Mezzetta Stuffed Olives

Eons ago, I received these Mezzetta olives from their PR but never got around to trying them.  That all changed one Friday night when I headed over to Sarah‘s place for a movie night and I decided to bring these for us to nosh.  Honestly, I’m not that big on olives in general – I keep trying them because by definition, they are something I should like, and because every once in a while, I find an olive I like – but I was curious about these.  When I opened the jars and we began eating them, I almost wished I’d opened them at home so I didn’t have to share.  While the garlic ones were good, the blue cheese ones were fantastic.  I don’t even like blue cheese that much usually, but these were so, so good – the briny olive cutting through much of the stinkiness of blue cheese inside, and the creamy cheese mellowing the sharp salinity of the olive. 

Yeah, I liked these a lot.  I’ll definitely be hunting these out at the supermarket in the near future to keep in my fridge for snacking!  So tasty. 

Please note: I received these olives courtesy of the PR team behind Mezzetta, but that was super long ago and they probably totally forgot they even sent these to me.  In any case, I definitely did not receive any monetary compensation for this post, nor was I obligated to write about this positively or negatively.