Trader Joe's Vacuum Dried Crunchy Red Dragon Fruit Chips Unsweetened

"In our dried fruit section, you'll find dried, freeze dried, and vacuum fried products alike. And now, you'll find a vacuum dried product: Trader Joe's Crunchy Red Dragon Fruit Chips. Vacuum drying is particularly effective when working with more fibrous fruits, like dragon fruit; instead of being frozen and heat-dried, our supplier dries slices of Red Dragon Fruit under vacuum conditions at room temperature. No oil is used, and the fruit's delicate structure remains perfectly intact, making for a Fruit Chip that's perfectly light, crunchy, and flavorful-not to mention visually striking. Nicknamed for its resemblance to a dragon's tendrils, dragon fruit is the fruit of several different cactus species native to the Americas and cultivated throughout Southeast Asia. (Our supplier is located in Vietnam, where dragon fruit thrives in the tropical heat.) Also known as pitahaya, sweet dragon fruit, or Hylocereus, comes in three varieties. All three varieties boast kiwi-like flesh, studded throughout with small, crunchy black seeds. And all three varieties are deliciously sweet, bright, and earthy. But only the variety we've chosen, Hylocereus costaricensis, has bold, bright, purple-y red skin and flesh-making our Crunchy Red Dragon Fruit Chips not only delicious, but visually striking, as well. Enjoy Trader Joe's Crunchy Red Dragon Fruit Chips right out of the bag, or crush and sprinkle them over vanilla ice cream or yogurt. However you enjoy eating them, you'll certainly enjoy our price: $3.99 for a 2.5-ounce bag. That's quite a value, especially considering that it takes over two pounds of fresh Red Dragon Fruit to create 2.5 ounces of Red Dragon Fruit Chips! You'll find them in our dried fruit & nuts section."