klyth
07-18-2008, 09:44 AM
Manufacturer: BMore Nutz
Website: www.BMoreNutz.com
Ingredients: Peanuts, potato starch, sugar, flour, peanut oil, corn meal, egg whites, salt, sodium bicarbonate, corn starch, xanthan gum, dehydrated onion and garlic, oleoresin paprika, chili, and soy bean oil.
I received a package in the post today, and I was positively giddy when I looked at the return address and saw “BMore Nutz.” I read about this snack some three and a half months ago on the forums, when the owner of BMore Nutz, Dick Taylor (DickT), was asking some questions about hot peppers, heat indexes and promoting his newest creation, “Nuclear Nutterz.”
I admit that after 14 weeks of wondering, my expectations are about as high as they could be. Typically a kiss of doom for a product review, but I’ll try to stay objective.
The packaging is great. If they were for sale at any market I frequent, I would definitely have purchased them at some point, just to try them. Somewhere between the “CHILI” in bold red type; the happy little chili-apostrophe joyfully floating between the R and Z in a cross-eyed, capsaicin induced euphoria; and the ominous green, glowing background; there is the promise of a wholly satisfying and only marginally unhealthy snack begging to be consumed in combination with a cold lager.
Reading the ingredients, one catches my attention: Oleoresin paprika. Oleoresin? In a snack food? I begin to fear for my life. But then I notice an advert to the right that reads, “The hottest new, not so hot snack in America!” So, maybe they don’t use much oleoresin at all. A thorough examination of the package boasts a chili flavor, without heat. While I typically feel deceived when a product says “CHILI” but doesn’t deliver on the heat, it does say “Mild Flavor” right on the front… I must have missed that in all my excitement… Expectations adjusted accordingly.
Opening the bag, they smell familiar, though I’m not sure why. They’re a little spicy, a little peanutty, a little processed and fake, but in the “I’ve decided to have a snack and I don’t give a damn,” kind of way. They don’t smell as manufactured as most potato chips (presumably because of the nuttiness), but there is that indescribable aroma of “powdered flavoring.” Frankly, they smell great.
The mild Chili Nutterz are, well, mild. No real perceivable heat. Apparently Mr. Chili on the cover isn’t in a capsaicin-induced euphoria after all. More likely, he’s just jazzed to be there. They have a wonderful saltiness about them, without being overwhelming, and they’re super peanutty. I suppose that shouldn’t surprise me – they ARE peanuts! The chili powder is light, but definitely present, and the mix of the chili flavor and the salt is great. The potato-chip-like coating is light and airy, but crunchy, and is just the right texture to blend with the peanuts.
I poured a bowl of these when I was warming up my dinner, and by the time I finished eating, the bowl was mostly gone. Neviah is addicted. I am too. If I had to say something critical about these, it would be that I can't stop eating them. Since they are peanutty, they have that satisfying high-fat content that just makes you feel full rather quickly; but because of the chili powder and flavoring on the potato-chip shell, they’re hard to stop eating! The end result is a VERY big belly. And speaking of bellies, they go GREAT with beer.
Overall: 8/10, simply because the flavor BEGS for heat. I've shared these with a dozen people so far and everyone has loved them!
I’d like to thank DickT and BMore Nutz for providing these samples! There are a few more flavors, and I expect they’ll be just as good - and more reviews will follow!
Website: www.BMoreNutz.com
Ingredients: Peanuts, potato starch, sugar, flour, peanut oil, corn meal, egg whites, salt, sodium bicarbonate, corn starch, xanthan gum, dehydrated onion and garlic, oleoresin paprika, chili, and soy bean oil.
I received a package in the post today, and I was positively giddy when I looked at the return address and saw “BMore Nutz.” I read about this snack some three and a half months ago on the forums, when the owner of BMore Nutz, Dick Taylor (DickT), was asking some questions about hot peppers, heat indexes and promoting his newest creation, “Nuclear Nutterz.”
I admit that after 14 weeks of wondering, my expectations are about as high as they could be. Typically a kiss of doom for a product review, but I’ll try to stay objective.
The packaging is great. If they were for sale at any market I frequent, I would definitely have purchased them at some point, just to try them. Somewhere between the “CHILI” in bold red type; the happy little chili-apostrophe joyfully floating between the R and Z in a cross-eyed, capsaicin induced euphoria; and the ominous green, glowing background; there is the promise of a wholly satisfying and only marginally unhealthy snack begging to be consumed in combination with a cold lager.
Reading the ingredients, one catches my attention: Oleoresin paprika. Oleoresin? In a snack food? I begin to fear for my life. But then I notice an advert to the right that reads, “The hottest new, not so hot snack in America!” So, maybe they don’t use much oleoresin at all. A thorough examination of the package boasts a chili flavor, without heat. While I typically feel deceived when a product says “CHILI” but doesn’t deliver on the heat, it does say “Mild Flavor” right on the front… I must have missed that in all my excitement… Expectations adjusted accordingly.
Opening the bag, they smell familiar, though I’m not sure why. They’re a little spicy, a little peanutty, a little processed and fake, but in the “I’ve decided to have a snack and I don’t give a damn,” kind of way. They don’t smell as manufactured as most potato chips (presumably because of the nuttiness), but there is that indescribable aroma of “powdered flavoring.” Frankly, they smell great.
The mild Chili Nutterz are, well, mild. No real perceivable heat. Apparently Mr. Chili on the cover isn’t in a capsaicin-induced euphoria after all. More likely, he’s just jazzed to be there. They have a wonderful saltiness about them, without being overwhelming, and they’re super peanutty. I suppose that shouldn’t surprise me – they ARE peanuts! The chili powder is light, but definitely present, and the mix of the chili flavor and the salt is great. The potato-chip-like coating is light and airy, but crunchy, and is just the right texture to blend with the peanuts.
I poured a bowl of these when I was warming up my dinner, and by the time I finished eating, the bowl was mostly gone. Neviah is addicted. I am too. If I had to say something critical about these, it would be that I can't stop eating them. Since they are peanutty, they have that satisfying high-fat content that just makes you feel full rather quickly; but because of the chili powder and flavoring on the potato-chip shell, they’re hard to stop eating! The end result is a VERY big belly. And speaking of bellies, they go GREAT with beer.
Overall: 8/10, simply because the flavor BEGS for heat. I've shared these with a dozen people so far and everyone has loved them!
I’d like to thank DickT and BMore Nutz for providing these samples! There are a few more flavors, and I expect they’ll be just as good - and more reviews will follow!