Flavor was unexpected - I imagine something you would have to acquire a taste for. Package went from MO to Guam and back to the US via Hawaii until coming to the door in West Virginia, so that might have something to do with the different taste.

So glad to be able to order the black walnuts on line. Just in time for holiday baking. They smell so good and the opened bag can be kept in the refrigerator or freezer.

Used to make a cake

Grew up on black walnuts, just ate black walnuts the other week, so bought these black walnuts, all excited for some black walnuts, smelled good, firmness okay, but these taste like motor oil. Will try to return. So disappointed.

I received my order today and tasted one right out of the bag. It tasted like VERY STRONG Bleu cheese mold flavor. I threw it away. They are inedible. Also, the bag says "fancy large" but they are crushed and crumbly, with no pieces larger than a centimeter in diameter. There appeared to be no damage or defects to the bag.

I didn't read the fine print when purchasing these nuts and was very disappointed that they were in small pieces, rather than whole as indicated on the bag as "FANCY LARGE". My husband and I could not tell the difference between them and the other shelled walnuts that we usually purchase, which are much cheaper. Lesson learned and will not buy again.

They were old stock and were smelling stale!!

Best walnuts for baking oatmeal cookie!

I love walnuts. These are delicious.

What the description of the walnuts said was half nuts what I got was chopped up walnuts