Reinventing Snacks with Quinn Snacks

Max is of the age where he can tell me what he wants to eat, and what he doesn’t want to eat. Our conversations typically go something like this:

“Eggs?”

“No.” (an emphatic one)

“Macaroni and cheese?”

“No.”

“Noodles?”

“No.”

“Well, what do you want?”

“Peanut butter and jelly.”

It’s like, couldn’t you have just said that from the beginning? To his credit he sometimes does, but other times he likes to keep me guessing.

One thing that he is always quick to request recently are pretzels. What an obscure request, one may think, but we have a stockpile of pretzels from Quinn Snacks in our home and basically my boy now knows what quality pretzels taste like. In my quest to provide the best I can to my children, Quinn Snacks checks all the boxes.

First of all, Max was grabbing the pretzels and eating them with a quickness that would normally be reserved for the time when you know the kid on the playground is charging at you to steal your food and so you should shovel as much as you can, as fast as you can. He ate these pretzels for snack at the zoo the other day and did so in such a way that I was left wondering if I had in fact ever fed my kid in the history of his 25 months here on Earth or if it was all just a dream. Complete shovel movement happening from container to mouth. He didn’t even want to put the snack away so he could ride the merry-go-round. That’s how you know he means serious business.

If Max is going to pick a favorite snack, THIS is exactly the kind of snack I don’t mind him having. Here’s why:

1. Quinn Snacks pretzels are non-GMO. Instead, they are made with Ancient Whole Grain. Honestly, you can taste the difference, but in a really wonderful, is this what real pretzels taste like, kind of way. As in, holy crap, these are really good and I feel happy consuming them.
2. These pretzels are also gluten-free, corn free, dairy free and soy free. It is absolutely possible to make a product that tastes great without compromising on these things.
3. You’ll find organics. Most of the ingredients in these pretzels are organic, and when they use organic palm oil, it’s also certified RSPO which means it’s certified to protect the rain forest!!
4. We know where the flour comes from. Quinn Snacks is big on Farm-to-Bag and source ingredients from farmers they get to know. The whole grain sorghum flour in these pretzels, for instance, is from Nu Life Sorghum Growers in Kansas. So they get to know the farmers and then share that information with us, their consumers. I love this so much that I literally got the chills reading about Earl Roemer, the fourth generation farmer behind Nu Life, and his partnership with Quinn. Please check out the details about all their growers and suppliers – it’s truly impressive!

We had the Classic Sea Salt and A Touch of Honey – both are fantastic!

For the non-2 year old crowd, the Quinn Snacks Popcorn Kernels is perfect for you! These pop at home kernels can be done right on the stovetop for an even better snack than the microwaved popcorn you might have been used to. (But, Quinn Snacks also has microwavable popcorn, see below!)

Have you ever just mindlessly consumed a snack? Before you know it, the bag is almost gone and you’re like, wow what happened to the past hour of my life. Well, it’s not that I recommend overeating like this, BUT this popcorn will make you want to, it’s that good.

I spent just a couple of minutes at my stove and before I knew it, I had a bowl of really delicious and simply made popcorn for my evening date with Netflix.

If microwaved popcorn is your jam, Quinn will get you again because their microwave popcorn is yet another impressive snack to come from their company. Time for a breakdown.

1. Flavors galore. Choose from Real Butter & Sea Salt, Vermont Maple Kettle Corn, White Cheddar, Parmesan & Rosemary, and Just Sea Salt.
2. A better popcorn bag. Did you know that those other guys use a bag that’s coated in plastic and chemicals, and filled with hydrogenated oils and artificial flavors? It makes me sick just thinking about it. (See Quinn Snacks’s blog post about the other microwave popcorn bags on the market and what makes them so bad for you.) The Quinn Snacks Pure Pop bag is simply a much, much, much better product. The paper used in the bag is compostable. The bag doesn’t contain any chemicals, plastic or susceptors.
3. Great taste. It comes from using REAL, grass-fed, clarified butter (ghee). It also comes from their process of keeping the ingredient pouch separate from the popcorn kernels. You’ll add the ingredient pouch to the popcorn after it’s been popped so you don’t damage the oils.

A little bit more about Quinn Snacks:

1. Their mission is A++. As in, they are reinventing snacks. They say they are and I actually believe it. I see it, I taste it.
2. Clean ingredients is key. They got rid of GMOs, flavorings (what is “flavorings” anyway, right?), preservatives, and those ingredients you can’t even pronounce – GONE.
3. Quinn Snacks is transparent. They even have a page dedicated to sharing what they are working on. Because what company is perfect and isn’t continuing to improve, right? For example, they are working on making their popcorn bags recyclable.
4. They partner with farmers. I’m not always a fan of big business. It can be scary and untrustworthy, and when it comes to food, I’d always prefer to know the farmers my food is coming from whenever possible! Quinn Snacks has the same philosophy I do – that “transparency is the most powerful force for good in food. When you share where your ingredient comes from, you make food differently, you make it better.”

I’m thrilled that my family can snack on products that are better for you, that care about the environment and the people supplying our food, that wholeheartedly want to change the way snacking is done. You’re already making a difference, Quinn Snacks!

Quinn Snacks graciously provided me with some of their products to review. As always, the wording and opinions in this post are 100% my own and not influenced by a brand/influencer partnership in any way. Thank you for supporting the brands that support The Foodie Patootie!