be.better oven baked pistachio nut crunch

Be.better is a line of products offered exclusively by Rexall.  According to Rexall's website, the brand contains "over 100 products designed to help Canadians live, feel and be better."  The line includes snacks, cleaning products, vitamins, probiotics and hair care products.  

I had gone into Rexall to mail out a couple items at the Canada Post kiosk and found mysef meandering down the snack aisle on my way out.  The brightly coloured baked nut crunch and rice crisp snack bags caught my eye.  After doing a quick once-over of the nutritional information on each, I picked up a couple and headed off the the cashier.

The pistachio baked nut crunch(es) are clusters of dry-roasted almonds, cashews and pistachios.  Each cluster is about 2x2 cm and all you see are nuts.  The clusters are lightly glazed for sweetness.  Now, I'm not usually a fan of the sweet & salty combo, but these little clusters were delicious.  The taste reminded me a little of the honey roasted peanuts that airlines used to give out on flights, but better.  The nuts were satisfyingly crunchy with just a hint of sweetness.  I wanted to scarf down the whole bag, but restrained myself.  These delightly little clusters are calorie-dense; a half-cup serving (roughly half of the 100g bag shown above) clocks in at 290 calories and 20g of fat.  Aw, nuts...(pun intended)!

Other than the nuts, the nut crunch contains only a few simple ingredients: rice syrup, cane sugar, and sea salt.  That's it.  No weird, difficult-to-pronounce ingredients.  

Buy again?  Yes - I'm a fan.  Provided that I stick to the suggested serving size, these little nut clusters would be great for getting my through the afternoon slump at work.  ~100g bag, $2.99, available at Rexall pharamcy locations.