Justin's Organic Peanut Butter Cup

Hi!

I was introduced to this product by a vlogger I follow on YouTube called missglamorazzi. Mostly her vlog is about beauty products with hair and makeup tips. But she also does monthly favorites which is where I heard about Justin's Organic peanut butter cups. They come in regular and dark chocolate. I believe most health food stores carry them. I found mine at Whole Foods. But there is also a line of organic peanut, almond, and hazelnut butter flavors that I have yet to try and I've seen the peanut and almond butters at Publix with all the other peanut butters.

But enough about that! Let's talk about the dark chocolate peanut butter cup I tried.

Like I said before I found mine at Whole Foods and I believe they cost about $2.50 for two. And there was a bag of them for around $7. I went with the dark chocolate. I usually find milk chocolate too sweet especially with peanut butter. However, the Justin's peanut butter wasn't as sweet as Reece's peanut butter. This isn't a bad thing. By any means. I actually prefer it. But with the bitterness that comes with dark chocolate, I wish it was a tad sweeter. Next time I definitely plan to try the milk chocolate to see if the sweeter chocolate makes a difference.

The cup is the average size of a Reece's cup. And in each package there is almost a cradle like piece of cardboard they sit in so they're not melting together. Also, I should probably share, that I keep mine in the refrigerator. I like them cold. Is that weird?

Here is one of the tasty little cups I ate. It has a nice peanut butter to chocolate ratio, which, let's face it, is VERY important. If there's too much peanut butter, I'm not a fan. But these were pretty nice. They also had a nice crispness to them. I don't know if my chocolate was like that because I kept them in the refrigerator, but if that's the case, I highly recommend it. Because it was awesome and I loved it. 

Bread, Glorious Bread!

Did you sing the title to the melody of "Food, Glorious Food" from Ice Age like I did when writing this? If so, you and I are on the same page my friend. I love bread! Giving up bread was one of the hardest parts of deciding to go gluten free, as well as giving up pasta. I love pasta and bread. You might think my obsession with bread and pasta comes from my heritage. However, we are anything but Italian. No, my family just love carbs.

My first experience with gluten free bread was a nightmare. First, I had to go to the overpriced health food store and pay over $6 for it. Second, it was moldy within 3 days. And, finally, it was awful! I'm sort of happy it molded because it gave me an excuse to throw it away! What was so bad about it? It was so grainy it felt as though I was eating sand. Yep, that's pretty bad.

Thankfully, I did not give up my quest because I found some good bread! Today, I am bringing you Rudi's Gluten Free Multigrain Bread. In addition to multigrain they also offer Original, Cinnamon Raisin, Tortillas & Wraps, Ciabatta rolls, Pizza crust, Buns & Rolls, Stuffing and Cherry Almond Bars.

So how is this bread? It's good. It's bread. You can keep it frozen and toast it anytime you want to make a sandwich or let it thaw out. But let me warn you, if you left it thaw out there are a couple things you must know.

1. It will stale pretty quickly. But, if it does, just toast it. Toasting it takes out the staleness.

2. No frozen gluten free bread will mold quickly because it's not made with enriched flour. Enriched flour in all of it's over processedness does not stale because it's "enriched"

So, would you like to see my sandwich?

Yummy bread! It even has little flecks of grains and seeds just the way I like it. Something about them makes the bread feel more healthy, right?

Since going GF I have switched to the JIF Natural peanut butter with honey. According to Publix it's GF. I know there are more healthy alternatives out there, but, for now, this works!

And here's my yummy lunch. There's just something wholesome about a PB&J. And watermelon and lemonade? Yep, add those to the list of my favorite foods. I just can't get enough, especially when it's getting warm. Nothing like watermelon and lemonade in the Spring/Summer!

What types of GF bread are you enjoying? Is there a GF jam or peanut butter you think I should try? I would love to hear what GF foods you are loving! Until next time!

xoxo,

Mary