Uncle Jerry’s Handmade PA Dutch Pretzels
Today I would like to introduce you to the company called Uncle Jerry’s Handmade Pennsylvania Dutch Pretzels based out of my home state of Pennsylvania. This pretzel company was the first commercial pretzel bakery and was founded in 1861. Each pretzel is handmade, hand rolled and hand twisted, and then they are baked in a stone hearth oven. Their pretzels are all-natural, fat-free and they are made without oils, shortening or sweeteners.
There are 6 varieties that are offered year round and they are: Extra Dark, Whole Wheat, Specials, Whole Wheat Sesame Low Salt, Oat Bran and Lites. During the Spring and Fall they offer chocolate covered pretzels in milk or dark chocolate. Yummy!!! During the months of October through April the company makes a delicious chocolate pretzel too!
My Review: Uncle Jerry’s Pretzels sent me 4 of their handmade gourmet pretzels to try out for all of you. I received the Extra Dark Low Salt, the Whole Wheat, the Specials and one of their Dark Chocolate Covered Pretzels to review. Since I have 4 family members we each selected one to try out. My hubby selected the Extra Dark Low Salt one since he loves this type of hard pretzel. He said it tasted fresh and it was crunchy. He appreciated that it had very little (and I mean very little) salt on it since he has to watch the salt he consumes. He said this pretzel reminded him of the delicious homemade pretzels that his grandmother used to bake for them when he was a child and gives it 2 thumbs up! My mother who is very conscious of what she eats selected the Whole Wheat one to try out. She loved the “wheaty” taste of this pretzel and also gave it two thumbs up. My daughter who likes a lot of salt on her pretzels selected the Specials pretzel to try out which is a salt crunchy hard pretzel…just the way she likes her pretzels! Within minutes she had it devoured. Since I am a chocolate lover I happily took the remaining pretzel for myself. The one I happily devoured was the Uncle Jerry’s Dark Chocolate Pretzel and it was delicious! I have had chocolate covered pretzels before but they were mini pretzels or rods…not a full size crunchy hard pretzel like this one and now I am totally hooked on these! *sigh* too bad I only had one to eat! LOL If I had to suggest an improvement to their pretzel line it would be give us some pretzels that are coated in both milk chocolate and white chocolate…oh yeah!
Overall Impression: My family just loved these pretzels and within the first day of their arrival to our home they were gone! We received our pretzel order quickly and it was well packaged. The pretzels are individually wrapped and I really liked that! They were absolutely delicious and make the perfect family snack!
Disclaimer: Shelly Hill has personally reviewed the product listed above. Shelly has not received any monetary compensation for her review. Shelly did receive a free product to try out so she could evaluate and use it for her review. Her thoughts & opinions in this review are unbiased & honest and your opinions may differ. The Two Classy Chics are not responsible for delivery/shipping of giveaway items won from this blog nor are we responsible for mis-use or injury caused by items won from the TCC Blog.