Sunday, April 25, 2010

Tropical Traditions Organic Coconut Peanut Butter Review & Giveaway!

***Giveaway Closed***
The lucky winner is Pam!

All of the products from Tropical Traditions that I have tried - the Organic Virgin Coconut Oil, the Organic Whole Golden Flax Seed, and now the Organic Coconut Peanut Butter - have been really fresh and yummy.

I was thrilled to have the opportunity to try out the Organic Coconut Peanut Butter. Doesn't it just sound delicious? It is! I do like to use it as an ingredient rather than straight, mainly because I would find it hard to stop eating it (it really melts in your mouth and is sooo good) and it is pretty high in calories. Compared to the all-natural, just peanuts peanut butter that we eat, it has a lot more calories (284 compared to 90 in 1 tbsp) and a lot more saturated fat (5.4 grams compared to 1.5 grams in a tbsp). So for us it is a treat rather than an everyday kind of food. The flavour is perfect in my favourite Thai dishes as well as in baked goods, and a little bit is really enough to add the rich taste of coconut.

I actually used this tonight, substituting it for a third of the peanut butter in the Rice Bowl of Deliciousness - wonderful! If you've been reading along, you'll know I used it in my variation on Pad Thai as well!

I also have made granola with the Coconut Peanut Butter - which was also really tasty, but left something to be desired in the consistency department, being neither cereal nor bars (I will have to work on that recipe a bit more before I share it!).

Tropical Traditions has a Referral Program, so if you place an order with them as a first-time customer, please select “Referred by a friend” and in the box that says “How did you hear of us?” enter my sponsor ID number 5687267. By telling Tropical Traditions that I referred you, you will receive a free copy of the book Virgin Coconut Oil: How it has changed people’s lives and how it can change yours! by Brian and Marianita Shilhavy with your first order! This book is filled with testimonies and research showing how healthy coconut oil is, and it also includes over 85 recipes showing how one can incorporate coconut into their diet. There are also lots of recipes online here!

As promised - one of my lucky readers is going to get to try the Tropical Traditions Organic Coconut Peanut Butter! I am really happy to have this in my pantry and I hope you will be too!

The giveaway: A 16 oz. jar of Tropical Traditions Organic Coconut Peanut Butter

How to enter: Head over to Tropical Traditions and let me know one other thing you'd like to try, OR one thing that you learned there. Make sure I've got a way to contact you if you're the winner!

Extra entries (please leave an extra comment for each. If you already do any of these things, leave the comment - you do get the entry for it!):
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  • Follow me on Twitter (leave your Twitter name!)
  • Tweet about this giveaway for ONE entry, this is not a daily! You can use this if you like:
    Yum! Win Coconut Peanut Butter from @TropTraditions at Emily's Latest @emilyisland http://bit.ly/dpN0SG US/CAN 5/10
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Please be sure to include your email address if it’s not public in your blogger profile! Anonymous comments without a way to contact you will be rejected. Canadian or US mailing addresses only, please. Giveaway ends May 10th at 11:59 EST. A winner will be drawn the next day, announced here, in a separate post and emailed!

Prize will be shipped by sponsor. Note for Canadian entrants: Tropical Traditions is not responsible for customs or duties that Canada may charge if you decide to participate in this Tropical Traditions sponsored blog giveaway. (FYI - it's unlikely to have a charge, being well under the $60 that incurs duty charges! There was no extra charge on my jar, which came to Canada quickly and packaged well!)

Disclaimer: Tropical Traditions provided me with a free sample of this product to review, and I was under no obligation to review it if I so chose. Nor was I under any obligation to write a positive review or sponsor a product giveaway in return for the free product.

123 comments:

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  19. I would love to try the coconut oil
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  21. I really want to try their coconut flour. I've heard great things about it!
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  25. I learned that the volcanic soil of Mt. Banahaw makes these organic coconuts some of the most nutritionally rich coconuts in the world.

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  30. I like the organic balsamic vinegar jk.gorcery@gmail.com

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  33. I learned that their coconut oil is made by hand and benefiting families in the rural areas of the Philippines where the coconuts grow.

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  35. I would love to try their palm shortening!

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  36. I would really like to try the "very dark" organic chocolate bar!

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  39. I have just ordered coconut oil. My mother has been taking it & has a lot more energy & has lost weight. We both have rheumatoid arthiritis & it is supposed to help auto immune diseases too. I'm excited about getting it.

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  50. i want to try the honey- i use a ton of it so ....

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  54. I would like to try their coconut flour

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  56. I would like to try the shredded coconut

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  81. I would love to try the flaked coconut! =) (and this! It sounds so yummy!)

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  90. I'd like to try the Organic Moisturizing Lotion (unscented).

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  91. I love coconut and I love peanut butter so I'm guessing I'd love them together! I'd also love to try the Organic Dark chocolate, because well I love chocolate too.
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  115. I'd like the Coconut Flakes. Thanks for the giveaway.

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