Hemp Granola Bars. Seriously.

Ah Soy, how I love you cubed in my Ramen, sautéed with broccoli and peanut sauce in that Thai restaurant down the street, and poured in my morning coffee in the form of Silk.

By CC Staff

Let’s face it, you don’t have to be a vegetarian to nosh on a little soy now and then. But there’s a new plant competing for the affections of vegans and carnivores alike—hemp. Chances are, if you’ve been hanging out in Whole Foods recently, you’ve noticed an unusual amount of hemp based goodies like hemp tortillas, hemp granola bars, hemp bread, and hemp bagels.

Don’t think the only people jumping on this foodie bandwagon are patchouli scented, pot smoking, Grateful Dead t-shirt wearing, hippies. Any health nut worth their Kashi Go Lean is trying out these new products.

It’s pretty damn good for you too. Two tablespoons of the stuff has 11 grams of protein, no cholesterol and only two grams of fat (the healthy omega-3 brain food kind). So feel free to pat yourself on the back for eating hemp waffles and drinking hemp ale, hemp milk, and let’s not forget about the hemp lattes and hempacinos (I don’t know if I should be sketched out or impressed that hemp has already weaseled its way into so many foods).

Unfortunately, or fortunately depending on who you are, hemp foods don’t contain THC (the stuff in marijuana that gets you high). It’s a shame. I don’t know about you, but the thought of getting a little high while eating waffles sounds pretty damn great. It would take Sunday brunch to a whole new level, beyond the mimosa and into the realm of the epic.

So hemp foods won’t get you high, but what does hemp even taste like? The seeds taste a little like sunflower seeds, kind of crunchy and delicious, maybe even addictively good….

You can even bake yourself an extra special batch of hemp brownies. Mmmm.