The Big Game is almost here. Have you stocked up on munchies? Whether you’re going to a neighborhood party or are hosting one yourself, you’ll want to share a few crunchy mixes to satisfy your hungry pals. After all, adrenaline-fueled cravings are serious business! Here are five delicious game day snacks that are sure to please any crowd.

1. Mix of Champions

Wish your team luck by noshing on the Mix of Champions. This spicy, salty, and smoky mix is packed with hickory smoked almonds, edamame, salted macadamia nuts, chili bits, buffalo peanuts, and cheddar sesame sticks.

 2. Bar Mix

5. Mix of the Man

This is a mix for those who are “man enough” to handle the heat. This unique mix is packed with hickory smoked almonds, cajun corn sticks, mixed nuts, toasted corn, cajun peanuts, dried strawberries, and M&M’s. The Mix of the Man is chock-full of sweet heat. Heat-seeking ladies, you’ll enjoy this, too.

Have you ever wished that you could create a custom assortment of your favorite goodies? Well, let us grant your wish with a custom tray of nuts, sweets, and other snacks!

Custom trays are a popular holiday item because they make perfect gifts or holiday party treats. Choose from a selection of more than 150 nuts, dried fruits, and sweets!

To create your own, visit the Nuts.com site and follow these simple steps:

1. Select your category: Nuts, Dried Fruit, Chocolate, Sweets, or Snacks. You can mix and match, of course. You can also start with the Nutty Family’s favorite trays and customize them, or sort by Raw, Organic, Gluten-free, or Kosher products!

2. Click on a product, then click on the section of the tray you want it to fill. If you love a certain snack, you can use it to fill multiple slots! If you change your mind about a slot, just repeat step 2 and you’ll replace your original choice with the new one. You’ll see the cost of the tray vary with your selections.

3. Choose whether you’d like a medium or large tray, select your quantity, and click “Add to Cart”!

Here are a few of our favorite snacks that you might include in your own custom tray:

• Dried Strawberries
• Turkish Pistachios (Antep)
• Roasted Almonds (Salted)
• Chocolate Covered Pretzels
• Toasted Corn Nuts
• Butter Toffee Mixed Nuts

We recommend that you time your order so you can enjoy these perishable treats within a few days of delivery, at the peak of their freshness. Enjoy!

The weather may be cooling down, but football season is just heating up. Put on your lucky jersey and cheer on your favorite team by hosting a game day party for fellow fans (and maybe a few rivals). Put a fresh spin on tailgating by serving some of your favorite sweet and salty snacks during the game.

Guacamole Bites

Don’t worry if you can’t find ripe avocados in October! These crispy guacamole bites are seasoned with natural avocado flavors and just the right blend of Southwest spices.

Black Bean Sticks

Pep up the crowd with these jalapeno-flavored black bean sticks. Each crunchy bite has a hint of garlic, tomato and onion, and you may find yourself fighting over control of the bowl as well as the ball.

Gum Drops

Revisit a childhood favorite — soft, chewy, multicolored gum drops sprinkled with sugar. Your only challenge will be deciding which flavor is your favorite.

Chia Chips

Football game snacks don’t have to be unhealthy to be tasty. Our chia chips taste great and are good for you! Chia seeds are rich in Omega-3 fatty acids, and they have proven health benefits, including reducing food cravings and blood pressure.

Chocolate-covered sunflower seeds

Cover salty sunflower seeds with a hard milk chocolate shell and you have yourself a crowd-pleaser. Put out a bowl of rainbow chocolate-covered sunflower seeds, and watch it disappear in minutes.

Garlic cheese sticks

Real garlic and romano cheese, baked with wheat flour and grains, make these garlic cheese sticks unbelievably flavorful. Serve them with dip or a hot bowl of chili for a tasty touchdown.

What are your favorite snacks for game day?

Our Health Nut and Registered Dietitian, Molly Morgan, offers tips for putting together delicious ice cream sundaes with healthy toppings (and some treats!)
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Healthy eating is all about balance!  In 1984, July was designated National Ice Cream Month.  Celebrate with a fun ice cream sundae bar loaded with delicious – and nutritious – fixings!  If you’re looking for even more inspiration, check out our sweet ice cream toppings.

If you’re starting with vanilla ice cream…

• Blueberry Pie: Top ice cream with dried blueberries and Vanilla Light and Crunchy Granola
• Apple Pie: Top ice cream with chopped Infused Dried Apple Wedges and Apple Cinnamon Granola
• Tropical Sundae: Top ice cream with shredded coconut, diced dried pineapple, diced dried mango and diced dried papaya
• Dark Chocolate Cherry Sundae: Top ice cream with sour tart cherries and dark chocolate covered cashews
• Cilantro Lime Crunch: Top ice cream with cilantro lime pistachios and pepitas

If you’re starting with chocolate ice cream…

• S’mores Sundae: Top ice cream with S’mores candy, white marshmallow bits and sprinkle with graham cracker crumbs
• Grasshopper Pie: Top ice cream with mint chips and chopped Andes Mints and finish with chopped grasshopper chocolate mint cookies
• Peanut Butter Blast: Top ice cream with chopped Resses’s Pieces, chopped peanuts and mini peanut butter cups
• Raspberry Chocolate Sundae: Top ice cream with raspberry chocolate chips, mini dark chocolate raspberry cups and dried red raspberries

If you’re starting with sorbet…

• Spicy Mango Sorbet: Top mango sorbet with chopped chili mango
• Lemon Blast: Top lemon sorbet with crushed lemon snap cookies, lemon chips and finish with a sprinkle of diced glazed lemon peel
• Raspberry Cookie Crumble: Top raspberry sorbet with macaroon crunch and  dark chocolate cover raspberries
• Peach Pie: Top peach sorbet with diced peaches and crushed graham cracker cookie gems

Quick tips for putting together your sundae bar

• Group toppings together on your sundae bar and consider placing small cards that suggest topping ideas for your guests.
• Balance your ice cream bar with a variety of healthier options, such as dried fruit and granola, with indulgent options, such as dark chocolate covered cashews and cookie crumbles.
• Lighten-up your ice cream selection by choosing a low-fat variety! Many light varieties have about ½ the fat of ice cream!  One serving (1/2 cup) of low fat ice cream has about 100 calories and 3-4 grams of fat per serving.
• Help your guests keep their portions in check by providing small bowls for their sundae creations!  Studies show that the larger the bowl, the more you will serve yourself and eat.

Are you hosting a summer wedding, shower, or other celebration? Our nutty family loves parties, and there’s nothing sweeter than treating your guests to a candy buffet!  To inspire you, we’ve put together a candy buffet gallery.

If you’re looking for a wedding candy buffet, we’ve got wedding candy galore! With our candy by color selection, you’re sure to find the perfect match for your theme, whether you’d like a classic white candy buffet, an outdoor candy buffet, or a dazzling hot pink candy buffet. We have a large selection of personalized candy favors, too, in case that’s the treat you’d prefer for your guests.

If you’re planning a baby shower, we’ve got you covered, too! Regardless of whether it’s a boy, a girl, or a surprise, our candy buffet gallery has something for everyone: a baby girl shower candy buffet, a baby boy shower candy buffet, and a green candy buffet (and that’s just the start!).

Take advantage of the warm summer months with a spring candy buffet, a summer candy buffet, or a rustic snack buffet. Or, throw a birthday party decorated with a classic birthday candy buffet, a beach candy buffet, or a carnival candy buffet.

Candy Buffet Planning Tips

1. Start with an inspiration board for your buffet – photos of candy buffets that you like, candies, decorations, and fabric swatches.
2. You need about 1/4 to 1/2 pounds of candy per guest, but keep in mind that you should get enough candy for your table to look full and opulent. You may want to draw out a plan for how you will arrange the candy containers on your table.
3. Consider starting with 5-10 different types of candy. More variety of candy adds color and character to your buffet.
4. Don’t forget a backdrop!  For more dramatic effect, you can set your buffet against an interesting wall, in the middle of a room, or outside. Or purchase an interesting fabric and pin it on the wall against which you’re planning to display your buffet.

Check out even more of our candy buffet tips.  And, if you need help designing your candy buffet or candy favors, our Candy Concierge is here to help! Contact our specialists at care@nuts.com or 800-558-6887 for advice and support.

Have a sweet celebration!

Are those wedding bells we hear? Here at Nuts.com, we are so excited to announce our latest, greatest line of candy favors! These candy favors are perfect for weddings, bridal showers and baby showers.

Looking for favors that will make your big day sparkle? We’ve got you covered! Our personalized candy favors allow you to choose from a huge selection of candy, containers and labels. Our custom favor designer makes it fun to create your favors in four simple steps.

And the best part? Once you’ve made your selections and placed your order, we’ll do all the work! We’ll ship your candy favors to you fully assembled and ready to go.

We offer a huge selection of candy by color for our personalized candy favors. It’s simple to find a shade that will perfectly coordinate with your decor! Additionally, our candy offerings range from classic choices, such as Jordan almonds, to more modern sweets, such as Jelly Belly jelly beans and chocolate covered espresso beans. We even have favorites like M&M’s, Sixlets and gummy bears.

We can also add beautiful favor labels to your personalized candy favors. These labels, which were designed exclusively for our customers, are a gorgeous way to personalize your favors with your names and wedding date.

We know your wedding day is important, and we’re happy to be with you each step of the way! If you have any questions about our line of candy favors, please feel free to contact us at CustomerService@Nuts.com or 800-558-6887. Our customer service representatives are on hand to make sure your candy favors are just right!

If wedding bells are in your future, give our personalized candy favors a look! With so many container, candy and label options, you can’t go wrong!

At first glance, you might wonder whether you should eat these corn cupcakes at the start of your meal (because of the corn) or as a dessert (because of the cupcake).  But look closely and you’ll be amazed!

Our friend, Martha, decorated these delicious cupcakes with candy!

The “corn” is made from yellow Jelly Belly Buttered Popcorn and white Jelly Belly French Vanilla.  The “butter” is made from banana split chews.

What a delightful idea for a fall dessert!

Looking for something sweet to jazz up your wedding, shower or party? We offer candy in all colors of the rainbow, so you’re bound to find something that suits the theme of your next big event! Take a peek at our candy by color section to find a huge variety of treats in all the hottest hues.

Red is one of the most popular colors for wedding parties, and we can see why! It’s bright and elegant, with a hint of fun. Our red candy includes sweets that suit a wide variety of tastes, including red Sixlets, Twizzler cherry bites, watermelon drops and pastel chocolate strawberries.

Purple is a rising star in the wedding world, and our purple candy comes in a variety of regal hues, from lilac to lavender. Dig into our blueberry yogurt pretzels, pastel milk chocolate blueberries, grape gummy bears and purple M&Ms.

What could be sweeter than pink candy? It’s lovely for wedding and baby showers, and perfect for princess-themed parties.  Treats like Good & Plenty, Strawberry Puffs, gummy pigs and pink shimmer gum balls add a splash of simple rose to any occasion.

Green candy is great, and we have no shortage of treats in this tempting color! Try some mint cookies malted milk balls, Andes Mints, green apple sour straws and Jelly Belly watermelon jelly beans at your next event.

Blue is a common and lovely choice for many wedding candy buffets, and we have blue candy ranging from classy to wacky! Serve up some Tiffany blue chocolate lentils and blue and white Jordan almonds if you’re leaning toward traditional décor, and throw in some gummy blue sharks and sour blue soda bottles if you’re feeling adventurous.

Sunny orange candy and yellow candy add sparkle to just about any special event.  Make sure to include orange slices, orange shimmer pearls, lemon drops and mango Australian licorice.

What are some of your favorite colors?

Earlier this week, we hosted our Sweet Twitter Party. Was it ever a blast! We spent an hour giving away sweet prizes, answering questions about candy buffets and favors, and chatting about our products. The time just flew by!

Thanks so much to everyone who answered trivia questions and asked some questions of their own on Tuesday, as well as those who spread the word about the event beforehand. We loved talking with you!

We’d also like to thank a group of fantastic bloggers who really helped make this event possible by spreading the word about the party. We couldn’t have done it without you! They are:

• DIY Weddings Magazine, along with Twitter handles @becomingthemrs and @DIYWeddingMag
• Borrowed & Bleu
• Wedding Etiquette Guides
• Brenda’s Wedding Blog

We’d also love to thank some of the bloggers who promoted the party via Twitter! They are: @WeddingIdeasUS, @NewYorkBrides, @NYCBride, @TheDJSolution, @BestNYWeddings, @ManhattanBride, @WeddingSites, @DIYWeddingIdeas and @SavingUGreenMom.

Great work, everyone! We can’t wait to do it again sometime!

To celebrate wedding season and the sweet, long days of summer, NutsOnline is throwing a Twitter party on Tuesday, July 26 from 1 p.m. – 2 p.m. ET. The hour will feature candy trivia, and we’ll be giving away a pound of sweet treats every five minutes!

Jeffrey Braverman, Chief Nut, will join the party to answer questions about candy, candy buffets, candy favors, storage, shipping and everything else related to candy (and nuts!) As the founder of NutsOnline.com, Jeffrey took the third-generation family nut and candy business online, and knows a thing or two about having fun with candy. (NutsOnline sells 28 types of gummy bears and Jordan almonds in 20 different colors, for example.)

Join us if you’re a bride-to-be looking for tips for a DIY wedding candy buffet, a NutsOnline customer who wants to connect with the NutsOnline community, or just a nut about sweets.

When: Tuesday, July 26, 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. ET (noon – 1 p.m. CT, 11 a.m. – 12 p.m. MT; 10 a.m. – 11 a.m. PT).

How: To participate, you must have a Twitter account and follow @Nuts_Online, the party host; we’ll be using the tag #NutsOnline

Tip: Following the #NutsOnline hash tag in TweetGrid or TweetChat will make it easier for you to see and respond to all tweets from the party in one place.

Let us know if you have any questions in the comments below. You don’t need to RSVP to join the conversation – everyone is welcome. We look forward to seeing you at the party!

Prizes
You can win prizes by answering trivia questions during the party and helping us to spread the word about the party by tweeting about it before 10 p.m. ET on July 25. We’ll announce winners from Twitter followers who tweet about the party during the event. To make sure you’re entered into the giveaway, please use the #nutsonline hash tag to spread the word about the event or feel free to share the following tweet, and then join us for the party:

Prizes, trivia & Q&A w/Chief Nut of nutsonline.com @Nuts_Online Sweet Twitter Party 7/26 1-2 PM ET. Info: http://bit.ly/nQ9XE1 #NutsOnline

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Giveaway Details & Rules
If we announce you as a winner, please email kathleen@nutsonline.com to claim your prize. We cannot ship to P.O. boxes.

Winners from Twitter followers who tweet about the party will be chosen at random using random.org. The winner of each trivia prize will be the first Twitter follower to correctly respond to the trivia question using the #nutsonline hash tag; in the case that multiple winners respond simultaneously, the tie will be broken using a random number generated on random.org. All winners will be announced during the Twitter party and will have 48 hours to respond and claim their prize.

No purchase necessary to enter. Winners must live in the United States or Canada, or have an APO/FPO military shipping address, and be 18 years or older. All entries received after the giveaway closing date and time (2 p.m. ET, July 26th) will not be considered. Entries that do not follow all of the entry requirements will not be considered. The odds of winning a giveaway depend on the number of entries. No more than one winning entry per person via each of the methods listed in the giveaway details. Employees of NutsOnline are not eligible to participate. NutsOnline is not liable for late or misdirected entries, entry errors or transmission problems. NutsOnline reserves the right to terminate the giveaway in the event of technical problems, or to correct typographical or technical errors, or to amend these rules. By entering, participants agree to release and hold harmless NutsOnline and its respective parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, directors, officers, employees and agents from any and all liability or any injuries, loss or damage of any kind arising from or in connection with a giveaway. Winners agree to permit NutsOnline to use her or his name, voice, photo or likeness for reasonable promotional and marketing purposes. NutsOnline will provide the name of the winners of the giveaway, upon mailed request to NutsOnline, for 30 days after that giveaway’s entry period ends. No substitution, transfer or assignment of prizes is permitted. Non-winning entries from one giveaway are not carried forward to future giveaways. All decisions are final. The giveaway is void where prohibited or restricted by law.