To be completely honest, I am not usually impressed too much by nuts, even those coated in sugar and spices. I can easily make my own. So with this in mind, it was a complete surprise to me that I liked the Nutorious Nuts I sampled at the Fancy Foods Show so much.
- Oooo La La Original - classic buttery sweet combination
- Cha Cha Chipotle - savory and a little spicy, an updated bar snack
- Door County Cherry Vanilla Crunch (my favorite!)- a sweet nut mix with the addition of some dried cherries coated in the same sugar crust
- Cranberry Orange Crunch - nuts mixed with cranberries and tossed in an orangey sugar coating
- Chocolate Coconutty (updated!) - amazingly addictive, with chocolate and toasty coconut.
Now, the reasons that Nutorious Nuts are so good include the generous amount of butter used, the bold flavors and the fact that they use a mix of nuts - walnuts, almonds and pecans - to provided added dimension that no other nut mixes really offer. They're definitely worth a try unless you're keen to experiment in your own kitchen until you come up with something similar!
Sample sizes don't always provide enough material to get the best pictures, but fortunately the Nutorioius website had a great food porn shot of the Door Country Cherry Vanilla, my favorite flavor, to give you an idea of what the mix looks like:
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