Hanover: February 2009 Archives

The folks at Snyder's of Hanover just received an interesting award for their Hot Buffalo Wing Pieces.

The snack has won a "Libby Award" from peta2, the world's largest youth animal rights organization. The zesty cayenne pepper-flavored pretzel pieces were voted Best Vegan Junk Food by visitors to peta2.com as part of the third annual Libby, or "liberation," Awards, which honor animal-friendly people and products.

The Hot Buffalo Wing Pieces are loaded with hot and spicy flavor but contain absolutely no chicken wings or other animal ingredients. The product beat out other popular vegan snack foods, including Doritos Spicy Sweet Chili Flavored Tortilla Chips, Fritos BBQ Flavored Corn Chips and Lance Toasty Crackers.

Snack all you want without hurting chickens. Sounds pretty good to me. I don't particularly care for the "buffalo wing" flavor, but I do love Snyder's of Hanover's "Honey Mustard and Onion Pieces." I could eat a whole bag of those.

I'm spending this week trying to clear out my e-mail (in a very Unclutterer style), and I found that a lot of the stuff sitting there was from news releases I wanted to blog about.

So, be warned: It might be a weird week on the blog! Today's should hit home, though - a new locally made treat.

This new treat from Utz Quality Foods of Hanover is part of the company's Select Pretzel line of artisan deli-style snacks.

Everything pretzels are like "everything" bagels - lots of different flavors. On a bright note, these happen to meet Utz's nutritional guidelines for the "Snacking Smart" line.

They're flavored with sesame seeds, onion, garlic and poppy seeds. (Which means I can't try them; I can't have either sesame or poppy seeds due to food allergies.) They do only have one gram of fat, with no trans fats, saturated fats or cholesterol. They will be available in 9 oz. bags beginning in mid-February.

Check out www.utzsnacks.com for more. And let me know if you see them at the store!