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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The salt and vinegar sounds delicious!
Yum! So jealous you got to try them all!
I currently love toasted coconut!
They all sound amazing!! Def want to try the BBQ and salt& vinegar!
I would love to try one of the fruit flavors, especially the blueberry!
I’d love to try some of these almonds!
I’ve tried the wasabi ones and love them!! Would love to try Salt ‘n Vinegar… Sounds like a much healthier option to my beloved Poor Brothers salt & vinegar chips!
I’m obsessed with all things vinegar, so I’d love to win a supply of the Salt ‘n Vinegar flavored almonds!
coffee flavored almonds sound delicious!
I love almonds, especially since the flavors are becoming more varied (like chips, but healthier!). I’m also more into savory/salty than sweet almond flavors.
I’d love to try the wasabi ones! YUM
Almonds are my favorite to go snack!! Never even heard of the salt and vinegar ones but definitely want to check them out now!
Salt and vinegar sound amazing!
I would love to try the fruity and sweet flavors!
Salt and vinegar are delicious but I’d love to try the mocha flavor!
Salt n vinegar for sure! Yummmmm
The Jalapeno Smokehouse sounds really good.
I always love the wasabi flavor and the seasonal pumpkin spice. My new favorites are the blueberry and coconut. I would love to win these almonds!
salt n vinegar!
I’d love to try the coffee/mocha ones!
Salt and vinegar and the coffee ones!
I love every flavor especially the wasabi soy sauce!
Salt n vinegar
Salt and Vinegar would be my favorite flavor!
Don’t they have a yummy coconut flavor? Salt n vinegar or mocha sound deeeelightful!!!
I love the seasonal pumpkin spice almonds and just the plain sea salt. The honey Dijon would be the ones I would most like of the flavors I haven’t tried….
I love the Wasabi flavor!
I think I would love the salt and vinegar!
The wasabi almonds are AMAZING
Salt & vinegar are my favorite!!
I would love the honey dijon!
I love everything salt and vinegar!
I don’t even know all the flavors they have, but I’m willing to get salt and vinegar or honey dijon would be my faves!
Honey Dijon!
I had no idea almonds had so many flavours!
I think I’d like the Wasabi and Soy Sauce ones, but I’d also love to try the Honey Dijon flavor.
Toasted coconut sounds yum
I love salt and vinegar chips, so I’d love to try almonds in that flavor!
I always have the low sodium ones in my car in case I get the munchies and toasted coconut in the home. I just yesterday picked up the coffee roasted ones and am excited to try them!
Is there a chocolate flavor?? 🙂 Haha!!! I would go with salt and vinegar if there is no chocolate!
salt and vinegar almonds sound so gooooood!!
decisions, decisions! I would have to go with the wasabi soy sauce, though toasted coconut sounds pretty amazing!
I would love to try the coffee flavored almonds!
The wasabi flavor sound amazing!!
Honey dijon sounds great!
I’m not a big almond fan, unless its my almond milk lol. I would love to try the salt and vinegar maybe the flavored ones I might like more then plain almonds. When you use the almond meal does it have a strong almond taste I’m going to try going gluten free to see if it helps my crohn’s disease.
I am obsessed with mustard so I’m sure I would love the honey dijon flavor. They all sound amazing though. I will have to hide them from myself if I win.
Dijon mustard sounds good!
salt n vinegar!!! And I just saw blueberry??!!! Must.try!!!
Honey dijon for the savory and blueberry for sweet!
It’s a tie between salt n’ vinegar and wasabi!