Recently I
had the opportunity to test out some kale chips from a Canadian company, and I
figured, hey, why not? Now I want to
preface this whole entire experience (and giveaway!) with the following: I have
never had kale chips before. I did not
expect them to taste good. I figured they would be healthy. Now, I also wanted to add that I am generally
pretty open to trying new healthy foods and generally like to try to live a
healthy life. When I was in high school I was able to convince myself that I
liked green tea, because it was healthy, and now it’s the only tea I drink! So with all of that in mind... let's get started!
Now, what
was this opportunity? Well Pure and
Simple spa in Yorkville had a bit of an open house on for beauty bloggers
showcasing green beauty. Healthy Crunch
was there sampling kale chips, and while I was skeptical I figured I wanted to
try everything. And…the crazy thing was,
I actually enjoyed the Say Cheeze! It didn’t just taste good for “healthy
food”… it tasted good in general.
Healthy
Crunch is a Canadian kale chip company. They are vegan, peanut free, and gluten
free. I don’t have any dietary restrictions, but for those who do, these
basically tick off all of the boxes. In testing each flavour, as a follow up to
the spa event, my friend Brianna agreed to lend me a hand, eat some chips and
drink some wine with me. She is a celiac
and was thrilled that she could actually eat these. I found it really
interesting, in particular, how the Say Cheeze! manage to hit the nail on
the head of a nacho cheese flavour, without using cheese.
Last
weekend Brianna and I grabbed a bowl of strawberries (to cleanse the palette!),
two glasses of Muscato (because we can) and a glass of water. We pulled up some chairs on the patio and got
to carefully tasting. I felt that tasting these chips would go better with a
friend because first of all, everything is better with a friend, and second of
all, a second set of taste buds really forces you to think about each flavour
and talk about it before moving on to the next one. So without further adu, our
thoughts on these kale chips:
For reference
Overall
Over all we noticed how big each individual
kale chip was, and how there weren’t really any crumbs. Healthy Crunch takes care to make sure that
they are putting properly sized chips in the bag. They save the crumbs for “Kale Krumbs”… (more
on that later). We also noticed that the
flavours were complex, and well described on the bag (but to keep our minds
open we didn’t read the bag until after we had tried the chip). After eating
what worked out to about a bag of kale chips each we felt full, but not heavy,
just satisfied.
Monkey Business
This is the chip that we were most aphrenrsive to try. I wouldn’t really describe this as tasting
chocolatey, it tasted more so like banana muffins. This one smelled really good
I found that this flavour had a bit of a nutty after-taste. Brianna thought
that these tasted good, but preferred the after-taste to the real taste.
Nearly Naked
We
both found these to be the lest crunchy. They were pretty much what we
expected, they were the lightest and were perfect for summer.
Say Cheeze!
This flavour was my favourite. Some how they nailed the cheesy flavour without
using cheese. I think I also liked these because they tasted familiar. Like
healthy Doritos.
Bollywood Blast
Brianna loved these! To quote her: These
taste just like having curry, but without any of the bad stuff. This one tasted
like a sweet, mild curry with a mild after taste. These bright yellow chips
were a real hit!
The Big Chipotle
These
were the chips that my boyfriend (who stopped by for a few minutes before going
back to the couch) liked the most.
Brianna and I tried these early on and we thought these were our
favourite… until Say Cheeze! and Bollywood Blast had their turn. These had a smokey BBQ flavour with a
kick.
I tried the
chips on their own and paired with other things, and honestly I prefer the
chips as a snack food. However, the Kale Krumbs… these come in a shaker and can
be used for a bit of everything. I tried
taking some photos of these, but none of them turned out well. However I have been enjoying using my Nearly Naked shaker as a crunchy salad topper
in place of croutons. I find they go
really well with a Caesar salad. My Say
Cheeze! Shaker is a great popcorn topper, or soup topper! I tried this on a tomato bisque… yummy! I don’t
have a Monkey Business Kale Krumbs, but I
broke up a big chip and put it on top of some plain oatmeal, and I really
enjoyed that too.
Because I
enjoyed testing these chips so much, of course I wanted to share some with
you! Entering is easy—just fill out this
form. If you are already following me,
no need to follow & unfollow—you can just type it in.
Thanks for all your help Brianna!
Rules
-In order for your entry to be valid you must follow Classy On The Run on any one social media platform AND Healthy Crunch on any one social media platform. You can earn additional entries for other actions.
-This
contest is open to Canadian residents only-- sorry to my international readers! I'll have some more great stuff for you later.
-You must be 18+ or have your
parents permission to enter.
-The winner will have 48 hours to reply to my email
once they have been contacted. If the
winner does not reply a new winner will be chosen. The winner will receive a
bag of each flavour of kale chips and a Kale Krumbs of their choice.
-The prize
will be shipped directly from Healthy Crunch.
-This contest is only open to Canadian residents.-You must be 18+ OR have your parent's permission.
-Contest ends on August 31st at midnight EST.
-Please leave genuine comments for comment related entries!
-Prize: a Kale Krumb shaker in a flavour of your choice and a bag of 1 of each flavour.Good luck everybody!
This post is sponsored by Healthy Crunch. All opinions are my own (and some are Brianna's!)
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