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Do you like to snack? Maybe sometimes too much? Well this product is the answer for you over indulging nut freaks. Acid Rain Hot Nuts!!!
I picked these up at Taste the 4th Sense (Store review coming shortly) and was quite excited about giving them a try. Now I have had honey roasted peanuts, salted, bbq, nacho, you name it. I have even tried adding hot sauce to peanuts. Sure they are good, but the actual flavour I wanted to achieve never came close.
The first thing to notice is the size of the bottle vs. the price point. My first reaction was ouch! Those are going to be the most expensive peanuts I have ever tried. The 5.3oz bottle cost me roughly $6.00 Canadian. But I thought I would splurge a little and treat myself. To be honest I meant to buy this as a treat for my fiancé as well and we could share. (The jokes we had about it were pretty good too!).
Now the peanuts inside the glass jar look amazing. Everyone coated with a nice orange\red mixture of powder. I thought, finally I can find a snack I can gorge on with a heat level to satisfy my extreme heat needs and all will be good. Well let me say it was a good thing I tried the first peanut. If my fiancé had it first I would have been in big trouble. These are HOT. No kidding around damn freaking hot. The heat rips through you in about 3 seconds. The follow up taste is brilliant but you will never be forgiven of the heat. The powder coats your throat and doesn’t let go. I had 4 peanuts in the first round and 4 about 20 minutes later. How is that for putting a good check on over snacking. Ya, I could have kept going and yes it would have been painful. But what makes this so amazing is that you can have a few peanuts. Get that craving over, and get the heat and endorphin surge you want and not worry about over snacking. Perfect!!!
So now I have this bottle of Acid Rain peanuts that I thought was over priced, and would last about 4 minutes, to having a great snack that will probably last a few weeks. Sam is a genius. The ingredients are simple enough:
Peanuts, Habanero Peppers, Peri-Peri Peppers, Salt, Spice, Citric Acid
I think I may bury one of or two of these in a snack mix tray the next time we have friends over and see who gets the “lucky” one.
Packaging 8/10 – Not much needed here – maybe just some punch to the existing logo
Aroma 8/10 - Sharp and Brave
Appearance 8/10 – Great texture, vibrant colour
Taste 9/10 – Amazing if you can handle the heat
Heat 10/10 – Hot, extremely Hot
Overall 9/10
Some Like it Hot
Calgary, Alberta
T2E 6K3
403-735-6022
www.hataribros.com
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I totally agree with you on these nuts. I reasantly purchase a jar of these tongue burners at “Try my Nuts” in Hatteras North Carolina. Being from Canada I always buy some sauces on our yearly trip to NC. Upon entering the store I was ask to try some nuts. I was happy, “FREE SAMPLES!!!” I blurted out. I took 1 at first and loved it, so I took 5 at once. Well that was a bad idea but I still had to buy some. One of the workers told me that the “Try my Nuts” franchise will be buying out the Acid Rain brand, doubling the heat, and asking you to sign a waver just to buy them. The heat from these linger forever(I have had 1/4 of a baby spoon of PureCap without the same effect). If anyone loves a different, good tasting snack that will definatly tingle those taste buds, then this is for you.
FYI, “Try My Nuts” are a product of Canada, take a wild guess who makes them?? Uh huh, that’s right.
For the record the Acid Rain Hot Nuts brand is not being bought out by anyone. The store employee is mistaken.
Acid Rain is a Canadian Product, always has been and always will be. Will the hot nuts be bottled in Canada for someone in the United States and sold under a different name, of course, but the Acid Rain brand is worth millions of dollars and not for sale last time I talked to Sam (this morning). It’s business as usual at Hatari.
And actually, Hatari is putting out their own hotter nuts this fall under the Uncle Big Killer Hot Nuts brand. They will be without a doubt the hottest nuts on the planet. Let the battle of the nuts begin!! LOL
Craig
I had some hot nuts before, but a little cream took care of the problem!!
eman on 6/21/2006 at 11:32 pm said:
I had some hot nuts before, but a little cream took care of the problem!!
It was those hot nuts that landed you a daughter 
eman on 6/21/2006 at 11:32 pm said:
I had some hot nuts before, but a little cream took care of the problem!!
Ryan@angrypepper on 6/22/2006 at 1:09 am said:
It was those hot nuts that landed you a daughter
Cream…. uhh, n/m way too easy.
(Just like eman) 
I gotta try these. I’m sick of all the “nutless” hot nuts around these days. These sound hot enough.
I bought these too - and they are HOT! You can only eat a few at a time…and I am big on heat. I actually was a little disappointed with these though. The flavor is just not that great that leaves you with wanting more in regards to flavor…It’s just hot.
Finally ordered a bunch of stuff from UncleBig’s, including these Acid Rain Hot Nuts. I tried one half of one peanut to start, because most of the jar was one half peanuts. That was enough!! Of course I went on and popped about 5 into my mouth at once. I won’t say it was a mistake, but Oh My God!! As soon as I was done chewing and swallowed the fire started. Completely covers your tounge from all the way back in your throat to the front. It lasts a while!! What a great product!! I have never had Dave’s Nuts or Spontaneous Combustion Nuts, but I have had their other products and can’t imagine that they are any hotter than these. Cheers!!!
Scott on 6/13/2007 at 8:56 pm said:
Finally ordered a bunch of stuff from UncleBig’s, including these Acid Rain Hot Nuts. I tried one half of one peanut to start, because most of the jar was one half peanuts. That was enough!! Of course I went on and popped about 5 into my mouth at once. I won’t say it was a mistake, but Oh My God!! As soon as I was done chewing and swallowed the fire started. Completely covers your tounge from all the way back in your throat to the front. It lasts a while!! What a great product!! I have never had Dave’s Nuts or Spontaneous Combustion Nuts, but I have had their other products and can’t imagine that they are any hotter than these. Cheers!!!
You really can’t go wrong with anything that Hatari or Uncle Big have to offer!
The Acid Rain Nuts are over the top hot! Great Snack!
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I think with your posts, i m gonna turn gluttony one day. So tempting that you really cant resist tasting each and everyone and leaving even a single.