Taste Test: Trying Tajin-covered dates

• I also love dates — I've stuffed them with everything from coconut to feta to walnuts (my simple fave). But Tajín? It sounded confusing, and dare I say, bad.

My experience: It was… good? Confusing at first, mostly because I couldn't believe my taste buds were enjoying it.

• The Tajín hit first with a pow. Then came the chewy sweetness of the date (but not overpowering). And suddenly, I was eating another. And another.
• I can't believe I'm saying this — as a former staunch skeptic — but I liked it.
• It brought back the nostalgia of eating tamarind Pulparindo or other Tajín chewy snacks when I was younger.

The bottom line: I'm going in for more.

• Available for your own taste test at H-E-B, Kroger and Sprouts.