Of course, junk food is junk food.  But even junk food can be WAY healthier than the stuff we usually see in the supermarket.  That’s why I was so excited to see what UNREAL is doing!

UNREAL is a new company that is looking not just to create better candy, but to be a catalyst in revolutionizing the industry.  They have just come out with a new line of candies that have better ingredients than the current mainstream ones (more cacao, real sugar instead of high-fructose corn syrup, no GMO’s!, etc.).  These candies will compete head-to-head with the existing ones at mainstream retailers and at mainstream prices.  The purpose is to communicate to other companies that they can use quality ingredients, charge reasonable prices, and still do business.

We had the opportunity to try some of these, and they’re pretty good.  The candy-coated chocolate pieces (above) had a bit of a bitter aftertaste, IMO, but all of the candy bars we tasted, and the peanut butter cups, were really good.  (And personally, I find these naturally-colored foods far more appealing than the garishly fake-colored stuff.)

Look for these at retailers such as Target, CVS, etc.!

Disclosure: We were provided with a sampling of UNREAL candies to facilitate this post.  As always, all opinions expressed here are entirely my own.