Funky Monkey Review and Giveaway
Jul 14th, 2008 by Kate Olson
Kate Olson is a mother of 2 toddlers and lives in rural Wisconsin. She balances motherhood & working from home in a semi-functional fashion - you can read more about Kate on our contributors page. She blogs about education and lots of business/tech stuff at Kate Says . Want more? Read all of Kate’s posts!
Read on to win this yummy snack!
Funky Monkey Snacks - I liked the name as soon as I received the press release! This is honestly the easiest review I’ve ever written because one sentence really sums this product up:
My children INHALED these things - all 3 bags.
What more could a mom say? They’re healthy, my kids ate them. Done!
Want the fine print?
Funky Monkey Snacks are freeze dried fruit - all natural, with no added sugar, preservatives, colors or flavors. They are gluten-free, wheat-free and dairy-free. They come in four delicious flavors: Bananamon (banana and cinnamon - a personal favorite of mine), Carnaval Mix (banana, pineapple, apple, papaya and raisins), Jivealime (pineapple and lime juice) and Purple Funk (banana and acai berries).
The yummies are found at a ton of stores all over, including Whole Foods and Amazon.com - easy enough for ALL of us to access!
Want more healthy trips and ticks for getting more fruits and veggies into your kids? Check out this very cool resource - Fruit and Veggie Guru. Tons of resources and recipes that I know my family needs - maybe yours does too?
Win Funky Monkey Snacks!
Want to win a bag of Funky Monkey Snacks for you or your kids?
Easy peasy - 3 winners and all you need to do to enter is leave a comment here telling which of the 4 flavors you think you (or your kids) would like best.
Contest ends 7/21/08 - make sure you use a valid email address when entering!
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These look great! I think my girls would most like the purple funk or jivealime. Very cool. Even if I don’t win a free bag, I’m definitely going to look for these at my whole foods store. Thanks!
I think my kids would like the Bananamon flavor. I am sure that it would have nothing to do with me walking around saying, “Bananamon!” in my best Jamaican accent.
The Kids would ask, “What is that Dad?”
“Banana, Mon!” I would say in my accent.
“No, really. What is it?” My children would ask with annoyance at my fake accent.
“It’s Banana, Mon!” I would continue to say and just for good measure I would add in the hearty laugh from the old 7Up commercials with the Jamaican guy in it, “Ha, ha! Ha! Ha!”
It would be fun for the whole family for about 15 min before the kids take the bag from me and run into the other room to discuss how weird their father is, and how they should try to keep me indoors for the rest of the day while sampling this new product .
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I think the carnaval mix or jivealime would be very tasty! Hard to choose—-they are all tempting!
Monday-Wednesday my 20 month-old will love the Bananamon,
Thursday will love Carnaval Mix,
Friday he will only eat Jivealime ,
Saturday and Sunday will be reserved for Purple Funk
Considering the review from Kate, I know Lucas would love them all. However, like any other almost-two-year-old, he keeps us on our toes when serving anything yummy!
Bring on the treats:)
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Jivealime looks great! Im going to go check them out right now as I am totally looking for some healthy snacks to take with us on vacation for those travel munchies!!
i’d like jiva lime but since my kid rules the roost i think we’d go with purple funk!
This sounds like something my boys would love! I think the flavors they would enjoy most would be carnaval mix or jivealime! Thank you for the giveaway!
I think Rylee would love Bananamon.
I think Bananamon sounds the yummiest! Thanks for sharing!
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Hey Kate,
Thanks for telling us about this great product. I struggle to get our 21-month-old to eat any fruit. She’ll eat bananas occassionally and that’s about it. Our 3-year-old, however, loves fruit — and no veggies. So Belle would enjoy any of the flavors, but Lilly would eat up the Bannamon. I’ll have to check around our area for these.
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Jivealime.
These sound delicious! I know my bunch would love the Bananamon the most, followed by Jivealime, and Carnaval Mix, and maybe even Purple Funk (although they’ve never tried acai berries). Thanks for the giveaway chance!
It’s between Purple Funk and Bananamon
We’d go for the Purple Funk, good color and my son can’t stand the smell of bananas. It’ll be a good test since he eats NO FRUIT.
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The winners are Al, Kam, and Allison - I emailed the winners and if I don’t hear back by the 28th I’ll notify new winners. Congratulations!