Enjoy Life Foods #Review

From what I’ve found, most chocolate has soy in it.  For me, it’s incredibly irritating.  I want C to be able to enjoy chocolate chip cookies and all those other really great desserts with us!  I really thought he was just going to have to live without … and then I found Enjoy Life Foods!

About Enjoy Life Foods: 

• Enjoy Life® Foods, founded in early 2001, has the mission to make great-tasting allergy-friendly and gluten-free foods that nearly everyone can eat freely without worry. The Enjoy Life product line is gluten-free and free of the eight most common allergens: wheat, dairy, peanuts, tree nuts, egg, soy, fish and shellfish. Company founder Scott Mandell started Enjoy Life after writing the company’s business plan, as part of a class assignment for the MBA program at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management. The notion that people with dietary restrictions must frequently sacrifice good taste and nutrition in order to find allergy-friendly and gluten-free foods inspired the business plan. Scott and his team envisioned a unique company that would offer great tasting, nutritious foods for people on restricted diets.

• All of our foods are specially made to be gluten-free and free of the 8 most common allergens. This way, whether you are Celiac, lactose-intolerant, allergic to soy, sensitive to egg, or almost anything else, our products are sure to satisfy every need. Our goal is to make delicious products that just about everyone can EAT FREELY. We promise they’ll make you smile inside out!

• We’ve invested in a dedicated plant so that you have the added confidence and assurance that you can eat Enjoy Life products without worries.  Our bakery features 7,000 sq. ft. and includes a production facility and two warehouses. 

I used the Enjoy Life Semi-Sweet Mega Chocolate Chunks and made Mini Cookie Cupcakes!  They were absolutely amazing and I’ve made them for every function we’ve been to over the last few weeks!  No one can tell that the chocolate is allergy-friendly and I LOVE all the compliments that come from baking the Mini Cookie Cupcakes!

The boys and I have been eating vanilla yogurt and fruit for breakfast, so one day, I poured some Double Chocolate Crunch Granola in the bottom of a bowl, topped it with vanilla yogurt and quartered strawberries.  When the boys got to the granola, they were very excited!  They loved the taste and have asked for it almost every day since then.  We are almost to the bottom of the bag, so I’ve been rationing until I can get to the store to buy more!

What I Love:

• I LOVE that I can’t tell a taste difference between the Enjoy Life Mega Chunks and branded chocolate chips.
• I am so grateful that Colin can eat chocolate again!
• Enjoy Life chocolates are very reasonably priced (especially for being allergy-friendly!) … you can expect to pay about $5 for one package of Mega Chunks.
• The granola is clumpy – and tastes like granola!

What I’d Change:

• I’d like to be able to find Enjoy Life chocolates at my local grocery store!!  (Rather than driving to a local natural foods store, which is 30 minutes from home.)

Do you (or someone you know) have allergies?  

Have you tried the Enjoy Life Products?  What’s your favorite?

 

**Full Disclosure:  I received Enjoy Life Semi-Sweet Chocolate Mega Chunks and Enjoy Life Double Chocolate Crunch Granola to facilitate my review.  No other compensation was received.  All thoughts and opinions are my own.