Erin Baker's Breakfast Cookie Chocolate Chunk, Vegan, 3-Ounce Individually Wrapped Cookies (Pack of

I was so excited to get these because I thought it would be a great healthy snack to keep at my desk. I ordered these and other flavor (double chocolate chunk) and after eating a couple of each, noticed that one of the cookies had bluish green mold on it. I assumed it was a bad one in the batch. I saw on the manufacturer's website that these should be stored in the freezer since the shelf life is 90 days (due to natural ingredients and no preservatives). I immediately put them in the freezer after getting them 3 weeks earlier. The next 4 cookies I opened had that same mold on it and after I examine the rest, I found that they all were moldy. Apparently Amazon had them stored in their warehouse for a while before I rec'd them. Since there were no dates stamped on the cookies, I have no idea how long they sat in the warehouse before I got them.

I will not be ordering these again and will be wary of ordering other food products from Amazon.com. They were great about refunding my money and I will continue to purchase from amazon, just not short shelf life food items.

I'm a veg who makes vegan baked goods and generally uses applesauce or banana as an egg substitute, so I'm no stranger to fruit in baking. However, these cookies have an overwhelming fruity aroma, smell and taste, that I found hard to like and even swallow. I'm guessing it might be the prune puree in the ingredients. Oh and there were a disappointing number of chocolate chips in them one cookie had two small chocolate chunks. With no chocolate to compensate for the fruity aroma 2 stars.

However, I find these filling and better with a big cup of coffee. So if you like fruitiness and want something filling for a breakfast on the go, this can be a good vegan breakfast item.

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Vegan. Natural. Kosher. Big cookie. Mild delicious chocolate flavor. Very soft with some chewy oats mixed in. Kind of big for a snack, but is nice for quick breakfast or meal replacement. Substantial. Vegans will especially find these cookies useful, nourishing, and convenient. 310 calories per cookie. 6g of protein. This cookie was a Vegan Grocery *** TRIPLE+ *** in the 24 pack, which is no longer available. Hopefully the good word will again flourish for the benefit of everyone. Also really like Erin Baker's Breakfast Cookie Peanut Butter Chocolate Chunk, Vegan, 3-Ounce Packages (Pack of 12) which has been popular with the Community. This review is out there for those for whom this makes a difference. See all of my reviews and the vegancompassion Profile for more great choices. Check out "Vegan Grocery Favorites" and "Vegan Grocery Top Ten" & all the other helpful "Vegan Grocery" Listmania. Your input counts and will be greatly appreciated to benefit the search of others. Thank you.

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I believe this is the first 'vegan' product I have ever knowingly tried that is touted as vegan. The title 'vegan' in anything rather tends to scare me (as in my ignorance I have nothing to compare vegan items to, coupled with a sincere love of dairy).

However, Amazon dropped the price of these to a point where I could no longer deny my family trying them.

Here is the best that I can do to describe the taste (and please, my vegan friends, do not have a stroke at the level of my simplicity I mean no disrespect):

They taste like cookie dough cookies not cooked. If you like/enjoy cookie dough you should love these cookies. My entire family does/did (past tense as the entire 12 cookies were WOLFED down by my cookie-dough loving crew).

NOTE: if taken from a FROZEN state (where we store all our Erin Baker's Breakfast Cookies), they require only **20** seconds to totally heat up. The non-vegan varieties we heat for 30 seconds and still have a cold-spot or two. These TOTALLY heat through, for us, in 20 seconds and are unbelievably delicious.

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I heard about these cookies many, many years ago from Weight Watchers meetings. I used to eat them a lot, but had basically forgotten about them. While running a search on Amazon, these popped up and, seeing they were vegan (I am now a vegetarian, attempting to eat vegan as much as possible), I had to try them. They are every bit as magically delicious as their non-vegan counterparts that I ate many years ago. I store them in the freezer, as recommended, and I pop them in the toaster oven on "toast" for about 5 minutes (microwaving them works, toasting is just better tasting if you have a few extra minutes adds a bit of toasty crunch on the outer layer, while still leaving the cookie moist and chewy exactly how I like them!). At around 300 calories, they are very filling without going overboard, and full of healthy, natural ingredients. If I am super hungry, I add a soy yogurt and an apple and I can go until dinner on this filling meal. I LOVE these cookies!

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Bob's Red Mill Corn Grits/Polenta, 24-Ounce (Pack of 4)

Apparently the other reviewer for this product has his underwear in a wad about the price I don't think the other reviewer even tasted this product! Yes, Bob's Red Mill products aren't cheap, but the company fills a very unique niche (Gluten-free products, unusual flours, etc.) and I'm willing to pay the price to keep the company from disappearing. Plus, every product from Bob's Red Mill that I've ever tried has been superior, including these grits!

Now about the grits as a native Southerner, I've eaten grits all my life but I'd never had a yellow, coarsely ground corn grit before I tried Bob's. From the moment my family tried these grits about two years ago, we've eaten no other grits. We cook these grits every weekend, usually Saturday and Sunday mornings. Oh, we've tried a few regional products (Lakeside yellow grits are good, too, and more finely ground), but just not as good as Bob's. I like the more coarse grind of this product, and the flavor is exceptional. The corn flavor comes through, but not in an overpowering way not to sound like a geek foodie, but Bob's yellow grits have a fantastic taste and mouthfeel. It's hard to explain, but I recommend you try them. If you're not sure you want to bite off a multi-box purchase via Amazon, then check your local grocery store (Publix in the Southeast carries Bob's) as do many organic/gourmet grocers.

Oh, and never follow the directions on a bag or box of grits that's the reason non-Southerners think grits are nasty, because they make them without the necessary amounts of butter, salt and milk or cream. Also, these are not quick cook grits, so it will take about 20 minutes from the time the water boils to achieve smooth, cooked grits. To feed four people (assuming you also have pancakes and a meat for breakfast), use three cups water brought to a boil, then gently shake about 2/3 cup of grits into the water. Once the water/grits combo comes to a boil, immediately lower the heat to simmer and stir frequently. [A note about lumps: if you don't stir often enough, you get lumps; if you dump the grits in, rather than shaking them in slowly, you get lumps.] Add about two or three tablespoons of butter, then an unholy amount of salt. I'm afraid to measure how much salt we actually use (we salt to taste as we cook), but I would guess we use two or more teaspoons of salt. To avoid oversalting, start with one teaspoon of salt, taste when you're almost almost done, then add salt to taste. Depending on how thick you like your grits, add additional water (we prefer to use 1% milk) to thin them out a bit. You can also add crispy bacon or country ham to your final product for flavor.

Any Southerner can tell you that grits left in a pot to cool become polenta... so go ahead, and impress your Yankee and West Coast friends by "grilling up" leftover slices of your breakfast for dinner. Remember, the Americas introduced corn to Europe (including Italy), so grits came first.

While cooking in an area where my usual brand was not available, I tried three different brands from the local grocery stores over the past two days, including this one. Already shopped at a local "italian" grocery, but they only had instant and tubes of already cooked polenta. Results so far: Bob's Red Mill was the worst. In fact, it made the worst polenta I've ever produced. This product is flavorless and cooks almost instantly. I prefer to take the time to make polenta right so the flavor develops. While it does not claim to be instant polenta or reconstituted cooked grains, something is clearly wrong. I threw the batch away and the entire bag. We cook polenta frequently in many ways--creamy under braises; stiffer and flavored with broth, herbs and cheese as a side dish; grilled; and sauteed. I like the equivalent of an authentic, excellent Italian or high-end restaurant version of polenta. Bland cornmeal mush is not the same thing, and that's what you will get with this product. Whatever the price, this was a waste of every dime I spent.

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WILLAMETTE VALLEY Granola Chips, Vanilla Bean, 6.2-Ounce (Pack of 6)

Some of the best granola I have had. Very light, yet filling snack on the go. Not as sweet as the butter pecan version, but that's would be a plus in my book.

This is a really good product. Taste sweet and crunchy. Very satisfying. Price is pretty good compared to the in store cost.

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I'm so addicted to this product and the wild berry flavor too!!! This is really amazing--so delicious, and healthy too. I just can't eat one...

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Wo would have thought that not only is this healthy but full of deliciousness! You won't regret trying it! Simply delicious!

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Pacifc Natural Foods Naturally Almond Vanilla Low Fat Beverage ( 6x4/8 OZ) ( Value Bulk Multi-pack)

I am all for nut and grain milks and have been drinking them for 12 years. I am now looking for a good almond milk but unfortunately this one is not going to be it. I think that this company's large cartons (half gallon) of organic almond milk have more almonds than sugar, but unfortunately these small cartons seem to not be made of organic almonds, and, more importantly to me, seem to hardly be almond milk at all, but rather water and sugar with some almond flavoring (according to the ingredients list). Also, they add "other natural flavorings" which I try to avoid because usually that's food-industry-speak for msg and stuff like that, which gives me headaches. I understand that the company wants to make this drink more palatable to children and to reluctant health-nuts, but I think it's the wrong way to go to put more sugar than almonds in it, and the wrong way to go to add all kinds of "flavoring" when almonds are so beautifully flavored on their own. I wanted this to be a product I could order from Amazon, but I'll need to keep looking.

We have the vanilla flavor of this almond beverage. I can't say that it tastes pleasant by itself. BUT, I have been using it to bake with it is especially wonderful in muffins. Any baked item that calls for milk, I would recommend trying this in. The 8 oz. size are really convenient. Lots of recipes call for 1 cup of milk. I look forward to trying it in homemade ice cream also.

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As the parent of a 4 year old little boy who is casein intolerant, I wanted to pack him something in his lunch for school that wasn't juice. Since we have to limit his dairy intake, we are always concerned about making sure he gets enough calcium. I bought these to pack in his school lunches thinking this would give him another serving of calcium. Unfortunately I was mistaken, as there is no calcium in this product. There are many other almond milk brands that are fortified with calcium (Almond Breeze and Silk's almond milk to name two) but at least for now they don't make 8oz sizes. My son does love the taste, which is why I didn't give it 1 star.

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Tastes good..convenient little packages...

However, I went out of my way to buy this product in part because I have been on the search for milk alternatives as a way to make sure I am getting calcium.

Well, the website information on Amazon says that this almond beverage is enriched with calcium--so woohoo! I ordered it. I had been drinking it for a couple days and enjoying it when I took a gander at the actual nutrition facts and saw that calcium is listed as 0%

That's right a big goose egg--like I would go through all this trouble just because I like almond milk! How frustrating!!!

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I ordered these, thinking that it was a pretty good deal to do the subscribe & save... Well, since then I have realized my MATH was wrong... But had to write a review and say that all three of my kids LOVE this milk. I think they like that they are in the "juice-like" boxes also, since we very rarely have juice. They think having a box of this milk is a special treat -and at this price, I guess it's going to have to be, from now on.

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Mona's Honey Almond Granola, 12 Packages - Free Shipping in the USA, 48 Contiguous States

We tried and loved it. Great for mixing with yogurt. Will continue to purchase because we can't find it locally.

I discovered this granola in Florida and buy it regularly when I am there. While in PA I order it online through Amazon (simple and always prompt delivery). I just can't live without it!

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Enjoy Life Chewy On-The-Go Bars Sunbutter Crunch -- 5 Bars

I admit I bought a box of these at an Organic Sensitive Aware Health food grocery store, so I expected it to be expensive. However, this one deserves to be an entry in Consumer Reports' last page, which unfortunately I can't remember the name of at the moment. Each month, the last page of CR's magazine has pictures people send in of scandalously absurd ripoffs, ad goofs, typos, etc, such as a picture of a six-inch tall pill bottle with the 1/2 cubic inch of actual pills that came in it --i.e. making the packaging look real big so the sucker customer will not realize the contents are so paltry. Enjoy Life's marketing department did its job well; the box is 5 1/4"H x 6 1/2"W x 1 1/2" D: the actual food item, once you unwrap the (5 1/2" inch long) foil packet is just under 3" long, less than 1/2" wide, & 3/8" deep. I was driving when I ripped open the packet, & almost drove off the road when I beheld the veritable rat-poo dimensions of the bar. Yes, it is sold by weight (5 oz; the things are dense), but the packaging is ridiculously misleading.

Oh, the taste. It's okay; vaguely sunflower seed-ish, merely the barest rumor of a whisper of sweetness or salt; as with most GF food manufacturers, Enjoy Life seems to feel that those of us who must forego gluten, or dairy or nuts or whatever also have no interest in flavor. It does have a nice chewy mouth feel to it, which would have been nicer had there been more to feel.

In a (presumably) unconscious self-satire, in big letters on the back of the box, it says "Still Hungry?" Well yes, and I know several people who would answer same if they ate the entire box of bar-lets, particularly if they'd been expecting something appropriate to the size of the box.

To me, they are just okay. To my 8 year old who has a life threatening allergy to nuts and can't have bars with tree nuts or made on shared equipment with tree nuts, he thinks they are great. He actually likes them and that's what matters. He can have peanut butter (legumes) but all the bars are made on shared equipment with tree nuts! So Enjoy Life is our pricey brand of choice for convenience snacks and granola. They should make a pumpkin seed bar or mix the two. And up the protein for a protein snack bar since that's what the kids who can't have the nut bars need.

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OMG..... this is Just BAD BAD BAD..... I could not eat this if I was Starving!

I took one bite.... My husband took one bite and the box went right into the trash can.

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I've purchased a few of the Enjoy Life faux-cookie products and although the price and quantity were hard to digest, I thought the taste was more than tolerable. I returned the faux-granola because it was too hard; a bowl of pebbles, literally! But it may have been on the store shelf too long. BTW, you can't see inside the package, or any other Enjoy Life package for that matter. Then, the Perky's Rice Crunch I purchased and enjoyed for months changed, the label had the Enjoy Life logo on it--and 2 ounces less product at a higher price! Okay, the times they are a'changin' and I moved on. Last week I purchased the "Chewy on the go Bars, Sunbutter Crunch." The taste was good; what more do I deserve! However, it was a marketing triumph: four dollars and forty nine cents for 5 diminutive bars, at least compared to the packaging. The bars are about two thirds the size of the foil wrap they come in! Add in the dead space in the box and you got what used to be referred to as "a rip off." In a health food store no one can hear you scream.

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We are a household who once held peanut butter near and dear, but due to my youngest child's peanut/tree nut allergies we can no longer have any peanut butter in the house. It has also severely limited the type of bars we can buy. However, Enjoy Life's Sunflower Bars fill the bill! We all love them! They are perfect for lunches and for snacks.

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Giddy Up & Go Granola, Notoriously Nutty, Bulk, 2.5 Pound

I got given this at an event in a gift bag and really loved it so I have been reordering it. It is good quality and healthy and enjoyable.

My son was recently diagnosed with gluten allergy so we tried this at our local store. This is so delicious we buy it in bulk. Worth every penny.

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Heartland Malted Vanilla Belgian Waffle - All In One, Complete Mix - 80 Ounce Bag (Pack of 1) 5 lbs.

I ordered the Heartland Blueberry Waffle Mix, the Heartland Malted Vanilla and the Carbon's Malted Original. This is by far better than the Carbon's in my opinion. The batter tastes like cake batter. I was expecting the waffle to be sweet like cake, but it was just a really good waffle. My 15 year old and I liked the Blueberry mix the best. My 11 year old and 17 year old liked the Vanilla better. I know others have mentioned liking the Vanilla better so you are just going to have to try them both.

The mix could not have been simpler. 3 parts mix to 2 parts cold water. Mix. Let sit for 15 minutes. One thing that I've seen mentioned here and it bears repeating. After it sits for 15 minutes, you are going to have to add a bit of water to the mix as it sets up too stiff. Just a tablespoon or so should get it to waffle consistency. Another thing mentioned is that your go to ladle is probably going to put too much on the waffle iron. My first waffle spilled out of the iron. (That is when I tasted the batter.) The next waffle, I was careful to put a few tablespoons less on the iron and I got a perfect waffle.

3 cups of mix yielded two Belgian waffles.

I am using the Waring Waffle Maker Pro. Setting 3 1/2. Cook until only the faintest wisp of steam is coming from the iron. You don't want to leave too much moisture in the waffle in case you want to freeze them. Moisture creates water crystals that damage the waffle.

This is a complete waffle mix. You really just have to add water. We add regular water at first, and at the very end Seltzer water, this way you get a very fluffy excellent waffle as a result. We highly enjoy this waffle mix and would recommend to any waffle lovers out there.

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This stuff really is very good. The picture says it makes 15 waffles but the bag you get makes 37. That's less than $0.50 each for a jumbo waffle! Unlike other mixes, you only have to mix with water and let it fluff for 15 minutes. No need to add egg and oil. It makes it much more convenient to wip up some on a whim. The first batch scared me a little bit because it mixes up really runny but it cooked up great. I recommend it highly.

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Easy mix with just water and 15-minutes later one terrific waffle ready for the waffle iron. Ordered both this Waffle mix and the Waring Pro WMK600 Double Belgian-Waffle Maker product from Amazon.com. I was very excited to try out this waffle mix and my new waffle maker right away, so we had breakfast for dinner tonight. We thoroughly enjoyed these waffles, Wow, really easy and delicious. Light crispy outside, fluffly on the inside. I see all kinds of yummy possibilities.

The regular complete waffle/pancake mixes from the grocery store does not compare with this tasty mix. Hearland Malted Vanilla Pancake & Belgian Waffle Complete Mix is in a class by itself. Just order the mix, you will have no regrets! So very good!

(I plan on writing a review on the waffle maker after a few more tries, but based on tonight's waffles I am very pleased with this purchase too).

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We were on vacation and the hotel we were staying at offered free breakfast. One of the items were make your own waffles. Well we could not get enough of them they were so good! We kept going back and making more! They were so crispy on the outside and light & tasty on the inside! When we were leaving I made it a point to stop and ask the kitchen staff the name of the waffle mix. Thank goodness they were kind enough to give me the name of Heartland Malted vanilla pancake & belgian waffle mix. When we got home I ordered this product from Amazon.com the delivery was fast! and the Heatland waffles at home were Awesome!

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