Try it – I tried Honest Foods – and you can too! (giveaway alert!)

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A few weeks ago, I received a sampling of product offerings from Honest Foods. Right away, I knew these would be phenomenal. The Mister always tells me I’m a marketer’s dream (I’m one of the losers who is persuaded by infomercials — I wish I was kidding!), but I’m a sucker for pretty packaging – I guess I haven’t learned that you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover!
 
No worries though, this ‘cover’ didn’t disappoint! As soon as I opened the box, I knew I was in for a treat. The packaging is fun and simple and ‘honest’ly made me believe that the contents inside were delicious! I guess you can say that Honest Foods had me at ‘hello’ ;)
 

As expressed on the company’s Web site, “from the moment you open the package to your very last bite, you can see, taste and smell that Honest Foods are different. Full of rich flavors and amazing aromas, with lots of whole nuts, fruit and other goodies that you can actually see, Honest Foods are a feast for the senses. Not only does food taste better when you use whole ingredients, it keeps you feeling full longer. We source organic ingredients whenever possible, and most importantly, we leave them whole-we don’t macerate, extrude or otherwise mush them to a pulp.”

Here’s on of my favorite tid-bit: Honest foods are made in small batches and baked in real baking trays. They’re minimally processed-which is why you’ll sometimes notice that you’ll get a big chunk of nuts on one side of your plank and a big chunk of oats on the other. We don’t use spray on vitamins, or soy protein powders, we just let the ingredients be themselves. – How awesome is that?! One more point for Honest Foods!

OK, Honest Foods, so you look pretty and I like your overall philosophy, but talk is cheap and a pretty face only gets you so far. How will you stand up to my taste buds?

First, I decided to put the planks to the test. Taking the lead from Kath – who always makes everything look so scrumptious (seriously, this girl could put rabbit turds on her oatmeal and I’d want bite) — I decided to top my signature pumpkin oatmeal with 1/4 of the maple almond crunch plank.

How was it you ask? Chewy, flavorful, wholesome, crunchy and sweet (but not too sweet). Basically, I wished I had taken this to the face crumbled the entire bar in my oats. And THAT is where we get to my only complaint: the bar is a bit calorie-dense, so I actually have to be careful with how much I eat — and I HATE being careful!

I love that the plank allows you to control how chunky and clustery your granola is. I mean, everyone knows the best part of the granola is the clusters, right? Well, get this — with Honest Foods planks, you can get clusters in every bite!

Honest Planks

Honest Planks

Honest Oatmeal

Honest Oatmeal

Close up on clustery goodness ;)

Close up on clustery goodness ;)

And almond butter fans — you’ll like knowing that Honest Foods bars “are baked with almond butter for an unbelievably moist, delicious and heart healthy snack that is never dry!”

Lemme tell ya — these bars are pretty amazing. They taste like a square shaped oatmeal cookie! So moist and very dense, these definitely keep your hunger at bay!

Honest Foods bars

Honest Foods bars

For those of you who love clustery granola (who doesn’t?) and go-to healthy snacks, Honest Foods products are available on the company’s online store.

But I’ll show my nice side and share some of my wealth with one of you!

Just leave a comment letting me know which of the following bars you’d like to try:

apple ginger
almond trail mix
cran lemon zest

I’ll select one random winner and send you the bar of your choice!

Contest ends Thursday at midnight. GOOD LUCK ;) For an extra entry, link back to the contest on your blog (just let me know you did in the comments). If you don’t have a blog, just let your friends know about thedailybalance.com ;)

Are you a sucker for pretty packaging, too? Or am I the only loser?

52 Responses to “Try it – I tried Honest Foods – and you can too! (giveaway alert!)”

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  1. Michele P. said:

    I’d love to try the Almond trail mix flavor, it looks delicious and I love granola on top of my plain yogurt!

    micaela6955 at msn dot com

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  2. Priyanka said:

    I would love to try Apple ginger, sounds like a fun combination to me!

    Talk about packaging, anyone can fool me with fancy stuff on the outside!

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  3. rychelle said:

    pretty packaging gets me EVERY TIME!

    almond trail mix sounds delicious. :)

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  4. Mary said:

    Yum, these sound delish! I’m going to have to keep an eye out next time I’m grocery shopping. They all sound awesome, but for choosiness sake, I’ll say cran lemon zest :)

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  5. Anais said:

    I think the apple ginger would get my vote. Apple and granola were always meant to be together…:)

    I also judge a book by its cover, but it usually doesn’t disappoint me!!! There have been a few exceptions but usually it works :)

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  6. K said:

    Almond trail mix sounds fantastic! Packaging definitely draws my attention – if things look cuter, I’m more interested in what the product is.

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  7. Ashley said:

    ALmond trail mix!! oh man, i loveee package design. I did some during college and I loveeddd it! :) its my fav part of graphic design!

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  8. Kristen said:

    I would like to try the almond trail mix yum! I would put it on top of vanilla yogurt!

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  9. sue said:

    mmm the cran lemon zest sounds good! i’m a sucker for pretty packaging!

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  10. Mizz Independent said:

    Cran Lemon Zest sounds like an interesting flavor. I want to try that one!

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  11. Cristina said:

    I’d love to try the cran lemon zest – and thank you for your random act of kindness :-) How cool :-)

    I’ll RT you – not so much for the granola bar prize but because I believe you’re doing a great thing by spreading the word about food that is better for us all. Thank you :-)

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  12. Andrea@WellnessNotes said:

    I love pretty packaging… :)

    All the bars sound great; I am most curious about the cran lemon zest bar and would love to try it! :)

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  13. Danielle said:

    MMMM… I LOVED the bar that you sent me, I’m not sure what flavor it was I think maybe it was the almond one…. anyways it was definitaly delish! I was actually going to try to order some of them. Thanks for the website, now I don’t have to scour the web. I would love to try the cran lemon zest. Thanks Shannon
    Danielle

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  14. mindy said:

    the almond trail mix thanks for the giveaway

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  15. MRS.MOMMYY said:

    apple ginger looks yummy

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  16. Emmy said:

    Almond trail mix would be amazing!

    Thanks girlie.

    -E

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  17. Sandra K321 said:

    I would like to try the cran lemon zest. Thanks.

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  18. Kelly Ann T. said:

    I would like to try the almond trail mix. Almonds are my favorite nuts besides my family members.

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  19. Carol said:

    Almond Trail Mix, but I’d really like all three!

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  20. Michelle said:

    almond trail mix sounds AWESOME!!!!

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  21. JohannaB said:

    They all look tasty but I’ll go for the Almond Trail Mix bar.

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  22. michele said:

    almond trail mix sounds really good but, I wouldn’t mind trying either one of them!

    Thank you for the giveaway

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  23. Catie said:

    i definitely would want to try the apple ginger! thanks for the giveaway:)

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  24. AmandaK said:

    I would love to try the apple ginger!

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  25. Mary Ward said:

    The apple ginger sounds so yummy!

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  26. Danielle J said:

    almond trail mix!

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  27. Jessica Gugel said:

    I’d love to try the almond trail mix. I absolutely adore almonds and everything almond flavored. Thanks for the great contest.
    gugel98atgmaildotcom

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  28. Jessica Gugel said:

    I don’t have a blog, working on getting it up, but I did email my mom and sisters about your blog and this giveaway in particular.
    gugel98atgmaildotcom

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  29. kim v said:

    I would like to try the Almond Trail mix.
    Thanks for the giveaway!
    Kimspam66(at)yahoo(dot)com

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  30. Hillary Fairchild said:

    I would love to try the almond trail mix. My mouth is already watering. Thanks so much for the delicious contest!

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  31. Elina said:

    I’d want to try the almond trail mix bar. Thanks for sharing your wealth with us :)

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  32. wendy wallach said:

    would like to try the apple giner.

    madamerkf at aol dot com

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  33. clare said:

    I’m having a mini love affair with all things ginger right now, so I’d pick the apple ginger.

    Thanks for the great giveaway!

    Oh, and I totally fall for all the gimicky info-mercials, too :)

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  34. briana said:

    Hi I don’t have a blog, but would love to try apple ginger in my oats yum!

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  35. monica said:

    All three look good!!!

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  36. Amandamoo said:

    Pick me! I would love to try to Apple Ginger! Mmmmm…

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  37. Linda said:

    I’m all for the cran lemon zest! And like you, I totally have a weakness for pretty packaging, and buying things that my friends recommend or that I’ve heard is amazing. I’m usually the friend who will buy everything when we’re out shopping.

    I posted about your giveaway here:
    http://onescoopatatime.blogspot.com/2009/05/checking-out-urban-detox-drink.html

    Thanks for sharing!

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  38. Belinda said:

    The almond trail mix sounds wonderful. Thanks!

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  39. Pamela Simon said:

    I’d like to enter to win the cran lemon zest, but any of the three would be fine with me. Why am I thinking about a fattening pie when I see the words cran lemon zest?

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  40. healthy ashley said:

    I want to try the almond trail mix! (I love their packaging, too!)

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  41. susan said:

    Oh the cran lemon zest is just up my alley I would love to try it.. mmm

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  42. Sharold said:

    These sound so good. The name of the company is great. I would love the almond trial mix.

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  43. Laura T said:

    I am always reading everyone’s rave reviews of the Honest Foods plank bars and would love to try them, especially the Apple Ginger.

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  45. Nicole D. said:

    The Cran Lemon Zest sounds great! I love lemon!

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  46. JW said:

    I’d like to try the almond trail mix!

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  47. Missy Maintains said:

    I would love to try the apple ginger!

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  48. Sharon A said:

    I’d like to try the cran lemon zest, it sounds refreshing.

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  50. Michelle said:

    I’d love to try almond trail mix!!!

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