Crunch Granola
No cranberries and considerably more almonds, walnuts and cashews, so it is less sweet and much heavier on texture. Nut lovers, this one is yours.
200g 1,450 PKR, 500g 3,250 PKR, 1kg 6,000 PKR
What is in it
Rolled oats, Almonds (extra), Walnuts (extra), Cashews (extra), Pumpkin seeds, Sunflower seeds, Natural honey.
Allergens: Contains nuts. Made in a kitchen that also handles wheat, dairy and eggs.
No fruit, more nuts. This is the least sweet thing we make and the one that gets reordered fastest.
What is different
The cranberries come out and almonds, walnuts and cashews go in heavy, which changes the bowl more than it sounds like it would. Dried fruit is where most of the sweetness in a granola actually lives, more than the honey is. Take it out and what is left is toasted oats, nuts, seeds and a thin thread of honey holding the clusters together.
What it tastes like
Almost savoury. Toasted and warm and quite plain, in a way that is either exactly what you want or not what you want at all. There is very little middle ground with this one and I would rather say so before you order it. Nobody has ever described it as a treat, and that is the correct response to it.
The texture
This is the loudest of the four. Bigger clusters, because the extra nuts give the honey more to hold onto, and a longer chew. It does not go soft in milk as fast as the Classic does, which people either love or find inconvenient.
How to eat it
Straight, by the handful, more often than in a bowl. This is the one that ends up in a jar on a desk and gets eaten at four in the afternoon. In yoghurt it is very good. Over ice cream it is better than it has any right to be, and it is the only one of the four I would put on a salad.
Who it is for
Anybody cutting sugar, anybody who has tried the Classic and wants less of everything sweet, and anybody who eats granola as a snack more than as a breakfast.
It is heavy on nuts by design, which also makes it the one to avoid completely if nuts are a problem in your house.
Which size to order
People who like this one tend to like it immediately, so the 200g is a short trial. If you already know you prefer things unsweetened, go straight to the 500g.
Questions people ask
- Is there any fruit in it?
- None at all. That is the main difference between this and the Classic.
- Is it the least sweet of the four?
- Yes, by some distance. There is honey in it and very little else that is sweet.
- Which nuts are in it?
- Almonds, walnuts and cashews, all three in larger quantity than the Classic, along with pumpkin and sunflower seeds.
- How long does it keep?
- Six weeks sealed, about three weeks once opened if you roll the top down.