Somebody is going to win this!

One of our awesome prize sponsors is Newman's Own Organics. This year, the first runner up will get to choose four items from the Newman's Own Organics line, listed below. And you know, in order to make sure it was going to be a good prize, I had to check it out for myself. They sent me:

Tristan may have been a little excited.

• Salted Pretzel Sticks
• Spelt Pretzels
• Caramel Cups
• Peanut Butter Cups
• Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups
• Dark Chocolate Caramel Cups
• Dehydrated Prunes
• Double Chocolate Chip Cookies
• Vanilla Alphabet Cookies
• Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
• Chocolate Chip Cookies
• Dark Chocolate Bar
• Super Dark Chocolate Bar
• Mocha Milk Chocolate Bar
• Milk Chocolate Bar
• Espresso Dark Chocolate Bar
• Orange Dark Chocolate Bar
• Pomegranate Licorice
• Sour Apple Licorice
• Black Licorice
• Strawberry Licorice
• Ginger Hermits
• Fig Newmans
• Chocolate Creme Newman-O's
• Original Newman-O's
• Ginger 'N Creme Ginger O's
• Peppermints
• Wintergreen Mints
• Cinnamon Mints
• Ginger Mints

My first thought was that most of it was probably going to taste gross, because it's 'healthy'. So, I went for the chocolate first. My sister was over, and I broke chunks off of each of the chocolate bars and we tasted them all. I'm a HUGE dark chocolate fan, and both the Dark Chocolate Bar and Super Dark Chocolate Bar were my favs. My sister liked the Milk Chocolate. I discreetly hid the Peanut Butter and Caramel Cups until she was gone... I wasn't about to share those... lol. 

After dinner, we let the kids do a little sampling. They mostly went for the licorice. The Pomegranate Licorice was an awesome twist on something that's usually pretty ordinary. The Sour Apple ones had that sugar-coating all over them, and made their cheeks pucker.

My favorite thing was the Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies. I' m not usually a fan of oatmeal cookies, but these were delish! I was really surprised that the pretzels, especially the spelt pretzels, tasted so... normal. I was also highly amazed when the kids sat and ripped through the bag of prunes... yes, prunes... in one sitting. They ate them like they were fruit snacks or something.

I heard rave reviews about the Hermits from lots of people, but ginger really isn't my thing so I wasn't a fan. The kids liked them though. And the mints... the cinnamon and ginger ones are SPICY!

If I was the Idol hopeful that was winning the prize pack from Newman's Own Organics, and I had to choose my four items from above, it would be: Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies, Pomegranate Licorice, Chocolate Creme Newman-O's, and one of the chocolate bars.