Pretzels has been a popular snack item for decades. The lack of fat and calories as compared to potato or nacho chips as well as taste and satisfying crunch makes pretzels a very attractive choice for snacking. I admit that I would choose a chip over a pretzel any day. My husband who has much more willpower than I, has completely given up fried chips altogether and will only snack on pretzels. I recently bought Snyder’s Of Hanover Sourdough Hard Pretzels. Here are my impressions of this product.
Snyder’s Of Hanover Sourdough Hard Pretzels comes in a thirteen and a half ounce box. The picture on the front of the box shows large traditional shaped pretzels with plenty of salt on each one. The pretzels looked very tasty and sure to satisfy any pretzel lover. I paid only $1.67 for this large box since it was currently on sale at my local supermarket. I believe the regular retail price for a box of Snyder’s Of Hanover Sourdough Hard Pretzels is around two dollars and change.
That evening my husband decided to break open the box while watching television and I curiously took one to try. Each Snyder’s of Hanover Sourdough Hard Pretzels are quite large and and just one is plenty to take the edge off of hunger. After one bite, I immediately noticed how very hard the pretzel was. Certainly very crunchy and flavorful, but much harder than I generally like in a snack. The hardness of the pretzel did not put my husband off in any way and he enjoyed two before putting the box away. Although I found the taste to be flavorful, eating this pretzel made me feel as though my dental work was going to get ripped out while eating. I know that the word “Hard” is clearly stated in the name of this pretzel product, I guess I didn’t realize just how hard each one would be!
One Snyder’s Of Hanover Sourdough Hard Pretzel contains one hundred calories. There is zero Saturated or Trans Fat in each one. There is also zero Cholesterol in this snack food. Each pretzel also contains one gram of Dietary Fiber, three grams of Protein and two percent of Iron. Certainly a healthier choice in snack food than many others available. For those on a low Sodium diet, it should be noted that one Snyder’s Of Hanover Sourdough Hard Pretzels contains two hundred and forty Milligrams of Sodium which represents ten percent of the daily recommended value. This product is made in a facility that uses equipment that also produces food items made with peanut butter.
Snyder’s Of Hanover Sourdough Hard Pretzels contains only five ingredients: Unbleached wheat flour, water, salt, yeast and soda.
Although the flavor of this product is tasty enough, I found the pretzels to be too firm for me to really enjoy eating them. If a really hard pretzel is to your liking, then you will really like this product. I would rate Snyder’s Of Hanover Sourdough Hard Pretzels three out of five stars.
