National Raisin Day April 30

[betsygee]

I don't like any of those nasty little dried up things! I tolerate dried cranberries but really am not wild about them, either.

 

[Candybee]

I like dried cranberries too. I know they aren't raisons but when I put a recipe together that calls for raisons dried cranberries are often a good combo with them or even a good sub. They are awesome in granola and some cereals like muesli.

 

[Kat0121]

I do like them in Raisin Bran cereal. Post is better than Kellogg's IMO. I'm not crazy about them in baked goods. Golden raisins are just nasty.

 

[Lari]

I like dried cranberries too. I know they aren't raisons but when I put a recipe together that calls for raisons dried cranberries are often a good combo with them or even a good sub. They are awesome in granola and some cereals like muesli.

Opposite here! I don't like cranberries, so I sub in raisins when the recipe calls for the dried cranberries!

 

[blueyedgirl5946]

Raisins. Yep, I love. I put them in oatmeal, fruitcake, cookies, puddings, cakes, pies, breads and no telling what else.

 

[Candybee]

...and don't forget Raisonettes!

 

[Moz]

I like raisins by themselves or if they're covered in yogurt/chocolate. Raisins in baking, on the other hand? Do not want weird wrinkly foreign objects in my cinnamon buns.

 

[betsygee]

Do not want weird wrinkly foreign objects in my cinnamon buns.

 

[Willowy]

They rehydrate in cooking so it makes these weird squishy sweet spots.

I like that squishiness in oatmeal! But not anything else, gross.

I could live without raisins, they aren't a favorite at all. But they're good in oatmeal or oatmeal cookies, and in trail mix with something salty to cut the sweetness.