Taste test + Blue Diamond Almonds giveaway
[This post is sponsored by Blue Diamond Almonds. Read on for my top three flavor picks and an awesome giveaway opportunity]
Blue Diamond kindly sent a box of their flavored almonds for the Pilot and I to try in our own taste test. It was almond Christmas at our house!
I was already familiar with many of the flavors, but I was excited to enjoy them again along with new-to-me flavors. As much as I love the fruit and coffee-flavored almonds, I tend to roll with the bold and spicy. I’ve been known to destroy entire cans of the Salt & Vinegar flavor; especially while I was pregnant 😉 Lately, I’ve really fallen in love with the Honey Dijon, which is slightly sweet and gloriously savory. I gave all of the flavors another try, and it took a while (and multiple trips to re-test, haha) to come up with my favorites.
My top three picks:
(salt n’ vinegar, honey dijon and wasabi soy sauce)
and the Pilot’s faves:
(It wasn’t skewed at all… especially when I said, “Honey, come try these almonds” while eating directly out of the Honey Dijon can.)
True love.
Almonds are one of my healthy snack staples. I add them to my salads, homemade trail mix, and also use almond meal in many of my baked goodies (If you haven’t tried almond meal, it’s a fun to experiment with the gluten-free option! The baked goodies end up more dense, but are wonderfully filling). Not only are almonds extremely portable and healthy, but they also make ideal fuel for an active lifestyle.
This year, Blue Diamond Almonds are the official snack nut of the USSA (which includes the U.S. Ski Team, U.S. Snowboarding and U.S. Freeskiing) in the Winter Games. Leading up to the Games, winter athletes have been enjoying these almond snacks as part of their fuel. They have nutrient-dense meal plans and dishes created for them by Allen Tran, MS, RD and USSA High Performance Chef.
“Nutrition is a key component of our athletes’ high performance training program. Our snowboarders and skiers must sustain their energy for long, exhilarating workouts and competition,” said Tran. “Blue Diamond Snack Almonds are ideal snacks for our athletes because they are high in protein and rich in fiber which helps them maintain their energy levels.”
As a healthy snack, Blue Diamond Snack Almonds are being offered at the USSA Center of Excellence training facility and kitchen in Park City, UT, where hundreds of U.S. winter athletes are preparing for the upcoming Games.
“The USSA’s athletes are driven to be the very best skiers and snowboarders in the world,” said John O’Shaughnessy , General Manager of Consumer Foods Division, Blue Diamond Growers. “We are proud to support these U.S. athletes with foods that help them to maintain a performance-enhancing diet as they prepare for global competition.”
Recently, they had a taste test featuring the Blue Diamond flavors. You can check out the video below:
Their top three picks:
Salt n’ vinegar, wasabi soy sauce and habanero BBQ!
Now, it’s giveaway time 🙂
One lucky reader will get the chance to have their very own snack supply of Blue Diamond almonds. The winner will receive twelve (12) 6oz cans, six (6) 8oz jars or six (6) 4oz bags) in their flavor of choice. (Size depends on flavor that is chosen)
Here’s how to enter:
This post is sponsored by Blue Diamond Almonds. Our nation’s best athletes can be even better with your support. Send your words of inspiration to the U.S. Ski Team and U.S. Snowboarding via the “Inspire Team USA” sweepstakes and you could win a $2000 winter gear gift card and a Blue Diamond Almonds Viewing Kit.
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Salt and vinegar!
I didn’t know they made salt and vinegar almonds. That just took my life to a whole new place 🙂 (I’d try those!)
I love the smokehouse but salt & vinegar sounds amazing, I’ll have to try!
honey dijon
I love almonds, but I’ve never tried almonds flavored like this before – I think I’d like the wasabi soy the best!
I would love to try the lime n chili!
honey dijon looks tasty!!
The honey dijon looks tasty!!
I would love to win the Blue Diamond Almonds; I just tried flavored almonds for the first time last month and I loved the blueberry flavor. Would love to try more of their varieties!
The oven roasted chocolate always looks so good at the store!
I would love jalapeno smokehouse! I love smoky flavor and all things spicy!
The salt and vinegar sound great!
the coffee chocolate sounds good, even though I’m not a huge coffee fan. if they had a plain chocolate that would be divine. i also love the salted smokehouse almonds! 🙂
I have to agree with you the Honey Dijon are my favorite too, and the Wasabi Soy. I haven’t tried any of the other Bold flavors but would love to win this giveaway. I also love the Toasted Coconut! Mmm good & healthy!
The honey dijon ones sound awesome but if I had to catch almonds like that I’d probably knock a tooth out haha!
Salt and vinegar almonds are a godsend… I mean yeah, I always have to count them out then put the can away so I don’t end up polishing off the whole thing, but WOW have they stopped me from reaching for that bag of chips. Love love love!
Honey dijon!
I’d love the wasabi soy or haberno BBQ
The honey dijon flavor reminds me of the addicting honey mustard pretzel nuggets I loved as a kid!
The honey dijon sounds amazing! I love honey mustard pretzels and I love almonds soo….:)
I’d love to try wasabi.
probably salt n vinegar!
COFFEE ALMONDS???? I have to try those!
I have to try the salt and vinegar!
I love the wasabi!
I think I would like the honey dijon the most!
I would like the Honey Dijon Flavor.
the caramel macchiato are my favorite!
honey dijon!
COFFEE! but so many of them sound so good!
I want to try the salt and vinegar ones, I actually picked up those honey mustard ones at the grocery store a couple weeks ago and they were definitely tasty 🙂
Mmm…Wasabi soy sauce!!
Jalepeno Smokehouse sounds delicious! I lurrvve the Salt n’ vinegar! Great giveaway : )
Salt and vinegar!!
Definitely honey Dijon!
I love all things wasabi!
Salt and vinegar sounds great!
I love almonds! Especially on oats and in trail mix!!
Honey dijon!
I like the wasabi flavor already and think the honey dijon sounds fantastic!
Almonds are the BEST snack!
i would like to try the salt and vinegar
We love the Smokehouse flavor at our house!
Honey Dijon!
I love almonds & I had no idea that they have flavors now. I must try these! Great review!!!
I looove honey dijon! WHY doesn’t my grocery store carry these?? That’s what I’d like to try the most 🙂
Honey dijon sounds sooo good!
I want to try all the flavors but I think the Habanero BBQ sounds amazing!
I haven’t spotted the honey dijion yet so i would love to try those! Sounds delicious.
Yum! Honey Dijon sounds delish 🙂