Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Swaggable: Apple Clusters

I just recently received a bag of Peeled Snacks new Apple Clusters. The bag size was decent. It is something you can grab in a hurry, eat, and not get full or still be hungry - snack size by definition. Light and sweet is the smell of the small 1-inch clusters. When you pick them up, they are hard like an oversized Cheerios.

On the back of the bag, it states that this snack is only comprised of chopped apples. I'm a health food junky, so this was a pleasant discovery. However the biggest surprise came when I popped a cluster in my mouth. Wowie! It was sour! I hate sour things. It was also felt even harder in my mouth - I also don't like crunchy things. I  didn't want to risk chipping a tooth chewing it, so I just let it sit in my mouth and soak.

After a minute or two, it was able to be chewed. They were apples all right, but a little too fresh for my taste.

I left the bag open in front of my humidifier for 3 days in hopes of softening it. That worked. When I bit into another one, it was soft, sweet, and delicious. The sour bite had lost it's edge, and i could now enjoy them. If you are not a fan of sour or crunchy, then I would suggest having this as a cereal alternative, baking with them, or just leaving the bag open for a few days.

I can never bring myself to full knock a truly healthy product, and I can't knock this one. It is what it says it is… apples.

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