Happy Monday? I'm actually totally lost about what day of the week it is right now because I somehow managed to motivate myself to hit the gym this morning AND my tutoring was cancelled so I'm somehow home at 5, which literally never happens on Mondays (usually I get home around 8). So, I'm just confused all around.
So have I told you guys about my newfound obsession with dried mango? I bought some as a plane snack for my trip to Arizona and I realized how addicting it is. I actually decided I can't buy it for awhile because I was eating it too much!
During my dried mango obsession I started to realize just how difficult it is to find dried fruit without added sugar. ADDED SUGAR?! It's fruit! The last thing you need is ANY more sugar. I usually buy my dried fruit at Whole Food's, but I realized if I wanted to buy it at my grocery store I'd basically be out of luck because it ALL has sugar on it. Yuck!
That's why I was particularly excited last week when I saw peeled snacks on Tera's blog. Peeled snacks are organic dried fruit with NO added sugar or oil. The fact that they even mention oil scares me...do people add OIL to their fruit too? AH! Anyway, peeled snacks doesn't. What an awesome way to manage a craving for something sweet!
Peeled snacks sent me some of their delicious flavors to try
Pine 4-Pineapple, Apricot-a-lot, Apple2-the-core, Banan-a-peel, and Cherry-go-round. Yum. I decided to try the Pine 4-Pineapple first because I've never tried dried pineapple and I was really curious. Turns out, it's really delicious. So sweet! I could see this being a dessert if you are one of those people who just loves to end a meal with some sugar! I've already tried the cherries and apples already and loved both of those as well. I think my favorite so far were probably the cherries. Yum.
So, want to try your own peeled snacks? I knew you would! Peeled snacks is going to give away an Organic Fruits Variety Pack to one of my lucky readers. However, they are out of mango, so that will not be included. Trust me though, as a total lover of dried mango, the other flavors will more than make up for it!
To Enter:
Please leave a separate comment for each entry.
1. Visit the peeled snacks website and tell me which fruit you most want to try.
2. Followed peeled snacks on Twitter and tell me you did. And while you are at it, might as well follow me on twitter, right?
3. Become a fan of peeled snacks on Facebook.
In summary, you show them some love, they may give you some yummy snacks. You have until Thursday night (March 25th) to enter and I'll announce the winner on Friday! Good luck :)
I hope everyone made it through Monday okay!
PS. If you want to buy peeled snacks for yourself, they are available at Starbucks- and I know we all have a Starbucks near us right?
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Oh you would love the new oven I just got...it has a dehydration setting so that you can dehydrate your own fruit!!
ReplyDeletehmmm, Id say cherry or pineapple just bc I haven't really tried either of those!
ReplyDeleteI definitely want to try the pineapple flavor. Mmm! (I love dried fruit in trail mix)
ReplyDeleteI'm following you on Twitter now. I just started kind of using it although I don't know if I am doing it correctly. I tweet at people and never hear back...
ReplyDeleteAnyway...I don't have a picture with mine but you will prob recognize the name (KatieTop)
Yum! I love, love, love dried apples so I want to try the apples! But the dried cherries sound so good!!!!!
ReplyDeleteThe mango sounds good, but since they're out of that, the pineapple sounds good too!
ReplyDeleteI'd love to try the cherry!
ReplyDeleteI went to Shaws today to get ice cream ;-)
I love dried pineapple!
ReplyDeleteI'd love to try the apple!
ReplyDeleteI would most like to try banana (!!!!!). Apricot doesn't sound half bad either!
ReplyDeleteI really want to try the pineapple! Mmmm!
ReplyDeleteI'd love to try the cherries!
ReplyDeleteAnd I follow you on twitter :)
ReplyDeleteI'd love to try the banana!
ReplyDeleteI'm following peeled snacks on twitter
ReplyDeletelove dried fruit, but it's easy to eat too much! so i like single-serve packs :) i'd like any of the flavors, but right now i'm craving some banan-a-peel!!
ReplyDeleteYUM!!! I'd like to try the Bing Cherry SVP!!! :o)
ReplyDeleteI think the Banan-a-peel sounds AMAZING
ReplyDeleteI would love to try banana one :)
ReplyDeleteDefinitely want the dried pineapple! And I'm prefectly fine with them being out of dried mango - I have to say it's not my favourite, though maybe that's because I've usually had the sweetened variety?
ReplyDeleteI realllly wish I could eat dried fruit, because I love it, but it's on the FODMAPS list of "no no" foods. I have been missing my dried fruit tremendously, but it's worth it for me NOT to eat it because it truly does make me cramps and bloat. HOWEVER, I still want to win because I could ALWAYS use giveaway prizes for all of the healthfairs we put on!
ReplyDeleteI would like to try the mango slices, and those are the ones I'd love to giveaway too! Thanks Kelly :)
I've actually tried the apple version, and they are freakin delish. These are one of those things I'd love for people to try as they are simple, yet good. I've never tried any of the other flavors and would love to try the pineapple.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the great giveaway!
Sugar and OIL (gasp!) in fruit?! NOOOOO! These sound so good! Definitely count me in. :)
ReplyDeleteI checked out the website and "Cherry Go Round" sounds delicious!
Following both you and Peeled Snacks on Twitter! ( @marleneruns )
ReplyDeletePineapple sounds the best to me!
ReplyDeleteMy choice is banana! Yum. I love stuff like this. I hate when they add unnecessary stuff to things like dried fruit!
ReplyDeleteApple sounds great. yum!
ReplyDeletePineapple or banana - what a great giveaway!
ReplyDeleteI started following them on twitter (plus I already follow you)
ReplyDeleteI want to try the pineapple. I looooove dried (and fresh) pineapple
ReplyDeleteYum, cherry sounds awesome! :D
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