Newman’s Own Organics

Newman’s Own Organics offers a wide range of products that you can feel good eating. It’s sometimes hard to find quality organic products, especially when it comes to snacks. The snacks from Newman’s Own Organics are absolutely delicious, in fact they are better than their non organic competitors. There is a richness of flavor and a standard of quality that you can taste in every bite.

The bagged cookies went so fast in my house! We are serious cookie monsters. We tried three varieties; Family Recipe Cookies Orange Chocolate Chip, Alphabet Cookies in Cinnamon Graham and Chocolate. The Alphabet cookies were an awesome snack with a fresh wholesome, not too sweet, taste. The chocolate variety was chocolaty enough to satisfy my late night chocolate craving. The Orange Chocolate Chip Cookies were a household favorite! They were decadent wonderful bite sized cookies and oh so more-ish! It was seriously impossible to eat just one or one severing for that matter. These were so nice I would serve them at a party.

 We also tried several varieties of cookies in the trays. Fig Newmans are a nice moist cookie treat. I had forgotten how much I like fig cookies. Ginger-O’s which are my absolute favorite of the entire line. They have a nice ginger hint that is unique to any cream cookie I’ve ever tried before. We also had the Newman’s O’s in crème filled and chocolate crème filled. I found all of the crème filled cookie to be such a delightful temptation. While opened there was not a single time I walked past the cookie jar without reaching and grabbing one - maybe two!

The assortment of chocolates was as varied as it was decadent too. The bars are a rich, creamy chocolate that is mean to be savored. And while I am always prone to pick the milk chocolate variety there was not a single variety that I didn’t enjoy. Even the dark chocolate was smooth and rich. In addition to Milk chocolate I tried: Mocha Milk Chocolate, Dark Chocolate, Super Dark Chocolate, Espresso Dark Chocolate and Orange Dark Chocolate. The Mocha Milk Chocolate was also something extra special. I do love coffee and there was a nice hint of coffee flavor in the bar.

The chocolate cups were absolutely wonderful little cups of tastiness! I tried the peppermint first because it was the most unique and loved the mint and chocolate combination. Next I tried the caramel cups, caramel is one of my favorite parings with chocolate and I was not disappointed, it was a very soft very sweet caramel surrounded by milk chocolate and then I tried the dark chocolate caramel cups - same great caramel but with a rich dark chocolate.  Last I tried the milk and dark chocolate peanut butter cups. They had a very creamy peanut butter center and the same luxurious chocolate coating as the other cups.

There is just something special about a licorice twist. When I was a kid my favorite was strawberry but now they come in all sorts of great varieties.  I tried the black, strawberry, pomegranate, sour apple, sour mango and sour strawberry. Talk about being a spoiled little girl! I just loved the sours and of course both of the strawberry varieties. They all had the hint of licorice but the black licorice was really something special. Any fan of licorice is sure to love these high quality licorice twists.

If you are in the mood for something savory Newman’s Own Organics has you covered as well. They offer a great selection of pretzels and popcorn as well. The pretzels I tried were the: spelt, which are shaped like the traditional twist pretzels and awesome with a touch of mustard; the unsalted rounds which I used in a cheese dip; and the rods which I dipped in peanut butter. All were fantastic. The freshness of the ingredients really shines through. I also tried the unsalted microwave popcorn, again I think it’s  a matter of what goes in as far ingredients that make these snacks stand out flavor-wise, you can just tell they are made with better ingredients.

My husband is a huge fan of dried fruit and really enjoyed the dried apricots and raisins. They were plump and juicy. The raisins were so nice I also used them to make some oatmeal raisin cookies.

I sucked on hard candies a lot when I was dieting, as they are low in calories and last a while, and it is a habit that has stuck. I loved the traditional peppermints & wintergreen mints and my husband who likes hot things favored the cinnamon & ginger.

Aside from great taste you have more reasons to feel good about eating Newman’s Own Organics' products: they meet all the requirements of the USDA’s National Organic Program. The sale of Newman’s Own Organics products generates money for the Newman’s Own Foundation to give away. Since 1982 Paul Newman and the Newman’s Own Foundation have donated more than $350 million dollars to educational and charitable organizations worldwide.

Please take a moment to look around the Newman's Own Organics website and find your own favorites. Newman's Own Organics has generously offered one lucky My Empty Nest reader to be able to try my families four favorite items! We picked: Ginger O's, Mocha Milk Chocolate bar, Orange Chocolate Chip Cookies, and the Wintergreen Mints.

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