If you’re looking for something that’ll give you energy and nutrition, we’ve got just the thing. Our 100 percent raw, sprouted superfood cereals pack the good stuff into tasty, crunchy mouthfuls of deliciousness. The best part? All varieties are 15 percent off right now! You’ve got to snag ‘em soon, though. This limited-time offer will be up in just a few days!

Our four varieties of superfood cereal each have their own group of fans, and we can see why. They offer unique flavors and quality ingredients that are sure to please even the pickiest diner. The cereals are also certified gluten-free, making them friendly for those with gluten-sensitive digestive tracts

Acai blueberry superfood cereal is perfect for people who crave color in their diet. The grain-free cereal is packed with blueberries, elderberries, bilberries, camu camu and alma. It also contain acai for super antioxidant power.

Chia ginger superfood cereal is a supergrain-packed powerhouse, with chia seeds, quinoa and amaranth. Ginger lovers will adore the cereal’s spice, and its slightly sweet flavor from raw honey and hawthorn berries really makes it as delicious as it is healthful.

Hemp and greens superfood cereal is a newer addition to our product line, but it already has oodles of fans. The cereal pairs sprouted buckwheat with the protein of chlorella and spirulina, and spinach, dandelion, and alfalfa give it extra green goodness. The addition of bananas, raw honey and golden raisins makes this cereal slightly sweet without being overwhelming.

Cacao crunch superfood cereal may look like some of your childhood favorites, but don’t confuse it with sugary creations found in stores. This crunchy buckwheat cereal is coated with raw cacao, and is rich in the antioxidants and magnesium that can help strengthen your brain.

What’s your favorite superfood cereal?

We try to enjoy nutrition-packed chia seeds every day by adding them to beverages, sprinkling them on cereal or yogurt, or just chomping on them by the teaspoonful. But did you know that chia seeds are also completely sproutable? The process for sprouting chia seeds is just a bit different than sprouting other seeds and grains, but the result is tiny, tender greens that are great on salads and sandwiches.

Before you begin, you’ll need to pick up a few supplies. You’ll need two shallow clay dishes (the type you put beneath potted plants) as well as a spray bottle and a cloth growing medium.

Because a slippery gel forms around chia seeds when you soak them, you have to be careful not to get them too wet while you’re growing them. It’s best to place them on a damp growing surface made of cheesecloth or hemp as opposed to directly in water.

Place one of the dishes right-side up on a flat surface and cut the growing medium to fit flat in the bottom of the dish. Soak the cloth and wring it out so it’s moist and spread it out in the dish. Spread several teaspoons of chia seeds around on the cloth so that there’s a bit of space surrounding each seed. Place the pan in a warm spot that gets pretty regular direct sunlight, such as in front of a window.

After about 24 hours, you should notice that some of the seeds have burst open. Fill a spray bottle with cool water and spritz the seeds with a small amount of water to keep them moist. Do this once a day, preferably in the morning.

For a few hours each day, cover the seeds by inverting the second clay dish over the first. If the dish has a hole drilled in the center, cover it with duct tape. This creates a greenhouse effect in the container, which helps the chia seeds sprout more quickly.

After about a week, the chia seed sprouts will be nearly an inch tall, with bright green tips and willowy white stems. Snip them away from the roots with a sharp knife, rinse them off and consume them immediately. These slightly spicy greens are yet another delicious, nutritious way to reap the benefits of chia!

Want to see a step-by-step outline of the process with pictures? This blog post at The Happy Raw Kitchen offers an exceptional look at sprouting chia seeds (as well as some absolutely gorgeous photos). Give it a shot, and tell us how it turns out!

National Milk Chocolate Day always falls on July 28. Hey, that’s today! Smooth, creamy milk chocolate is one of our very favorite sweets because we think it goes well with just about anything. It’s true! We offer some unique chocolate-dipped treats that are truly delicious if you give ‘em a chance.

Chocolate covered potato chips are one of the most unique offerings we have at NutsOnline. They’re the perfect combination of sweet and salty, much like our famous chocolate covered pretzels.

For those who like their sweets dipped in sweets, we have milk chocolate gummy bears, chocolate animal crackers and chocolate covered vanilla sandwich cookies. All these treats are designed to please your sweet tooth. Additionally, our bright, candy-coated chocolate covered sunflower seeds are an ever-popular item with customers and NutsOnline employees.

If you prefer your chocolate in bar form, we have some products that fit the bill. For fans of gourmet fare, we offer Godiva Milk Chocolate Bars. If your tastes run a bit wackier, the Wonka Scrumdiddlyumptious Chocolate Bar is definitely for you! This rich milk chocolate bar is packed with toffee, crunch and roasted peanuts.

Of course, those of you who are in love with the classics won’t want to miss some of our most timeless chocolates. Our smooth, creamy milk chocolate fudge is always a favorite, especially among those who prefer their fudge to be a bit more mellow. Sweet mini peanut butter cups are the perfect size to snack on, and mini milk chocolate peanut butter buckeyes are delicious (not to mention a fabulous gift for Ohio State fans)! Milk chocolate graham crackers are best topped with toasted marshmallows. Instant smore!

What are some of your favorite milk chocolate treats?

How sweet it is to be National Ice Cream Day! Whether you love traditional ice cream or are more of a soft-serve or frozen-yogurt kinda person, we have the toppings that’ll make you flip. In fact, we offer so many that it can be tough to make up your mind! Here’s a list of our top five favorite ice cream toppings, just in case you’re looking for a way to make this day extra-special!

1)      Mochi rice cakes: These soft, chewy rice cakes pair smashingly with frozen desserts, and are especially popular in the frozen yogurt crowd. Choose from original mochi rice cakes, rainbow mochi rice cakes or black sesame mochi rice cakes to give your ice cream a gourmet Asian touch!

2)      Baking chips: We offer a wide variety of baking chips that beautifully complement all flavors of ice cream. If you’re having trouble deciding, we highly recommend giving some of our more unique varieties a whirl! Our ice cream chips are a perfect sundae topping, and rainbow candy coated chocolate chips will give your dessert some pizzazz. If you love all flavors, try the assorted chocolate chips. This mixture of milk chocolate, dark chocolate, raspberry chocolate, white chocolate and peanut butter chips will never do ya wrong!

3)      Nuts: What can we say? We are nuts for nuts here at NutsOnline! In our opinion, some of the best nuts to use on top of ice cream include macadamia nut pieces, black walnuts and roasted pistachios.

4)      Sweets: Oh yes, we know ice cream already has plenty of sugar. But once-in-awhile, we like to dress it up with a sweet surprise. Try crushed Hydrox cookies, mini M&M’s and Skor bits to give your treat an authentic, ice-cream-parlor touch.

5)      Granola: This one may surprise you, but granola isn’t just for breakfast! It makes a surprisingly delicious topping on vanilla ice cream and frozen yogurt. Some of our favorites include organic banana crunch granola and vanilla light and crunchy granola.

What are some of your favorite ice cream toppings? Whatever they are, we know they’re just fabulous! Have fun and help yourself to some cooling ice cream on this steamy July day!

There are a few food holidays we love so much that we just can’t wait for them to roll around. Today, we’re in luck! It’s National Pecan Pie Day. Sweet, rich pecan pie is one of our favorite nutty desserts, and we just can’t wait to help ourselves to a warm wedge topped with vanilla ice cream. Yummy!

When we make homemade pecan pies, we love unusual variations just as much as the sinfully delicious original. If you’re a purist, we recommend the tried-and-true Karo Syrup recipe for classic pecan pie. However, if you have an adventurous streak, you can’t go wrong with celebrity chef Paula Deen’s sinfully rich chocolate pecan pie. We love them both equally, and often find ourselves having to toss a coin to decide between the two (or just making double the pie we originally intended).

Whether you decide to stick with a tried-and-true classic recipe or stray a bit from the original formula, we’ve got the pecans that can make your pie the most delicious! Our fresh, sweet Georgia pecans are the finest pecan halves for baking. If you prefer to go the organic route, give our huge organic pecans a whirl.

If you aren’t much of a baker or just don’t feel like heating up your kitchen on a warm July day, we’ve also got your back. Our Oh My! Pecan Pie, made with our premium pecans and a gooey sweet center, is out of this world. The pies, which can be served warm or at room temperature, are baked in small batches and speedily shipped to ensure they arrive fresh and ready to enjoy. If you want to hang onto your fully cooked 6-inch pie for a special occasion, go right ahead! They stay fresh at room temperature for two weeks, and in the freezer for three months.

No matter how you choose to procure your pecan pie, we hope you’ll join us by digging into a slice of this amazing treat. You won’t be sorry!

Popcorn is the perfect crisp, crunchy treat for family movie nights, afternoon snacks and more. We’re just wild about it! So wild, in fact, that we offer quite a few varieties of wholesome popcorn kernels for your munching pleasure.

To start, we’ve just added organic popcorn kernels to our product line. These all-natural, organic, fresh unpopped popcorn kernels from the Midwest have a purity of flavor that’s sure to punch up your usual snack.

We also offer a wide range of non-organic kernels, such as regular popcorn kernels (perfect for movie theater-style treats) and fluffy white popcorn kernels. If you want something a bit more unusual, be sure to check out our blue popcorn kernels, red popcorn kernels and midnight blue popcorn kernels. Though these all-natural varieties of popcorn are vibrantly colored in their unpopped state, once popped they burst into bright white mounds of fluffy kernels.

Our specialty line of popcorn doesn’t stop there! Ladyfinger popcorn kernels pop up much smaller than most mainstream kernels. Mushroom popcorn kernels burst into huge, beautifully fluffy mushroom shapes.

Making popcorn is a breeze. All of our kernels are suited to use in an air popper or popcorn machine. However, all you really need to make a heaping bowl of crunchy, delicious popcorn is a large pot with a tight-fitting lid, some oil and some seasonings.

Coat the bottom of the pot with a layer of canola oil, vegetable oil or any other oil that has a high smoke point. Heat the oil over medium heat until it rolls around easily when you shift the pot. Pour a single layer of kernels into the pot, cover it with the lid and turn the heat up to medium-high. Gently shift the pot in a left-right motion on top of the burner to agitate the kernels. When the popping sounds slow to several seconds between pops, remove the popcorn from the stove, pour it into a large bowl and season it with salt and melted butter.

Of course, there are many ways to brighten up plain popcorn. You could try shaking on some curry powder, ranch seasoning, oregano, cheddar cheese powder or BBQ seasoning, or even mixing some M&Ms into the bowl for a salty, rich treat. And, of course, the plain popcorn makes stupendous popcorn balls!

What are some of your favorite ways to enjoy this crisp snack?

Need to kick your energy level up a notch? We offer a wide range of snacks that give you the nutrition you need, whether it be to get through a long afternoon or to finish a cross-country run. However, the items that so many of our customers turn to when they need a healthy source of fuel are our fantastically delicious energy squares!

These snack-sized squares are packed with whole, healthy ingredients, and some varieties are even raw and organic. They’re perfect on the go, and are ideal for athletes. And during the summer, when the heat can cause you to burn more calories than you might in cooler weather, energy squares are just what the doctor ordered. They’re never sticky sweet like energy bars that contain artificial sweeteners, and they’re filling without being overwhelming.

One of our favorite varieties is our original Organic Chia Energy Squares. Developed specially for NutsOnline, these 100 percent raw energy squares harness the power of chia seeds to give you a boost. Chia seeds, which are known to increase energy and aid in hydration, are fantastic for athletes in particular. These energy squares, which are loaded with organic ingredients, truly are something special!

Of course, our other varieties of energy squares are pretty fabulous as well. Our Organic Raw Cacao Goji Energy Squares are incredibly popular, as they pack in the unique benefits of chunks of cacao and dried goji berries. The Honey Pistachio Energy Squares and Gorp Energy Squares are great choices for those who love the nutty, sweet flavor of more traditional granola bars. Fruit enthusiasts will go wild for Mixed Berry Blast Energy Squares and Organic Lemon Pop Energy Squares.

If you’re having trouble making up your mind, believe us, we understand! That’s why we’ve developed sampler packs that allow you to taste a variety of energy square flavors and select your favorites. The Assorted Energy Squares sampler contains a variety of treats that are packed with nuts, dried fruit and seeds, such as Carob Spirulina Energy Squares and Honey Vanilla Energy Squares. The Organic Assorted Energy Squares offers up an assortment of our popular organic varieties, including Organic Carob Super Green Energy Squares and Organic Chocolate Paradise Energy Squares.

Do our energy squares provide you with the fuel you need to get through a workout (or just your afternoon slump)? We’d love to hear about it! No matter the flavor, we’re positive that these tasty tidbits are just the thing for a full-body pick-me-up!

We’re always looking for ways to expand our line of gluten-free products. After some hunting (and quite a few requests from our customers), we’ve manages to add a high-quality product that we think you’ll just love: chestnut flour.

Our chestnut flour is imported from Italy, where it’s commonly used in cakes, breads and pastas. It has a sweet, nutty flavor that pairs particularly well with chocolate, nuts, honey and sweet winter squash.

Chestnut flour is a fantastic substitute for wheat-based flour in many different recipes. It will make dough a bit gummier and less flexible than it would be normally, so depending on the item you’re making it may be better to use 25 to 50 percent chestnut flour and round out the recipe with gluten-free all-purpose baking flour. Experiment with your favorite recipes until you find the flour combination that produces the tastiest result.

Chestnut flour does make marvelously fluffy gluten-free pancakes and crepes all on its own, and most recipes are quite simple. In fact, in Italy it’s fairly common to find these dishes made with chestnut flour instead of a wheat alternative. Mario Batali has a recipe for chestnut-flour crepes that we’re particularly fond of.

To make these easy crepes, start by measuring 1 cup of chestnut flour into a mixing bowl. Beat in two large eggs, one at a time, then add 1-1/4 cups of water. Whisk the batter until it’s free of lumps and let it stand and thicken for 15 minutes.

Heat a cast-iron skillet over medium heat and brush its surface with olive oil or melted butter. Ladle 2 tbsp. of crepe batter into the skillet, rolling the pan to distribute the batter in an even circle. Let the crepe cook for about one minute (until it curls up around the edges), then flip it over and cook it for an additional 30 seconds before removing it from the skillet.

Chef Batali suggests that you serve these scrumptious crepes with a mixture of honey and ricotta cheese, but we think there are hundreds of fantastic toppings for them! Try fresh berries, whipped cream, melted chocolate or even ham and cheese.

Have you ever cooked with chestnut flour? What are some of your favorite recipes? We’d love to hear all about them!

Summertime tends to be a busy season for us and our families, and we’re sure it’s the same way for you, too. Between vacation road trips and scrambling from one activity to the next, we make sure that we have snacks in the car at all times (especially those of us with little ones)!

These are a few of our favorite on-the-go treats for busy times such as this. They’ll tide you over between meals, whether you’re stuck in traffic or embarking on an hours-long journey. For added convenience, divide the snacks into single-serving containers ahead of time.

1)      Trail Mix: Trail mix is our main go-to snack during the summer. It’s filling and contains a variety of dried fruit, nuts and other tasty ingredients. You may want to steer clear of mixes that contain chocolate candies or flavored baking chips, as they will melt in the sun. Some of our favorite NutsOnline trail mix blend include the sunny Tropical Mix, peanut-packed Power Mix and ever-popular Deluxe House Mix.

2)      Dried Fruit: Dried Fruit is a fantastic on-the-go treat. It’s not terribly filling so it won’t spoil your dinner, but it does give you a sweet boost when you need it most. And if you have little ones who beg for candy and other sugar-filled snacks, dried fruit may be a great compromise! All of our dried fruit is fantastic on its own, but we really think our Berry Mix is where it’s at. It’s packed with seven different berries, including our famous dried strawberries!

3)      Fruit and Veggie Chips: Our all-natural fruit and veggie chips are a crisp, satisfying snack and a fantastic substitute for greasy potato and corn chips. The lightly salted veggie chips include gems such as green beans, carrots and taro. Slightly sweet fruit chips are a tropical delight, with melon, banana, pineapple, papaya and mango in the mix.

4)      Freeze-Dried Fruits and Veggies: Freeze-dried fruits and veggies contain nothing but the produce items they’re made from, making them a fabulous snack for toddlers to munch. The Simply Organic Mixed Veggies contain a cornucopia of farm-fresh ingredients such as sweet corn and crispy carrots. The Simply Fruit Cocktail offers up a melt-in-your-mouth array of bananas, berries, peaches, apples, pears and grapes.

5)      Energy Squares: Our bite-sized energy squares are good to keep on hand for days where meals may be delayed. They’re quite filling and provide a nutrient-packed punch for work and play. Organic Chia Energy Squares are fantastic fuel for athletes. Mixed Berry Blast Energy Squares and Honey Vanilla Energy Squares have just a touch of sweetness, with no delicate ingredients that could get melty or gummy in the car.

As our name may convey, here at NutsOnline we’re just nuts about…you guessed it…nuts! We love all kinds, and when snack time rolls around sometimes we have a difficult decision on our hands. Should we go for tender pecans, crisp macadamias or rich cashews?

Luckily, we don’t have to make the choice. Our supreme roasted mixed nuts contain all of these selections, plus Brazil nuts, almonds, filberts and pistachios. The freshly roasted combination of nuts is lightly salted, perfect for munching as a snack, serving at a party or using in recipes.

As much as we like to gobble down this treat ourselves, we also love to give it as a gift. Father’s Day is coming up soon, and if you’re stumped as to what to send to good old Dad, this may be your answer. Supreme roasted mixed nuts are decadent enough for even the most seasoned snacker, and surely your father will enjoy munching them himself (and sharing them with you, if you’re lucky!)

If you’d like to offer something with a homemade touch, you can dress up our mixed nuts to make a spicy snack that your father might just love. Melt 3 to 4 tbsp. of butter in a wide, shallow skillet. Add 1 lb. of mixed nuts and ¼ tsp. of Worcestershire sauce to the skillet and sauté the mixture for about five minutes, until the nuts are hot and coated with the butter and Worcestershire sauce.

In a small bowl, mix a pinch each of paprika, cayenne pepper, chili powder and ground cumin to make a total of about 1 tsp. of seasoning. Transfer the nuts from the skillet to a clean kitchen towel to cool slightly and drain, then place them in a container with a tight lid. Sprinkle the seasoning mixture over the top of the nuts, place the lid on the bowl and shake to coat. Before giving them to Dad, pour the nuts into a decorative tin. If he’s anything like us, he’ll go nuts for ‘em!