JOOLIESOrganic Medjool Dates, Whole Dates, Large - 2lb Box | Fresh California Grown Fruit | Vegan, Gluten-Free, Paleo, No Sugar Added…USDA Organic

I gave these 4 stars because they were fresh, packaged well and there was a great amount in each bag. There wasn't anything super unique about these dates though. I mean, they tasted great but I probably won't buy again.

They are tender, not dry as some. Tasty and packaged and small box that’s close able to star in the refrigerator

Good product

Delicious

I bought Joolies brand Ugglies dates in the 4.4 pound cardboard boxes for years. I used one box every 2 or 3 months. The dates were fresh, delicious, good-sized, and easy to cut a few into 1/4" pieces for a radicchio salad I eat frequently. The whole dates stayed fresh in the refrigerator for all that time, though I did split them up into several plastic margarine tubs I re-use.AFTER Joolies changed the packaging to the plastic bags with zip-lock tops I was offered two 2-lb bags instead and I bought and paid for them, thinking they would be fine. The dates were extremely hard. They were actually dangerous to cut into smaller pieces, that is how hard they were. My sharpest knife could not get a starting cut going without slipping off the hard date surface!I wrote to Joolies to let them know and I got a credit from Amazon. The flavor of the bagged dates was OK, but the dates were not nearly as moist or as tasty as they were before and several had that black powder fungus dates can get.After throwing away the bad dates that Amazon credited me for I bought several bags of Nuts.com dates on their web-site and they were even better and larger than Joolies Ugglies dates. The Nuts.com prices are about $2.00/lb higher than Ugglies dates.Months later, totally out of the blue, I was shipped one of my usual 4.4-lb cardboard boxes of Ugglies dates by Amazon and was billed the normal price for it. It must have been back-ordered. Those dates are the normal fresh, soft and tasty product, and I am eating them now after the 2 months it took me to finish off the Nuts.com dates. Even opening the Ugglies box after a couple of months in the fridge, they were still moist and fresh. Clearly either the bagged product is inferior or the bags themselves are ruining the dates. The boxed Ugglies dates last a long time in the fridge and still taste great.But... now that 4.4-lb cardboard packaging is unavailable again.

Overall it was a great product. The size of the dates were larger than expected, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing but I feel like I run out more quickly. The dryness, however, 1 bag was mostly “dried” out, it was like the dates crystallized, moist on the outside but crystallized on the inside, which for me affected the taste as well as the texture. Luckily one of my dogs will eat anything so you could say he loved those lol. I’d also like to say that, while I didn’t do it this time, I likely could’ve used those to make my date balls and they would’ve been great! My second bag thankfully was overall mostly moist with just a handful or so of dates that were crystallized on the inside. I’d say I would maybe get these again, because the dates that I could enjoy alone were very good and again I can use those crystallized ones for date balls or give them to my dog. :)

Delicious 😋

These are fantastic! Delicious! Easy to pit. I split them, put a macadamia nut inside, drizzle some honey, and pinch of seasalt as a delicious and nutritious dessert!High in fiber and natural sugar so these are great pre and post workout for some quick energy and restoration.Lastly, they travel easy. I travel for business and I just grab the bag and bring with me. I eat 5-10 each day! So good, good for you, and convenient.