Product Review: Emerald Smoked Almonds: These Tasty Nuts Taste like Bacon

Do you crave bacon, but abstain because of diet concerns or even "religious" constraints? I may have found something for you in Emerald Smoked Almonds to cure both concerns.

I love bacon, but rarely indulge. It's great tasting, but not exactly a healthy food choice for a daily diet. Every once in awhile I treat myself. After all, life's about simple pleasures. Well, what if you got that same bacon taste in another food, but the substitute was so nutritious it was good to eat daily? Even several times a day?

Enter: Emerald Smoked Almonds

First off these are great nuts in a convenient plastic container. It's one of those bio-degradable jobs with a reusable twist on lid. Nuts in bags, bulky round tins or even just cheap plastic are fine if you eat them all at once. But when storing them for more than a few days, they can go stale or be bulky to carry around. The Emerald guys really chose the perfect blend of durability and convenience with their line of nut containers.

So then if you love almonds, these almonds are choice fresh picks. You'll find no stale almonds here, nut lovers. For me the surprise was in the fantastic taste similarity to strips of smoked, sizzling, juicy bacon.

These nuts hit you with a heady flavor combination, a strong smoky essence and salty taste that's so associated with bacon. Once you taste them you'll be a believer. Natural fats contained in almonds must also add additional punch to the flavor mixture. The first time I tried them, I was startled by the nearly identical taste to a few strips of morning bacon. Of course, they weren't hot or sizzling, but I suppose tossing a few in a bowl and nuking them in the microwave, could conceivably offer up an even more bacon like experience.