WHAT: Mary’s Gone Crackers brand crackers, pretzels and cookies
STATS: Vary by product. A serving of crackers contains about 140 calories and 5 fat, 21 carbohydrate, 3 fiber and 3 protein grams. A serving of pretzels contains about 150 calories and 5 fat, 21 carbohydrate, 4 fiber and 4 protein grams. Two cookies contain about 120 calories and 4 fat, 20 carbohydrate, 1.5 fiber and 1 protein grams. For store locator, visit marysgonecrackers.com.
THE SKINNY: On paper, Mary is not someone we’d hang with. To her, party foods are gluten-free, organic, nongenetically modified, soyfree and vegan crackers and pretzels. But after sampling some of her Hot ’n Spicy Jalapeno Crackers (also available in Super Seed, Original Seed, Onion, Caraway, Black Pepper and Herb) and her Chipotle Tomato Sticks & Twigs Pretzels (also available in Sea Salt and Curry), we can’t help but think there’s something about Mary. We found the crunchy nontraditional crackers and pretzels, full of flax and sesame seeds, strangely compelling.
Not so with Mary’s Love Cookies. The oat-free N’Oatmeal Raisin was N’O good to us. Other flavors are Chocolate Chip, Double Chocolate and Ginger Snaps.
Those who want to do some gluten-free cooking with Mary might try her brown-rice-based Just the Crumbs nonbreadcrumbs.
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