Funky Monkey Guilt-Free Snacking (& WIN A YEARS SUPPLY!)
Published on March 4, 2010 by admin · 110 CommentsHow excited do you get when you find a totally healthy, raw, delicious snack which is entirely guilt-free? And we mean ENTIRELY.
We are currently totally obsessed with Funky Monkey Snacks, an all-natural, mostly organic, real fruit made using a freeze-drying process that creates “Fruit That Crunches! ” while retaining the fruit’s vitamins and natural goodness. Each ounce of Funky Monkey contains three servings of fruit, providing healthy, convenient, and decadent tasting snackage that everyone in your fam will go bonkers for.
Funky Monkey Snacks Variety Pack (Pack of 12) $26.58 @ amazon.com
And get this; Funky Monkey Snacks are simply made from 100% fruit, are gluten-free, wheat-free, dairy-free, peanut and tree nut free, vegan, raw, and contain no added sugars, colors, flavors or preservatives. Funky Monkey is available in seven flavor varieties, including ApplemonTM (Apple with Cinnamon,) Bananamon (Banana with Cinnamon,) Carnaval MixTM (organic banana, organic pineapple, apple and papaya,) JiveALime (Pineapple with Lime,) MangOJTM(Mango and Orange Juice,) Pink PineappleTM (Pineapple and Guava,) and Purple Funk (Banana with Acai.)
And we love that this company is committed to fighting childhood obesity with incredible program initiatives to help kids!
These have been Kid, Husband, and Dog tested at GGA HQ, and everyone has raved and begged for me. These snacks are addictive and will become as de rigeur for your cabinet as kombucha and raw almonds, you’ll see. Try ‘em once.
And GirlieGirl Army Members Can Win a year’s worth of Funky Monkey Snacks (12 cases total!!) by leaving a comment below telling us why you want ‘em. You must be a GirlieGirl Army Subscriber to enter. If you aren’t one and would like to enter, sign up here first, then leave your comment below. The winner will be chosen by the Funky Monkey Team by April 4th 2010 and will be notified via email and in the comments area below.
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Readers Comments (110)
Wow, a free year of anything is great, but as a mostly vegan, health nut, who mostly snacks on fruit, nuts and popcorn, this looks irresistible!
I want Funky Monkey snacks so I can have something vegan, gf, and nutritious to snack on when the mid-afternoon slump occurs at work.
I have been searching my whole life for a snack like this! 100% raw, natural fruit AND crunchy? Sign me up!
Being a college student it is hard to find healthy vegan snacks to eat. Having snacks which do not need refrigeration are extremely important due to having limited refrigerator space. Other vegan snacks become boring after eating them over and over again.
I have a husband, two boykids, I’m Celiac and we’re vegan/veheads here.. WE NEED these snacks badly. So cool! They love crunchy stuff. I call them my chip boys, they eat chips way too often. We need some variety!
I literally cannot stand fruit unless it’s in a form like this! I’m the worst kind of junk food vegan and I need to change these habits! Funky Monkey would be a great way to start. I need fruit in my life- I honestly can’t remember the last time I ate some. Skittles don’t count!
Hi there, can non-US residents play? Thanks
Love the Funky Monkey. It is ingenious!!! My kids love these!
I’m a snacky kind of girl and would love to have these in my desk at work!
Me and my fiancee just started dieting and a years supply of a healthy vegan snack would be awesome! We’ve been vegan for a year and a half and have loved it so much, we both developed little baby vegan guts, probably from our obsession with Sweet and Sarah Marshmallows and Coconut Milk Ice Cream. My boyfriend also has Crones Disease, so we have to be very mindful of our choices, and these Funky Monkey Snacks look like they would be perfect for us!
As a vegan snack afficionado, it would be excellent to have healthy snacks lying around so i don’t fill up on Sour Patch Kids and chips!
I want them because they sound delicious!!
Always busy and hungry, it seems. This would do me well!
I always snack on raw food snacks at work and would love to be able to add these to my arsenal! My coworkers would love it too, as I would be sharing them with everyone.
I would love to win these to give to my two year-old niece. We live on opposite coasts so I can’t see her as often as I would like. I would love her to have these delicious-sounding vegan treats in place of some of the non-vegan foods her parents feed her. I might have to keep a few bags for myself to aid as I embark upon my own weight loss journey as well.
Why? Because we love them! They are a healthy snack and the JavaLime is my favorite. My daycare kiddos love them as well, even the one who say they don’t like fruits. lol
Did you say as addictive as kombucha? UH OH. New obsession!
I run a daycare. For some of the children at my daycare this is the only place they eat healthy. Because of this it is hard to get some of the children eat healthy thats why it is important to find healthy food that also tastes good to them.
I also do classes for young and first time parents. I try to teach them about good Nutrition. I would love to introduce them to these healty snacks.
wow – crunchy, raw, vegan and kid friendly – bring it on PLEASE. I am trying to convert my 5 and 8 year old PICKY eating boys and need all the help I can get. Taste is helpful but in a bag with the name Funky Monkey I might have a chance…
I’d love these because I’m a gluten-free vegan law student, and these would be PERFECT to bring with me to school and fuel me through grueling study sessions!!
What a generous giveaway thank you so much!
I would love to win this giveaway because being a vegan teenager its really important to me to show all of my friends and family that you can still eat delicious and healthy snacks as a vegan. Plus they are perfectly portioned for on the go which is excellent since im always running around!
This company has a message that I could totally get behing and feel comfortable supporting.
Yummy, healthy AND ethically enchanting — who wouldn’t want to win a year’s supply of Funky Monkey banana-y goodness?! The cinnamon flavored ones are my favorite and on a recent trip to my company’s corporate office, I shared them with coworkers who felt bad for me, saying that being vegan would suck because you can’t eat anything good (crazy, I know).
These are the only fruit my three year old will eat. I love that they contain three servings of fruit per bag.
WOW!!! Awesome snack…too funny, I was talking to my sister yesterday trying to convince her to switch her kids to a gluten/dairy free diet (I told her I would do it also with my girls). I think this is great even for picky kids!!!
I want because while I may appear to be a grown-up gal, I need my crunchy kid fruity snacks. I have to sneak 3 servings of fruit into me somehow, right?
I want them because I live in the middle of nowhere with no fun vegan snacks at all! And because purple funk sounds amazing….
I am a young, vegan tax accountant who has zero time to grocery shop during this busy time of year. The only thing my work provides is cheeseits and beef jerky! Blah. These would be perfect to hoard in my cubicle so that I could snack on something healthy instead of eating my pencil.
I would love to win a year’s supply of these so I can sneak them into the movie theater. (Shhh….don’t tell!) ; )
Seriously, why can’t movie theaters offer this at the concession stands? Then, people like me wouldn’t have to sneak snacks!
I’d love to win a year’s supply of Funky Monkey Snacks for two reasons. I’m always on the go and my toddler eats fruit like it’s endangered. SO, she (and I) would love bunches of yummy snacks. And, second, my hubby is a junk food junkie. I could load up his desk with more nutritious snacks instead.
I would love to win these! They’re great cereal toppers and also on the go snacks. I always need easy things to put in my purse when I work or especially when I travel for work and have to stay in hotel rooms.
Plus who doesn’t love freeze dried fruit?! I used to love the “astronaut food” we’d get in elementary school (I live in Houston- NASA field trips!)
I would LOVE to win this! These are the perfect on the go snack–I eat them while I’m in class to give me a little boost during my more…in depth lectures :) My little niece loves them too!
I adore the pineapple with lime juice flavor & would be thrilled to have these to pop in my purse for when I’m on set & craft services is lacking vegan options!
oh man! I need these! I fluctuate between being vegan and eating dairy, but have been trying really hard to stay on the vegan side and try to lose weight. Since the only thing in walking distance from my office is a gas station, having these in my desk to snack on would be WAY better than grabbing chips from there!
LITTLE REMINDER (because we don’t want any of you guys to lose out!) you CANNOT ENTER/ WIN THIS CONTEST UNLESS YOU ARE SUBSCRIBER OF THE NEWSLETTER. If you already left a comment above, but are not a member, just go to SIGN UP and do so.
I want to win a years supply of this snack because I live in the middle of nowhere, cattle country, where my vegan options are somewhat slim. I also want to try fruit that crunches!
ooh, I need these BADLY. I’ve been snacking on potato chips lately because I crave something with a crunch – sweet or salty, especially during the mid-day, 2-3pm ish SLUMP at work.
I want to reach for Funky Monkey snacks instead of fatty, greasy junk food! I do believe this is a HEALTHY snack I can get my hubby – a true vegan junk food junkie – on board with too.
Would like to start off smart: my mom was just diagnosed with a highly hereditary disease that means she cannot eat anything with gluten in it, and now I have to be tested for it too. This snack would be a great start for this new life plan we are both starting together and we could def. use a crate of free healthy snacks right now.
I would love to win because March 9th is my birthday and I would love to start my year off with a wonderfully healthy gift like this! Having a year’s worth of Funkey Monkey snacks would put me on the path to living a healthy lifestyle and having the best year ever! Knowing that I can reach for a 100% natural snack anytime would be the best birthday gift ever! Thank you very much for the generous giveaway and for the chance!
These sound like a wonderful snack and I would love to have them myself but I would give them to my 6 year old niece because she needs a healthy snack alternative far more than I do. Her parents feed her the SAD and it makes me cringe thinking about how little nutrition she actually gets.
All I can say is “Why wouldn’t I want them”!
I would love to win these! Mostly because the name is funny & I really like saying “Monkey”, but partly because this vegan chick needs more snacks! =D
We all need a healthy to go snack and these look perfect. I am prego and have a 2 year old son and we both snack a lot, so these would be perfect, something we both could love.
These seem like snacks that even those who resist healthy snacking might enjoy and don’t even have to know that they’re healthy… Got to trick the child!
I would love to try these amazing new snacks. They sound delicious and as a poor college student I am always entering giveaways for great healthy vegan food-would love to win this one!!!
My allergenic self would love to try some Funky Monkey. I love the names Pink Pineapple and Purple Funk they sound like you should dance while eating them :)
I’ve been waiting my whole life for these! Need I say more? :)
anything that is healthy and will help me to be healthier is always welcome. it is a daily struggle and i’d love to have these to make it a little easier!
these seem amazing, I’m dying to try them!
I’d love to have some Funky Monkey because I am constantly snacking at work and would most rather eat these little jewels of fruity deliciousness then some fat-ridden bag of potato chips. And you gave me the brilliant idea of feeding these to my dog Coco as little snacks then her dog bones.
As someone who could eat all day…I need to find snacks that are equally as healthy as they are tempting. These look like they might fit the bill!!
I would love a snack that’s actually healthy and delicious at the same time! All the flavors sound yummy! I can’t wait to try them!
I would love these! They’re great to share a yummy snack with others especially to children and I love to experiment making recipes with new products.
healthy and yum yum
i want it in my tum
healthy happy snack
i’ll throw one in my pack
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My little girl Angelina would love to have these healthy snacks because she n I care what goes into her body. She had a stroke at 10 months from mold in our apartment because of our landlord not mopping up the flood that happened right before we moved in unbeknownst to us! So we eat vegan gluten free and the healthiest foods to feed her brain,it’s so important to her full recovery!
She’s five now and doing so well compared to so many that have had strokes,were so blessed.
These would be great snacks to try, but mainly a free year’s supply would make a great donation to a local after school program here in Denver that works with at-risk youth.
Thanks and good luck to all!
This sounds so cool. Thanks so much for the offer.
Good Luck.
I’ll keep this simple. I am addicted to bananas – you should see my house. This would be another way to fulfill my cravings!
Funky Monkey sounds like a terrific snack; can’t wait to try ‘em! They have a very fun and upbeat Web site too.
I want the Funky Monkey Snacks because I struggle with eating too much. At least if I had these, I would be eating too much of something good!
I want them because they would be a great on the go snack. It can be hard to find vegan snacks that are heathly.
These look amazing, colorful, and healthy, I’d love to take them around with me as an animal friendly snack to munch on! :)
I’m getting ready for months of backpacking and camping this year for conservation efforts around the globe. While fellow campers will be chewing on their beef jerky (SO. GROSS.), I’d like to bring along snacks that fuel my vegan diet and get me to the top of the summit before the others. Conservation + vegan snacks = a life well lived!
I would LOVE to win Funky Monkey snacks because I’m a recent college grad on a serious budget and I just switched to a raw diet! These snacks sound healthy and delicious, exactly what I need.
I am a vegan that is ALWAYS snacking! I am fairly new to this and love finding new good things to munch on, soooooo bring em on
Something a little different AND good for you!
I’m looking foward to trying….
Crunchie Monkey! Yummy Nummy! Okay, I am a dork, but I love healthy snax.
I hope I win – this would be perfect, cool, and the right kind of snack!
I love Funky Monkey! As an eco-conscious foodie with a diabetic condition, I am often forced to decide between good health, good taste, and good ethics. Not with Funky Monkey. I am absolutely obsessed with Jive-A-Lime. Seriously: crispy, lime-drenched pineapples. Let me repeat that: Crispy! Crunchy! Lime-drenched! Pineapples! Their freeze-drying process makes an already-awesome pineapple into a pert and sassy food that would make any molecular gastronomist weep.
Consider the possibilities of a fruit that not been tampered with by sugar or additives. They’re so lightweight to carry; they go with me in my hiking backpack for instant pick-me-ups on the trail. I love adding a few pieces to a stir-fry at the very end, to add texture and flavor. But my absolute favorite thing to do with Jive-A-Lime is to make an amazing cereal:
1 cup puffed Kamut or millet
1/2 package Jive-A-Lime
1 cup cold, unsweetened almond or coconut milk
It’s as if this stuff was just made for me personally: a portable, lightweight, nutritious food that’s diabetic-friendly and doesn’t lay waste to the environment (with zero percent industrial sugars).
I’d love to receive a year’s worth of Jive-A-Lime! As it is, I already order a case at a time, and my pantry is the better for its twelve little stand-up packets of lime-infused pineappley joy. I thank my local, member-owned food co-op every day for their Funky Monkey product trial, because I discovered something that makes a huge difference in my food life, something that requires no compromises. And that’s priceless.
I’d love to win a year’s worth of Funky Monkey snacks because I have two young daughters and I am trying to ensure that they eat healthy snacks and I love giving them vegan options when possible.
I am a teacher & cat rescuer who eats on the run, on the bus, on the subway (etc !) and dried fruit is my choice snack. I have always loved freeze dried fruits and would love to try this brand.
I’d love to win the funky monkey snacks, I’m currently a student and I’m always looking for healthy snacks to eat on the go.
I would love to win these because they look delicious!!
They sound yummy! Aren’t all vegans obsessed with food? It seems to take up the majority of our conversations, haha. Then I can tell all my fellow food obsessed vegan friends about Funky Monkey.
As a teacher at a school where most of my students do not have the money they would need to purchase healthy snacks, I want to win so that they can have access to food that will keep their energy up during the school day while giving them the vitamins they need to thrive.
Because I AM a Funky Monkey:)
I would love to have them because the selection of snacks that are healthy and good for the kids where I live is very selective.
I’m a vegan and I just got married to a carnivore. I need help. On the brighter side, we’ll be spending the summer with his super-hip sister and it’d be great to have special and mommy-approved treats on hand to offer her 2-year-old so he feels the lovin’ when he gains a younger sibling in June! Thanks GGA. Good luck everyone! Thanks for the inspiring messages. Peace. :)
I’m hypoglycemic and end up eating a lot of trail mix to keep my blood sugar in check, but I am getting so insanely bored of every mix I can make up from the stuff in the Trader Joe’s fruit and nut aisle. These sound like the perfect healthy addition to perk up a bowl full of nuts and keep me from losing my mind.
As a broke law student, a free year’s supply of healthy snacks would be amazing! They look delicious. :-)
Who doesn’t want these?????????????
uuummmm, yum! love snackin’, love healthy, love you!
I have never heard of Funky Monkey snacks before, but they sound awesome – both yummy and healthy! Since it seems to be too good to be true, that’s why I want to win to taste them! ;)
I’d love these, my almost 4 year old son is a picky eater, my 7 year old could take them in lunches and while I have always tried to have us eating well, I’m currently having a difficult time with food as I am making changes and trying to go even healthier after a sudden stage iv cancer diagnosis. This sounds like something we would all enjoy and that I might even get my husband to try!
i want them b/c i love fruit! and i’m trying to change my diet b/c i have stomach issues so i’m trying to eat a diet that doesn’t upset my delicate stomach. So i’d like to win these for a smoother transition, and b/c they sound delicious!
I just started eating vegan. These sound heavenly!
Oh, yum! Especially drooling over the pineapple with lime & pineapple with guava. Mmmm …
I’d LOVE to win these! I’m a mom of 4 & always on the look out for healthy snacks that are easy to grab. These are especially great because they don’t need refrigeration.
Thanks for the opportunity to win! :)
Delish! :)
Im a health nut on the fly as I dance the funky monkey :)
I’m instructing a kids coarse this summer called “making healthy choices”… I would LOVE to hand out Funky Monkey to all the campers :)
Seriously?!!! I’ve been searching high & low for a healthy, sweet & crunchy snack to satisfy my sweet TEETH (everyone tooth in my mouth is sweet). Yummy! I can’t wait to try it. Thanks for sharing! And for the opportunity to win a YEAR’s SUPPLY! woohoo!
I want to win a year’s worth of Funky Monkey Snacks so I can do my Funky Monkey dance all year long!
it’s still kinda chilly here on the east coast.it’s hard to always afford organic but i hate buying the conventionally grown fruit – i need some fruit in my life!!!
How fun, these are my sons favorite, he is in the Army and stationed overseas and he would be so excited to get his Funky Monkey Banana
snacks. These are so convenient and fun for any age.
THANK YOU!
I’d love to have the Funky Monkey!
First of all, thanks so much! I always love a chance to win great prizes! I would be so excited to win a whole bunch of Funky Monkey fun because it looks like I will be moving to a very small island soon where there are very limited choices as far as healthy fare goes. Anything that will help me in that transition time–until I figure out how and where to get my healthy foods–would alleviate a lot of the stress I’m currently feeling. Many thanks! : )
I read about Funky Monkey in the Raw Food Cookbook I picked up. I’ve currently been living the raw food lifestyle and it can be a doozy. I’ve transitioned from a full blown meat eater to raw food over the past five years. My body feels amazing now. It would be awesome to check out another food I can eat. Thank you for all that you do though. Seriously, in today’s day and age, there aren’t many people out there that are living life to their fullest potential.
Love it Love it Love it !!!! new to being (almost) vegan. Can’t argue when it’s so simple!
I would love to win these for myself and my wonderful daughters!!!
Mmm I would love to try these, they sound very interesting and delicious! I am vegan and trying to eat more raw foods, so this would be very helpful – I love a good crunchy snack :)
My 11-year-old son asks if everything is organic after watching Food, Inc. with me. I’d love to be able to offer him this healthy snack!
It’s really hard to find resonably priced healthy food that will withstand the torment of my daughters backpacks, my husbands desk and my purse. To feed a family of five 100% organic is not cheap but we do it. A years supply would be a lifesaver for us!
These sound amazing. I’ll need to be on the look out to see if they start shipping them here.
I’d love to try them and feed them to the monkeys in my life! :)
I love that they are fighting childhood obesity, I love that they are all natural and vegan, but I reeeeeeally love how yummy they taste in my mouth. It’s a win-win-win!
gluten free, vegan, orgainc!!! sounds like these were made just for me!
sound like the perfect snack to push my chunky winter buns to raw summer biscuits… =)
I want them because I am new to veganism and they help get me through the rough parts of the day when I am hungry and don’t know what to snack on! Thanks!
Great giveaway. Sounds like a company who is doing some real good:) I would LOVE to try these as I’m always looking for a healthy snack that is raw. Ps the flavors sound so delicious:)
I’m making small changes one by one to make my house and my lifestyle more green (and trying to not be too obvious about it lest the husband should tease). One thing I could sure use is healthy and eco-friendly snacks on hand. It would (hopefully) help me purchase less frozen snacks, which I know are not friends of the earth, but are easy to grab at the drugstore (and I won’t deny they are also declicious!).
Thanks for the giveaway!
This sounds amazing; I recently got a dehydrator and have been snacking on apple chips and adding crushed kale to my dog’s (and cat’s!) food, but the combos here are what’s truly awesome. I’m a dogwalker, and am always looking for food I can snack on on the run or I die of hunger by midday so these sound ideal.
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