Pretzel Crisps Delivery

Adrian from Snack Factory Pretzel Crisps delivered a gift bag to me today. Isn't that car adorable?

Bless her heart, Adrian even tried to find Crazy Camel Dessert Hummus in stores for me to eat with the crisps, but it doesn't have wide distribution yet.

Fortunately, I had a jar of Nutella on hand. :-)

Look at all the loot the folks at Pretzel Crisps stuffed in that bag!

9 full size bags

• 2 Original
• 2 Classic
• 2 Supreme
• 1 Tuscan Three Cheese
• 1 Garlic Parmesan 
• 1 Everything

Plus 6 individual snack bags (all Original)

How did I get so lucky?

Yesterday I tweeted about trying dessert hummus at the Boston Vegetarian Food Festival and @PretzelCrisps tweeted back and offered to deliver Pretzel Crisps to my home or work. How cool is that?

What do I think of the crisps?

I ate a serving of Original flavor Pretzel Crisps with Nutella. I enjoyed them very much. The pretzels are pressed flat, like crackers, and are sturdy enough to use for dips, like tortilla chips. Light salt does not overpower the flavor. I will consider using these for entertaining during the holiday season. It's always to convenient to have something in the cupboard that works for either cheese slices or dip.

When I am shopping for Christmas week, I will compare the nutrition of the crisps to that of the graham crackers I usually serve with my tiramisu cheese ball. Maybe I will change things up this year on Christmas Eve.

What do I think of the social media marketing strategy?

I am impressed. Snack Factory is reaching out to people in their own world and bringing them samples on their terms. Snack Factory used something familiar to me, the dessert hummus, to create a conversational bridge to their Pretzel Crisps. As a consequence, I sampled their product in my home with my condiments. Very cool.

Thanks for the Pretzel Crisps delivery, Adrian and Snack Factory. I look forward to sharing your crisps with my friends and family.

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2010 Boston Vegetarian Food Festival

Boston Vegetarian Society booth 10/31/10

I visited the Boston Vegetarian Food Festival on Sunday afternoon. I was very surprised that there was no quinoa booth. I walked the floor three times, tasted dessert hummus, and sipped on hemp milk, but I couldn't find anything with quinoa.

Oh well.

Dessert Hummus

The Crazy Camel Dessert Hummus booth had six different sweet hummus treats. I tasted the pumpkin pie flavored hummus...delicious.

I wondered how to eat dessert hummus when I got home and tried to describe it to my son. I mean, I suppose it is good enough to eat off a spoon, but somehow that seemed a little heavy. I bring a tiramisu cheese ball with graham crackers to my brother's house every Christmas Eve. My son said we can't mess with that tradition, so I suggested perhaps I could serve pumpkin pie hummus with graham crackers on Thanksgiving.
 
However, it turns out there may be a better idea. When I tweeted about my trip to the Boston Vegetarian Food Festival and dessert hummus, @PretzelCrisps tweeted back that Pretzel Crisps go well with dessert hummus and they would like to deliver treats to me. They will be here this afternoon. I am so excited.

Now I need to find dessert hummus to eat with the pretzel crisps delivery.

Boston 10/31/10

Mother Nut's Carob Peppermint Almond Butter Cookies

I tasted the most amazing cookies at the festival. These cookies are moist and chewy and melt-in-your-mouth delicious. I read over the ingredients today and found that quinoa is the second ingredient, so I guess I managed to find some quinoa at the festival after all.

The cookies were created by a mother with a son who needed to eat gluten free has digestive issues and are baked at Vision's Sown in Jamaica Plain, MA.  If I heard correctly, they will start selling these cookies at Fenway Park on November 16. *see Ancient Baker's comment below.

If you get a chance to nosh on these cookies, go for it.

Don't let the carob frighten you. In fact, I think the name of these cookies is misleading. Yes, there is carob, but the chocolate chips overwhelm the carob flavor. And the peppermint is muted, barely discernible. The overall flavor is deep and dark, reminiscent of molasses.


Boston, You're My Home

Eating those cookies reminds me it has been too long since I last had Durgin Park's Indian Pudding. 'Tis the season.

You can see in the photo above just how pretty the city was when we were driving home.

I love that dirty water...

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