Visually spectacular and the first few handfuls were fantastic. Then I kept eating them. Someone else on here said, "In about one out of every handful," I tend to agree with that. I STRONG anise taste that was extremely offensive. It left my tongue numb for a few minutes. I dumped all the almonds out of the 1 pound bag and inspected all of them. They all looked fine. I started eating them again, and found a couple more that had this horrific taste. (I'm an almond HOUND, and I can tell you, I've never had an almond taste like that!)