Category: Snacks

PRODUCT: Boulder Canyon Potato Chips With Healthier Oils

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March 14th was National Potato Chip Day, a good time to focus on what’s new in chips. We spent the day tasting Boulder Canyon chips fried in 100% better-for-you oils: avocado oil, coconut oil and olive oil: Avocado Oil Chips: Canyon Cut, Jalapeno, Malt Vinegar & Sea Salt, Sea Salt & Cracked Pepper Coconut Oil…
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FOOD FUN: Lucky Charms Pudding Parfait

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Lucky Charms Parfait for St. Patrick’s Day. Photo courtesy Elegant Affairs Caterers.   We love this idea from Elegant Affairs Caterers: a St. Patrick’s Day dessert or snack with Lucky Charms! Just use a green filling layer: pistachio Jell-O pudding, vanilla pudding or whipped cream tinted green, mint chip ice cream, etc. RECIPE: LUCKY CHARMS…
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TOP PICK OF THE WEEK: Curate Snack Bars

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America doesn’t need another “good for you” snack bar. The $6.2 billion U.S. snack market is plenty crowded as it is. The Curate brand’s research turned up more than 1,000 varieties of snack bars. But when you taste Curate, you’ll be delighted that management decided to enter the premium snack bar market. The brand took…
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RECIPE: Green Candy Apples

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For St. Patrick’s Day, make chocolate-covered apples with green-tinted white chocolate. Photo courtesy Aiya Matcha.   We received a recipe from Aiya Matcha, for Matcha White Chocolate Candy Apples. The matcha tea powder colors the chocolate green. Voilà: a snack for St. Patrick’s Day. We whipped up a batch. Matcha imparts a sophisticated flavor to…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Farinata, Chickpea Pancake Snacks

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Like pizza but not the gluten? Try farinata. Called by different names around the world, farinata is a thin, unleavened pancake or crêpe made of chickpea flour. Originating in Genoa, it become a popular food on the Ligurian coast, from Nice to Pisa. It’s not like a conventional, airy European pancake. Without leavening, it’s dense,…
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