These peanuts are just as truly wonderful and tasty as the unsalted peanuts in the shell - just without the mess! The one thing about the nuts in the shell is that I can't eat them as fast as the unshelled nuts but this can be a good thing too at times! However the unshelled nuts are very tasty and the fact that they are unsalted is a huge bonus and is very important to me. I have to keep my salt consumption to a huge minimum so to be able to find a healthy AND tasty snack that is also unsalted makes me a very happy camper! I will most definitely be buying these again as well. I was also beyond surprised when my order showed up ahead of the original date that I was told they were going to show up. I can't even begin to tell you how happy this makes me - thank you so very much!!