Amped-Up Almonds

"To the naked eye, Trader Joe’s Amped Up Almonds look suspiciously like our perennially popular Trader Joe’s Dark Chocolate Covered Almonds. This certainly makes sense, as each single-serve package of Amped Up Almonds also contains fine quality, U.S.-grown almonds enrobed in a dark chocolate coating. Similar, indeed. But, as their name would imply, these almonds are, well, Amped Up...

And to what, pray tell, may we attribute the amping-up of these particular Almonds? Why, the addition of pea protein, of course! Yes, that’s right—we’ve added extra plant-based protein to the chocolatey coating, effectively increasing the product’s protein content to 16g per 2.5-ounce bag! That’s a big deal, especially when you consider that we’ve also reduced the total sugars to 14g per 2.5-ounce bag. (For reference, regular TJ’s Dark Chocolate Almonds contain 8g of protein and 23g of total sugars per 2.5-ounce bag.) Don’t worry, though, we would never sacrifice taste or texture in the name of “New Year; new me” diet mentality. Nope—TJ’s Amped Up Almonds are still all that and a bag of… almonds!"