Namaste Foods — Review and Giveaway (5/12) — CLOSED
Posted at 11:50 am by rachel in allergies, giveaways, gluten free
Are these not the prettiest gluten free chocolate cupcakes you ever saw? OK, so they’re not fancy, cause we’re not fancy, but they surely were a hit! 
This one is sponsored by Namaste Foods, whose products contain no wheat, gluten, corn, soy, potato, dairy, casein, tree nuts or peanuts.
And, I tried not to be swayed by the fact that they are based in beautiful Couer d’ Alene, ID — grew up right over the border in Spokane!
The review
Namaste Foods sent over gluten free cake mix and frosting mix for review. Their cake mixes give you enough to make two layers, but we made ours into gluten free chocolate cupcakes rather than cake, since we had an impending bake sale. This made 27 good-sized cupcakes, and only some of them went to the bake sale… others went into Mr. 9 and Mr. 5! It’s nice that their mixes are larger — gluten free products can be expensive, and larger bags give you more bang for your buck.
The frosting mix called just for water and margarine or butter. We used Earth Balance coconut spread, in order to keep these dairy and casein free. It turned out super sweet — somewhat too sweet for my grown-up taste buds, but a huge hit with the kids.
The chocolate-y-ness of the cupcakes, though, was right on. My two small taste testers quite approved, and I’d buy this again. Namaste Foods products are made in a dedicated facility — and are also non-GMO and Kosher.
On to the giveaway
One lucky Mashup Mom reader will win a grocery tote of Namaste gluten free products! (Specific products included may vary from those shown above — this photo is of the tote I received.) To enter, pop over to the Namaste Foods website and let me know which product you’d most like to try.
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The fine print
Namaste Foods provided the information and prizing for this giveaway. I received products for my own review; however, all thoughts and opinions here are my own. The winner will be chosen on or around 5/13/12 through random number generation at random.org and will have 48 hours to respond to email notification; Mashup Mom reserves the right to choose a runner-up if no response is received.
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I’d love to try the same chocolate cake mix you got! We aren’t GF, but currently DFCF.
We would love to try any of their products! We are gluten free and these cupcakes look like they’d be a big hit around here. I think my hubby would like to try the cookie mix.
Sounds interesting! Would love to try the vanilla cake mix (not a huge chocolate cake fan).
I would love to try any of the trios, I am a big fan of keeping things exciting with lots of options. I would love to have a dinner party with a trio of pastas to serve to my friends and introduce them to Gluten Free!
My family and I are anxious to go totally gluten free. We are at about the 50% mark. Would love to try this . . . hope we win.
Mmmmm! Their site makes me hungry! I’d love to try their Pasta Pisavera–looks like non GMO, gluten-free Suddenly Salad.
YUMMY! Whomever wins will be very lucky!!
The blondie mix sounds good! Everything on their site looks yummy!!!
I would like to try the pizza crust for my son. He is allergic to almost everything. I do want to add that I do find it somewhat frustrating that the allergy free mixes usually require you to add an allergy product such as butter, which is easy to substitute or egg, which is not so easy.
The sugar free muffin mix sounds really good, these are hard to find!
I would love to try to non-dairy mac and cheese!
I’d try the Muffin Mix. The muffins look divine! Thanks for the giveaway
love to try the brownie mix
The blondie mix looks good!! Sometimes you just need something non-chocolate to go with the chocolate!
My family is in the beginning stages of moving into more gluten-free products. The Namaste Pizza Crust Mix looks like something we would love to try!
My friend has 4 kids that are all gluten free. She would love to get this from me!!!
My 7 year old daughter was recently diagnosed with celiac disease. Her birthday is in 3 weeks so the chocolate cake mix looks perfect for her!
I’d like to try the Cheezy Pasta. My doctor wants me to go dairy free. Yikes! Maybe this would help. (Hey I spent a few years growing up in Moscow, Idaho. I remember Spokane and Couer d’ Alene)
cheezy pasta
The Brownies!!
I would totally love to try the brownie mix! Love love love brownies!
The chocolate cake mix….yummy!!
I’d love to try anything, though the toffee frosting looks really yummy! I am hoping to win to gift this to my sister, soon moving back to IL and eating GF!!
I just recently started eating GF after some months of stomach problems. I feel great now that I’m eating GF but there are lots of things I’m missing..two particulars that caught my eye…the GF pizza crust and the chocolate cake mix!
I would love to try the perfect flour blend!!!
I would love to try the toffee vanilla frosting. Sound yummy.
Chocolate always works for me
Great way to try some new things
Dessert is always the best part of dinner
Brownies would be a big hit around here, and last about 20 minutes!
I’m interested in the frosting (by the spoon full)!
I’d like to try the brownies for sure.
I would love to try the spice cake mix
I would like to try the brownie mix.
We’re big on brownies in my household, so I’d love to try that!
That toffee frosting sounds wonderful!
Thanks for sharing this find! We have been trying to incorporate more gluten-free and dairy-free foods in our home due to my fiance’s intolerance, and the “Say Cheese Pasta Meal” really caught my eye– it looks delicious!
We like their brownie mix!
I would love to try the Perfect Flour Blend for from scratch baking.
I’m pregnant…..anything sweet is a winner in my book! Oh, I’m sure my kids will help me eat some too!
The brownies look very chocolatey and rich- I would definitely try those. Thanks
Chocolate cake mix would be fabulous.
Any of the cake mixes would be great!
I’m looking for gluten free dessert ideas for my sisters baby shower. I will check the site out and definitely recommend it to her too. I figure if the guest of honor is GF, so are the guests
Would like to try the chocolate cake!
I’d like to try the brownie mix! Been trying to find a good GF brownie mix.
Muffins are our favorite in this house !
The brownie mix.
The brownies look AMAZING!
I would love this. My little one’s first birthday is coming up, he is allergic to everything…I could happily bake him a cake with these!