Anna and Sarah Fancy Medjool Dates 5 LbsUSDA Organic

I just bought a 5-pound bag of these beauties for the first time ever. I've eaten lots of medjools in the past, but these babies are the BIGGEST, SOFTEST, GOOIEST, most caramelly dates I've ever had. Top notch quality! Two to three of them literally fill my palm. I'll definitely be buying these again! Highly recommended!

I have purchased dates from 4 different companies in the past year. These dates are the best! These are my favorite! I ordered the 2 lb package. If you like fresh, soft, and moist dates, you will luv these dates too! Absolutely delicious!

These dates are so moist and sweet, perfect for the energy balls I made for a special event. The product is perfect... but the description on Amazon is not. Nowhere on the package does it say these are organic, even though Amazon says they're organic in several different places. I was disappointed about that, but the product itself is great.

The package was oddly inflated when it arrived at my brother's house as a gift - turned out the dates inside were rotten and giving off gas. Revolting. Wrote a complaint and never heard back. Hopefully if you buy these your experiience is better - but consider yourself warned.

These are the BEST dates I've ever bought, and I've bought quite a few different kinds. Definitely will keep buying these!

I ordered the 5lb bag of medjool dates and receive it quickly. The dates themselves are mid to large sized and were packed in a plastic resealable bag. The dates were quite wet still so I laid the out on a baking sheet for a couple of days in a dehumidified room. The orignal package indicates they should be refrigerated which I have not done before in the past. The texture is soft and wet not the firmer sticky ones I usually buy. They taste fine and perhaps keeping them in the refrigerator will keep them from having the issues other reviewers have reported.

Being from a culture that eats dates like water, it is hard to find good dates here in the states. These are not the worlds't best dates like the ones in the Middle East. But these dates are close to one of the best batch of good quality dates one can find. They taste delicious, and are big. This is how Medjool dates should be. I like that they are grown and packaged here in the USA instead of Israel where other dates are from. I wanted to support by buying a good but decent priced pack. Some of the reviews say the dates came with discoloration or other discrepancies. But to explain for people who don't eat dates that much, natural dates will have crystallization and because of the amount of sugar in a date (natural good-for-you sugar) the date skin might have these discolorations, crystals or white "color" specks. If you look at the pictures, that is exactly how they arrived. They arrived on time and although they didn't look the best, it is normal for them to have been squished in delivery. They do have pits but the size of the pits are smaller than the actual date, so you wont necessarily bite down on it, unless you bite down hard. They are very, very sweet and I have had 6 or 7 in one sitting with tea. But then again, if you don't come from a background where you eat dates or can only stomach a few, then you might eat a few pieces. However, I ordered one or two other batches of Medjool dates from other companies and they were just way too sweet and made me feel sick. So, just dont get fooled by dates that look picturesque. Because natural dates grown in Middle Eastern/ Arab countries do not look like they were photo-shopped.May 2017I wanted to chime in about some reviews finding black mold (the actual substance name) in some of the dates. This, while naturally happens to some dates, is actually a mold. So the date should be thrown out. It happens because of too much moisture in the dates.Some bags don't have any...and others, apparently do. Which is why some reviews like mine were luckily good bags and good reviews and others, unfortunately not so much so.So, to avoid being alarmed, I wanted to just give a suggestion to cut the date open before you eat it (if that makes you feel better) to avoid eating any possibly fuzzy black mold.While it sounds crazy to have to worry about rotten mold in your food, I have to remind you that this is normal in anything you eat. Food or organic food for that matter, will always have the possibility of growing fungus etc. And to be fair, yes the company should look at their batches and be more observant, but I have had dates from other reputable places that also (when packaged) had one or two moldy dates I bit into. Once I was pregnant. Didn't do any harm. It won't kill you necessarily but it is mold. So, yes, you DON'T want to eat that.Just keep in mind,It is a common occurrence in dates so it isn't very alarming to some of us. Gross, yes. Throw it out, yes. But not panic-worthy. Even whole foods quality dates have potential to have this issue. Especially when companies dont use preservatives to prevent this sort of stuff.I suggest if you WANT to buy this brand, then go ahead and order the 1 lb bag. I did that and figured the large amount of dates in the larger packs might be more prone to "the possibility" of black mold since they are packaged differently and hence, more moisture which leads to this horrid discovery.And secondly, should you find any bad dates (no pun intended)...just trash them. Tell Amazon afterwards. Usually they will give you a partial refund, or a discount or at the very least, keep knowledge and if many complaints are given, they will remove the product.This is why I shop at Amazon and why I write reviews and update like this one. Because sometimes a product is good but it can't always be perfect.May you all find good dates.*My original review stays the same as I had one of the good bags.

These are the best dates I've ever had. They're large, meaty and moist. Excellent!