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I have a confession.
I love chips.
And when I say love, I mean love, as in close to worship.... Of all the foods I have given up since switching to a diet full of "real food" (as opposed to processed cr**) giving up chips is something I've done... sometimes.
Sure, I choose the organic, non-gmo versions of chips... but they are still chips. They are still made with rancid vegetable oils which I really, really, really should not be putting in my body.
So discovering Jackson's Honest Chips was a BIG. DEAL.
It's coconut oil, baby!
What's different about these chips? They are fried in coconut oil! Goodbye rancid vegetable oil. Hello goodness. We have all heard the health benefits of coconut oil, even if not everyone understands just how bad vegetable oils are for our health....
The ingredient list on Jackson's Honest Chips reads as follows: organic potatoes, organic coconut oil and sea salt. That's it, folks. Honest, to honest, goodness. And only that.
I know they are better for me... But how do they taste?
So what do chips fried in coconut oil taste like? Well, let's be honest, they taste different than what you are used to potato chips tasting like. There is a definite flavor difference. Vegetable oils are processed, denatured, stripped, and destroyed until they are a lifeless, death-giving, tasteless, rancid version of something our ancestors would have never recognized as food.
Coconut oil, however, has a taste, a flavor, it has character. So, yes, these chips taste different than your regular potato chips. And they are delicious. It took me three or four chips to adjust to the flavor difference... but than I had no problem eating four bags over less than two days. (Did I just say that? That's embarrassing....)
I already have so many ways I love to use coconut oil every day, I guess I can add eating chips to that list! And I highly recommend you do, too.
All in the family...
While I am sharing with you things I love about Jackson's Honest Chips, let me add one more thing. This company is legit, folks. They are a family. They are not some mass corporation that puts a picture of a family on their product to make it look like they are a family business, they truly are a small (very small) family business. Hop on over to their website and read their "our story" page and I promise you will fall in love with them just like I did.
And once you learn the story of how these chips came about you will want to help support this amazing family even more! These parents are unbelievably inspiring.
There you have it. That's my review. Now order yourself some chips. And while you're at it, enter to win a WHOLE case below!
Athena loves Jackson's Honest Chips just as much as I do! She's savoring her bite. |
Note: a big thank you to Jackson's mom, Megan, for sending me some chips to review and for giving away some of her wonderful product for one of you to enjoy as well. <3
Oh my gosh, I'm a pediatric nurse and their story had me in tears. I don't even like chips but I'm buying some just to support them.
ReplyDeleteHi Julie, this is Megan from Jackson's Honest Chips. Thanks for reading our story but no tears! We're so happy to be able to ''make lemonade out of lemons'' and connect with other families/people who value our mission. Thanks again, Megan
DeleteWish i could get these local!
ReplyDeleteWhere do you live Amy? Maybe you can!
DeleteLove potato chips! Something i can't give up either ;)
ReplyDeleteI've been waiting and waiting to try these, this would be a great way to start!
ReplyDeleteYea for coconut oil chips! I can't wait to try these!
ReplyDeleteThey are the most wonderful chips in the world! And such a great find after being real food/paleo for 2.5 years. It is hard not to eat an entire bag every time they arrive at my doorstep. And Megan always includes such a nice note with my order. Thanks for doing the review and sharing their great story.
ReplyDeleteAs a healthy eater and a mom of a special needs child, I love their story and their chips!
ReplyDeleteI have been wanting to try these! I try to only buy non-GMO lunch products for my kids and these would be perfect.
ReplyDeleteI love potato chips and struggle to leave them out! I literally was wondering why I had not seen any made with healthy oils.... Yay! I want to will these!
ReplyDeleteCoconut oil has become my favorite oil for cooking and baking! So glad to see they are making these!
ReplyDeleteWe brought home a profoundly delayed child this summer. I am overwhelmed at the thought of revamping how we eat, but interested in giving him the best chance to progress that I can.
ReplyDeleteI've been wanting to radically change my family's eating habits for a long time now, but there are so many habits that I know will be difficult to change. Potato chips are a big weakness for my guys, so these sound like an awesome alternative - thank you for this great giveaway, and for sharing their family story! :)
ReplyDeleteThese sound delicious!
ReplyDeleteCan't wait to try these! I love companies like this for providing us with real food alternatives to the mainstream junk.
ReplyDeleteOMG! I would so love to try these chips. My husband and I eat very healthy, but he still begs for potato chips and I just can't bring myself to buy them for him. :-) Now I can!
ReplyDeletechips are my ultimate weakness as well
ReplyDeletepotato chips are a weakness of mine but not nearly as much as tortilla chips. either way... crunch salty licking the bottom of the bag goodness.
ReplyDeleteFinally someone who is doing it right! Thank you!
ReplyDeleteCoconut oil. So happy to hear someone is doing it right!
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