If you've followed this blog for any length of time, you're probably aware that I'm a huge fan of peanut butter and nut butters in general. I love making my own but I do love trying other new brands sometimes. I was intrigued when Sydney Bazan contacted me to tell me that she too was obsessed with making her own nut butters- so much that she started selling her nut butter creations! Bella Nut Butters was born in her New Orleans kitchen when Sydney started creating sunflower seed butter for her children's sandwiches. Soon, she had created several flavors of raw, organic seed and nut butters made with organic perilla seed oil to add extra Omega 3 fatty acids to go along with the Omega 6's found in seeds and nuts. When she offered to let me sample several of the Bella Nut Flavors, I was pretty excited.
I received 6 Bella Nut Flavors to sample, but 1 of them was not vegan (it contains honey) so we only tested 5. They arrived in cute little glass jars in a little box.
The flavors we got to try were Chocolate Peanut Butter, Almond Joy, Peanut Butter Vanilla, Cashew Love, and Snickerdoodle. All of them start with a blend of organic (and usually raw) nuts, organic perilla oil, organic chia seeds, organic vanilla extract, and organic cinnamon. Other ingredients are added for each flavor.
The Chocolate Peanut Butter was pretty good. I liked that the flavors weren't totally combined, but just slightly mixed. It reminded me of swirl ice cream. The flavor wasn't too sweet and the chocolate and peanut butter flavors were strong.
Almond Joy combines almond butter with coconut and chocolate. It's a pretty genius idea and if Almond Joys are your thing, you're bound to love this flavor. Almond Joys were never my favorite, but I still thought this flavor was good.
Peanut Butter Vanilla was a simple combination seemed to be the basic flavor with no extra ingredients added to the base. The vanilla taste was stronger in this one (thus the name). I really liked it but Chris didn't like it as much as I did.
Cashew Love was our second favorite flavor. Again, it seemed that it was their basic combination of ingredients, with cashews as the star. I loved it's sweet simplicity and have since spread it on toast for a great little snack.
Snickerdoodle was both mine and Chris's favorite flavor. With added organic, unrefined sugar and increased cinnamon flavor, it definitely tasted like a mixture of snickerdoodle cookie butter and peanut butter. You could even taste the texture of the sugar throughout which reminded me of when you first bite into a snickerdoodle. It was perfection.
Bella Nut Butters are currently available in various stores in Louisiana and online. They have a higher price tag than most nut butters, but for high-end, gourmet, artisinal 100% organic nut butters, they are well worth the splurge.
Photo via Bella Nut Butters
Sydney and Bella Nut Butters are being so generous as to letting me host a giveaway of their product here on Keepin' It Kind! They will be giving away two 12-ounce glass jars of our favorite flavors: Cashew Love and Snickerdoodle. The giveaway will run until 11:59 pm PST on 6-4-14 and is open to US residents only. Please use the box below to enter.
Thank you to Sydney Bazan and Bella Nut Butters for letting me test your products and host this generous giveaway. Thank you to all of you beautiful readers for stopping by and entering!
Which Bella Nut Butter flavor do you most want to try?
Unless otherwise noted, photography by Chris Miller
Angelia
The almond joy flavor sounds YUM! I'd love to try it.
Jacky
The snickerdoodle flavor sounds amazing!
Christine
Snickerdoodle, for sure!
Aimee
I love snickerdoodles, and that spread looks divine!
Aimee B.
Snickerdoodle for me, too! 🙂
PAULA ROTHMAN
chocolate pb FOR SURE!
Yoojin
i'd love to try the snickerdoodle! i love snickerdoodle cookies 🙂
Nichole Woods
Snickerdoodle...a childhood favorite.
Molly
I have to agree - the snickerdoodle sounds awesome!
Ana
I would love to try the Almond Joy, Snickerdoodle and the Cashew love flavors, all sound incredibly delicious!
Ana
michelle
Chocolate yum
Michelle
Almond Joy!
Heather
almond joy
Megan
Ohhh, snickerdoodle sounds wonderful!!
Caitlin
i'd love to try the chocolate ones, but since dayv doesn't eat peanut butter, the cashew and snickerdoodle would probably be the winners.
Mandy
Almond JOY!
April Deters
Snickerdoodle!
manda
Chocolate
Abby @ The Frosted Vegan
I love this!! I would have to say snickerdoodle.
Em
Chocolate Peanut Butter of course! It's a classic combo.
Kristina
Snickerdoodle for sure. It sounds perfect.
Nicole
Peanut butter vanilla sounds like a great unique flavor to try!
Ana
Snickerdoodle for sure. Snickerdoodle is my favorite cupcake and cookie flavor!
Victoria
The peanut butter chocolate sounds delicious!
Hannah
Sunflower maca honey.
Karissa @ Vegan À La Mode
All of the flavors sound amazing! What a fun day you must have had sampling them all 🙂 I would love to try the Snickerdoodle flavor! I bet it would be delicious in a banana smoothie!
karen
Snicker doodle! Yum!
Angel Boord
Snickerdoodle!!!! (Almond Joys are my favorite candy bar so I'm definitely going to order that one 🙂
Danielle
They all sound delicious! I'd love to try the snickerdoodle and the sunflower maca honey. Thanks!
Christine
You've made the snickerdoodle flavor sound enticing.
Bel
Cashew Love!
Heather
cashew love!
peggy
Cashew Love
Saniel
Snicker doddle sounds great, can I use in my next chocolate chip recipe? Yum
Madeline
The Chocolate one!!
Wehaf
I'd love to try the peanut butter vanilla flavor!
Dandi D
I'd love to try the Peanut Butter Chocolate.
Sharon
They all sound fabulous! I wish I could try all of them!!
sara
snickerdoodle? yes please!!
Bitter and Murky
peanut butter and chocolate ... my two favorites!
Lydia Claire
Almond Joy! My favorite candy bar. =)
Corrine
Peanut Butter Chocolate. =)
Bianca @ Sweet Dreaming
snickerdoodle sounds delish!
Kim
Snickerdoddle!!!!
Janet
I would love to try the almond joy
Laurie
Almond Joy & Snickerdoodle both sound fab!!
janet @ the taste space
almond joy sounds delicious
Celeste
Almond joy 🙂
diana @ veggienextdoor
Pb chocolate!
Becca F
You had me at snickerdoodle!
Marina
I would love to try the Snickerdoodle flavor, it's one of my favorite cookies!
Shannon
Snickerdoodle sounds like a dream! For sure I'd go for that one first!
Stacy L.
snickerdoodle, for sure!
michelle
Since I already know and love peanut butter and chocolate, I'm totally intrigued by the snickerdoodle
Marilyn
They all sound wonderful! I think I have to go with Snickerdoodle but PB & Choc is a very close second.
Grace
I'd love to try snickerdoodle!
Thomas
I want to try the Snickerdoodle
Nirvana
Almond Joy and Snickerdoodle sound amazing! 🙂
Fifi
Almond Joy leaves me salivating - it sounds too good to be true!
Lauren
Cashew Love
Sarah
I'd love to try the cashew flavor!
Nichole
I would love to try all of them but I think I would go for Peanut Butter Vanilla first!
Gaby
I love snickerdoodles! And cashew butter is also magical.
Jordan
Snickerdoodle and almond joy both sound super delicious!
Erin S.
I'd love to try the SUNFLOWER MACA CINNAMON HONEY and the Almond Joy. =)
steph
snicker doodle sounds awesome!
Courtney Grace
I would love to try the Snickerdoodle!
vivian s
Cashew Love sounds yummy!!
The Vegan Cookie Fairy
These look amazing! Shame they're only available in the US at this point, but hopefully in the future we'll be able to get them in the UK. (Or I might try making some myself. Snickerdoodle sounds incredibly good.)
Rachel
Vanilla!
Susan
All of them!
crafty one
I like cashew butter.
Katie
The Snickerdoodle sounds incredible!
Melissa
chocolate peanut butter, because it is the greatest combo ever invented (except maybe peanut butter and banana)
Natalia M
Cashew love sounds super delicious!
Janel M.
I want to try Snickerdoodle
Bobbie {the vegan crew}
I LOVE nut butters in general and would be happy to try any of these, especially the Snickerdoodle -- it sounds like a fun twist!
Claire
These all look and sound glorious! I'm not sure I'd trust myself around a jar of them though! Mouthwatering photos as always 🙂
Purnima Barve
Peanut Butter Chocolate.
izzy
would LOVE to try the macs sunflower butter! sounds so delicious.
Denise @ Pink-Vegan
THe Peanut Butter Chocolate !!!!!!
Sheila W.
I did all 9 but, can't wait to try these nut butters the almond joy seems like it will be my fav
Sara Floyd
The snickerdoodle sounds really good
Kristy
I would most like to try the Snickerdoodle! YUMM
Meredith @ Unexpectedly Magnificent
I absolutely love snickerdoodles. I'd be interested to see how it tastes with peanut butter!
kim l
pb chocolate please~
HilLesha
I'd love to try the Almond Joy. 🙂
Andrea
The Peanut Butter Vanilla sounds really great!
shelby
I'd love to try the pb chocolate!
Amanda J
The peanut butter and chocolate one! Yes!
jessica z
I am most excited to try peanut butter chocolate!
Melissa
I am a huge fan of all things chocolate and coconut, and Almond Joys used to be one of my favorite candy bars. So clearly I'd love to try the almond joy nut butter, but I'm dying to taste all of the flavors.
Molly Lansdowne
Snickerdoodle!
Jen
the pb vanilla sounds tasty!
jereen
It is a toss up between chocolate peanut butter and snickerdoodle
Calli
peanut butter chocolate, i bet its better than reeses
annalene
snickerdoodle sounds amaaaazing
Hedonist's Plate
Sunflower Maca, I guess, if you really have to make me choose!
Maria
Snickerdoodle cookies are one of my favs, so I would dig into that Snickerdoodle one first!
Rachael@AnAvocadoADay
Almond Joy sounds amazing!
Dalores
I'd like to try Cashew love.
Emily
They all sound great, but Almond Joy would be my first choice. Mmm.
jacquie
the cashew butter
Beth
Snickerdoodle!
Nadja
Peanut chocolate sounds best to me 🙂
Neeraj Wadehra
I want to try the Snickerdoodle Almond Butter flavor.
Shannon
Oh snickernoodle nut butter sounds crazy good!! Thanks for the opportunity to win!
Abby
Snickerdoodle!
Renee Robillard
Ummm, Almond Joy, yes pleeeeease!!! Snickerdoodle sounds amazing too.
Carolsue
Snickerdoodle sounds SOOOOO yummy!