HEBEL & CO Pistachio Nigella Halva - 8 oz | Certified USDA Organic, Gluten Free, Kosher & VeganUSDA Organic

So in cold weather it is compact and in heat it kind of melts but in a good way. I like this a lot and spread it on top of my rice cakes. It’s healthy but tastes like a dessert. It’s like a sweet salty flavor. It isn’t too sweet or too salty it’s just the right amount of both. To be honest when I first tried it in the winter I didn’t really like it I was giving it away but then I gave it a chance again and took smaller pieces and instead of biting into it I kinda just let it melt in my mouth and I told my family member to do the same since she didn’t like it when she tried it first but I think the trick is to allow it to melt in your mouth. Now we both agree it’s really good when you allow it to melt in your mouth if you are going to eat it straight out the container but if you have plain snacks like plain rice cakes (similar to rice krispy but no sugar) you can add this to the top and get a good healthy treat

So incredibly delicious. For years I was afraid it might get stuck in my teeth but no, this melts on your tongue. Acded it to ice cream, coffee... Only takes a little.And yes that pretty curly symbol on the bottom right of the box is of course a K for Kosher.

Delicious halvah! I’ve purchased this product for myself and gifts, it’s always appreciated. I can’t buy too often, as I tend to eat most of it before the rest of the family gets a chance! 😂

I've never had halva before, nor nigella, and this seemed like a safe way to try both.In terms of texture, the first and second bites are cousin to a densely bunched bit of cotton candy, Chinese dragon beard candy, or Lucky Charms marshmallows, with some nuts. Thereafter it smooths into a nut butter-esque paste, which is a very nice mouthfeel transition and one I've really enjoyed.In terms of taste... it's only mildly sweet enough to tell you this is a sweet food and not a savory one. And that's where it gets downright *weird.*Upon eating my first bite, it tasted like the smell of something I could only identify vaguely as a salad bar at a county club. My second mouthful, I swore it reminded me of something tuna-ish, something fishy. Round and round I went, and then my fifth bite had me so confused I looked up "what does nigella taste like?" And got responses that ranged from sesame to onions - which baffled me since those are all different and distinct to my palate.So with 'onion' in mind I took another mouthful, but instead of the taste of onions I could only liken it to the way onion or everything *bagels* smell.I think this flavor combination works for some taste buds better than others. I know my sense of taste is sometimes overly sensitive to certain flavors. In my mouth, this is just very confusing - too sweet to be a savory snack, but too savory to be a sweet snack. I suspect there's something similar going on here to how some people taste soap when they eat cilantro and others don't.But I really like the texture and sweetness level, onion-fishiness aside, so I think I like halva, just not this particular flavor. And now I have a sense of how nigella can be used in cooking (savory).Honestly give it a whirl. Unless you know for certain nigella on your tongue registers at the very savory end of its flavor spectrum, you'll have a chance of either something really tasty or something really odd that's fun to experience because it's so very weird.

Very good. Only downside is that you want to eat the entire box in one go. Don't do it.

Boggles my mind that none of the 1 star reviews had an opinion about the packaging. Cut the hell out of my fingers with their plastic locking system and after finally getting the lid off when I put it back on it remained a fiasco to get if off again. Will put it in a zip lock baggie for storing.. You couldn't design this sealed container to be more difficult...ABSURD!!! Product taste and texture were unlike others to be fine.

If you find tahini bitter, this is too. It is somehow both bitter and sweet to me at the same time and just was unfortunately unpleasant. I took a gamble since I saw mixed reviews, and wanted to try a new culinary experience, and that it was. The texture is not an issue for me, I enjoyed trying something new. It has a certain squeaky crunchiness to it, sort of like freeze dried candies or something, however, I would not consider this to be candy. I only ate a little and don't intend to have any more since the taste was just not for me.Unless you've grown up on halva, I doubt it is a taste most would enjoy. Sometimes I wonder if I just am sensitive to the bitterness in tahini. I find that odd since I love sesame seeds and Japanese gomi sauce too.I'm giving it a 3 star because I have nothing to compare it to and it seems that it is the flavor I should have expected. There is a decent amount of it, since I can't imagine eating a ton of it at a time, and sure it is pricey but it is organic, kosher, and vegan which is nice and it is an artisan specialty food.

This Halva is delicious and I have been getting it for a couple years now in a few various flavors.It is kind of pricy but I really like the texture and flavors of this brand, especially the vanilla and chocolate chunk kinds.I get the vanilla so I can also smash it up and put it over coffee ice cream.