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| Ellee’s Gourmet Granolas Fruit and Nuts Lovers and Lemon Cranberry Gluten Free Granola Cookies and Coconut Chocolate Chip Granola Cookies |
Just by looking at Ellee’s Gourmet Granolas and Granola cookies that arrived for this review and giveaway you can almost sense how good they taste through their plastic packaging with all their wholesome ingredients of delectable dried fruits, nuts, seeds, and chocolates. Yet, as I opened one of the bags and got a whiff of their delicious spicing, my nose only confirmed what my eyes already were telling me.
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This small Miami-based company started by husband and wife team, Eric and Ellee Kaplan, developed as a natural result of some of Ellee’s granola baking masterpieces. Before getting incorporated into granolas or their cookies, a mixture of oats, hemp seeds, chia seeds, flax seeds and two varieties of sesame seeds, cured in a mixture of virgin coconut oil and natural raw honey, are slowly baked for the base. The taste of what I sampled I assure you is fresh, free of artificial preservatives and outrageously chalked full of flavor.
The three varieties of Elle’s granolas ($8.99) that I received were the Fruit & Nut Lovers, Orange Blossom and their Tropical Blend choices. Each new one that I tried seemed to tempt me more that it was hard to narrow just one that I preferred overall since each was special in its own right. These were delicious for lunch in my yogurt.
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| Ellee’s Gourmet Granolas: Fuit and Nut Lovers, Tropical Blend and Orange Blossom |
Here’s what made my decision so impossible. Fruit & Nut Lovers Granola was bursting with blueberries, cranberries, cherries, raisins, pecans, walnuts, and almonds. Whereas, their Orange Blossom Granola had cranberries, pecans, and candid orange peel to further elevate that crunchy goodness into something else just as yummy. The Tropical Blend Granola with pineapple, papaya, toasted coconut, cashews, and macadamia nuts became one that you just wanted to keep eating straight out of the bag.
Ellee’s makes regular granola cookies ($6.99) and gluten-free granola cookies ($7.99). I found three bags of their gluten-free granola cookies with The Lemon Cranberry (moist and beautifully accented with lemon and tart cranberry) Espresso Chocolate Chip (chocolate flavor multiplied through its batter and chips) and Fruit & Nut (moist and fruit-laden almost like no fruit was left behind).
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| Ellee’s Gourmet Granolas Espresso Gluten Free Chocolate Chip, Orange Chocolate Chip, and White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Granola Cookies |
There was also three bags of Elles regular granola cookies with their White Macadamia Nut (white chocolate chips and macadamia nuts), Orange Chocolate Chip and Coconut Chocolate Chip granola cookies.
Besides what I described here, Ellee’s Gourmet Granolas has a lot of other appealing varieties of both their regular and gluten-free granola cookies that you should check out for yourself, family or to give as gifts. Give Dad something he’ll be sure to love this Father’s Day like a box from Ellee’s!
Thanks to Ellee’s Gourmet Granolas, five lucky Nuts 4 Stuff readers in the continental United States will win their choice of two bags of granola and two bags of gluten-free or regular granola cookies ($43 value) for a total prize package of ($215 total value)!
Giveaway details and how to enter–
Prize: Five (5) winners from the continental USA will each receive their choice of two bags of Ellee’s Gourmet Granolas and two bags of their regular granola or gluten-free granola cookies ($43 ) for a $215 total prize value!
Dates of entry: 05/17/16–06/03/16 at 11:59 PM Eastern Standard Time
Eligibility: Open to continental USA. The winner will need to respond to my email with name and shipping address within 48-hours or another winner will be picked.
How to Enter: Please use the Rafflecopter widget if it works. You can also enter by clicking this link or try to enter using another browser. You can return daily and log in to enter.
For those who have eliminated gluten from their diets, ellee’s granolas and gluten free cookies provide an unequaled taste treat. This is great since my son suffers from Celiacs disease.
Parents have found ellee’s cookies as a sneaky way to introduce healthy into their children’s’ diets.
Fruit & Nut Lovers Tropical Blend granolasOatmeal Raisin White Chocolate Macadamia Nut cookies
I learned that they make gluten free cookies as well. They are healthy and taste great!tina m – misspolonia93@aol.com
Most people cannot tell the difference between her wheat flour cookies and the gluten free. (watch this space, she is perfecting a gluten free, dairy free, vegan cookie that will blow your mind).
I'd love to try their Orange Blossom & Tropical Blend Granolas. And also their Oatmeal Raisin and Chocolate Chip cookies!
Most people cannot tell the difference between her wheat flour cookies and the gluten free.
I learned that Ellee has been making granola for over 30 years, starting with making a nutritious food for her sick mother. I guess Ellee knows what she's doing! 🙂
I want to try the Fruit & Nut Lovers granola as I love all nuts and fruits! The Tropical Blend also sounds interesting. I love coconut and am looking forward to trying dried papaya! The granola cookies are more challenging to find two I want to try as I want one of each!! I think I'd choose coconut chocolate chip and lemon cranberry. I'll have to beat my family off with a stick if I want to eat these myself! 😉
I learned that she cures her food in honey and coconut oil!
I learned that they are certified vegan.
I would love fruit lovers and tropical blend, along with oatmeal raisin and chocolate chip.
I learned that all sweetness is derived from natural, raw honey that doubles as a preservative to keep your granola fresh for up to a year
i love the fact the sweetness comes from honey. id love to try the fruit lovers and tropical blend!
I learned they have monthly promotions.
I learned that "Ellee’s granola features generous helpings of a variety of dried fruits and her famous caramelized nuts."
I would choose Fruit & Nut Lovers and Orange Blossom Granolas and Lemon Cranberry and Oatmeal Raisin Cookies.
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If I won, I would choose the Fruit & Nut Lovers and Tropical Blend granolas. I would also choose the Espresso Chocolate Chip and White Chocolate Macadamia Nut cookies.abfantom at yahoo dot com
I learned it's gluten free and there's no artificial preservatives
I learned that they use caramelized nuts!
Elle's granola base is cured in a mix of honey and coconut oil.
I would let my husband pick the flavors.
I would like the fruit and nut lovers for granola and chocolate chip and oatmeal raisin for the cookies.
I learned that they are vegan.
I learned Ellee's homemade granola is completely gluten-free, dairy-free, kosher, and vegan. And it looks yummy
I learned that by using just enough cookie dough to make it all stick together, ellee produces a cookie that is both soft and chewy and slightly crunchy.
I learned there are no artificial preservatives.
I would choose the fruit & nut lovers granola and the tropical blend granola as well as the oatmeal raisin and white chocolate macadamia nut cookies.
I learned they've been in business since 2009.
For Granola's, I would choose Orange Blossom and Fruit & Nut Lovers. For Granola Cookies, Lemon Cranberry and Coconut Chocolate Chip.
They are gluten free and slow cooked!
Coconut Chocolate Chip and the White chocolate!
I didn`t know they were cured!
I learned that all sweetness is from natural, raw honey!
I would choose the Fruit & Nut Lovers and Tropical Blend granolas, and Chocolate Chip and White Chocolate Macadamia Nut cookies.
I learned that they use garbanzo bean flour and certified gluten free oats in their cookies!
I learned that they also make granola cookies.
Ellee founded the company with her husband.
I learned from the website that the sweetness is derived from natural, raw honey that doubles as a preservative to keep their granola fresh for up to a year.twinkle at optonline dot net
The flavors that I would choose are: Tropical Blend and Orange Blossom Granola and Coconut Chocolate Chip and Espresso Chocolate Chip cookies.twinkle at optonline dot net
I also like and learned that these products are vegan and that is wonderful since my daughter is vegan!twinkle at optonline dot net
It has 5 different seeds.
Raw honey!
I learned that for those who have eliminated gluten from their diets, ellee’s granolas and gluten free cookies provide an unequaled taste treat.
I Would Love To Try The Tropical Blend granolas.
I learned that all sweetness is from natural raw honey.
I learned that they make Orange Blossom granola, which I've never come across and which I'd like to try. I like granola on my yogurt.
I learned that they use natural granola products using only the finest ingredients and no artificial preservatives.
I would choose fruit and nut lover's and tropical blend granolas and white chocolate macadamia nut and coconut chocolate chip granola cookies.- sheila ressel
ellee's gluten free, dairy free, vegan cookie starts with her amazing gluten free and removes all of the dairy products making it both dairy free and vegan
I would choose the Fruit & Nut Lovers and Tropical Blend granola..and I would choose the White Chocolate Macadamia Nut and oatmeal raisin cookies 🙂
I learned that they use only the finest ingredients and no artificial preservatives.Laurie Emersonlauraemerson17 at yahoo dot com
cured in natural honey and virgin coconut oil
I learned that she only uses natural honey as a sweetener, no sugar.
I learned that she adds a variety of fruits, nuts and Ghirardelli chocolates as ingredients and the right amount of cookie dough to make it stick together.
I would love to try the Fruit & Nut Lovers and the Tropical Blend flavors of Ellee’s Gourmet Granolas and Cookies first and foremost.Jerry Marquardt
I learned all of the cookies are available as regular, gluten free or gluten free dairy free vegan.
I would choose the Tropical Blend and Orange Blossom Granola and the Coconut Chocolate Chip and Oatmeal Raisin Cookies.