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Glenny’s Snacks Review and Giveaway

February 27, 2011 By

This giveaway has closed. Thanks to everyone who entered.

I received a box of assorted Glenny’s Snacks to try–I was absolutely amazed at the variety of snacks they offer!  While not all of their products are gluten free, the ones that are were pretty good. Take a look at this assortment. There was so much I couldn’t get it all in one pic:

Glenny’s Marshmallow Treats–Chocolate, Creamy Vanilla, Peanut Caramel and Raspberry Jubilee

glennys marshmallow treats gluten free

Glenny's Marshmallow Treats

Glenny’s Whole Fruit & Nut Bars–Cashew & Almond, Classic Fruit & Nut, Cranberry & Almond

glennys whole fruit and nut bars gluten free

Glenny's Whole Fruit & Nut Bars

Glenny’s Cookies–Gluten Free Oatmeal Raisin, Gluten Free Chocolate Chip

 

Glenny's Gluten Free Cookies

Glenny's Gluten Free Cookies

Glenny’s Snack Chips–Garlic & Feta Soy Crisps, Salt & Pepper Soy Crisps, Creamy Ranch Soy Crisps, Barbecue Soy Crisps, Sour Cream & Onion Spud Delites, Sea Salt Spud Delites

 

Glenny's Snack Chips gluten free

Glenny's Snack Chips Gluten Free

When I got this package in the mail, I couldn’t decide where to start. The first thing I tried was the Creamy Ranch Soy Crisps. It was the first time I had ever tried a soy crisp, so I was pleasantly surprised at the crunchy texture, and the taste of them. I will definitely be buying some of these. The Barbecue flavor was my favorite, which was surprising to me because I don’t like barbecue potato chips.

Nutrition Facts for Soy Chips (Creamy Ranch flavor):

Calories per serving: 70 (2) servings per 1.3 oz bag, Total Carbohydrate 9 grams

Ingredients: Low fat non-GMO soy flour, rice, buttermilk powder, cheddar cheese powder, (pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes, whey, maltodextrin, soybean oil, buttermilk, citric acid, natural flavors, disidium phosphate, lactic acid), mid oleic sunflower oil, sea salt, tomato powder, autolyzed yeast, onion powder, dextrose, garlic powder, dehydrated cane juice, natural flavor, malic acid, spice, sodium diacetate.

The second thing I tried was the Gluten Free Oatmeal Raisin Cookies. They were moist, and soft, and tasted to me like  “real” (wheat) cookies. My non-gluten free husband ate the entire box except for the one I ate to try them out. For him to keep going back to these cookies, when he had some regular cookies in the house, says a lot for the taste and texture of them.

Nutrition Facts for Gluten Free Oatmeal Cookies:

Calories per 2 cookie serving: 110 Total Carbohydrate 18 grams

Ingredients: Gluten Free Rolled Oats, Brown Rice flour, raisins, organic sugar, canola oil, eggs, egg whites, cinamon, salt, natural flavors, sodium bicarbonate, baking powder (monocalcium phosphate, sodium bicarbonate, corn starch), vanilla.

 

BUY IT:

You can find Glenny’s products at Amazon.com. Also check out Glenny’s webpage for distributor information.

WIN IT:

The folks over at Glenny’s are going to give one of my readers a prize pack with a delicious assortment of their snacks. This prize pack has a retail value of  about $30. Here is a list of what it contains:

  • 3 Bags Soy Crisps/Chips
  • 1 Box Gluten Free Cookies
  • 6 Pack Brownie/Blondie Variety
  • 5 Pack Marshmallow Treats
  • 5 Pack of Fruit & Nut Bars

Please note: The Brownie/Blondie Variety is NOT gluten free, so if you have to eat a gluten free diet, you can give those away to a non-gluten free person and they will love you!

To enter, visit Glenny’s website, then come back and leave a comment, telling me what your favorite snack would be.This entry is mandatory before any of the other entries.

For extra entries, do any of the following:

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Visit any other page of my website and let me know what you learned about me.

This giveaway is open to residents of the continental United States only. There will be (1) winner, picked at random using the Random Number Generator to pick a comment number. The giveaway ends on March 7, 2011 at 11:59 p.m. CST. The prize is an assortment of Glenny’s Snack products. The prize is the responsibility of and will be shipped by the sponsor. Please allow 4-6 weeks for delivery. The winner will be notified by email, so please be sure you enter a valid email when leaving comments.

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The Swiss Colony Assorted Chocolates

January 29, 2011 By

Flower Candy Box

When I get those Swiss Colony catalogs in the mail, you can be guaranteed I’ll spend half the day drooling over everything in it. While not many of the items in it are gluten free, I had an opportunity to try the candy in the Flower Candy Box recently. It does say on the back of the box that it is processed on shared equipment and it may contain wheat, I did not have a gluten reaction when I ate this candy. And I ate half the box!

The box itself is so cute, I want to keep it for storing treasures. It has 18 pieces of delicious chocolate, with an assortment of flavors and added ingredients. This would make a very nice Valentine’s Day or Birthday gift for anyone.  Keep in mind that it IS processed on shared equipment.

Flower Candy Box

You can purchase this cute candy gift at The Swiss Colony, for $21.95 through May 31, 2011.

Ingredients listed on the box:  Milk chocolate and chocolate; (sugar, cocoa butter,milk chocolate liquor, whole milk powder, milkfat, soy lecithin, (an emulsifier), vanillin (an artificial flavor), semi sweet chocolate, (sugar, chocolate liquor processed with alkali, cocoa butter, butterfat, soy lecithin(an emulisifer), vanillin (an artificial flavor), natural flavors), sugar, corn syrup, butter, water, peanut butter (peanuts, hydrogenated cottonseed and rapeseed oils, salt), pecans, partially hydrogenated palm kernel oil, cherries, high fructose corn syrup, milk, nonfat milk derived solids, light cream, evaporated milk (milk, disodium phosphate, carageenan gum, vitamin D), cream, almonds, dextrose, citric acid, chocolate liquor, with soy lecithin, sorbitan monosterate, mono and diglycerides, and polysorbate 60 (emulsifiers), reduced mineral whey, coconut oil, artificial flavor, modified cornstarch, hydrogenated palm kernel oil, cocoa processed with alkali, partially defatted peanut flour, salt, with potassium sorbate, sodium benzoate, and sulfur dioxide added as preservatives, strawberries, hazelnuts, natural flavor, sea salt, carageenan gum, gelatin, cornstarch, pectin, maltodextrin, carnuba wax, artificial color including red #40 and red #3, beta carotene added for color, invertase, confectioner’s glaze, glucose, tetrasodium pyrophosphate, ascorbic acid, beet extract added for color.

Allergy information: contains milk, peanuts, soy, and tree nuts (pecans, almonds, hazelnuts) . Due to processing on shared equipment, may contain eggs, other tree nuts, fish and wheat.

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Frito-Lay Snacks

January 26, 2011 By

Frito-Lay Snacks (The Sun Chips are NOT Gluten Free)

When my husband and I travel, we like to grab a quick snack when we stop for gas, and sometimes it is just plain difficult to find something that does not have gluten in it. As a person who eats a gluten free diet, I was glad to learn that quite a few of Frito-Lay products are gluten free. While I have always known that potato chips are, it has been hard to determine what else is safe to eat. Luckily, Frito-Lay has an enormous list of their gluten free and wheat free products listed on their website! This list was updated January 2011, so it is up to date as of today. Please note, in the photo above of the products they sent me, the Sun Chips are NOT gluten free, but my husband loved them!

Here are some fun facts to know about Frito-Lay:

·         Frito-Lay starts with fresh, farm-grown ingredients, making many of our chips with just three simple ingredients: potatoes or corn, all-natural oils and salt.

·         Frito-Lay was the first major food company to remove partially hydrogenated oils from our cooking oil way back in 2003. That means Frito-Lay chips have 0 grams trans fat because we use all-natural oils such as corn oil and sunflower oil.

·         Many varieties of Frito-Lay chips provide whole grains like Tostitos® snacks, which contain 8 grams of whole grain corn per serving, and SunChips®, which brings 18 grams of whole grain per serving to your diet! SunChips is also a good source of fiber.

·         Frito-Lay supports American farmers and buys the potatoes used to make our potato chips from 80+ farms across 27 states.

I received samples of several Frito-Lay products to try in order to write this review. What is your favorite Frito-Lay product? Mine is CHEETOS® Cheese Flavored Snacks.

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Chex Gluten Free

August 14, 2010 By

The good folks at Chex® in co-operation with My Blog Spark sent me a nifty gift pack the other day. It included a Lock-n-Lock 4.2 qt plastic storage container, a 2 cup plastic measuring cup with a lid, a set of measuring spoons that measure all the way up to 1/3 cup, a set of recipe cards for making gluten free goodness using Chex® Cereals, and a coupon good for a free box of Gluten Free Chex Cereal. I call that a pretty nifty package!
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Last night I made the Gluten Free Triple Berry Mini Cheesecakes. The recipe is here, on the Chex.com website.  They were FABULOUS! FabGrandpa asked for seconds! I used the Cinnamon Chex for the crust. I also substituted regular cream cheese for the Neufchatel cheese, only because I live in a sparsely populated area, and the grocery store here did not have any Neufchatel. The next time I make these, I am going to use the Chocolate Chex for the crust. That should be just heavenly!

getting ready to bake

The recipe was very easy to make–I think even a beginner would be able to make it. I also think they turned really pretty, so much so that I would make them for a shower or for a wedding reception. And oh, that cheesecake taste! Mmmmmmm…….

Triple Berry Mini Cheesecakes

There are five Chex® varieties that are gluten free: Rice Chex, Corn Chex, Honey Nut Chex, Chocolate Chex, and Cinnamon Chex. As a reminder, please be sure to check the label when buying any gluten-free cereal to make sure it does not have any ingredients that contain gluten.

For more information and recipes, visit www.Chex.com/GlutenFree or LiveGlutenFreely.com.

If you’d like to win a prize pack from Chex® like the one I received, leave a comment telling me which flavor of gluten free Chex® cereal  you’d like best, or go to their website and tell me which recipe you’d make first. I will pick a comment number at random on August 20 to decide the winner.  Be sure you leave a way for me to contact you if you win!

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Beanitos Gluten Free Snack Chips

April 7, 2010 By

As a Celiac and type II diabetic, I am always looking for foods that I can eat without getting sick from the gluten, and that don’t have too much sugar. These chips fit that description.  The things that make Beanitos so healthy and delicious are real ingredients, nutritious calories, and beans. Beans are naturally loaded with health benefits such as vitamins and minerals.  Doug and Dave Foreman,  the owners of Bean Brand Foods, say “Beanitos is a nutritional powerhouse: a corn free, gluten free, low glycemic, 100% whole bean snack chip packed with Omega 3′s, protein and fiber.”   They are also high in fiber and contain 2 1/2 times the protein of corn or potato chips. I say, they are quite tasty and filling as a snack.

Beanitos come in two varieties: Black Bean and Pinto Bean with Flax Seeds. The Black Bean flavor has 5 grams of fiber and 140 calories in a 10 chip serving.  To get the same amount of fiber from potato chips, you would 75 chips with 750 calories. And potato chips offer no Omega 3′s at all!

I tried the Black Bean flavor by itself as a between meal snack. The recommended serving size of 10 chips was plenty to fill me up and satisfy my hunger. They have a very pleasing flavor, and I think they would be good with cheese dip or as nachos.

Beanitos suggested retail price is $3.99 for a 6 oz. b and can be found in many stores nationwide, including H-E-B and Whole Foods.  If you can’t find them at your favorite local store, visit the Beanitos website to download a product fact sheet to give the manager nex time you go.  Order them online at Snack Warehouse.

Ingredients: Whole black beans, whole grain rice (brown and/or long grain white, pure vegetable oil (one of the following: canola, sunflower, safflower), guar bean gum, sea salt.

Calories per serving: 140    Carbohydrate content: 15 grams  Protein: 4 grams

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Jungle Grub Snack Gluten Free Snack Bars Give Away

February 22, 2010 By

The makers of Jungle Grub Snack Bars sent me a sample pack recently, and I have to say, these little snack bars are yummy!  As a gluten free grandma, I am always looking for good things that I can eat that I can also share with my non-gluten free grandchildren.  I like to serve them healthy foods when they come to visit. Jungle Grub Snack Bars are not only delicious, they are also very nutritious, and gluten free.

These snack bars are organic, just 100 calories each, provide 20% of recommended daily allowance for vitamin C, 15% of recommended daily allowance for calcium, and only 14 grams of carbohydrate. All that with less sugar than a glass of milk! Formulated by a nutritionist, they are a great alternative to the many junk food items out there.

One thing I noticed as soon as I opened one of the Berry Bamboozle flavored bars was the enticing aroma—it really smelled good. And I wasn’t disappointed—it really tasted good, too.  Peanut Butter Groove and Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough are the other flavors offered.  I know I’m going to be keeping them in my snack cabinet!

Ingredients:

Berry Bamboozle:  Organic evaporated cane juice, organic soy protein, organic maltodextrin, organic yogurt coating (organic sugar (evaporated cane juice,), organic palm kernal oil, organic non fat yogurt (milk), organic soy lecithin, lactic acid, salt and organic vanilla), organic soy protein crisp (organic soy protein concentrate, and organic rice flour), organic date paste, organic canola oil, organic sweetened cranberries, (organic sliced cranberries, organic cane sugar, organic canola oil)natural flavor, water, calcium carbonate, organic soy lecithin, ascorbic acid, xanthan gum.

100 calories, 14 grams carbohydrate in each bar.

You can find the ingredients for Peanut Butter Groove and Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough flavors on the Jungle Grub website.

Allergen alert: this product contains the following: Soy, Milk. This product is produced in a facility that also processes soy, milk, egg, seeds, wheat, peanuts, tree nuts, and fish.

You can purchase these yummy snack bars at Amazon.com and at Shop Organic.  Suggested retail is $4.99 per box.  Amazon.com sells 6 boxes/5 count for $28.52 (3 flavors and a variety pack) and right now Peanut Butter Groove is on sale for $25.41

If you’d like to win some, Organic Nutrition, Inc. is sponsoring a give away. You have three ways to enter, for a total of 3 chances to win:

  1. Go to Organic Nutrition’s website, then come back here and leave a comment letting us know what you like best about Jungle Grub.
  2. Follow Jungel Grub on Facebook, then come back here and leave a comment letting me know you did.
  3. Tweet about this give away, then come back and leave a comment to let me know you did.

The give away will be open for entries until March 8, 2010, United States winners only. I’ll pick a winner at random. If I don’t hear back from the winner with mailing address for the prize in 48 hours, I’ll pick another winner. Please make sure you leave your email address so I can contact you if you are the winner.

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