Fresh, high quality nuts for a decent price!
Please note that this review was not paid for or sponsored by any third party. I purchased this product with my own money and the opinions in this review are strictly my own. I am not affiliated with Costco or any of its suppliers. I am just a fan of the company. I write these reviews to help my fellow shoppers.
Generally I do not crave nuts like I do chocolate. My parents always have cans of generic peanuts laying around on their kitchen counter and I never feel the need to open them up and eat them when I visit. However around any holiday these Costco Kirkland Premium Quality Mixed Nuts show up pretty much everywhere I go and I cannot resist these.
I wanted to include these on the blog due to the fact I think, hands down these are the freshest, highest quality nuts you can purchase at the most reasonable cost. Most “mixed nuts” are 90% cashews or peanuts and 10% pecans, almonds and brazil nuts. Not these though. The Costco Kirkland Mixed Nuts have an even distribution of cashews, almonds, brazil nut, pecans even include expensive, hard to find, macadamia nuts.
These taste great and are seasoned just slightly with salt and I’ve never encountered a stale nut or one that has gone bad. Which can happen with nuts FYI! They also come conveniently in a resealable plastic container which helps keep them fresh. I recommend washing the container when you’re done and reusing it for either cookies, candies, homemade caramel popcorn, etc. Due to the fact these are already salted I do not recommend baking with them, however they make a great snack to bring to a gathering or even to bring as a snack at work.
It is a basic fact that nuts are high in calories and fat, however they’re healthy fats. If you eat a small amount of nuts it’s a great way to get your healthy fats in which are essential for your skin, nails, hair and overall health. The problem with these is that they are SO good that 1/4 cup (170 calories, 15 grams of fat) seems like nothing and you probably could easily eat 2 cups while playing a game with family or watching TV. The amount of sodium is actually not too bad for the serving size of 1/4 cup. 90mg of sodium is nothing compared to a lot of other foods.
These aren’t cheap. $19.49 CAD for the container, but when you consider the amount you are getting for that cost and the fact that it’s macadamia nuts, pecans, cashews, almonds and brazil nuts and there’s not any cheap peanuts then it seems quite reasonable. Plus you get a nice container that keeps the nuts fresh and is reusable.
Snacks do not get more convenient than this. Basically open, eat, reseal.
In summary, if you like nuts, these are a great purchase. Have you ever considered showing up to a potluck or office party with a thing of high quality nuts? I have and people love it. They always get polished off. Also I feel like these are a staple must have item around any kind of holiday such as Christmas
Nutrition: 7/10 (moderation is key with these)
Taste: 9/10
Cost: 6.5/10 (on the pricier side)
Convenience: 10/10
What’s your favorite kind of nut? Mine is definitely macadamia nuts!
Are COSTCO’s bagged nuts roasted or raw? I am talking about their plain almonds, walnuts, and pecans. I haven’t found an answer to this anywhere. Why wouldn’t COSTCO just print roasted right on the bag?! Thanks if you can find this out.
Better put on the container, “Broken Nuts”, because that’s what you get. Not a single whole macadamia! Thievery!
Many broken nuts! Didn’t find one single whole macadamia, only broken halves! Broken nuts are cheap but the Kirkland mixed nuts are expensive!
I cannot open these containers for nuts because my hands aren’t big enough
Natalie’s description (at the top of this thread) of “even distribution of [nut types]” in her review of Costco’s Mixed Nuts product IS AN ABSOLUTE DISTORTION!!
The Ingredients list on the jar properly shows nothing but 5 types of nuts (and salt), in the order of their included net weight, as required by law: cashews, almonds, pecans, Brazil nuts, and macadamia nuts. Costco is not required to show their PERCENTAGES by weight. But after I SEPARATED AND WEIGHED those nut types in Costco’s jar, I found those percentages as follows: 60% cashews, 20% almonds, 10% pecans, 7% Brazil nuts, and 3% macadamia nuts.
Yes, I am retired, and I am an ACTIVIST CONSUMER. I like to expose distorted reviews like this one. Sorry, but I must disagree with you, Natalie.
Hi there! I do my best to provide honest reviews and this review is from 2018, my jar did contain a pretty equal amount of nuts at that time so I’m not sure if it’s because you got a bad jar or it was a different year. I never do sponsored reviews and I always try the product myself after buying it with my own money.
These people all employees or what! Quality is go down down down unless you love almonds because they are over 50% of content!
Almonds are actually more expensive than cashews so a lot of people appreciate the high quantity of almonds over tons of cashews.
I purchased through Amazon. Always received prior in plastic jar as advertised. This past week I received in plastic bags of which were both packed into small box and broken up. Amazon said no refund although your containers state full refund. This is false advertising sending in plastic bags and I am extremely frustrated as are many on Amazon just read the reviews of anger over false advertising of plastic jar. You make a change then you need to change your advertising of product basic business 101. If I wanted broken pieces I would not have paid $20 per bag. Thus packaging in a container prevents this mess.
I usually get these as a staple, but the unsalted kind. They’re nice to have nuts on hand for recipes (you can either use the mix, or pick out the kinds of nuts you need), or for snacking. I also like to re-use the container for dry goods storage in my kitchen. They fit the shelves nice and are square, so there is no wasted space. The labels come off easily with oil once you’ve taken off the plastic covering.
I buy these each week but I do wish they had halzelnut/filberts in them… half the amount of almonds and add the filberts and I would be happier 🙂