2) Nut Blends: Ksar, Sing Buri, Socorro, Soledad, Valdosta (bottom row)
To find out what the blends are, you might just have to visit the site since I don’t have reviews for them. Here were the few that I got to sample!
Overall, I love glazed nuts, especially if it’s a little sweet and a little salty. It reminds me of caramel corn for the most part, but Sahale keeps the amount of glaze pretty toned down. To me, the highlights are: the tart dried berries, the super crunchy factor…and of course, the perfect amount of glaze.
Glazed Nuts Cashews with Pomegranate and Vanilla– Whole roasted cashews with pomegranate extract and apple, balanced with pure, fragrant vanilla bean.
Was awarded “best Snack Award” by Shape Magazine in July ’09!
Main Ingredients: Cashews, Evaporated Cane Juice, Dried apples, Organic tapioca syrup, brown sugar, natural vanilla extract, sea salt, dried pomegranate, pomegranate juice
Tastiness: 9/10. Out of all the samples, the glazed cashews were my favorite (although almonds are my favorite nut.) This is a crowd-pleasing nut blend with the perfect blend of sweet and tartness, with just a hint of sea salt to bring out the natural nutty flavors. Though the dried pomegranate bits were not as plentiful as I would have liked (because they’re really delicious), the ones that were in there offered a wonderful chewy textural element to the crunchy nuts and a kick of acidity to balance out the sweetness of the glaze.
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Honey Almond with Cranberries, Honey + Sea Salt
Ingredients: Almonds, Dried cranberries, Organic evaporated cane juice, white sesame seeds, honey powder, organic tapioca syrup, brown sugar, sea salt, organic orange blossom honey, natural vanilla & almond extract, pure ground vanilla beans, natural honey flavor.
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Tastiness: 7/10. The glazed almonds have a very unique flavor profile – upon first bite, you taste the sweetness of the glaze and a strong almond flavor from the extract. The honey-sugar glaze is not too sweet, and well-enhanced with a generous sprinkling of white sesame seeds. The lasting flavor in your mouth is unmistakably (almost too) salty from the sea salt with a strong nutty, almond aftertaste. The nuts are incredibly crunchy and fresh, but I wish that there was more than 1 withered little cranberry in my packet to balance out the sweet and saltiness with some acidity.
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Almond PB&J with Peanuts + Berries – Reminiscent of the beloved PB&J sandwich, our whole almonds are paired with peanuts, and complemented with the summertime taste of raspberries and strawberries. Our light glaze adds just the right amount of sweetness.
Major Ingredients: Almonds, Peanuts, Organic evaporated Can Juice, Dried Strawberries, Brown sugar, Dried Raspberry, Natural vanilla extract
Tastiness: 8/10. There was a mixture of almonds and peanuts, unevenly glazed with sweetness (I happen to love the glaze) and two tiny shriveled little chewy berries that I was able to pick out and devour first. In my mini bag, there were 7 almonds and quite a few more peanuts that were in general, less glazed than the almonds. While sweet upon entering the lips, the aftertaste the nuts leave you with is definitely salty. Fresh and crunchy, the nuts are a great snack to tide you over, but I definitely didn’t get the PB&J flavors the packaging promised and wished for more even coatings of glaze on all the nuts.
Retail Price: From $3.29 – $5.29 (Large 4oz bag) at your local grocery store
My Cost: Complimentary from Sahale Snacks
***GIVEAWAY***
THE PRIZE
- 1 Sahale Snacks T-shirt that says, “Who says indulgent can’t be healthy?”
A sampler pack of:
- Honey Almond glazed nuts,
- Almond PB&J glazed nuts, and
- Pomegranate Cashew glazed nuts!!
Here’s how to enter:
- Leave me a comment with something you learned about Sahale Snacks from their website. (1 entry – but mandatory!)
- Post about this contest on your blog and leave me a comment that you did. (+2 EXTRA entries!)
Giveaway will end Thursday March 9th (Tuesday) at midnight CST!!
Lucky Taste Buds! 
I learned where is Sahale Peak. Cool place! 🙂 really want to try these, sounds amazing!!!
I am dying to try those PBJ almonds and that shirt sounds so cool! I have a US shipping address, so hope it’s okay that I enter (though I am comment #1 and random generator never picks that 😛 )
I learned that nuts were approved by the FDA to be claimed a health food in 2003!
I love Sahale snacks. I learned that 1/3 cup of tree nuts is nutritionally equivalent to 5 oz. of lean meat.
Thank you for this opportunity!
They offset 100% of the carbon emissions from the production of their snacks…..awesome!!
These look amazing. It’s actually sort of incredible to think that no one has marketed a “PB&J” nut before now. Looking at it, it seems so obvious. Right?
I learned that they use lemongrass in some of their snacks. So cool.
I learned that the company was started by two good friends and that Sahale is a word from an Indigenous language from that area.
i learned that they use tapioca syrup and organic cane juice to sweeten their products. No HFCs. and I also learned The company was founded on a simple idea: take all-natural ingredients, add a dash of culinary magic, and produce great tasting snacks.
Great giveaway! These look awesome! I learned that Sahale has some awesome recipes on their website! (case in point: http://sahalesnacks.com/recipes2.aspx)
Linked back on my blog:
http://eatsleeprunwhenever.blogspot.com/2010/03/irrational-fears.html
How cool. I went to the website and looked at who sells these nuts, in case I don’t win of course. I was surprised to know they are sold at Harry and Davids and also at Walmart and REI, among others.
I didn’t know you could buy these at Starbucks. I’ve never seen them before.
I learned they are available at Starbucks, but now I see someone else jsut posted that soooo I also learned they use orange blossom honey!
I’m so bummed that I’m allergic to nuts. But I’ll def mention this giveaway next time I post something. Have a great weekend.
spreadin the linkage love: http://runtothefinish.blogspot.com/2010/03/opinions-wanted-friday-open-doors.html
I learned that they use no high fructose corn syrup, are all natural and are available at Starbucks! I would love these!
Ok, I have posted about it on my blog.
I’d love to try some Sahale 🙂 I just visited their site and didn’t realize that the Food Pyramid has incorporated a serving of nuts into a healthy diet. And they use tapioca syrup as a sweetener, I’d never heard of that before!
OMG, the honey with sea salt? I am in! I’ll link to you in tomorrow’s post – I love nuts! 😀
I think the weather is supposed to be 45 over the weekend – hopefully it will melt all our damn snow!
Happy Friday Michelle!
I learned that Shape magazine awarded the Cashews with Pomegranate and Vanilla Glazed Nuts with one of its annual “Best Snack” honors!
I learned these are sold at Hannafords in New England!
I learned that their nuts are available at Starbucks…gotta look for them the next time I’m there.
Nuts are a SuperFood
I learned that, “eating 1.5 ounces per day of most nuts, as part of a diet low in saturated fat and cholesterol, may reduce the risk of heart disease.” 🙂
I learned that there are pomegranate cashews! I’ve never heard of those but would love to try them!
I learned that they sell these at Pier 1 … hm!
They have pure madagascar vanilla beans!
I learned that Sahale is a mountain! And a Native American word. These look so good! I’ve never tried their products even though I’ve seen them around for a while now.
Thanks!
Great snacks! I learned that they use naturally dried and preservative-free (unsulphured) fruits – sweet!
Sahale is a Northwest Native American word 🙂
oooh they look so good! I just don’t think I would be able to stop eating them once I started 🙂
Awesome give-a-way!!! I learned that Edmond Sanctis and Josh Schroeter created the company in an effort to provide healthy and nutrious snacks that fill you will HEALTHY energy! 🙂
This is going up on my blog post tomorrow morning!!
I learned that Sahale is a Native american word with multiple meaning including –falcon, sacred, and high lofty place.
Such a cool giveaway!
Wow! I learned that the blandish trail mix that was eaten on a mountain climb inspired them to create Sahale Snacks! Pretty cool. Great Giveaway! Hope I win!
I learned that the founders came up with the idea for Sahale snacks on a hike up Mount Rainier.
oh cool 🙂 I am such a nut-holic.
I learned that they are preservative-free! sounds perfect as a great snack
I learned that Sahale has a variety of Native American meanings!
dude. cereal dust is the bomb! like go lean crunch cereal dust! especially on yogurt!
OMG! I LOVE THE HEELS ON BREAD! THE END PART IS THE BEST! SO CRUNCHY when you toast it!
dude, my mom was poor when she was a kid. we DO NOT WASTE IN OUR HOUSE!
i didn’t know that nuts lower cholesteroL!??!?!
Just blogged about this giveaway!
I learned that I can buy these at Whole Foods. Thanks for the giveaway!
I learned that the company got started after Hike up Mt Rainier in 2003. The views were gorgeous, the snacks…not so much.
great give away mama!
i learned you can buy them at starbucks…how convenient!
Oh my Godddddddd those cashews look unreal. I learned that they thought up the idea for the nut company while climbing up Mt. Rainier, which is in my home state of Washington 😀
I learned that you can buy them in stores like REI, Whole Foods, and Jewel-Osco, so if I don’t win I’m going to look for them! Also online at Amazon! Cool!!
I LOVE cashews, I think those might be my favorite nut. Although that’s hard to pick b/w I love almonds … and pecans … and macadamia … and oh, forget it I can’t pick a favorite!
Found out what Sahale means! =)
The first thing I learned was that my suspicions were true – the Valdosta Pecans are named after the south Georgia town! I also learned that there are wine pairings with nuts. YUM! I’ve seen Sahale products popping up all over the place and would love the opportunity to give them a try!
OMG. I’ve been wanting to try their products for months! I learned that they use really unique, high-quality ingredients like organic orange blossom honey, lemongrass, balsamic vinegar, Moroccan harissa, or pure ground Madagascar vanilla beans…dang!
I didn’t post on my blog…but I tweeted! 🙂
Sahale Snacks was created by 2 guys who became friends right out of college and have had a 20+ year friendship! That’s incredible to be able to make a company together like that.
Posted it on my blog: entry #1
http://thevegster.wordpress.com/2010/03/05/vacation-starts-now/
And #2
http://thevegster.wordpress.com/2010/03/05/vacation-starts-now/
Sahale Snacks has received numerous awards and recognition for its snack line from publications like Men’s Health and Real Simple.
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I posted your contest on my Blog #1
http://carolsbloggys.blogspot.com/2008/10/contests-from-our-bloggy-friends.html
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I posted your contest on my Blog #2
http://carolsbloggys.blogspot.com/2008/10/contests-from-our-bloggy-friends.html
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Yum!!
I learned that Josh and Edmond not only want to create good products, but also want to be a responsible, ethical, community-oriented company that takes care of its employees.
Plus, they just released a BBQ almond flavor that I totally want to try!!
I tweeted!
I linked it back! 🙂
I learned that eating tree nuts reduces your risk of heart disease and reduces your cholesterol level. Good to know since heart disease is the number one killer in America!
I also blogged about your giveaway on my blog here:
http://runningkentuckyfilly.wordpress.com/2010/03/06/of-macaronis-and-macaroonis/
Great giveaway!
nice giveaway!! i learned that they were featured in Shape and Men’s Health and with many awards for best snack! NEAT!
i learned that they use tapioca syrup and organic cane juice to make the products sweet 🙂
I learned that starbucks sells them 😀
❤ jess
xoxo
Thanks so much for the opportunity! I checked out their website and learned that their mission is summarized into 3 basic principles: Snack Better, Work Better, and Live Better! I say Amen to that!
thanks for holding this wonderful giveaway and introducing us to this great company! I love that “Sahale” is a Northwest Native American word that has many different meanings. I think it’s a great message because food means different things to different people!
no high fructose corn syrup in any of their products!
I linked back on my blog
I learned where the peak is located. Also, HFCS? Won’t find any of that here!
😀
wow! 1/3 cup of nuts is equal to 5 oz of MEAT- that’s nuts! (heh, no pun intended 😉 )
i posted about your giveaway! http://healthnuttxo.com/2010/03/06/wallaby-organic-maple-yogurt/
They consider nuts a superfood and their glaze is a secret.
Awesome! I learned that they company places a lot of importance on their employees and their happiness makes a difference. 🙂
i learned that Almond PB&J with Peanuts + Berries sounds like the best thing ever!!! :]
no high fructose corn syrup! yay!
linked back:
http://theactorsdiet.wordpress.com/giveaways/
OOH, great giveaway! My nuts need a little re-vamping.
I learned Sahale is good to their workers!
I never realized nuts contained antioxidant, I thought you only got that from fruits and vegetables! I also learned that they use orange blossom honey on their nuts, but dry it into flakes so that it’s not sticky.
I learned that there is another use for balsamic vinegar, other than in savory dishes and salads! Great giveaway Michelle!
I will post about it on my blog today 🙂
i learned they have a pom vanilla flavor. i am in love with the pb and j almonds but that flavor sounds good enough to be the next one i try!
– Beth @ http://www.DiningAndDishing.com
I never thought that cashews and pomegranates would go well together, but with vanilla I think it would be great! If nuts and pomegranates are both full of antioxidants, then bring it on!
I learned that Sahale is a Native American word, pronounced “Sah-HA-lee!” I’ve definitely been pronouncing it wrong…
I’ve been dying to try these, but just haven’t taken the plunge. On there website I learned that the fruit in their products has been preserved without the use of sulfur dioxide.
Thanks for the great giveaway!
wow, these look awesome! I would love to try the pb & j ones 🙂 mmm I’ve never actually seen these, where can you get them? I learned that they named the company after Sahale Peak, near the Cascade Pass in the North Cascades National Park in Washington. Very neat!
I learned it all started on a climb up to Mount Rainier in WA. I immediately related as I do a lot of hiking and also want to have good nutritious food while hiking. I love that I can find it at Whole Foods and even Ralphs. Looking forward to going shopping and trying Sahale out. I want to try that Pomegrante Cashew, that looks yummy.
Posted to my blog. http://www.daffodilgirl.wordpress.com.
Love finding new products to try. Thanks for the giveaway!!
Edmond and Josh named the company after Sahale Peak, near the Cascade Pass in the North Cascades National Park in Washington. Posted the giveaway on my blog.
I learned that Sahale Products are also great to be paired with wine
I learned that Sahale has been featured in magazines like Real Simple, Health, and Shape!
I saw on tv that if 8 enters snack78 could get a freesnack