Unboxed: 10 sweet snacks that offer novelty and nutrition

Nature’s Premium Fruit Pearls Triple Berry
Meet the perfect dessert for a sweltering summer’s day. Nature’s Premium’s Fruit Pearls are made with a blend of delicious fruit juices. Here, blueberries, oranges, white grape juice, strawberry puree and pear juice are blended with sugar, annatto and turmeric for a refreshing, colorful and icy treat. Just 65 calories per serving!

KIND Kids Blueberry Muffin Bar

KIND is known for nutrition bars that contain whole nuts. But the majority of schools don’t allow nuts in lunches because many children are allergic. These Blueberry Muffin Bars are a sweet lunchbox surprise! Made with oats, soy protein isolate, sunflower seed butter and fruits such as raisin paste and dried blueberries, these tasty bars are a fruity, whole-grain alternative to nut-based snacks. We love the sweet drizzle across the top, too.

Doughlicious Strawberry Cookie Dough & Gelato Bites

These sweet novelty bites are heavenly. Here, gluten-free strawberry cookie crumbles enrobe creamy, artisanal strawberry gelato. Made with oats, responsibly sourced palm oil, strawberry puree and lemon and vanilla for a touch of flavor, these frozen bites are the perfect treat for a sticky summer evening. Each bite is a reasonable 100 calories, too.

La Monarca Bakery Wedding Cookies Butter & Pecans
There’s a reason why buttery, nutty Mexican wedding cookies — which can be traced back to 16th-century Spain — are still popular today: They taste incredible! The Los Angeles-based La Monarca Bakery creates these traditional desserts as you’d make them at home — simply with flour, butter, sugar, pecans and the all-important dusting of powdered sugar. 1% of the purchase of this product supports Monarch butterfly habitats in Mexico.

Certifications: 1% for the Planet

Tru Fru Nature’s Bananas Hyper-Chilled in Dark Chocolate & Peanut Butter

Tru Fru knows that sweet snacking doesn’t have to be complicated. For this “hyper-chilled” nosh, Tru Fru combines bananas, dark chocolate and peanut butter for a legendary frozen combination. We love how Tru Fru is pioneering sweet, whole-fruit snacks that highlight fruit’s tastiness. Also check out the brand’s line of “hyper-dried” freeze-dried treats, which drench freeze-dried fruit in chocolate.

Daily Harvest Blueberry + Banana

You’ve likely known Daily Harvest as the wildly popular frozen meal delivery brand, which gained popularity for perfectly-portioned smoothies, snacks and bowls. To our delight, the company has now branched into retail with these fruit and veggie ice pops! We love the Blueberry + Banana flavor because it contains USDA Organic blueberries, bananas, spinach puree, raspberries and lime juice. Not a drop of added cane sugar in sight.

Certifications: USDA Organic

Wild West Organic Oatmilk Huckleberry & Cashew Bear Claws

Vermont has Maple Syrup. Texas has BBQ. And Northern Montana has huckleberries! Wild West is an innovative Missoula-based chocolate company that celebrates the humble huckleberry with these bear claw-shaped chocolate fruit and nut clusters. Peer at Wild West’s ingredient list and you’ll notice something interesting: The company sweetens their chocolate only with fruit, not sugar! A flurry of fruits such as powdered date, mulberry, peach and mango add the perfect amount of sweetness without any cane sugar or sugar alcohols.

Certifications: USDA Organic, Certified Vegan, Non-GMO Project Verified, Certified Gluten Free, Fair Trade Certified Cocoa

Purely Sprouted Apple Cinnamon Sprouted Snack Mix

Purely Sprouted sure knows how to make a healthful nut snack blend. This woman-founded company sprouts nourishing almonds, cashews and pumpkin seeds to make these powerhouse nuts and seeds more bioavailable and easy to digest. Delectable flavorings such as apple powder, lemon powder, coconut sugar, cinnamon and vanilla make this sweet snack mix taste like apple pie.

Certifications: 1% for the Planet, Non-GMO Project Verified

Truly Nuts! Brazil Nuts Sweet Talk Milk Chocolate

You’ve seen chocolate covered almonds. But you likely don’t see sweet, chocolatey Brazil nuts every day! The U.K.-based brand Truly Nuts! sources, harvests and processes Amazonian Brazil nuts through their vertically integrated company, White Lion Foods. In addition to using the Brazil nut shells to power a state-of-the-art facility in Peru, a whopping 25% of all profits support Amazon reforestation projects. These Sweet Talk Milk Chocolate Brazil nuts will soon be available in the U.S.

Raaka Mellow Moon Functional Dark Chocolate

Many consumers love to enjoy a smidge of dark chocolate before bed. Raaka’s new Mellow Moon chocolate provides a sweet treat while also delivering calming herbs that can help shoppers wind down before bedtime. Made with unroasted cacao beans from Uganda’s Semuliki Forest, this delicious USDA Organic bar also includes lion’s mane, mint, holy basil, lavender and ashwagandha. Also check out the company’s Day Break Dark Chocolate, which contains yerba mate, moringa, rhodiola and more.

Certifications: USDA Organic

Raaka Mellow Moon Functional Dark Chocolate

Many consumers love to enjoy a smidge of dark chocolate before bed. Raaka’s new Mellow Moon chocolate provides a sweet treat while also delivering calming herbs that can help shoppers wind down before bedtime. Made with unroasted cacao beans from Uganda’s Semuliki Forest, this delicious USDA Organic bar also includes lion’s mane, mint, holy basil, lavender and ashwagandha. Also check out the company’s Day Break Dark Chocolate, which contains yerba mate, moringa, rhodiola and more.

Certifications: USDA Organic