Customer Reviews

Traverse Bay Fruit Co. Dried Cherries, 4-Pound Box

5 star:		(216)
4 star:		(22)
3 star:		(22)
2 star:		(7)
1 star:		(5)

 

 

I bought these cherries because they were
1) 2.5 times cheaper than local store's cherries sold in small quantities
2) Perfect Amazon.com reviews

Everyone who has tried these cherries loved them. They're perfect.

PRICE CAUTION
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I have seen the price double for these cherries and then drop down again. My target price is in the lower $20s, and with the subscribe and save option you can get them below $20.

These are very, very good. I love these for a snack and they take care of a sweet craving too. Not too awful sugary sweet, just sweet and tart enough! I tried a handful in my oatmeal with some vanilla creamer this mornining for a treat and it was so good with those sweet, tart cherries. They are great to snack on and add to muffins and in baking. A great buy in bulk, compared to what I find in our local supermarkets which are very pricey! These are nice sized and fresh too! They would be great in trail mix. My husband likes them as a snack in his lunch too! Thumbs up!!!

Who would know that dried cherries can vary so much in quality? These cherries are exquisite. They are sweet yet tart, soft yet firm, and have fantastic cherry taste. I bought the 4lb box. You can pour them into a large jar and keep them in your kitchen. Note that these are much better than another brand of dried cherries sold here. All the positive reviews are perfectly deserved.

If you're looking for sweet, candy-like dried cherries you'll like these. If you want tart, dried cherries look elsewhere.

I tried a two lb pack and then ordered this for a reorder, Tart cherries great for oatmeal, and sauses as well as snacks

Being a person with almost no patience, I had to open the Amazon package that arrived today within seconds of it's delivery. Inside was the box of cherries, that box was opened too as was the package of dried cherries inside. Plucked a cherry from the package just to have a quick taste before running off to work for the day. The taste stopped me dead in my tracks !! Really, it did. I just had to grab a sandwich bag and fill it with cherries to take with me.
These cherries are absolutely delicious, fresh, soft and chewy, sweet but not too sweet, a little firm and not at all hard and they are full flavored.
No kidding, I ate a herd of them today.

Can't wait to have a day off to try cooking with them... imagine the possibilities: Cherry Scones, biscuits, NY Cheesecake with dried cherries stirred in the recipe, on cereal in the morning, Oh! what about cherry pancakes or waffles? Maybe add a few crushed walnuts or pecans. In a salad with cherry vinaigrette dressing maybe add a few pine nuts and a few grates of cheddar cheese. Trail mix with dried cherries? Cherry cobbler, cherry oatmeal cookies, chicken in cherry sauce. Yep, I'm going to be doing some cooking.

We really loved the first batch. The dried cherries tasted organic and fresh. So we ordered second box and found it was shipped from a different farm because the inner package was different. Their product was loaded with SUGAR and tasted artificial and cheap. We are very reluctant to purchase any more from this company because of the inconsistency of the product!

I really like the cherries, but I don't like the packaging. When I bought from this same supplier in the past (Traverse Bay Dried Fruit, Dried Cherries, 2-Pound Bags (Pack of 2)) the bags were resealable, which is nice for those of us who aren't cooking enough at one time to feed a small army.
These cherries taste great right now, but since the packaging is not resealable I had to transfer them to something that CAN be sealed so they will stay fresh. After all, most of us don't go through cherries by the pound in a short period of time.
When I checked today the cherries in two resealable 2 pound bags were selling for slightly less than this box that is nominally the same size.

My first order of cherries was perfection. So moist and flavorful. Just delightful. I hurried and ordered a second shipment. I was so disappointed! The cherries are coated with a thin film of oil to keep them moist. Well, this time the oil was rancid. Yuck! So bad tasting. I really was surprised, since the first order had been perfect.

I contacted Amazon and they are sending a replacement right out, no charge. So, we will see how this next box will be.

I so hope it will be ok, since I really do love the cherries and plan to keep them on subscription to come at regular intervals.

Did anyone else have this happen to them?

I'm so sad about the box of wasted cherries.
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UPDATE: Happy to report that Amazon quickly sent a replacement box and it was perfect. So, I am happy with the cherries and will continue to order with confidence that they will replace any defective product. Thanks Amazon!

Cherries are big, juicy, and just tart enough for eating as is. Works just like raisins or cranberries in baked goods. Dust with a little flour before chopping up.