During a recent visit to Tango Bistro, I was introduced to what is now one of my favorite products.
Kevin and I began our dinner as we do with any night out, we asked what items on the menu could be made corn-free, gluten-free, yeast-free, and dairy-free. The kitchen staff provided us with some direction, and offered to serve many of their appetizers with with corn-free, gluten-free “tortilla” chips.
“How could it be?” I asked.
“A gluten-free, corn-free chip? Are you pulling my leg?” Kevin questioned.
The server looked at us with bright eyes and said, “No, not at all. We serve black bean chips with all of our appetizers”
Betcha can’t guest what we ordered?
There we were two hours later, feasting on an array of dips and chips, enjoying a 100% allergen free evening away from home.
Naturally being the curious nutritionist that I am, I had to ask for the name of the product and their supplier. There was no way I was going to let these babies out of my sight!
One month later we had a huge box of Beanitos snack bags on our front door step. I think it’s safe to say that I kept about 10 bags to myself and I gave out the rest to clients, friends, colleagues, ashram visitors, gas pump attendants, and other random people. I’ve been ranting and raving about these for quite some time, so it only made sense to rant and rave to you all as well!
So, okay… maybe I should talk about why I love this product so much instead of hoping you’ll just trusting me on this one and get yourself a bag ASAP. I’ll break it down plainly and simply:
- they’re chips made from beans
- taste ridiculously similar to tortilla chips… but they’re a healthier alternative!
- naturally gluten-free and corn-free
- come in four flavors:
- pinto bean & flax (vegan)
- black bean chipotle BBQ (vegan – depending on your thoughts about brown sugar) *second favorite!
- black bean (vegan) *favorite!
- pinto cheddar cheese
- high in fiber (5g in each serving), protein, and omegas (in the pinto flax variety)
- part of the non-GMO project
- makes for a great lunch companion. I smile ear to ear when I remember I’ve packed these in my lunch box.
Ah, I just love when I find products that are just so darn fantastic. Have you tried these chips? You must.
The giveaway
Lexie over at Beanitos was gracious enough to offer up a total of 100 – 1.25oz (35g) snack-sized bags for us!
Enter for a chance to win:
- 50 snack sized bags of Beanitos chips
2 winners will be selected!
How to enter
Receive up to 5 entries by:
- Facebook: Like Healthful Pursuit
- Tweet it: You could say something like: I want to win 50 snack bags of corn-free @Beanitos chips from @be_healthful http://su.pr/4oXWRx #dairyfree #glutenfree #vegan #cornfree
- Stumble: on stumbleupon? Stumble and like this post using the social links below. Then, follow me!
- Pinterest: pin this post and follow me
- Comment: What flavor of chip would you choose to try first?
Please leave a *separate comment* for each entry!
The giveaway will be open until Wednesday October 19 with the winner announced on Thursday October 20.
The prize is sponsored by Beanitos. The review I’ve supplied above is my own personal opinion, which I was not paid for.
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I want to try the black bean first!
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pinto cheddar cheese please!
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I’d like to try the regular black bean ones!
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Oooh! Black bean, please! I want these for my son’s lunchbox
I’d really like to try “black bean (vegan)”
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This giveaway is amazing. Do you know how long I have searched for corn free tortilla chips?
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I would try the black bean chipotle.
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Pinto + flax!
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I would like to try the black bean. I’ve had the pinto (like em) and the chipotle (less of a fan). And, I can’t do the cheesy. So, definitely want to try the black bean.
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Chipotle BBQ! Holy moly! Sounds delish!
I would try the black bean ones first
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I actually found this on stumbleupon!
I would want the black bean ones for sure!!!
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I would like to try the black bean first… or maybe the black bean chipotle BBQ!
I would die to try those black bean chipotle BBQ… Anything that is BBQ, I am all over it!
vegan pinto and flax! protein and healthy fats. great combo. but theyd be for the husband. hes the chip fiend!
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I stumbled and liked the post
I’d like to try the black bean and chipotle BBQ variety the most
Black bean sounds good!
I’ve sent a request on pinterest and will follow you as soon as I’m on!
Oooh I saw these at Bulk Barn the other day but didn’t buy any – now you’ve got me very curious! I think black bean is the one I’d want to try first.
Just tweeted for ya!
Black bean or any of the vegan flavors.
Oooh pinto cheddar cheese for me!!
I would love to try these and have my gluten-free daughter try them!! It’s not easy keeping a 6-yr old gluten-free!!
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….And I shared your giveaway post on my FB wall! Hope that helps!
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the chipotle black bean flavor sounds fantastic! yum
I would LOVE to try the black bean ones! YUM!
Pinto bean and flax sounds great, like it might taste like a traditional tortilla chip!
eep! I love beanitoes! they keep me regular
(okay, that’s just what I tell myself to justify eating them in mass quantities)
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I would like to try the black bean!
How could you go wrong with black bean chipotle bbq? Sounds great!
My husband really like the black bean ones! That is the only flavor that we have tried!
That’s so awesome! I love these chip but haven’t seen the chipotle flavor yet. That’s the one I want to try first!
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I like you on FB already (and I LOVE your blog – great recipes!!!!)
I would choose pinto and flax to try first, but they all sound awesome.
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I love that companies are taking the initiative to create products like this! It’s so refreshing.
I would either go for the pinto bean & flax or the black bean – all flavors sound great though!
Mmm I keep seeing those at Planet Organic and wondered if they were any good! I would go for the black bean flavor
These look delicious! I’d love to try black bean.
I tweeted!
I agree with many others – I would love to try the plain black ones first! And then the black bean chipotle BBQ (hopefully they’ve got some kick then?!)…
These sound awesome! I would love to try the chipotle BBQ ones….for some reason I am craving something spicy!
Yum. Black bean chips sound really good. I would try them first!
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I tend to prefer original flavors (plain chips are the best), so I’d love to try the black bean first.
Black Bean would be fabulous!
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I would love the Chipotle. Thanks!
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The black bean-chipotle looks the best!
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I would dig right in to the chipotle BBQ
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Definitely the cheddar ones!!
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Umm, Chipotle BBQ…need I say more. Yumm. I’ve been dying to try these! Fingers crossed
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I want to try the black bean.
I bet you would be very popular if you gave these out for Halloween (at least with the parents!). I would probably try the black bean chipotle BBQ first!
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The black bean chips look really good. I’d love to try them…
I tweeted!
I would totally try the chipotle BBQ flavor first. Brown sugar is a vegan “gray area” for me that I’m willing to go with!
I would love to try the black bean chipotle BBQ first!
I already follow you on twitter
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Wow, so happy you found these! I feel so deprived when I have to pass by the tortilla chips in the store cause I can’t do corn. These sound fabulous! Black bean for me. YUM.
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AAAnd i’m trying to figure this stumble upon thing out but im not having luck. I’m not giving up though it will happen shortly
I would choose to try the black bean flavor first and then pinto bean and flax!
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I would like I try the BBQ flavor!
I pinned this post and follow you!
I tweeted the giveaway!
I stumbled and liked the post and follow you!
I’d like to try the black bean…
I would try the pinto bean and flax! Yum!
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Pinned, and following! I just discovered Pinterest and I’m so addicted!
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I love chips! I would love to try the cheddar cheese ones.
I pinned this entry and I follow you!
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I’d love to try the black bean
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i would like to try the black bean variety.
I’d like to try the plain black bean first! I find with stuff like this I like to start with the most basic flavor, to get a sense of what it really tastes like! Great giveaway, thanks!
I tweeted it!!! (I hope it worked – I don’t tweet very often
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I love black bean so I would love to try the other flavors. I also follow you on FB
Yum! These sound amazing! I just “liked” you on Facebook!
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And I really want to try the black bean chipotle BBQ because chipotle kicks but. lol.
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black bean chipotle BBQ- my boyfriend’s a BBQ fanatic
oh wow. I’d love to try the black bean ones! I love beans in pretty much any form.
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Never heard of this before. . .pinto cheddar cheese sound scrumptious!
i would definitely try the black bean flavor first!
Pinto and cheddar cheese! Please pick me! I just moved and always good snacks!
I love me some black bean!!
I would try the pinto cheddar cheese because I am a cheese fanatic. Those look like the perfect snack to take to campus and munch on in between classes.
Holy shmoly! These chips have got people excited! (me too)
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And I would go for chipotle BBQ first, hands down.
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Ana
Being from Brazilian I am a true lover of beans – along with rice beans are a staple for meals in my country.
These chips sound too good to be true, it would be awesome to try some. I would love to try the black bean chips! (actually all of them sound really delicious!)
Ana
I would love to try the chipotle BBQ, I have not been able to find that one!! please please please!
How fantastic! I would love to have these in my lunchbag. I Facebook like you!
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And I totally want to try the black bean ones!
Mmm, those chipotle BBQ sound awesome. What a great find
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I’d be all over the chipotle ones!
Yum, I have heard these are incredible. Haven’t tried them yet myself.
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Sorry forgot to mention I’d like to try the chipotle – I think that’d be my favorite.
My boyfriend went gluten-free/vegan about a month ago and I’ve been trying to as well…it’s challenging and fun to learn what to cook for him. I have been raw before in the past and I’m trying to maintain a high raw gluten free diet because of health issues. He loves Beanitos! I haven’t tried them…but I love barbecue chips and haven’t been able to eat them, so the first one I’d try is the Black Bean Chipotle BBQ!
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I’d try the black bean first.
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My son and I would probably try BBQ since we didn’t get to have much of Grandpa’s BBQing this year! hehe
I have liked you on facebook! Though not recently. haha
These chips sound delicious!!!
black bean chipotle BBQ…definitely!
Black Bean chipotle BBQ sounds awesome!
I “liked” you on Facebook and I would really like to try the balck bean chipotle BBQ flavour.
I would love to try black bean chipoltle bbq!
I like you on facebook already!
I liked you on Facebook!
I tweeted your giveaway.
And pinned you and follow you on Pinterest!
And I’d really like to try the chipotly BBQ flavor! Yum!! Thanks Leanne!
i would love to try black bean and pinto&flax
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I want to try Chipotle BBQ!
Interested in the black beans version…
Black bean please!
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I think I would try the Black Bean Chipotle BBQ ones first.
I pinned this post and started following you on Pinterest.
looks fibre-licious!
The pinto bean and flax would be the first I’d try!
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I’ve tried the black bean flavor before and loved them! Such a great product!
Of course I already follow you on FB!
These sound like totally something right up my alley. I would definitely love to try the pinto cheddar cheese flavor. I used to love Doritos so any chip with cheese is a chip for me. Hopefully they don’t give me gas, what with all the beans and all
Black bean chipotle would be great.
black bean chipotle bbq…the fact that it is bbq flavored is probably the only way I could get my fiance to try a chip made from beans. he is pretty closed minded when it comes to anything healthy.
oh and i’m following you on pinterest….so obsessed!
I just liked Healthful Pursuit’s page on facebook!
I just tweeted about this giveaway! I LOVE these chips, i’ve only tried a few at a festival, but they’re so good! I also love falafel chips
These sound great, I’d love to try them! I like you on Facebook.
Following on SU and stumbled this post.
Pinto Bean & Flax alllll the way! Also chipotle sounds amazing
.. i would know, i’ve tried it!
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I’d be all over the black bean chipotle. Thanks for the giveaway opportunity!
I’d be SO down to try black bean chipotle. Sounds right up my alley.
I’ve already tried Pinto & Flax ones and LOVED them. Can’t wait to try the others.
Yum! These would be a great snack to just throw in my bag for the workday
I already like you on FB!
I tweeted!
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I would choose the Black Bean flavor first
Black bean sounds delicious!
I am sooooooooooo excited!!!!!
Pinto bean & flax sounds delicious…thanks!
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I want to try the black bean chipotle BBQ first, gotta love the smoky flavor of chipotle <3
I would try the chipotle.
These look fabulous! I’d probably try pinto bean and flax, even though the regular black bean sounds really good too
Thanks for the giveaway!
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I would definitally go for the Black Bean Chipotle BBQ flavor first!
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hmm, they all sounds good but pinto cheddar would by my first choice
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As for the flavor I most want to try – I’m torn between the Black Bean Chipotle BBQ which sounds so flavorful and the regular black bean which sounds so simple & good!
my husband discovered these when he went wheat/dairy free. we love them. we want them! Black bean flavor please!
Black bean chipotle would be my first choice but I want them all!
We served regular tortilla chips at a dinner party recently, and had a bag of these chips set aside for my husband. Everyone sneaked a taste of these chips – then my husband had none left! LOVE LOVE!
Did I mention we love the benitos chips?! We do! Any flavor but cheese (as we’re dairy free)
Benitos chips please! So good next to black beans and quinoa and fresh avocado. MORE!
Benitos are the BOMB! So excited you discovered them!
I would love to try the black bean chipotle BBQ!
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I pinned this on pinterest!
Black bean would be my top pick!
Oh, these sound good! I’d love to try the black bean and the Chipotle BBQ!
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I stumbled, I liked, I *already* follow you!
chipotle!
I’d try the black bean ones first!
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the black bean chipotle sounds so good!
I would love to try the Pinto Cheddar Cheese ones first!
Definitely the chipotle! I love spicy food!
I’d love to try the pinto bean and flax Beanitos. They sound like the perfect snack.
I’d love to try the pinto and flax Beanitos. They sound like the perfect snack.
I want to try the Black Bean first.
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I honestly don’t know which one I would pick first. They all sound amazing. I think I’d rip open a bag of each and taste test my way through.
Black bean chipotle? My feelings on brown sugar can be swayed in the chipotle way if they feed my since-summer addiction to spicy foods! I find myself putting hot sauce or peppers on everything at any meal. These could make it easier to get my fix – and much less of a mess.
Ooohh decisions, decisions – I think I’d try the BBQ chipotle first. Thanks for the great giveaway Leanne!
I’d love to try the black bean flavor!
My husband loves chipotle, so the black bean chipotle ones would be first choice at our house!!
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I would try the Chipotle first!
am i allowed to say i want to try them all?! because i do!!
The black bean flavor sounds delicious!
The pinto cheddar cheese flavor would be my first pick
I’d love to try the pinto cheddar cheese
Chipotle BBQ…yummy
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This looks sooo yummy
I’d try the regular black bean ones first!!1 YUM!
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I would try Pinto Cheddar Cheese first
While I would LOVE to win this I am super excited already! I have a very serious corn allergy that leaves me with a very limited amount of things to eat (think carrots, lettuce…it’s that “awesome”) and I had to give up my best love – chips. Years ago. So excited to track some of these down and try them!
Love the Beanito Pinto Bean and Cheddar – sit at work and eat a whole bag during 8 hour work shift
finally…. a tasty healthy bag snack
Hi Leanne,
bean crisps are excellent. The best ones i have had so far are hand made “Where Have You Bean” crackers from my local farmers market. I would love to try these too,
Nellie
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I would love to try the Black bean first! Never even heard of these before. Thank you
I liked you on Facebook just now. Not sure why I never did that since I’ve been reading your blog.
Hope you have an awesome rest of your day ^_^
I tried the chipotle and LOVE IT!
I want to try the black bean first!
I’d try the BBQ one… bet it tastes super interesting with the bean!
I love the Beanitos chips!!!! SO gooooood!
Hawaii loves Beanitos!
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All the flavors are great! I’ve gotten 2 grocery stores to carry the brand since I first tried them! Thanks for something tasty and good for us! Now if we could get McD’s on the same page….
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I would love to try the Pinto Bean & Flax Chips With Cheddar Cheese first.
I would probably try the black bean first, actually im going to try them today! YAY!
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would love to try the pinto and cheese!
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Love the black bean and want to try the BBQ!
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Ooh, definitely the black bean chipotle. Yum!
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Chipotle BBQ!
Black bean is NOM!!
I would try Black Bean first!!!
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Pinned it and following you! Thanks again.
black bean chipotle please…YUM!!!
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i tweeted to u on twitter that i would love to win the beanito contest
i retweeted your contest info on twitter thank you
I liked you on facebook, and I would like to try the black bean first.
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I would try the BBQ kind.. I swear I put bbq sauce on everything, so me and this chip would be a perfect match!
Black bean sounds yummy!
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I would like to try the Black Bean flavor! I have wanted to try these before but the price for them is out of grocery budget.
Chipotle BBQ!
mmm black bean!
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And I would probably try the black bean chipotle BBQ first. I love anything with a chipotle flavor and black beans so these sound like the perfect combination!
Pinto cheddar cheese for sure!
i want to try the black bean
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black bean because they’re all vegan
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I have looked everywhere locally to find black bean chips. So many times the package is very misleading. Anyway, I liked you on FB.
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First, definitely black bean and then the pinto and flax. Yum!
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I would try the cheesy one first!
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I would try the pinto & flax – sounds so good!
Mmm…pinto cheddar cheese! I’m such a sucker for cheese!
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These look awesome! I’d LOOOOOVE to try the black bean
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And also tweeted about this giveaway
I want Chipotle black bean…yum
I would love to try your 2nd favourite!! The first one sounds good as well! Yumyum!