Product Review: Mix My Granola

By Jessica Madison on November 10th, 2009

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Okay, I admit, in today’s “carb-cutting” world, I’m a closeted cereal junkie. Well today, I’m exposing that love.

A while ago, tired of eating the same old Whole Foods bulk granola, I stumbled upon A GEM. The company is called Mix My Granola, and they have this super fun website where you can make your own granola mix. Now, taking a step back, the only reason I love going to frozen yogurt places like Yogurtland is because I get to mix together my own concoctions, based on whatever mood I’m in that day. Strawberry-Kiwi yogurt with almonds and chocolate covered gummy bears? Yes please. Oh wait, don’t they also have mini peanut butter cups, coconut shavings, and dried cranberries. YUM.

Anyhow, I digress. I find this website, and immediately I’m engulfed in my familiar, “I’m the smartest mixer in the world” feeling I get when I go to Yogurtland. You get to choose your base granola, then pick all your mix-ins (dried fruit, nuts, etc.) to make a completely custom (AND HEALTHY!) granola mix. I then proceeded to make the all-time best granola mix (because I’m the smartest mixer in the world), and checked out. My mix: organic granola, cranberries, dried blueberries, goji berries, and roasted almonds.

Well, today I got my mix in the mail. Soon after, I tore it open and noticed a few really neat things:

Cute packaging. A definite plus.
They named the product after me! (You can choose any name when you checkout and it’s printed on the label!) I love stuff like that!
They print on your custom label and the date it was prepared, so you know it’s not prepackaged, but is fresh.
It looks like it was hand-signed by the person who actually mixed it. I love personal things when I deal with companies, especially over the Internet.
For those who are nutrition conscience, it has a custom nutritional information panel. Can you create the tastiest, healthiest mix?

So, all in all, I’m very pleased with this product (and company). Furthermore, I’m planning on ordering up a bunch of mixes for my girlfriends for Christmas. I mean, since I’m the world’s best mixer, there’s no way they wouldn’t like it, right?